Charm City Cupcakes

Gourmet cupcakes are more in than ever, but is it really worth it to trek into D.C. or Baltimore to buy one? Well guess what…Charm City Cupcakes in Baltimore delivers. To College Park. And the greater Baltimore/Washington D.C. area in general.

I have never had a Charm City Cupcake, but this revelation might change everything.

Here is an example of one of the many fine cupcakes available for delivery order:

Gourmet Turtle
This is the ultimate cupcake for the real chocolate lover! Our almost famous Turtle is a chocolate cupcake filled with rich carmel and topped with our chocolate buttercream and a pecan praline! $2.50 each (Cafe) $1.25 (Mini)

$2.50 might sound steep, but it seems to be the standard “gourmet cupcake” price from what I can tell. It also seems that you can only order a dozen minimum…does anyone want to have a Taste Buds “event”, a.k.a Cupcake Eating Party? Emily and I would be more than pleased to host one.

Website here: http://www.charmcitycupcakes.com

Josh Kowalczyk, an intern with the West Michigan Whitecaps, in Comstock Park, Mich. poses for a photo March 24, 2009. The $20 burger will feature a sesame-seed bun made from a pound of dough, five 1/3-pound beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Rex Larsen)

Is it bad that when I saw this, I thought not “How gluttonous!” or “Gee, it’s really depressing how obesity is affecting our nation,” but rather “Whoa, $20 for all that at a ballpark?! What a deal!”? Welcome to Consumer America, folks. Bib up.