Photograph by Andrew Doench
Death by Chocolate
If it was possible to meet your maker by eating one of 3 Sweet Girls Cakery’s cupcakes, Death by Chocolate would be the way to go. The chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, chocolate frosting, and chocolate drizzle (plus rainbow chips) deliver a quadruple whammy of ooey-gooey goodness. • 7458 Montgomery Rd., Silverton, (513) 984-1100
Carrot Spice
Putting carrots in sweets is a tad old fashioned, but this cupcake will have you asking, “What’s up, Doc?” Abby Girl Sweets’s carrot spice is carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting and a pecan, a throwback flavor that still makes the grade among its flashier counterparts. • Multiple locations
Mint Chocolate Chip
Ever since winning the first season of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars in 2009, Chicago–based Molly’s Cupcakes has been on a tear, expanding its footprint across 18 locations in six states. If the mint chocolate chip cupcake—moist chocolate cake filled with mint mousse, frosted with mint buttercream, and topped with mini chocolate chips—is any indication, we understand why the place is popular. • Multiple locations
Chunky Monkey
The chocolate cupcake with almond butter filling and vanilla frosting at Happy Chicks Bakery is a reminder of simpler times. Add the texture-y touch of crushed banana chips on top, and you’ve got a cupcake worth splitting. • 4035 Hamilton Ave., Northside, (513) 386-7990
Chocolate Raspberry
Chubby Bunny Bakery’s Allyson Moore makes her gluten-, egg-, dairy-, and nut-free products sing with flavor. Exhibit A: Filled with a raspberry jam and topped with vanilla icing, a melted chocolate drizzle, and a raspberry, the chocolate raspberry cupcake is a tart-but-sweet trip on the tongue. • 216 Main St., Hamilton, (513) 939-4791
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