Holy Cow Cupcakes!

The first time I tried to come here, I was with my dairy-​allergic stepmom, and we saw a sign for gelato and sorbet. But once we went in, we saw that they only offered gelato, which is dairy. Disappointing, but oh well; we went to Yogurtz instead.
The second time, I got a cupcake with my mom for dessert. It was pretty good, but not mind-​blowing. I prefer a higher ratio of frosting to cake. The frosting was good, but the cake was a little bland and dry to me. I mean, it was still tasty, but I expected a bit more from an expensive cupcake specialty place. But maybe it depends on the flavor and batch.

What do I miss most about Carmel, IN? Proximity to HCC.
I can’t even talk about all the flavors I truly miss. Lemon. Mocha. PB Fudge. Cookie dough stuffed. That BAILEY’S FROSTING. Or a brown cow latte with a baby cupcake. Or their homemade SCONES. It makes me sad thinking how I cannot find anything even CLOSE down here in Florida. If a HCC flavor is one that I like, I try it, and guess what? They don’t mess it up. The only flavors I don’t like are ones I never like, such as Strawberry or carrot cake. (Yes, I usually dislike healthier flavors!) They never disappoint me with a BAD version of a GOOD flavor.
I especially miss Colleen’s smiling face! You can’t get better cupcakes anywhere in Indiana… or maybe the country!

I thought Flying Cupcake had the best cupcakes in town until I ate here. Really tasty.

Holy moly! Now this is a cupcake! The best cupcakes in town are from Holy Cow hands down. Always soft, moist, flavorful and creamy with a variety of flavors.
Food: ⁵⁄₅
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Location: ⁴⁄₅

The cupcakes were good. We ordered 3 dozen for a NYE’s party for a large group of teens and they were a hit with the teens (and adults who were supervising). I liked the cake; it was moist and not too sweet but the icing was too sweet and too heavy. I like a less sweet, lighter (French) style buttercream.

Ah! The cupcake war begins… Personally, Holy Cow’s cupcakes were just ok. It wasn’t as flavorful nor moist as other moms were telling me. It was highly recommended so I definitely wanted to try it. However, I was a bit disappointed. Ive had better cupcakes in my opinion.

Holy Cow, Cupcakes provided 100 mini cupcakes for an event I hosted recently to benefit an animal rescue. They are extremely generous to the animal welfare community (I believe they provided cupcakes for Blue II’s birthday party too!) which makes them top dogs in my book.
The cupcakes were AMAZING. I didn’t think that anyone could top my beloved Flying Cupcake, but Holy Cow does. The cake itself was moist and flavorful and the frosting was perfect. I’m probably in the minority, but I like a smaller ratio of frosting to cupcake than most places use. Holy Cow had the perfect amount of frosting.
I got to try a bunch of different flavors — and the cookies and cream one was amazing. YUM YUM YUM. Highly recommended.

I was so excited to hear that they were getting an actual store. I have had cupcakes delivered from them in the past to friends and also picked up a special order for a couple of different birthdays, all with no issues whatsoever.
Their website warns to get there early as they often run out of cupcakes. Heed that warning! I think their flavor choices and the taste of the cupcakes is excellent. I’ve never once had an issue with this place in product quality or customer service. TWO THUMBS UP!

I can hardly stand it. These cupcakes are so freaking amazing!!! I tried a few new flavors and fell in love with their chocolate cupcake with a peanut butter middle and a generous portion of crumbled Reese’s cups on top. I also love their new location which I hadn’t been to before. Nice work Holy Cow!

So, what’s better than a delicious cupcake?
Yeah, tough question… since there isn’t much! And a cute little shop that sells a huge variety of cupcakes pretty much tops the list of deliciousness! I’ve only been once, and tried an apple spice cupcake. But believe me, I will be back again to try very many more!
It was a little difficult to find the place though. But I blame Google Maps for that. It’s actually on Center Dr., just west off of S Range Line.
Make a plan to get there now and try a cupcake!

Karen is awesome and her new digs is perfect to showcase her cuppie brilliance. If you haven’t tried this yet, YOU NEED TO!!! You also need to friend HC on FB as she posts what she’s got in the oven every morning

As soon as this place opened I was so excited to have a place I could walk to with cupcakes! The first time I attempted to go, I had people in town and I thought it would be fun to go get some cupcakes. It was a Saturday at about 2:00pm and they were completely out! Not one cupcake in the building, and the guy working just seemed annoyed that we were there ruining his texting conversation. Ok, maybe it was a busy morning, I get it.
My second try, I went with a friend after dinner. This time it was a Monday evening at about 7pm. (An hour before close) Now I understand you don’t want to have to waste, but you have an hour left of open hours and you have less than 5 cupcakes?!
We decided, well at least they have cupcakes this time, even though we only had one flavor option we decided to give them a try. (Leaving them with 3 cupcakes to cover them for the next hour).
They were $ 2.50 each for a normal sized chocolate cupcake that I could have made at my house. The frosting wasn’t good, and the cake was average. Honestly I wouldn’t have known that they weren’t from Walmart.

Cupcakes are the size of what I would make at home, NOT the giant ones that seem so popular. The cake tastes about the same as what you would get at a grocery store, the frosting a little better.
I had a ‘raspberry’ filled chocolate cake and the filling was worse than what you would expect in a Dunkin Donut, which is my usual grade for terrible filling. I think they used the crap pie filling that you see at a Walmart.
This is my third (and only successful attempt) visit to their Palladium location and this is the first time they actually had cupcakes to buy. They have literally told me that they are out of cupcakes. This business can’t last long when can’t even make me a cupcake when I visit.

