Cupcakes on Wheels: Flirty Cupcakes

Need a sugar fix mid-afternoon?  Have to take desserts to a party after work? Want to support Chicago’s food truck growth?  Look no further than Flirty Cupcakes, a brand new business that sells cupcakes from a van and discloses its locations via Twitter & Facebook.  Much like the food trucks in LA, New York, and Portland, Flirty Cupcakes sends update after update of street locations, tallies of cupcake flavors, and parking blunders.

I stumbled upon the van exactly one day prior to the official opening day; it was parked on Michigan Avenue between Lake & Randolph.  The friendy ladies operating the van have a display of the day’s flavors as well as the menu painted on the side of the vehicle.  Flavors “out of stock” are usually denoted with a bright post-it note.  Cupcakes are made at Kitchen Chicago, a local shared use kitchen in the West Town neighborhood.

I tried the Plain Jane, a vanilla cupcake with Italian vanilla buttercream frosting.  It was so delicious that I immediately wished I had bought more than one.  The frosting had a very natural vanilla flavor with a hint of sweetness; the cake was fresh as if it was just baked. Can’t wait to discover the truck again, but keep tabs on Twitter and Facebook to find Flirty Cupcakes’ next location!

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Twitter: @flirtycupcakes