Muddy’s Bake Shop – East Memphis

I love love love Muddy’s! It is the very best bakeshop in the city. Truly has a homemade taste just like out of you grandma’s kitchen. They are faithful to the core flavors (lemon, chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, etc), yet they are always coming out with new flavors. Be prepared for a long line at times. It’s just that good and everyone knows it. The line moves quickly though. Wonderful place!

Ordered my Prozac Birthday Cake from here and it was worth every cent, calorie & every bit of exercise I have to do. My family & I love this place! Leave a tip and help out your community.

Moist goodies from muddys is all I need in this life of sin. Love this location. Books, T shirts, cards and other novelties. The staff is eclectic and polite. Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes hopefully will be back soon. You can never go wrong with anything from Muddys. Trust me.

Another vacation to Memphis means another stop to this jewel of a bakery. Just as the case during my first visit a year ago, Muddy’s has some of the best cupcakes I’ve ever tasted.
They’re moist and packed with flavor. I just wish they were bigger. However, it’s just more reason to order more.
Next mission: try some of their other treats, such as brownies, cookies and pies.
Oh, and the staff is still just as sweet as the cupcakes I eat at this Memphis great. Keep up the good work!!!

My favorite bakery in the city. The cake part of their cupcakes is delicious. I hate to use the word «moist» but they are very moist and tasty and belly pleasing but that is not what makes their cupcakes the best. The frosting is the show stopper. Their cream cheese frosting is what I imagine heaven is like. It literally makes me happy when I eat it. Frankly Scarletts are my favorite with Capotes coming in at a close second. Plain Janes, Strawberry Fields, and Wedding Cakes are also intensely pleasing. The employees are friendly and pleasant, the bakery is conveniently located, and they sell cute merchandise. Muddy’s is magnificent.

Muddy’s is my favorite place for baked goodies in Memphis. Of course the treats are great, but the staff is amazing! They are always beyond friendly and inviting, and they know how to make a great recommendations! I used to work right around the corner from the Sanderlin location and I can tell you that it is really hard to resist the temptation of their cupcakes and pies.
What I love the most about Muddy’s is that the things I buy from them remind me of home. Their pecan pie is the closest thing I have ever tasted to my g-ma’s! The icing on their lemon cupcake (The Pucker Up) is almost identical to the icing that my aunt makes for her lemon cakes.
My best friend is a super fan of their prozac cupcakes (chocolate on chocolate), so I got her a whole cake for her Birthday… it was amazing!
I don’t know if you can tell by now, but I love this place! It’s a must have every time I come home.

My family was craving some sweets and I Unilocaled and found Muddy’s. There weren’t any open tables so we had to order and take our desserts to go.
We got strawberry, red velvet, the Prozac, and matcha cupcakes. I am a lover of all things matcha and their cupcake did not disappoint! The matcha and white chocolate icing went so well together. Personally I thought the Prozac wasn’t anything too special compared to all the hype on here — just your standard chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing — but overall the cupcakes tasted great. Would recommend if you’re in the area and looking for something to satisfy that sweet tooth!

Yum yum yum.
Love their cupcakes. Perfect amount of icing and it is just delicious. Love the colors of cake and icing and decoration is so cute with creative names. I’m coming back for sure.

I’ve been going to Muddy’s for years. Their cupcakes are one of a kind and their other baked goods are just as amazing. You can’t go wrong with the Prozac. Seriously, it’s my favorite chocolate cake PERIOD. The thing I like most about Muddy’s is not so much about the cupcakes, but more of the smiling faces that work there. Those girls rock and work hard too!
I stopped in yesterday and had a pleasant experience. It wasn’t too busy so I could take my time with what I wanted. I always get the Prozac and maybe something else. The only downside about going here is the price. You pay about $ 2.25 or $ 2.50 a cupcake which can be a little steep if you wanna order a ton! I think they’ve been increasing their prices over the year or so. (I haven’t gone in awhile) Even though the price is more, it still is worth it. The icing is oh so delicious! I could just eat the icing if I could.
If you haven’t yet stopped at Muddy’s yet, I strongly suggest you should! This is a MUST. It is an all around happy place to be at too! The cupcakes are heavenly.

