More Cupcakes

A delightfully delicious cupcake! My boyfriend works downtown so he surprised me with one on his way home from work. The cupcake was moist and perfectly baked and the icing was definitely on point. He wasn’t sure what I would like so it was just a simple chocolate cupcake with a vanilla icing but it was the best I have ever had! He also ordered one for himself and loved his white chocolate peppermint bark cupcake. More Cupcakes is the perfect name because I would love more. in fact I would love to have all of the cupcakes.

Review Update: I’m gluten-​free now. I have tried three GF cupcakes in the city and More Cupcakes had the best of the three. So far, I have tried the signature «More» GF cupcake and the chocolate chocolate. Both of them were flavorful and moist. The best part is they taste as good as the traditional gluten-​laden counterpart.

I brought two on a food truck and got one for free. Love them and definitely worth it! Cupcake is my favorite! I understand why they’re called more because you will Wants more after you try it.

This place is my favorite cup cake place. The small cup cake option is awesome but the only thing that irritates me is the fact that they don’t let you choose your cupcakes. You have to buy a selection of 6 that are pre sorted. I like the fact that the cake in these cup cakes are a lot more moist than any other ones I have had.

The establishment is kind of hole in the wall — there’s not a single place to sit down (but I guess considering it’s a tiny cupcake shop downtown)…
There is a giant rack full of delicious looking cupcakes. I’ve tried the «chocolate chocolate» and the «favorite» and both were pretty good. Sweet and delicious but not overly sweet. The frosting is awesome too.
I am especially a big fan of their facebook promotion — if you are the first 50 people to tag yourself and friends in their pictures (they release several each week) you get a free cupcake!

One of their food trucks appeared to me in my hour of need and I was powerless against the call. I got a «Bourbon Chocolate Bourbon» cupcake and thought it was quite delicious, tasted a lot more like a vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting. So little hint of bourbon, I wonder if the wrong cupcake got put in the box.
Speaking of the box, the Chinese takeout container is clever but a pain in the ass to get your cupcake out of if you’re on the go.

Came here yesterday as part of a chocolate tour; we were given TWO samples! Whoop hooo! The first one was all chocolate with a chocolate filling and a gold leaf on top. It was good, but I felt a little too chocolatey (for my tastes). We also tried one that was a marbled one; that one was great! The store is tiny! But there are tons of cupcackes to choose from and I love that they have the small cupcake options for people who just want a small bite!

More Cupcakes is certainly a gem in Chicago. :)
They bake their cupcakes fresh every single day and the workers are very hardworking and kind. They always are so informative and helpful~.The variety of cupcakes is astonishing, and every cupcake is made with care. The fantastic cupcake display is boastful of the efforts of all who work there!
I’ve tried many of their cupcakes but my favorites are the salted caramel, cookies and cream, red velvet, and valrhona. Others that I always crave are the blueberry (summer flavor), BLT, strawberry cheescake, and pumpkin (fall flavor). I am a huge fan of the lighter cupcakes as well like the lemon meringue. Don’t be afraid to ask the people at the front for suggestions, because they will help you find your cupcake. Sometimes they have samples or moresels (get it?) and they are happy to share them with you.
Friday is an exciting day for More because the cocktail cupcakes come out; they are plump with liquor and sugar. Eating one is a perfect way to celebrate youth and happiness on a Friday night! I would recommend trying them out first in their happy hour (5 – 7) before ordering, because each flavor can be a hit or a miss depending on who you are.
People who judge More by one cupcake need to come back again and try the other flavors. There are soo many!
The cakes are fluffy and fresh every day, and the frosting is very creamy and buttery. Sometimes a little too buttery in my opinion. Try to only eat one if you are mindful of your health, but it’s okay to get two I guess :).
Stop by and give More a try !! A small cupcake museum awaits you.

