Flirty Cupcakes

I got two cupcakes and they were DELICIOUS. I definitely recommend the McDreamy. It’s not too overpowering in chocolate and the frosting is delicious and not too over sugary tasting. The cupcakes are so moist and delicious. I didn’t even have to wait in a line and got my food right away! The inside interior is so adorable and warming. It feels very homey inside. Kept very clean. I also had the cookie dough cupcake and it’s great for chocolate lovers. Not to mention the prices are great and very affordable! Each cupcake is only $ 3.50! ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would totally recommend.

I was walking to my favorite cupcake place (Sugarbliss) and saw the food truck right across and decided it to give it a shot. Subpar in taste for the price and i didnt even feel any butter in them if i have to talk about quality. Also, why would they have a plain cupcake in their box of 4???

I don’t care what anyone says. Hands DOWN they have THE BEST red velvet cupcakes in town! I feel like I’m cheating on my boyfriend every time I have one. They are soooooo yummy! In the summer I especially feel like a slight stalker while trying to track down the light blue truck!

Walking back from lunch and what do I spy but a cupcake truck! I’m not twitter-​savvy enough to track food trucks so when I find one, it feels like I won the lottery! What can I say, I’m easily pleased.
$ 4 is a fair price to pay for these delicious cupcakes. I had the Elvis Presley, a chocolate banana cupcake with peanut butter buttercream frosting. Normally the frosting is my least favorite part of a cupcake because it is so tooth-​achingly sweet, but this frosting was really special. It was thick and creamy, and a cut above most frostings. The cake itself was rich and moist.
Definitely a lucky find — hope they park it by Union Station again soon!

As noted in a previous review, I am a cupcake snob.
I fancy myself to be a pretty decent baker, and if I’m going to shell out 4 bucks a cupcake, it better be pretty amazing. And I have a multi-​faceted view of «amazing» — delicious frosting, tender, moist cake, substantial texture, and perfect cake to frosting ratio. The bar is high.
Flirty Cupcakes, you win. Hard.
I’d been Facebook stalking their truck for weeks, hoping they’d be cruising through Naperville soon. When I caught that they’d be in Downers Grove today, I pounced on the opportunity, and dragged my man out in the cold to stand in line in a toy store parking lot for pastries from a truck.
And I’m so glad I did.
We got the chocolate Nutella cupcake and the red velvet. Both were so equally delicious, I regretted not buying more for later.
The Nutella one had a dense, rich cake full of deep chocolate flavor and a gooey, generous Nutella center, topped with a light, smooth, HUGE cloud of chocolate frosting. The frosting was the perfect balance of sweetness and chocolate flavor, with the most luxurious texture.
The red velvet is an obscenely bright Unilocal red, but packed with sweet, chocolatey, tangy classic red velvet flavor. The frosting was unreal, rich and silky cream cheese frosting, not too sweet, not too cream cheesy, and perfectly proportionate to the size of the cake.
The line at the truck was annoying, but moved quickly. The girl running the show was polite, quick, and answered any questions we had. A totally pleasant customer service experience that was completely unexpected from food that comes out of a truck.
If you get the chance, treat yourself to one of these beautiful and delicious treats. If you don’t get the chance, find their Facebook and chase down their location to make a chance to get to them. They are the type of company that will far outlive the cupcake trend, because of the quality of their product.

My cupcake quest continued today with a trip to Flirty Cupcakes on Wheels. After studying the menu, I decided to go with the Red Velvet. I didn’t want anything with too much chocolate, didn’t want plain vanilla and don’t like coconut.
The cupcake, is hands down, once of the best that I have eaten so far. The cake was very moist — you could tell that just by looking at it. I could taste the cocoa in the cake as well. The cream cheese frosting tasted amazing, the texture was smooth and it melted in my mouth. But, I kept going back to the moist cake and had some frosting left over, which of course, I devoured.
Overall, delicious cupcake and I definitely will be back to the truck to try their other flavors. Thank goodness I’m running 16 miles tomorrow morning! I can make room for more of these delicious cupcakes!

