Sugar Rush Cupcakery

I was never a fan of cupcakes, but these little babies are pure deliciousness. They really are the BEST. We ordered a dozen for a Baby Shower and everyone loved them. To me the price is a bit high, but it is worth it.

If you haven’t been blessed by the beautiful creations, tantalizing tastes and genuine conversation that Sugar Rush provides… please stop what you are doing right now and go there. Now. What are you waiting for!!!
I had the opportunity to visit with Ms. Linda (proprietor) and her son Oren who provided the BEST customer service hands down. The assortment of flavors and the beautiful art with which they were created made me fill like a kid! I couldn’t wait to try them all!
In addition to the buttercream frosting being a bit magical the cake was rich with flavor and pleasantly delicate. They even have DELICIOUS gluten free and vegan options!
Thanks Ms. Linda! You’ll see this family again!!!

The roommate and I stopped in there hoping they’d have some cakes aside from the cupcakes. They didn’t, but that’s ok. Lady at the counter said they may add cakes in the near future. She was SUPER nice :)
I bought an Andes Candy cupcake though. I know we went in there for a pound cake, but honestly, since moving here to Boise I’ve always wanted to go in there.
A year ago, I could have lived in there, haha! But now, I watch my diet pretty closely. (Aren’t you glad you know all of this?) Anyway, I bought just the one cupcake because I’d hate myself if I bought more because I KNOW I would have eaten them all in one setting hahaha!
The cupcake was INCREDIBLE! And the lady at the counter kinda reminds you of a sweet little grandma and that grandma makes AMAZING cupcakes! Now. now, I wanna go back and try some others!
Definitely recommend this place.
When I lived in Scottsdale, we had «Sprinkles»
So, it’s nice to have an incredible cupcake spot right here in Boise that’s equally as good… or better :) and it’s local :)
Definitely recommend this spot

Awesome and delicious! Called at 9 am the day after Christmas needing 24 cupcakes for my daughters birthday last minute. Done and done. Chocolate chip cookie dough and let me tell you they were a hit. The employees were friendly, helpful and very thorough with their instructions to make sure the cupcakes were perfect when it was time to eat (refrigerator and frosting special instructions). Will definitely be returning in the future!

Willy Wonka would be proud of Sugar Rush Cupcakery. Who needs an everlasting gobstopper, when just one of these cupcakes will satisfy any sweet tooth?
Holy cupcake! They have whimsical flavors and decorations to match. I hired them to create my brunch themed wedding cupcakes, and was anything but disappointed. The owner whipped up a few new custom flavors and made a few out of season cupcakes just for my wedding. My guests were over the moon about these cupcakes! My wedding cake was carrot and they use the owner’s grandma’s recipe. I want to give Grandma a hug!
I chose these flavors:
Blueberry Waffle (with a mini waffle on top and blueberry syrup syringe)
French toast
Maple Bacon
Caramel Macchiato
Chai Latte
Caramel Apple

Got these for my 16^th birthday and again for graduation, best cupcakes in Boise. Try the Triple Salted Carmel.

Wow.
I bought an assortment of 6 cupcakes for a dinner party I was attending. We got their cookies and cream, chocolate peanut butter, red velvet, double salted caramel, caramel apple, and chocolate raspberry.
At the dinner party, we cut each cupcake in fourths so that we could all sample each and every one.
Not a single stinker in the bunch. Seriously. Every last one was 5-​star fabulous.
The frosting is plentiful, but isn’t overly sweet or thick. The frosting is made with real butter, so they recommend refrigerating the cupcakes up to 2 – 3 hours prior to serving and then taking out of the fridge and allowing to sit at room temperature.
Some of the cupcakes are filled (omg…amazing). All of the ingredients tasted incredibly fresh. For example, the chocolate raspberry tasted of fresh raspberries (not sickly sweet fake raspberry flavoring), the caramel apple tasted of crisp fresh apples, and the chocolate peanut butter tasted of real peanut butter (unlike the inside of your typical peanut butter cup!).
The variety is astounding. It took me a bit to choose 6 flavors because there were just so many to pick from. I didn’t count – but seriously – SO many!
The pricing seemed reasonable for quality, carefully prepared, (not to mention beautiful) specialty cupcakes. We got the half dozen for roughly $ 17.
The service was incredibly friendly and efficient. And, there is seating so you could certainly come and get a cupcake to eat right then and there.
Amazing variety meets pure decadent deliciousness!
Get to it!

