The Girls Who Bake Next Door Dessert Truck

If you know me, you know I looooveeee cupcakes!!! I’ve been on a mission to find the yummiest cupcakes!
This food truck is one of my favorites! I think I finally found my favorite cupcake here: Cookies n Cream! I love Oreos so that was already a plus for me! But once I bit into it and found out there was a whole Oreo in it, I was suuuuper excited!!! Yummm!
One thing I don’t like about this place is they only sell in bulk… sorta. So if you just want a snack, sorry you must get more than one! It’s 3 cupcakes $ 6. They also sell cookies ($ 1.25ea or 10 for $ 12), mochi (6 pieces for $ 8), and brownies and lemon bars (2 for $ 3).
I’ve only had their cupcakes but maybe I’ll check out their other menu items in the future. Tonight, at the Eat the Street event, there was a promo: if you check out the HDT wifi tent and liked them on Facebook, you got a voucher for 1 free cupcake! Yay!!! Finally I could just one and for freeee?! Definitely a plus!
If you haven’t checked them out or are thinking about it, just do it! Follow them on IG to find out their locations and daily menus! @thegirlswhobake

Put me in charge of planning the food for the office holiday party? You know I’m going to go all out on pleasing the masses. Our staff had been fed enough Costco Cake during the year (now there’s nothing wrong with Costco Cake. it’s quite good) and we wanted to give them something special. Nothing like a table full of yummy cupcakes to get the peeps excited! So glad we called The Girls Who Bake Next Door. they were great. They worked with with us to set our choices, made great recommendations, and delivered to directly to our door using their cool truck!
Food: Great cupcakes. we went with four varieties. Red Velvet, Chocolate Toffee Peanut Butter, Cookies and Cream, and Lemon Strawberry. My favorite of the 4 was the Chocolate Toffee Peanut Butter. rich chocolate cake, creamy peanut butter frosting, topped with bits of toffee. The Lemon Strawberry was also very popular. it was a little lighter alternative to the more traditional varieties. All of them good, all of them popular with all of our staff.
Service: A++ service. fast, called back quickly, answered all of our questions, made recommendations based on our order size and delivered right to our door. Can’t get much better service than that!
Value: I was surprised that it was just $ 2 per cupcake. many of the other cupcake shops around town were going for $ 3 — $ 4 per cupcake. It’s not a huge cupcake but the perfect size to finish a meal with. Outstanding value!
Overall: Most definitely a win for us. great cupcakes, a happy staff, and it helped me stay within my food budget. win-win.or as Michael Scott said… win-​win-​win

Coordinating with these girls was so easy and quick! I ordered red velvet, peanut butter chocolate cupcakes and lemon bars for my mom’s 50^th birthday party at the Waikele County Club. The desserts were delivered on time and tasted delicious! I’m so glad I chose them for such a special occasion. Thank you again.

They were in Eat the Street Mililani. Asked the gal if their cupcakes were good, she said she guaranteed it. Too bad I didn’t get it in writing. Taste was okay but it’s dry and chalky the kind you need to drink down with liquids. I measure all cupcakes against Cake Couture. They don’t have to worry about these gals being any competition.
I would give 5 stars for how they look. Gorgeous and pretty… but I rather have an non fancy ugly cupcake that tastes good rather than a pretty one that’s junk.

The organization I work for had an event that we hosted last night, and as the party favors, we bought 54 cupcakes from The Girls Who Bake Next Door.
The cupcakes were boxed up nicely and the stickers we ordered for each box turned out great! The best part?! The cupcakes were delicious and a huge hit with our staff and our guests! Also, the ladies are so nice and professional.
The end result is simple, if you want to do business with some nice ladies and eat some delicious desserts, The Girls Who Bake Next Door is the place to go!

