Baked by Melissa

Although Baked by Melissa isn't your average cupcake bakery, I decided I had to through it in there for all of those bite-sized lovers. For those of you who are not familiar with Baked by Melissa, located at Soho, Union Square, Grand Central Station, 7th Ave., the Upper West Side, AND Times Square, it is a bakery that solely produces baby-sized cupcakes, meant to be eaten in one or two bites. They have a variety of flavors, ranging from tie-dye to classic red velvet. Since Baked by Melissa has no classic vanilla flavor to taste, I decided I would just have to try every flavor they do have. I bought a box of twelve for the price of $10 (a little pricey if you ask me), while one cupcake goes for $1 (again, pretty expensive for one bite). Overall, the cake is very moist and most of the cupcakes are very sweet, but most are also very delicious. To be more specific:
Chocolate chip pancake: not my favorite. The cake and icing on this one are both a little too sweet for my liking.
Cinnamon: delicious! If you like cinnamon, you will LOVE this baby bite.
Tie-dye: simple and satisfying! This is the closest to classic vanilla you can get--it's vanilla cake and vanilla icing dyed a rainbow color.
Peanut butter & jelly: solid (not in the physical way). One of the only cupcakes you can get here that is not too, too sweet.
Red velvet: A+. Delicious cream cheese icing and the cake itself is just right, not too sweet.

Peanut butter cup: a little bit rich, but still very good and not too sweet.
Cookies & cream: a little bit plain, but fine. A pretty basic chocolate cupcake, with some Oreo on top.
Mint chocolate chip: VERY minty--in almost a toothpaste-type way...
S'mores: the chocolate in this one is a little overpowering for me--it could use a little more marshmallow and graham cracker in my opinion.
Cookie dough: again, this one has a little too much chocolate going on for me and not quite enough cookie dough to be called cookie dough.
New York cream (Mini of the month--not a usual flavor): MY FAVORITE (too bad it's only there this month).
Overall, the cupcakes at Baked by Melissa are extremely scrumptious and their bite-sized quality makes them easy to eat without feeling too full. Besides for the few overly-sweet flavors and the lack of seating in the bakery itself (which I wish they had), big thumbs up for Baked by Melissa.