Sugarush Red Bank

This is a Guinness Cupcake from Sugarush. Apparently, it is only available St. Patrick's Day Weekend. If you have never had one of these, let me tell you, you are missing out on one of the most delicious, incredibly scrumptious desserts I have ever tasted. The cake actually tastes like a perfectly poured pint of Guinness. I have no idea how they do it. It almost tastes like you're actually taking a sip of the Irish liquid gold. And the triple chocolate frosting is so rich and smooth. Mind blown.

But, if you're not there on St. Patrick's Day...
In the quaint town of Red Bank, NJ, on Front Street, you'll find a little hole in the wall cupcake joint that channels Serendipity III in appearance. On one wall, random candies, games, and kits, and on the other side of the galley are the cupcakes. You pick the cake (usually vanilla, chocolate, "sugarush" (looks like funfetti), red velvet, and carrot. Also, the daily special which can range from German chocolate cake to Guinness depending on the day and the holiday. Icing has a slew of varieties, with my favorite actually being their vanilla buttercream (you can see the bits of vanilla bean in the icing--if you look closely in the picture, you, too, can see it! Picture is Red Velvet with vanilla Buttercream icing). I normally am a chocolate buttercream girl, but this is just fantastic. They also have peanut butter, triple chocolate, raspberry, etc. And they have stuffings and drizzles. So you can mix and match like an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Two cupcakes will run you $5.08. Not too awful. In Manhattan, one cupcake would probably run you $5.08.

Similar to how a good cannoli place will fill the cream in front of you, so it doesn't get soggy in the shell, Sugarush puts the icing on top in front of you, which adds to the deliciousness. Plus, if you can keep away from it long enough, these cupcakes give off the most amazing aroma. Sweet whiffs of buttercream frosting.

They also do cakes, and have done Drita's birthday cake from Mob Wives. Everything from birthdays to weddings to pop-on-overs.

Check them out at their facebook page: Sugarush or their own website: Sugarush Experience or, just head on over to Front Street. Enjoy!