I really wanted to love FCoW, especially given the fact that I had a Groupon for a dozen and it seemed like a great deal.
Got the dozen for a birthday party of… well… a dozen people. There were 4 different varieties. There were 6 leftover cupcakes. The general consensus of everyone was that the cupcakes, while cute as hell, were way too sugary and lacked any other real flavor.
Even the leftovers didn’t go over well, and 3 of the 6 eventually had to be tossed.
Pity.

I don’t know how I forgot to write a review for one of the first foods I had on wheels!
I have to say this little bite is pricey! I think the cake is great except I was left wanting more. They have unique flavors although I had a traditional peanut butter and chocolate. The frosting was too sugary and much for my taste but over all they do a decent job.

I was able to try 2 of the cupcakes today and oh my werd!!! I’m not biased just because they were free and all (part of the rally for the ruling on the 19^th regarding food trucks) but they were absolutely amazing.
I was able to try the banana cupcake with the maple frosting and the coconut cupcake. The frosting completely compliments the cakes. It’s not to sweet and overpowering like a lot of cupcake shops end up doing.
The cupcake is light and fluffy and the flavors are spot on!
They are a bit pricey ($ 3.64) but totally worth it.

We planned the timing of our cupcake crawl so we could hit the food truck. They had lots of choices, packaged well and the gal in the truck was super friendly and nice.
I loved the idea of my chocolate raspberry — two of my favorites rolled into one. On our other stops, we tasted a mini or split a regular right there but this flirty cupcake I brought home and had for breakfast this morning. (Do not judge the nutritional value, it was for research!)
First, I cut the cupcake in half and holy mother of frosting the cupcake was 2/3’s frosting — cake and frosting were equal except for a well in the middle filled in with frosting.
I tasted a bite with most of the frosting removed. It was OK. It was moist enough and maybe the raspberry was what gave it an odd bitter swipe.
I wouldn’t go out of my way for a Flirty cupcake again but if you are crazy about frosting, this is definitely your cupcake.
I think I will flirt with a different sweetie.

The concept of bringing cupcakes to you is awesome. The truck is super cute, and their routes are really all encompassing. They also take credit cards, which is a huge plus.
The problem is, I’ve had better cupcakes. They’re ok, but definitely nothing to write home about. Plus, they’re pricey for what you get. The novelty has worn off for me, I just save my appetite for when I go up to Molly’s in Lincoln Park.

Even after previous extremely underwhelming experiences, i still stopped by the truck. The young lady was very nice (always important and hence the extra star). I had a :
Paradise Island
Pineapple Rum Cupcake With A Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
and I bought a red velvet for a friend. She loved the cupcake. The cake was a bit dense but otherwise it was okay. The cupcakes are too small for the price but I’m glad that this one tasted much better than my other purchases.

So we were just walking around in the city and suddenly we realized that Flirty was going to be a few blocks away. Being the foodies we are, ha, we hurried up and FINALLY tracked these mofos down.
Ofcourse this time around we got a Pineapple Coconut and a Curious George. I L-​O-​V-​E the Pineapple Coconut cupcake, if any one has a recipe, hit me up! The Curious George was A-​Ok but the frosting on it was really good, some type of caramel frosting.
I’ll be back to get you Flirty.

Childhood memories w/​adult flavors!
These obviously dont compare what we used to by the one and only Hostess company… HAHA. Even though back in the day we thought it was heaven in our mouth until the wonderful Flirty cupcakes has really taken me back but to be quite frank, reminds me of the cr-​p that we used to eat at the sametime. lol
Curious George cupake: Chocolate cake w/​a banana cream possible ganache frosting w/​specs of sea salt. Cake was sooo moist and deluctant. The frosting was perfectly thick w/​hints of banana. Then the best part was the specs of sea salt that just took the flavor up another notch in my belt.
Very well thoughtout cupcake!