I’m literally addicted to the cinnamon rolls. Best I’ve ever had! I’m craving one right now but it’s Sunday and they’re closed

This place is awesome. I have yet to find an item that I don’t love. The Mexican chocolate cupcakes are fantastic.

Wow awesome cupcakes and now when I see cupcakes at party’s I remember how great yours were. You do a great job and I can tell you are passionate about your business.

Sugar Rush is an appropriate name. This shop is cute and the customer service was fine… but the cupcakes are pure sugar. I bought an assorted dozen for a dinner party and most were left unfinished. Personally, I guess I prefer my cupcakes and cakes to be a little sweet with a lot of flavor. These were way too sweet with a little flavor. The butter cream reminded me of the icing you can get on any cheap birthday cake/​cupcakes from grocery store bakeries. It made my teeth hurt. If this kind of cupcake sounds good to you, go to the grocery store and have yourself $ 20.

I love the salted caramel cupcake! The other flavors I’ve tried were good but my boyfriend and I love this place! The cupcakes are gorgeous

The selection of flavors here is amazing. I could hardly choose between all of them. Finally I decided on the blackberry cobbler. The buttercream was thick and amazing. I’ve had some failed filed cupcakes before but this was not one of them. The fruit filling had perfect consistency and really brought the cupcake together. It also came in a nearly bulletproof container which I can appreciate. The gal behind the counter was super nice and helpful. I can’t wait to go back.

I am not a cupcake or even cake person. So I normally do not venture into establishments such as this. However for my son’s birthday we thought cupcakes would be a cool idea instead of cake. I saw that this place had some stellar reviews so it seemed like a logical choice.
The lady behind the counter was super friendly and explained the cupcakes to us and was very patient with us. I tried the Maple Bacon cupcake and although I would have to take off some of the buttercream icing (which is my issue with cupcakes) once I did it was amazing. The bacon was the perfect consistency for my taste and the cake part was amazing. The salted caramel was über sweet for me (it’s filled with real caramel) but the flavor and cake part was very good. We got a dozen assorted which they give you a price break if you get in quantity. Otherwise be prepared to pay at least $ 3 per cupcake. If you truly like cupcakes then you will love this place. My son loved it, a true sugar head!!! :-)

Love the cinnamon rolls, after reading the review, I’d have to agree, I have tasted few in idaho that compare. bravo!

I was pleasantly surprised with this place! Though they are not located in the most posh part of town, the shopping center where they are located is quite clean. We ordered the coconut cream cupcake and a chocolate fudge one. They were delicious! They were clearly made from scratch and they tasted amazing! They were both filled with custom filling and were aesthetically beautiful! The customer service was quite nice and had that personal touch and the décor was very quaint. Definitely a hidden gem in Boise!

The best cinnamon rolls in the world are made here! Even Cinnabon can’t touch this! I have been going to this place since they first opened back when I lived in Boise and the one thing that has been consistent is the deliciousness of everything and the perfectly made cinnamon rolls!
This location couldn’t possibly be more out of the way for me. As a matter of fact, I could make better use of the 35 minutes that it takes me to get out to Fairview. BUT I will not even factor that into the rating because if there is anything that I have learned it’s that great food is very hard to find and very few and far between so when there’s a place like this, I will happily drive way out of my way to get whatever it may be.
Again, great cupcakes and perfect cinnamon rolls. I wish I could remember all the cupcakes that I get, they’re usually the tropical ones – bahama mama, piña colada, etc. All very delicious with positively yummy filling!
I recommend calling ahead because the cinnamon rolls go quickly.
Idk what the individual price is but I get ten for almost $ 40. Idk, maybe about $ 3.25 each?