I am in no way a cupcake expert, but I would call myself an aficionado. I love to bake and eat cupcakes and have tasted cupcakes from most every cupcake shop around town.
When I taste a cupcake I like to take a bite for first reactions, then try the cake alone to judge the texture and flavor, then the frosting alone to taste the flavors, then together again to see how well they marry.
I have tried several cupcake flavors from this truck and will comment on my most recent sampling.
Chocolate stout: this cake is a rich, dark chocolate, very moist (probably in part from the beer) but is paired with an overly sweet frosting. If you are looking for beer flavor, I would pass on the cupcake. I think it would be improved with an Irish cream flavor in the frosting and a little less sugar. I do like that the pretzel was still crunchy when eating the cupcake.
Red velvet: Great flavor in the cake, frosting again too sweet and I prefer more cream cheese flavor in my frosting as I’ve mentioned in my previous review.
Pumpkin cupcake: this cupcake showed amazing depth and complexity. The frosting was definitely maple and I could tell it’s real maple they use because of that authentic aftertaste maple gives. The cupcake itself is pumpkin, delicious and peppered with spices cinnamon etc, but if you taste the cake alone you really get the rum! The whole cupcake works well together!
My faves still are the chocolate peanut butter and now the pumpkin rum. I really hope they tone down the frosting ’ sugar a bit, it will help the other ingredients to shine. Also, can’t wait to see if they’ll do more seasonal flavors, I’d love to see a chocolate peppermint or gingerbread. :)

We were at City Square shopping center today and saw the cute aqua van. I have always wanted to try The Girl Bake Next door. I see them downtown all the time and my co-​workers always bring back scrumptious looking treats. My husband and I decided to try the lemon bars, the coffee fudge brownies (both were 2 for $ 6.00), and I was ono for the red velvet cupcake ($ 2.25 or 3 for $ 6.00). My least fav was the brownie. It was too dense and fudgy — not moist enough for me. The lemon bars were spot on. Not too sweet and just enough tart. The lemon bars are kept on ice and are really refreshing. Lastly, the red velvet cupcake was really good. The frosting had a little cream cheese tang and not too sweet. I would definitely come back to try the mochi and to get more lemon bars! If you see The Girls, make sure you check them out. I’m glad we did!

Having a rough day in the office? This dessert truck stops in front of the A&B building almost every weekday from 1:30 — 3pm for your daily pick-​me-​up needs. To be sure, however, you should follow them in Instagram to see their weekly schedule and what flavors they’ll have that day.
I like all their baked goods… cupcakes ($ 2 each), butter mochi series ($ 8 for 6 pieces), and cookies ($ 1.25 each). My all time favorite is their red velvet cupcake. The cake base is light and fluffy yet rich and full of flavor. The cream cheese frosting is full of cream cheese flavor but light enough so that one cupcake doesn’t leave you full and bloated. It’s the best red velvet cupcake I’ve had so far!
My second favorite item from Girls Who Bake Next Door is the bod-​bod mochi. The top is butter mochi and the bottom is sticky rice. Combined, it’s chewy and buttery and a party in your mouth. Their chocolate toffee peanut butter cupcake is also amazing, with one of the richest chocolate cakes around.
If you want to order something for a large event, it’s also very easy. Just email them your order with the details and the Girls will email you back with a confirmation. Such awesome service combined with terrific sweets = win!

Yay I finally got to try some of their yummy desserts! I ordered the variety pack that came with butter mochi, bod bod mochi and ube mochi. It was delicious! They also sell cupcakes, cookies, and Prune Mui too. Their truck is so cute and can’t be missed. It’s a baby clue color and on Tuesdays from 11 – 1 they are parked right outside of Costco in Waipio. Keep an eye out for their weekly schedule and menu as it may change.

«Edges or insides?» Music to my ears!
What am I talking about? Butter mochi, of course! It’s always been a fave of mine, ever since I was a little kid. And the stuff they dish out here is just phenomenal. Plus the fact that you can request whether to get a box with edges or not is great. I, of course, ask for edges, because DUH. So good! (They gave me a box with a corner piece! :D)
I got a pack of 6 pieces at the recent Mililani Eat the Street event, and MMM they were delish! For $ 8, I’m still slowly savoring and enjoying my mochi.
My friend got Ube Mochi, and I got to try a piece of that. It was also delicious. I love ube, and they really hit that nail on the head.
I also picked up a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie for my mom. After all, the theme was chocolate. My mom can’t have real chocolate, but white chocolate is still okay :) She enjoyed it, and it was a pretty decent-​sized cookie!
I hope to get the opportunity to come back more often in the future.