My experiences with Chicago’s food trucks have been hit-​or-​miss, to say the least (see Sandwich, Simple). I am pleased to say that Flirty Cupcakes on Wheels (FCOW) proved a departure from this streak.
I had the occasion to sample FCOW’s offerings when my adoring mother staked out the truck and bought me the sample pack. As I am a good girl (this week) and am trying to ration them, I can, as of this writing, only vouch for the goodness of the red velvet. Bonus points for the cake being extra moist and the red extra red. I look forward to sampling the island paradise and chocolate flavors as well. The best part is, there is no need to flag down a truck, as the website offers a delivery option. I’m pleased to see that the selection of minis on offer is innovative, proving that good things do come in small packages. I will definitely be staking out this truck whenever it is near my office building, or going all out and choosing the delivery option.

Sometimes I hate going out for lunch. I was trying to be all virtuous and eat the healthiest salad ever, and on my way back, I spied the Flirty Cupcakes truck. Temptation won.
As long as I was there, I decided to go for broke and get two cupcakes. One was the McDreamy, and the other one had a cutesy name that I can’t remember, but it had ‘raspberry’ in the name.
The woman in the truck was super sweet and friendly and recommended that the cupcakes come to room temperature before enjoying them. Clearly she overestimated my willpower.
I got back to the office but I decided to take her advice so I saved them for later when I could revel in my gluttony in the privacy of my own home.
I like that the cupcakes are packaged individually as it made for easy transport, but at $ 3.25/ea, they’re definitely on the small side for the cost (especially considering I can get a specialty cupcake at Crumbs for the same price and it will be twice as big).
The McDreamy was good; I especially liked the cream cheese frosting. The cake was pretty moist, but I wasn’t blown away by the flavor. The «raspberry whatever» cupcake was about the same; good, but nothing I’d go out of my way to get. The raspberry/​chocolate chip buttercream icing had a weird consistency and aftertaste that I didn’t really care for, and I didn’t detect any raspberry filling in the cupcake itself.
If you can’t get to any one of the other cupcake boutiques in the Loop (which is practically impossible as they’re all over now), then I’d say give Flirty Cupcakes a try, but otherwise I’d“d say that you could do better, in both cost and quality.
2.75 stars.

Being in love with food trucks for no apparent reason, of course I had to go get some cupcakes when I saw Flirty Cupcakes during my lunch break.
I didn’t know they were coming to U of C on a random Thursday, but luckily I spotted the long line outside Children’s hospital! I quickly went there and grabbed 2 boxes of mini’s. All of them were moist, bite size, and delicious! People complained that they are too small… well, I am not a sweet tooth and I am perfectly satisfied with just a little sweets once in awhile. So these are perfect!
I will have to catch them again next Thursday, and the next and the next!!! Until I leave U of C. :)
Highly recommended:
Devil in disguise
Curious George
Chocolate Turtle

I’ve been very excited for the idea of introducing food trucks in Chicago and while the ordinances still don’t allow food preparation in trucks, we’re starting to see some trucks selling pre-​made food.
So when I saw this truck parked outside Gap on Sunday, I no doubt had to give it a try!
First, I don’t understand why their single cupcakes are almost $ 5?! Whereas their pack of 4 mini cupcakes (which aren’t even that much smaller) is almost the same price? I do recommend to everyone just buying the box/​pack of 4!
The cupcakes itself weren’t too bad but the frosting was way too much of sugar and batter and lacked any sort of flavors! I tried their mocha, nutella, red velvet and vanilla and wasn’t too impressed with any but nutella.
I do like the fact that they accept all credit cards — just a matter of convenience.

I felt like a rockstar groupie, getting messages about the bands whereabouts and driving through streets and neighborhoods to get a glimpse of said rockstar. That was part of the fun in trying Flirty Cupcakes for the first time. Once me and my friend found the powder blue truck we waited in line and watched person after person leave the truck’s window counter with their purchases tucked away in a brown paper bag.
After the fun in tracking them down and laughing with the crowd in line, once I got to taste the cupcakes I felt a little bit of a letdown. They’re good, yes, but nothing special. I got the 4 mini cupcake sampler (chocolate, vanilla, red velvet and something else – I forget) as well as a regular sized coconut cupcake. When I first tasted the vanilla and chocolate, my thoughts immediately were that they tasted like cupcakes I would make from a box mix. They were moist and the buttercream frosting was pretty, just nothing that really wowed me. The coconut cupcake was good, just way too much frosting. The cake tasted ok, just a little on the dry side.
It was fun catching up to the van and trying something with so much hype behind it. The product was average. Who wouldn’t like the idea of a van filled with cupcakes zooming to location after location with people following their every move? I didn’t think it was worth the price for average tasting cupcakes. 2.5 for cupcakes, bumped to 3 for the amusement factor.