So far these are the best cupcakes I have had around memphis. I had a red velvet and it was moist and the frosting was just right not to sweet. The only bad part is there is no were to sit if there are more the 6 people in the store. You might have to get it to go.

Just want to give a shout out to the muddys crew that worked Wednesday night! We dropped in after dinner at Skewers. I was stuffed but need a muddys cupcake! It was 9pm and I figured y’all were closed, but I peaked in the door to see if they might let us in. To my amazement everyone was so nice and welcoming. Not that I’ve ever had a bad experience here but you don’t always get such a warm welcome when a group rolls in right at close. Anyhow, thank you guys so much! Keep up the great work!

Dear Muddy’s,
I want to thank you, for being you, always. Muddy’s Bake shop, you serve the finest brew in the the Grind City. Your baked goods and brew reward my gustatory and visual pathways to their fullest capacity. You are on the cutting edge of coffee shops, not only have you saved coffee house music from the bleak pre-Muddy’s era of smooth jazz, you have introduced to the world the meaning of coffee house jams. (e.g. Paul fliipin’ Simon) There is nothing better then the soothing voice of Paul Simon, as I indulge in caffeine and carbs. Muddy’s bake shop, you do so much for me and the memphis community, and for that, I thank you.
Muddy’s save lives. Yes, I am serious, Muddy’s Bake Shop saved the life of my beloved companion.
After coming home from work, I found my seven month-​old Australian Shepherd snout down on the floor, unresponsive. After a few moments of deduction, I realized that Spud had eaten 10 delicious chocolate Muddy’s Cupcakes. Without hesitation, we took spud straight to the doggy hospital. Muddy’s Bake Shop is so dog friendly, that they use the perfect percent of cocoa in their cupcakes, just incase your beloved companion decides to indulge in 10. Muddy’s, your careful consideration of K9’s as you bake, saved Spud’s life. I am forever indebted to you.
Until next time,
B

Good cupcakes and good customer service. Call ahead for large/​special orders.

Best bakery in Memphis! This homegrown bakery has a great selection of sweet treats, including pies, cupcakes, cookies, muffins, and more. Their retail section is awesome as well, lots of local artists and makers are featured. Muddy’s is great for grab and go and also a great place to hang out.