The name sounds a little bit like an HBO show. In any case, cupcakes are a weird fad delicacy to me. Kind of like «upscale» frozen yogurt. I don’t get it. It’s yogurt. It’s a cupcake. They’re so expensive for so little.
I will say though, great frosting and interesting fresh spin on toppings, although the cake itself a little dry and tasteless. Can I like ½ of a cupcake purely because the frosting is so delicious?
Try one for the frosting.
But perhaps skip the actual «cake» part of the cupcake. You’ll probably save on some calories too

I am a sucker for the Girls Who Bake Next Door Dessert Truck. I will find myself automatically gravitate toward this cute aqua polka dotted truck even though my brain is telling me to exercise willpower. I can’t resist though!
This dessert truck is so convenient for me to visit because it will park outside of the Alexander & Baldwin Building on Bishop St. during through weekdays. PERFECT! They have a great array of special cupcakes, prune mui, cookies, and mochi.
My favorite here is the mochi. They have varieties of mochi including butter, green tea, bod bod, and poi. My favorite is the bod bod mochi, which is layered with sweet sticky rice and butter mochi. The cupcakes are super yummy as well!
Their menu and location change daily so make sure you check them out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the details!

Tried the Übe Coconut tonight at Eat the Streets.
The taste is layered and complex. They compliment each other very nicely. While light, the taste is satisfactory. Well done!
The dough was dense, hence the 4 stars but I don’t know if that’s because of the ube?
Very pleasing!

This is by far my favorite sweets truck hands down! Wait no… I mean hands up and on sweets!
The first time I fell in love was when they were featured at doggie date night at Aloha stadium and even more to my surprise is they made mini doggie friendly cupcakes as well… Now I haven’t tried their cupcakes like everyone has described them to be amazing, but I’ve tried others and they definitely don’t disappoint!
i LOVE me some butter mochi… good grief i love anything mochi related, but these girls know what’s up. They sell packs of mochi, about 6 for $ 8. The pack came with Poi mochi, Regular butter mochi & chocolate. It was perfect to try every flavor. The poi was a bit tougher, more firm but definitely hits the spot if you’re not looking into something really sweet.
Feeling Lemony? Their Lemon bars are to die for! The ratio of sweet to sour is delicious and compliments the softness of the bar. The only complaint I have about it though is the powdered sugar on top. It seriously had a layer of it’s own, so I just scrapped it off. Maybe someone was too sugar happy?
Lastly, their cookies… ohh those cookies! Makes me feel like a cookie monster because I just want to keep eating them all day. It’s big so it’s filling or you can have half now & half later or just not and eat the entire thing in one sitting. Highly recommend ANY and ALL cookies, but especially the oatmeal! Chewy goodness in the middle, surrounded by a not so crispy outside. those are the best kind!

I have tried the toffee peanut butter, red velvet and ube coconut cupcakes as well as the green tea Mochi.
My favorite of these sampling a was the ube coconut cupcakes and the green tea Mochi.
The ube cupcakes were mild in sweetness but bold with ube flavor. The shredded coconut on too of the sweet frosting were a creation in perfect harmony.
The green tea Mochi not only looked appetizing but lived up to my expectations. The green tea flavor was present with a texture that was firm and moist. Id say that this green tea Mochi could easily rival any american kitchen brownie and was a nice change to traditional sweet treats.
The red velvet cupcakes were good but I’m just jaded when it comes to red velvet so I wanted my review to focus more on something I hadn’t tried before although I will say they were equally delicious.
I placed an order for delivery and that went without any problems. Communication was clear and accurate.