Flirty Cupcakes was one of those places/​businesses that I had heard about before, but I couldn’t tell you anything about them. I’d seen the name pop up a million times on Facebook and Unilocal,so I had a feeling these would be amazing… They weren’t.
Aimee M., my workout/​Yelp buddy told me that FC on Wheels was going to be in town and we had lunch plans not too far away from there. We both had wanted to try the locations in Chicago, but never got the chance. So after our meal, which included dessert, we decided to double-​dessert and take a drive down to the ends of the Naperville earth.
The cupcakes weren’t worth the price or the drive. I was so excited. I’ve seen this in a couple other reviews — the business model is great. Who doesn’t want sweet treats being dispensed from a cute, pastel van with bubbly salespeople? I was all for it. But the cupcakes did not impress.
The butter cream frosting is alright. I liked some more than others. The cakes themselves were just lacking. If I hadn’t known the flavors in advance (i.e. banana chocolate), I probably couldn’t have even told you there were bananas in it, or cream cheese, or anything else that should have stood out. I’m glad I got to finally try them, but I won’t be tracking down the van again.

Okay, I can already tell… this is gonna be a problem.
⁷⁄₂₃ — I receive a FBook msg: «We have just pulled up on Clark just North of Lake just up from Cosi! Friday cupcakes?» It ‘s the moment I have been waiting for! The Flirty Cupcakes van is finally close enough to my job so I can walk to it during my measly 30 min lunch.
It’s the hottest day of the year. 93 deg + heat index = triple digits heat/​humidity. I take a deep breath — I put on my Keens — I embark. It’s only 5 blocks — come on, Deb, you can do it. CUPCAKES…
I feel the sweat dripping down my spine and between the «girls.» I weave in and out of sun, shade, sun, shade, «Transformers 3» filming paraphernalia, baby strollers, homeless guys, cops, 30 frat boys entering cabs outside a hotel. Nothing is going to stop me from getting to that van.
I used to live in AZ — I can take heat, folks, but this humidity? Shoot me — shoot me now. To fuel my motivation, I ponder my selection decision en route:
— the «Devil in Disguise» — Red Velvet — my all-​time favorite flavor
— The «McDreamy» — chocolate cake with a cream cheese and chocolate filling
— the «PB&C» — peanut butter and chocolate
— the «No Plain Jane» — vanilla cake with an Italian vanilla buttercream frosting
— the «Coconut…Nuts!» — vanilla coconut cake with a toasted coconut frosting
(2 other flavors involve bananas and nutella of which I am not a fan)
Finally, I round the corner and there is the van. Only 3 people in line. Score! At $ 3.25 per cupcake, I decide to opt for the 4 mini cupcakes so I can try more than one flavor for under $ 6. Damn — you can’t choose the flavors — pre-​packaged — and I hate bananas and nutella so no go. I buy the red velvet and a McDreamy.
Walking back to the office in sweltering, stifling heat, I sit at my desk and open my treasures. FAN.TAS.TIC!
Everything I want in a cupcake — moist, moist, moist! As I am a baker myself and a frosting connoisseur, the frosting on both cupcakes was perfection. Excellent consistency, no weird/​medicinal aftertaste (like some of these over-​hyped cupcakes places on Unilocal), great cake texture. Nothing but melt in your mouth goodness.
My only sadness is they are pretty small. Yeah, I said it. Maybe I am just a person of the porcine persuasion. Deal.
Flirty Peeps, I am so envious. Jealous of your entrepreneurial spirit, jealous of your concept, jealous because why didn’t I think of this?