My last morning in Memphis, I was craving a really good cupcake. Healthy, right? But I read in a guide-​book that they had something called a Prozac cupcake, and knowing I was battling a healthy dose of the Leaving-​Tennessee-​Depression-​Blues, I knew this was exactly what the doctor would have ordered. I’m a psychology student, you can trust my diagnosis.
As always, I checked out what the interwebz said, I read the reviews on Unilocal because you can NEVER trust a guide book for anything decent when it comes to food. Just a heads up I believe the open at 10am during the week instead of the posted 11am that it says here on Unilocal.Yay to an hour more of cupcakes, amirite?
Anyhoot, I walked in and was greeted by two very sweet employees who let a very overtly stimulated person with ADD, check out the shirts, the baking accessories, the ready-​to-​go dessert section before wandering on over the refrigerated case of wonder. I really do appreciate sales people who don’t pressure me, when I first come to a place and let me take my time checking everything out. These gals were super professional and friendly without making me feel rushed.
I finally made it up to the counter and took a look at what they had. On one side of the L shaped counter, resides the pies and puddin’s. So many wonderful looking fruit pies and chess pies. Even some specialty bars made their appearance in this case. As much as I wanted to try that delicious looking cookies and cream pudding, I was here for cupcakes. Though I almost pulled out all the stops for (all) some of those pies. I did end up buying my mom a coconut chess pie, because she LOVES coconut. She said that it was one of the best pie crusts she’s ever had. It was flakey, crumbly and just «to die for». She loved the coconut shreds in the pie, but said you really have to enjoy shredded coconut to like this pie. Can’t be on the fence about coconut when ordering this delicious bad-​boy!
At a 90 degree angle is the other case full of the cuppy-​cakes. And while I have to admit, they don’t look super impressive. They aren’t whimsical, outrageous, ostentatious, or beautified. But you know what, they don’t have to be. Simplicity is best. When you have a good cake recipe, when you have good frosting, and you have good flavor combinations, you don’t need all the glitz. I feel like a lot of places use decorations and toppings as a way to hide mediocre cupcakes. But not Muddy’s. And for that Muddy’s has my respect.
So I tried the Pucker Up which is a lemon cupcake with a lemon frosting and the Prozac cupcake– a chocolate cupcake with a chocolate frosting. That Pucker up was the right blend of tart and sweet. The frosting here at Muddy’s, I am going to say it, is the best I have ever had. Hands down, THE best. It’s creamy without being too heavy. It’s slighty melted, so it’s not rock hard and has that fake– waxy taste. And it picks up every flavor that they are trying to convey, without getting lost in the sugar. The lemon cake itself was good, but I found the top to be a little over-​done/​dry. The cake that was further down in the liner, was very good. It just needed to be a little more moist. As for the Prosac, that was probably the BEST cupcake I have ever had. Definitely the best CHOCOLATE cake/​chocolate frosting of my life. It was decadent, but not overpowering, it was sweet without being too much. It had the fine lightly bitter taste from use of good dark chocolate. And man-​oh-​man, the cake was so moist and fluffy! If Muddy’s could make every cupcake have the consistency as the regular sized Prozac, they would be an unstoppable Tour De Force.
I will say it was super cute, how they had tasters of their cupcakes in mini-​form for guests. That actually really helped me decide that I was going to be a fatty and get 2 cupcakes when I only came in for one in particular. And the mini’s were not dry at all.
Overall, good solid cupcakery, though it would be nice to see a flavor that was a little more on the creative side. They play it very safe here, which isn’t a bad thing, but maybe once a month they could try doing something different, if they don’t do that already! The only other thing I would like to see is a more prominent beverage system. I knew from online that they do sell coffee but I couldn’t really figure out from where. It was sort of pushed back to the side, so I didn’t know what they had or what I could order, or from who. I think they could push out some good revenue if they brought that into the forefront. I interior is so inviting and calming, that I would love to get a cupcake and some coffee and spend time inside. But I don’t get that feeling, being the way it is now. Maybe it’s something they can develop in the future. Great place, get a Prozac, and watch your depression be literally eaten away to the very last chocolate crumb.

The cookies were delicious! Got some chocolate chip cookies and sprinkle sugar cookies for the office and everyone loved them. Super soft and chewy – best bakery cookies I’ve had! and the staff was very nice (she even threw in some extra cookies because the ones I got were so fresh/​soft that they were falling apart a little). Will be back for sure!

Their rice crispy treats or enough to put you over the top. They use brown butter which you can taste after the moment it hits your mouth, and sea salt just enough to add that final touch. I also love their shortbread cookies and their lemon Keylime cupcakes. I wish I was closer I would be a regular!