Awww! I’m so sorry to give this place a mediocre review! The chick in the truck was super sweet (which bumps it from one to two stars) and the cupcakes were really pretty (which bumps it up one more star), but they just weren’t that good.
We tried the peanut butter toffee, red velvet, and horchata cupcakes (3 for $ 6, not bad). All three tasted «fine», but the cake part on each was pretty dry (we ate them about two hours after purchasing, so I don’t think it dried out in that short time). Maybe they weren’t made that day?
Maybe my expectations were too high. I figured a food truck specializing in baked goods would have some amazing treats, plus they were gorgeous. But if I had to rate these among the other specialty cupcakes I’ve tried (Hokulani, Cake Works, etc.), they would be at the bottom. So sorry Girls Who Bake… =(
If I ran across this truck again I would give them another try. Maybe I caught them on an off day because everyone else seems to love them!

There were rumors of a famous French princess saying «Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.» Or loosely translated «Let them eat cake.» If I were a prince and I saw some peasants who had no bread, I would definitely give them some of this deliciousness as it would bring happiness to the people of the land. Yes this is some really good desserts that will bring smiles to all!
I tried their lemon bars and it tastes so good, make you wanna slap your mama. Some other treats that I got to taste are their Butter Mochi and Bod-​Bod Butter Mochi. I first tried these at Eat The Street and I had to come back for more. I’m not big on cupcakes but their Chocolate Toffee Peanut Butter ones were not bad. I didn’t care for the Red Velvet one though. Then again I’m not really big on Red Velvet.
One thing to note is that they sell all this deliciousness out of a truck. You can find where they are going to be either on Facebook or Instagram. Pre-​orders are always welcomed too.
One time, I just had to have me some but I couldn’t get away from work and just so happened they were close by to where I was and they swang by. Now that is what I call service!

Tried this truck at the Eat the Street «Luau» event a couple weeks back. This is a food truck that specializes in desserts. Items like cupcakes, mochi and cookies are offered here. The items available seem to change, so it is best to check Twitter for the daily menu of offerings using Instagram.
As the theme was luau, there were numerous selections that had a Hawaiian flair to them including banana poi cupcakes and poi mochi. Then there were more standard offerings like red velvet cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies. It all depends on your level of adventure.
Not sure if they sell singles of their cupcakes and items like that. They seemed to come in a package of 3, 6 or 8 depending on the item. Though the cookies are sold singularly.
I was intrigued by the poi options. I have had poi before and hated it, so I wondered if these would taste any good. But then I saw they were offering haupia mac nut squares. I wasn’t quite sure what these were, but I like haupia so I got a pack of 6 for $ 8.
This turned out to be a great choice. It is a bit like eating a haupia pie in bites. Haupia sits on top of a pielike crust which contains macadamia nuts. I really loved the mac nut squares. It seems like this was an item special for the event, but I would get this if it was offered again.
Glad I tried this truck on my trip. Not sure when my next trip to Hawaii will be, but I would seek this truck out again to try their other items.