I needed 24 cupcakes for a special event. I purchased one for taste testing, and then discussed briefly with the gal at the counter my needs. She took all my info down on a professional looking pad and promised a call shortly. It must have been written in invisible ink though — no f/​u ever occurred. I even emailed them the next day to encourage a fast response but I never got one.
Customer service and sales here = epic fail.

So I like their cupcakes — a lot. So much in fact that is saddens me to write this but service here is lacking. I have been a longtime customer and understand being busy, but I am big into customer service and feel that I have to say something. I sent several emails to Holy Cow, called and left a message and even reached out to them on Twitter regarding my son’s upcoming 2^nd birthday. I really wanted to use Holy Cow for the big day but after so many attempts at getting in touch and literally NO reply for weeks, I decided to get quotes from other shops and ended up choosing another place to do them. I just cannot be impressed by this kind of turnaround time to emails.
In their defense, I did send the first one during their first big move out of the gas station and into a true storefront, but after that I am a bit less forgiving, giving each email about a week to sit in their inbox before reaching out again.
If you are so busy and have so many other customers to get to that I am not important enough to give a quote to then maybe it’s time A) to get some additional help or B) just be honest that you aren’t interested in taking special orders or responding to clients.
I definitely don’t think they suck at cupcakes but simple customer service ALSO represents a place and this was just a major ball dropped in my opinion and very disappointing.
Sorry Holy Cow, but my loyalties are no longer with ya!

Great cuppies! Nice employees! Very bright and clean atmosphere in the new place in Carmel’s City Center. Priciing is good at $ 12 for 6 cuppies, just enough variety to get one of each in a 6-​pack to last for dessert for a few days. The chocolate peanut butter cupcake = to die for!

I originally tried holy cow because I wanted to support one of my highschool colleagues and was instantly amazed as it was the first cupcakery I have ever tried. We use to joke that we think their cupcakes have crack or something in that makes me instantly want to go back for more. I am not even a desserts/​sweets type of person. I even took a few dozen on the plane to Texas with me to give to people, that was August 2009.
Since then i’ve seen cupcakeries everywhere. Bigger, better, and more details. Most of them have more flavors to choose from. This one still holds a special place in my heart. Over time their icing has become overpowering and it’s just way too much frosting for a poor little cupcake to handle. I also wish there were more flavors to choose from.
Even with a lot of frosting I still like their strawberry strawberry which are only available on Tuesdays when strawberries are in season or by special order. The margarita one sounds interesting so I tried it but nothing too exciting. It would be cooler if there were Tequila in there or something ;) I still have not tried the maple bacon but would like to one day.
The last three people I referred to the cupcakerie, have all told me that they were not wowed by what they received. Makes me weary to refer any more business but I will continue to support them when I’m in the area.
The one consistent thing is the staff. Karen and her staff are always very pleasant and serve with a kind smile on their faces.

I have had cupcakes from multiple major cities, which usually carry very creative cupcake flavors, HC doesn’t compete on flavor selection. Everyone does a red velvet, what else ya got???
Cons: Too much frosting. Bad location! Mediocre flavor selection… now the pros: the cake was moist and light.
I will be trying a competitor later today or tomorrow, but for Indys sake I hope HC isn’t the best that Indy has to offer in the cupcake trend.

Yum yum yum yum… So, I finally had to write a review for Holy Cow Cupcakes. I’ve been craving cupcakes after watching Cupcake Wars, Cupcake Girls, Top Chef Just Desserts, etc etc… cupcakes are totally the new rave!
I swung by Holy Cow on a Saturday around 4pm, and I found that they already closed! I was wondering what’s going on. well, they already sold out two hours before they closed! I couldn’t believe it. I was very disappointed, so I drove over to Nordstrom to pick up a Flying Cupcake. I was determined to try a Holy Cow.
On Tuesday, I called around 5pm, and they were sold out AGAIN. This was unbelievable. By the way, they are closed on Sunday and Mondays. I wanted a cupcake, so I went to Gigi’s in Keystone (not that great). I was very determined this time, so I got there at 11:30am on the following Saturday (they open at 11am by the way). When I walked in, the majority of the cupcakes have sold out already. I did end up getting half a dozen cupcakes, and they were worth all the effort. The maple bacon cupcake was soo awesome, and the chocolate chocolate was soo good because it was just outta the oven. The maple cupcake was also very good.
I drove by again last Saturday and picked up another half dozen. The chocolate dipped strawberry was okay. The lemon was good. The chocolate chip ganache was very good even with all the buttercream it wasn’t very sweet. I also got carrot cupcake… awesome and cookie dough cupcake also very very delicious. I’m soooo happy I found Holy Cow! I will definitely be coming back! :)

After a very bland lunch, we went in to revive our tastebuds. A friends suggestion, tho it did scare us a little that it was attached to a gas station.
Fear not!
Tho super tiny inside, it is also super cute and smells like yummy cupcakes. We got a half dozen for $ 12, no tax. Chocolate/​chocolate, chocolate vanilla, margarita, lemon, mocha, red velvet. Lemon was by far our fav!