Ugh I loathe writing this (tears streaming) After all Muddy’s was my FIRST love — so much so I have gotten into verbal wars with folks over their goods — defending their honor as being THE BEST! (Note: my check-​ins do not reflect my visits — I have been going to Muddy’s since opening in 2008 and purchased well over 200 of their goods — from cookies, full cakes, bars, cookies and pies — seasonal items — you name it — I have had it ALL and LOTS of it!) All of that as justification that I know my Muddy’s.
Why the change of heart (stars) — I hit up Muddy’s Saturday after swinging into Frost. I wanted this new cake from Frost (Memphis Cream) — but took my nephew who is in town visiting to Muddy’s because his cousins told him all about them having «the best» cupcakes. I walked out with a dozen assorted (as usual) and aside the Pucker Up — the rest were just okay. No I did not eat a dozen cupcakes, but my family — party of 6 did. My last visit was about a month ago and the outcome was the same but I did not want to say ( Unilocal) anything hoping it was just an off day at the bakery. If you know me with reviews — if you specialize in one thing then you gotta bring it 100% of the time. It’s not like I am coming here to order pimento cheese (which they make & it’s great) and complaining about it… because pimento cheese is not their cake & icing — bread –n-​butter.
But with two trips in a row there is more than just an off day going on here. Let me be very specific why I have knocked down my 5 star to 3. The cake part of the cakes are not consistently moist. It’s a roll of the dice. The icing is still on point and I wish I had an IV pushing it through my veins all day! But the cake part of the majority of the cupcakes I have been getting as of late have been very dense. So much so that I scrap the icing off and the cake goes down the shoot. Even when I went to Muddy’s Grind it was hit or miss. My cupcake would be moist and delicious and my sister’s would be hard as a rock.
Oh geez I may feel guilty after sleeping on this and come back and bump my review back up but it would not be deserving of that based on my last two visits to the Bake shop and last time to Grind shop. I hope that if anything that the ovens are checked to make sure they are not the culprit or perhaps a revisit with the baking team.

Love Muddy’s. Everytime I’m in Memphis I find my way here to pick up a couple sweet desserts!
My favorite is probably the plain jane vanilla… vanilla cake and vanilla frosting. Of course the red velvet is good, the lemon extra tangy, the strawberry delish. but I like the vanilla.
Occasionally by the end of the day they don’t have a huge selection, however, I don’t mind so much. I’m always happy to see a small business sell out of their products so when I visit I’ll never be disappointed if they are sold out of my fave flavor.
Easy parking right out front and the employees are absolutely delightful!

I love this place!!! I moved to Memphis only a couple of weeks ago and I have already been twice!!! I have only gotten the Chocolate Chanel pie because I took one bite and was obsessed!!! One of these days I will have a cupcake I am sure they are probably good as well but until then I will stick to the pie!
the shop itself is super super cute!!! lots of little things to look at. Everytime I have gone the staff has been super friendly and helpful

Items Selected:
Buttermilk Pie
Coconut Chess Pie
Pecan Pie
Chocolate Chip, Pecan, Bourbon Pie
Chocolate-​Peanut Butter Layer Cake
Chocolate with Chocolate Buttercream Cupcake
Neapolitan Cupcake
Grasshopper Cupcake
Red Velvet Cupcake
Selected as a last stop en route from Memphis to Nashville largely as a result of location plus a menu that seemed unlikely not to wow it was just after 2:00pm that we entered Muddy’s Bakeshop, and although service from the trio of young ladies behind the counter couldn’t have been more friendly suffice it to say that a lack of puddings as well as a weekly menu of options far less fanciful than many listed on the website was only the first of many disappointments, the overall quality of all but a few options proving to be far beneath the standard set by dozens of bakeries found throughout the United States.
Whimsical in nature with gnomes, coffee cups, and several branded items for sale speckled amidst the pastel tinged décor it was with samples of the bakeshop’s rather underwhelming toffee offered that we perused the options and with a few questions answered a nine-​piece order was placed, part of it plated for immediate indulgence while the rest was boxed for later consumption — the cupcakes all exceedingly dry just a few hours later with only the ‘Prozac’ titled chocolate on chocolate proving even remotely well flavored as the grasshopper was exceedingly artificial in its ‘mint’ while the red velvet lacked any semblance of cream cheese tang.
Again finding the simple chocolate cake to be pleasant and moist in a slice of layer-​cake upgraded by rich peanut butter frosting it was mostly the pies that had caught our attention from the start and although the ‘buttermilk’ was far less flavorful than other local iterations of Chess, the coconut topped version was absolutely reference standard creaminess beneath lightly toasted curls, a true standout amongst a quartet that also included Pecan pie with too much sticky filler and «Tollhouse Jack» that mostly tasted like an soft and sweet chocolate chip cookie despite the supposed inclusion of both nuts and booze.

