Friday, February 11, 2011

HaliHannigan's Cupcakery


I'd been hearing rumors of this new cupcake shop in our neighboring town of Jackson for awhile now. So while I was out running errands the other day, I stopped in to HaliHannigan's to take a peek. I cannot lie...and also to conduct my own taste-test. =)


First of all, this place is CUTE. And charming. I wish I had a picture to show you. It's got a pink floor, to which I immediately said, "Yes, please." (Jeremy's agreed to paint our hardwood the same color. Happy Valentine's Day to me!! Also, April Fool's Day is soon, is it not?) The rest of the decor was super cute also, but the real draw, of course, are the cupcakes themselves, all pretty on display in two glass cases.

They offered 4 cupcakes for $10.00, which seemed reasonable for beautiful (and delicious) cupcakes. They had about 10-15 flavor offerings and the cashier told me the varieties change constantly - their Facebook page will continually spread the news of the current menu options. I could tell they had a great selection of Valentines cupcakes at this time of year, so I wanted to be sure to tell you about about this place before this weekend. In case you live around here - and in case you're not a baker or you're too busy or you're what-have-you...



I picked out the Peanut Butter Chocolate Explosion, Cherry Cheesecake, Turtle Cheesecake, and Chocolate Raspberry. We had friends in town for the FHU Bible Lectureship this week (and had such a great time with them!) so we had a cupcake-tasting party after one of the evening lectures. I had given my mom the turtle cheesecake one, but we really had plenty left to taste because our friend Matt doesn't really like sweets. (Something I will never understand.) Jeremy, Julie, and I are the normal ones - and we enjoyed every bite!

My mom's Turtle Cheesecake


Chocolate Raspberry


Cherry Cheesecake


Peanut Butter Chocolate Explosion

The consensus: The Cherry Cheesecake one was incredible! And the hands-down winner. The tastes and textures were amazing. Running a close second was the Chocolate Raspberry, which had pink edible glitter. (Pink glitter that you can eat!! Oh, yeah. Happy day.) We were so sugared up that we barely even got to the PB and chocolate one. It was good, but we were all partial to the others.

From their Facebook page, it looks like they will also have chocolate covered strawberries and some other fancy Valentine treats during the next few days. Mmmm! HaliHannigan's Cupcakery is located in The Columns, near Ashley Furniture - and whatever gym is over there. ;) You should check them out. I think they're pretty sweet. And no, they're not paying me to say so. =)

Happy Friday!
Kristen

4 comments:

  1. How far is that from Chicago? I think cupcakes are just right for a dessert (including a dessert party) since they are small--well, one could eat two if so inclined. Somehow the grapefruit half that I had for breakfast just isn't doing it for me.

    Happy Valentine's Day to you and Jeremy!

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  2. Sadly, I think a cupcake trip to our neck of the woods would make for a looong day, Bonnie! ;) Do you guys have any cupcake shops around there?? It seems like they're popping up everywhere! And I'm totally O.K. with that. =)

    Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours, too!

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  3. Seriously, I just said to Aaron the other day that I wished there was a yummy cupcake place in Jackson. Why haven't I been hearing these rumors? I'm so excited!

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  4. Jenny - sorry I didn't get to see you at Lectureship! It was so busy! We must get together for a dessert date at HH cupcakery, huh? I vote. =)

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