Putting Boise’s Cupcake Specialty Shops To The Test
Thanks, in large part, to the steady popularity of food-​themed media, Americans are quick to become infatuated with the food fad of the day.
As we allow these trends to be fed to us, many cities across the nation will inevitably experience a surge in businesses capitalizing on whatever these food crushes happen to be. Rarely, however, do many of those eateries survive in the long-​term, because after all, our appetites become satisfied. Yet appetites are insatiable, and the talking heads of television are happy to let us know what we should be eating next.
The passing fancy of cupcakes notwithstanding.
Every once in a while, a good eatery goes the distance. In Boise’s case, there are three specialty shops that still boast cupcakes as the main attraction.
The mission: to predict which of these businesses will continue to be prosperous and which of them (if any) are on the road to self-​destruction. As an overview, what I found is that two of the three shops should, in the very least, be able to remain popular among die-​hard cupcake fans. But one of them… well, I’ll be surprised if they’re still open in the next 12 months.
The contenders were graded based on the cupcakes (taste, presentation, and texture), counter service, and store atmosphere.
Here are the results for this business: Sugar Rush Cupcakery
The hardest thing to deal with is getting there. Strangely enough, as high-​traffic as Fairview Avenue is, Sugar Rush is easy to miss. It’s situated in a strip mall that sits back off of the road a bit. Crossing over the road onto the driveway and into the parking lot from the east-​bound lanes can a white-​knuckle experience when dealing with rush hour. Consequently, no matter what the current traffic volume, I highly recommend coming in from the west-​bound side if you can.
Once you’re in, the seating area is wide and spacious, almost too spread-​out (if that’s even possible).
If nobody is at the counter when you walk in, someone will appear within seconds. Counter service is pleasant and unobtrusive. The employees are patient and willing to answer questions.
Part of the reason/​need for their patience is that you’ll find that the display cases are filled with very creative, fun-​to-​eat flavors, which might make it difficult to choose.
They use real butter in their butter cream frosting. And they are very proud of that fact.
A true buttercream frosting firms up when chilled yet no hard shell forms on the outside, the creaminess and sweetness should have a nice balance. Fortunately, this is the case here.
Their cake holds together well, and it has an even, moist texture.
Although this cupcakery wasn’t able to dethrone what I experienced to be the best cupcakes in the nation, if you’re looking for the best cupcakes in Boise, Sugar Rush has the recipe.
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Do you want to know how the other two cupcake specialty shops match up? Click on the review links below to find out:
Lilly Jane’s:
A Cupcake Paradise:

To be fair, the cupcakes are actually decent so this review has nothing to do with that…
It has everything to do with the fact that several times I have come into this shop to either ask about special order cupcakes or order a cake, I have had extremely negative reactions.
Today was the latest… went in to ask about a child’s bday cake and immediately the girl at the counter was put off. She went back to ask the owner and came back to tell us they were booked until July. Again, second time this has happened.
Either hire more staff or stop taking out ads in the paper! Won’t go back.

I drive by this place all the time but only recently checked it out despite being obsessed with the idea of gourmet cupcakes ever since I first caught an episode of Cupcake Wars. Wow, have I been missing out!
These cupcakes taste as good as they look, and they look really good!
The triple salted caramel cupcake I had today was amazing. Just the right mix of sweet and salty. The cake was moist, and the frosting was one of the best butter creams I’ve ever had. Very rich and filling, too. Honestly, I could have had a mini sans caramel filling (a double salted caramel cupcake in that case, I suppose) and been wholly satisfied. In fact, if they don’t already offer minis, they should start.
I also tried my sons’ rollo and chocolate malt cupcakes. So, so good.
I’m a fan.