Friday, October 18, 2013

National Chocolate Cupcake Day

Cupcakes are ALWAYS a good idea. But finding the right place near you to enjoy national chocolate cupcake day, where the cupcakes are truly out-of-this-world, can be a little tougher...

Swing by the Atlanta Cupcake Factory in Poncey-Highlands and you'll find a ton of chocolate flavors. You can find chocolate cakes frosted with chocolate frosting, or chocolate and salted caramel, the El Diablo has chocolate frosting and yellow and orange sprinkles, or you could go for the smores cupcake or the grasshopper, based on the mint chocolate pie of the same name.

The high-end food scene in Atlanta's West Midtown, spearheaded by Anne Quatrano's Start Provisions in the West Side Provisions District, offers elegant cupcakes -- if you're looking for chocolate they have chocolate on chocolate, and smores, and both are really great choices to pair with a coffee for a mid-morning snack.

At Piece of Cake in Decatur you'll find chocolate cake frosted with chocolate or vanilla frosting. Across in Midtown, CamiCakes has a chocolate coconut pecan cupcake and an Elvis -- which is a chocolate cake frosted with banana peanut butter frosting.

But what about those of us who have food allergies, or want to make different nutrition choices? Well, Gluten-Free Cutie in Roswell has a great selection of cupcakes for the gluten-sensitive, and Dulce Vegan Bakery and Cafe in Kirkwood serves up one of the best selections of chocolate cupcakes you'll find anywhere -- German chocolate, Mexican chocolate, chocolate cookies and cream, chocolate raspberry, chocolate coconut almond...and even more.

Of course SoCosmo has chocolate cupcakes, too -- from the chocolate overload to the peanut butter chocolate and the campfire smores, to the decadent "After 5" dark chocolate ale cupcake, Fairburn has a cupcake bakery that more than holds its own against the high-rolling bakeries of Decatur and Midtown.

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