I have yet to visit the actual store, but did get a chance to try a cupcake from their truck, which was parked on Jackson and Wabash in front of the DePaul University Law School Tuesday afternoon.
To be honest, my interest in cupcakes has waned ever since I became obsessed with doughnuts/​donuts. But, being the sweets addict that I am, I can never say no to a good cupcake.
More has been on my list for quite sometime. I’ve seen the truck a few times in the Loop, but I never had the chance to stop since I was on my way home, and I don’t frequent the River North area. So, I jumped on my chance when I found out that the truck was located super close to my office. It also helped that I was craving something sweet to eat after lunch.
I had no issues locating the truck. However, I had no idea where the flavors were located, since I am so using to seeing a sign or display at eye level. You have to bend down a bit to see the selection, but it is there — sort of embedded in the body of the truck.
The guy I spoke with was pleasant, and he did a good job recommending to me which flavors were the most popular, what they contained and so forth. He suggested either the salted caramel or the chocolate hazelnut. His descriptions of their flavors sounded great, but I wasn’t in the mood for them, so I selected the red velvet. It’s weird… I sort of base a cupcake place on how good their red velvet ones are, but I digress.
The first thing I noticed was the packaging, which was in a white takeout box. Super cute and secure! I absolutely *hate* when cupcake places don’t offer you a box. He rang me up, gave me my receipt and asked me if I needed a bag, which I did. It was a nice plastic one with handles.
As for the cupcake, I quite enjoyed it! The texture of the frosting was just right — light and almost whipped. At first, I thought it was a bit runny, but overall, it worked. The cake was also moist, which is a huge plus. Dry cake is the worst! Lastly, the presentation was lovely, and the cupcake was topped with an edible red square made of white chocolate.
Price wise, it was $ 3.83 with tax, so pretty comparable to all the other cupcake shops in the area.
The only downsides are that the truck doesn’t seem to be on the road as often as others. And, I would have liked to have a fruity flavor to sample from the truck. A lot of the selection seemed chocolate based, which is great, but I just wasn’t craving something super chocolaty at the time.
Overall, I’m interested in finding the truck again and trying more flavors. I’d swing by the shop if I was in the area as well.

Dare I say it? I’m not the biggest fan of these cupcakes. (Sorry Oprah!) Don’t get me wrong, they’re beautifully presented in a modern, sleek display case, but then you take a bite and say: «Hmph, they’re alright.»
I’ve tried five or six flavors over the years, and while the cake is fluffy and is created with high-​end ingredients, it’s drier than some competing cupcakeries I’ve had in Chicago. I also don’t like the «whipped» taste of the frosting. My preference is something thicker. I will commend the owner for her flavor options though: More is the only cupcakery I’ve encountered with mango and passion fruit cupcakes. This cements my vote to a solid three stars.

This place is like an art museum FOR cupcakes! The cupcakes are absolutely beautiful! The designs are so articulate and look so yummy. Now on to the taste… BAM!!! Like a party in your mouth! This is one of the most amazing cupcake places I have ever been to! I personally tried the white velvet (not a fan of chocolate so I cannot review it for you) but for all the vanilla lovers out there… YUUMMMMMMM!!!
Prices are a little high, but that is what you get for art!
Now Go get you a cupcake!

This review is for the More Cupcakes truck. which you can follow on Twitter to find out where they are located that day. I have visited the actual brick and mortar store a couple of times, but their truck locations are a lot closer to where I live.
I consider myself somewhat of a cupcake snob. I’ve visited all the major cupcakeries in Chicago: Sprinkles, Magnolia, Molly’s, Sweet Mandy B’s, Sugar Bliss, Swirlz, etc. While I do think that Sprinkles has the best red velvet cupcake, More Cupcakes does chocolate cupcakes very well. I love the chocolate hazelnut as well as the salted caramel cupcakes. Light and fluffy frosting with just enough sweetness and moist cakes. Can’t get better than that.