I know that this is another one of my reviews that Memphians will not believe, but I just do not get the attraction to these baked goods? I know it’s a local place, but there are other great local bakeries in town and even places that individually specialize in cakes, cookies and pies that I would rather frequent. I have had a good number of items from Muddy’s and I have not had anything that makes me want to make the trip to get it again. I really want to love this place, but it is just a good local bakery for me. I know they are open late, which adds to the allure and the business of Muddy’s. I do enjoy the Grind House, but I enjoy it more for the coffee options.

Dear Muddy,
You make me want to live in Memphis. Just so I can eat your cupcakes everyday. One for breakfast, one for lunch, one for dinner, and one for midnight snack. Thank you for the best cupcake experience my taste buds could ever ask for.
Sincerely,
Yohan’s Tongue
No but seriously, a friend of mine that is an excellent baker said this place had the best cupcakes in the WORLD. the WORLD guys. And she did not steer me wrong. The balance of frosting to cake is perfect. The frosting was not too sweet. Small in size — which is perfect actually. Light, fluffy and savory. There seems to always be a line so be prepared — know what you want and order in large quantities.
On the inside, there are some tables and chairs and a free water station.
I wish I had some right now… I tried a couple of different flavors and I will put all my money on… you can’t go wrong with any flavor.
GO GO GO GO GO!!!

Pros:
–perfectly sized cupcakes with just the right amount of frosting
–D thought the Monkeying Around (? I think that’s what it was called) tasted like banana bread topped with banana pudding-​delicious
–the Pucker Up has a refreshingly tart bite to it
Con (only one, but I was a big one):
–the cake was a little dry and spongy, not moist like I hoped for (on several of the flavors we tried)
I guess I’m still on a quest for my perfect cupcake. I have to admit, though, D liked them more than I did, so this may just be a personal preference.

I can’t get beyond the «Prozac» cupcake to try out the rest of the menu. It’s JUST SO FLIPPIN’ DELICIOUS.
In a way, I wish I never knew about this place. It takes sheer will not to turn these cupcakes into your main course.
I also love the energy of the place.
You feel like you’re in your grandma’s kitchen and she just baked your favorite dessert.
You also get the feeling the people behind the counter are very serious about making sure your taste buds are satisfied. I just love when people love what they do and make sure you have a great customer experience.
It’s a setting where you can breeze in and buy a tasty confection or sit down with your laptop and savor the experience with a well-​brewed cup of coffee.
It’s also important to note that you can pre-​order online, order gift boxes, and there are weekly menus.
If you’re vegan, you’re also in luck.
A trip to Memphis is not complete without a stop at Muddy’s Bake Shop.

I’m so grateful that this bakery makes vegan birthday cakes! They did an awesome job with my daughter’s Prozac chocolate cake! It was moist and delicious. She loved that the sprinkles were also vegan. ;-)

Muddy’s is definitely my number one bakery in Memphis. Whenever I’m back at school, I brag to my friends about the desserts they have.
My favorite is definitely their Prozac Cupcake. It’s a chocolate cupcake and a chocolate buttercream. The cupcake is light and airy, but still chocolatey.
They have reasonable prices and a great variety of flavors and different pies and cookies. Go enjoy them!

Very nice people run this place. So, the service is great. The cupcakes are of course really good & rich! It is everything it is hyped up to be!

Yummmmmmmmmmy!
I’ll choose cheese over sweets any day, but Muddy’s is exactly what I need when my sweet tooth/​chocolate craving kicks in. And they are so pretty!
It really is a precious bakery and I love seeing people hanging out here like it is a restaurant. Much better (and sweeter) to work here on your laptop or catch up with your girlfriends than at a Starbucks. I love the freshness of the cupcakes and the frosting is perfection.
They also have very cute non-​edible items like aprons and books. I’ve also given their Memphis gift baskets to out-of-towners…the feedback was so great it is now my go-​to present when I’m in a rush!