THE DILEMMA
38 Week Appointment-​2 days before Thanksgiving
According to the book, «What to expect when your expecting,» and my OBGYN a healthy weight gain for me would be 25 – 35 lbs. I know 10lbs gap, what in the world?
At every prenatal doctors appointment. I am subjected to peeing in a cup, getting weighed openly (this should be done in a private room), and getting my blood pressure checked.
–at the weigh in–
My ritual before I do the weigh in… Take off all my jewelry, think skinny… think skinny… think skinny, and pray to the all mighty God that I didn’t gain too much. This far along it’s okay to gain ½ to 1lb a week. I purposely schedule my appointments at 3 pm. Way after I have eaten my last meal and when I discard the goods. I close my eyes hope for the best and grief strikes me and I ask the staff member how much did I gain?
***********************4lbs since my last weeks visit. OMG! YES, I MANAGED TO GAIN 4LBS IN ONE WEEK. Thanksgiving is 2 days away and I managed to gain 4lbs in one week. I have a FEW more lbs till I exceed my maximum healthy weight gain.
My OBGYN doesn’t scold me but she asks me what I have been doing. I keep it brief and tell her I’ve been giving in to my cravings. I don’t go into detail how I drove 1 am in the morning to go to Liliha Bakery to fufill a craving. That I’ve been eating at Sidorak like cray, cray, cray. I’ve almost eaten a dessert after every meal and another dessert after that dessert. I know I shouldn’t be shocked on how I manged to gain 4lbs in one week.
I try to tell myself that I will eat healthy till I pop for the sake of my baby.
TEMPTATION ON FACEBOOK
My cousin posts up pictures of tasty looking cupcakes from The Girls who Bake Next Door food truck. I instantly like the picture and type a comment that they look so delicious. She responds back and says she will bring this to the family Thanksgiving get together. She also types that this is the best cupcakes that she has every tasted. Coming from a girl who bakes delicious things herself means a lot to me. So I promise to eat this 1^st before anything else. I tell myself I will eat half of the cupcake with my sister and just eat one.
I’ve been good eating healthy and the right proportion before Thanksgiving.
FAMILY THANKSGIVING GET TOGETHER
Where is my cousin? Everyone is eating and I’m making sure before I eat anything else I engulf that cupcake. She finally arrives. She bring a whole box of the goods, with 3 different flavors. I ask her what is her favorite flavor. She tells me the Toffee Peanut Butter. They are perfectly placed in a brown box each one has it’s own place.
My mouth begins to water. I offer my sister to share it with me but she’s not finished with her meal. I begin to eat the Toffee Peanut Butter cupcake and by the time I knew I ate the whole cupcake. The frosting was sweet, pea-​nuttty, creamy, cloying and it went well with the moist chocolate flavored cupcake. The Toffee bits just made it orgasmic in my mouth.
So I tried to eat the other Thanksgiving food with glee and tried to tell my mouth and stomach that it’s satisfied but it didn’t work. I love anything pumpkin flavor. Coffee, pumpkin pie, pumpkin mochi, pumpkin scents… so how I could I resist the Pumpkin with Rum and Maple flavored cupcake? I couldn’t and gobbled it where no one could see me. The cupcake itself was moist. The pumpkin flavor with a hint of spice went down so well with milk. This was even better than the Chocolate Toffee Peanut Butter. Complete ecstasy for me. Maybe, the fact I felt so guilty at the same time. Like a forbidden love affair. Now I’m hooked. It got me curious about the last cupcake. RED VELVET.
Let’s just say it wasn’t as an exciting experience as my first two experience. But it was still good.
Pictures of the goodies:
I gave birth to my son the day of my appointment. So I lucked out I’m sure on that appointment the scale would have shown that I gained 10lbs in one week.

I’ve tried 6 of their cupcake flavors: red velvet, chocolate toffee peanut butter, pumpkin rum, coconut, key lime coconut, and the dark chocolate bacon. I also tried the butter mochi.
Likes: The cupcakes are relatively cheap for a dessert bakery business. As of today, they were $ 6 for three cupcakes. The frosting tasted pretty good on some of them. The girls are really nice too.
Dislikes: On half of my cupcakes, the cake was dry. Also, the flavor of the cake on the red velvet and the chocolate cake reminded me of boxed cake mix, especially when it was dry. The butter mochi wasn’t bad (tasted more like bibinka to me), but it was pretty pricey, at $ 9 for six smallish pieces.
Favorites: I’d have to say the chocolate toffee peanut butter is my favorite. I’ve tried it three times, and all three times they haven’t disappointed. The cake was moist (still tasted like boxed cake mix though) and the frosting tasted good and went well with the cake.
I wanted to give this truck a higher rating because my friend really likes them and the girls were really nice. I’ll update once they get the execution more consistent (dry cupcakes are not acceptable). For now, I’ll stick with the chocolate toffee peanut butter and try the rotating flavors as they come.
Tip: Follow them on Twitter or Facebook if you want to know where their truck is.