This is the only cupcakes in the world that I really really like. I know a cupcake-​eating-​experience is very very subjective. So here’s my experience with More (and I’m the one who really doesn’t like Sprinkles). I actually used to think cupcakes were a sweeter/​cake version of muffins (mostly dry cake) but when I tried More’s I started making frequent trips to this shop (btw, the facebook weekly tags are a fun way to get a free treat!). I love that the cake is perfectly moist and is accompanied with just the right amount of frosting. The frosting (or whatever cream thing sits on top of their cakes) is my favorite part. I hate hate hate frosting that is too thick, too sweet, too rich. So More’s super light cupcake tops are just what I was looking for all my life! IT’S SO FLUFFY!!! Instant cupcake love right there.
A few of my favorites: Passion fruit, Valrhona, More, and Black and White. Also: presentation of the cakes are one of the best.
My complaints: staff is not friendly. Every time I came, I had very terse interactions with the staff. Few smiles and a monotone «Hi welcome to More.» Somewhat a turn off, but since I’m here just for the cakes, I tend to ignore the service. Also, the shop is so small, if there’s a line, an awkward line-​formation-​sorta-​thing forms with occasional run-​ins to other customers. Finally, the boxes they put the cupcakes in are really hard to open and looks like a huge waste of paper in general.

A tiny cupcake shop with luchious decadent flavors. Set up like a display in a museum with cupcakes lining the glass cabinet.
We visited as a part of Chicago chocolate tours. We tried a couple little one bite cupcakes including a double chocolate and the «more» cupcake (like a hostess cupcake). On Fridays the have happy hour with cupcakes like margarita featuring alcohol laced icing.

I first heard about More Cupcakes from the Dean and DeLuca catalog. They had them for sale — and they were super pricey. I’m talking something like $ 85/​dozen! Needless to say, I didn’t order any.
During our recent visit to Chicago, I decided to stop into their shop which is in the Gold Coast area. I figured that if Dean and DeLuca would sell them, they must be good — and expensive.
We got there on a Friday evening around 8:30 p.m. which was close to their closing time of 9 p.m. So, the selection available was limited. My husband chose a raspberry vanilla cupcake while I chose a red velvet.
Surprisingly, the cost of 2 cupcakes was a little over $ 7 — much cheaper than ordering them from Dean and DeLuca!
My husband really liked his raspberry vanilla cupcake. He said that it had good raspberry flavoring in the frosting. Even better for him, there was a raspberry ganache in the middle of the cake part.
As for the red velvet one — the cream cheese frosting had good flavor and consistency and was garnished with a decorated white chocolate square that was tasty and not overly sweet. However, the amount of cocoa in the cake part could have been bumped up. Red velvet should have some cocoa flavor but not as much as a chocolate cake. So, what flavor there was had been somewhat overpowered by the cream cheese frosting. Still, the cake had good texture and was moist.
All in all, good cupcakes but, seriously, it’s not worth spending $ 85 per dozen from the Dean and DeLuca catalog! However, if you are in Chicago, I would recommend going to their shop and giving them a try.

The salted caramel cupcake is wonderful. I haven’t tried all of the flavors, but they look good. So why am I giving them ONLY TWO STARS! The customer service is terrible. Here’s the story.
I called a few weeks ago to ask if they had the salted caramel cupcakes, which I had tried once and thought were very good. I was going to someone’s home for dinner and bringing dessert. I asked the price of the cupcakes and was told the price was $ 3.75 each. I went into the store and picked out six cupcakes, four of which were the salted caramel and two were pecan pie. The bill came to over two dollars more than what it should have been. When I asked about the price, the young woman told me that the pecan pie cupcakes are $ 5.25. None of the cupcakes in the case had a price displayed. When I asked why I wasn’t told that the pecan pie (and several others) were more expensive, her response was that I had only asked about the price of the salted caramel.
I told them that I did not want the more expensive cupcakes, and to please substitute two at the lower price. The young woman was trying to figure out how to refund the cost of the two cupcakes, for about twenty minutes. Another young woman finally came over to help her. I checked my charge card online and saw that I was charged twice, but since the charges were pending, I assumed the original price would be removed.
When I checked a few days later, the original amount was not charged but it was refunded and the new amount was charged to my account. Ultimately, not only did I not pay for the cupcakes, but they ended up paying me over $ 2.00! I called and left a message for the manager to return my call so that I could tell her that I needed to pay them the difference. She did not return my call. I figured that possibly she did not get the message, so I called again. I didn’t go into detail; I stated that there had been an error on my charge. After the second call, I sent her an email. Still there was no response. I called again, and my friends told me that if she couldn’t have the courtesy to return three calls and an email, I should definitely forget it, which I did.