A surprisingly good bakery, that is a little too happy to wear it's success on it's sleeve…read more In a restored factory in Southington is a little hipster foodie mecca. With axe throwing, a retro arcade, coffee, chocolate, and this bakery. I got to explore the exposed brick and large filament lights of this specific locale, and picked up some sweets from this little shop. It's very much loud and proud in it's appearances on popular food television. Having pride in your success is a good thing, but it's very much in your face about it. It also prices accordingly, making the price of the baked goods you get at least a couple bucks extra. Thankfully, the baked goods are actually pretty good. We got a couple misfits, a couple french macarons, and one of the dessert waffles they had. The misfit muffins tasted pretty good, soft and light, not too sweet, and well balanced. The French macarons, they were not too great. the filling was sweet but lacking depth. they were pretty though. The standout was the Dessert waffle. Sweet, crispy but cakey, and plenty of chocolate and peanut butter flavor. A surprising bite, and tasty. Overall, it's a good dessert place to go to and try out. Not worth a trek,but a solid choice for that specific area

Hardcore Sweet is a bakery that opened in Watertown, Connecticut in 2012. It was founded by husband…read moreand wife Jeremy and Nicole Braddock. The bakery was initially founded as a cupcake truck. The two bakers were then featured on Food Network shows such as "Winner Cake All" and "Cupcake Wars", winning the latter. After that, they opened their first brick and mortar bakery. Most recently they competed on the Netflix show "Sugar Rush". A second location opened in Southington at the historic Factory Square complex in October 2021. Another location once existed at the Buckland Hills Mall in Manchester, but it has since closed. The locations offer cupcakes, custom cakes, cake pops, whoopie pies, cookies and muffins. I stopped at the Southington location of Hardcore Sweet for the first time this past July. Several businesses located at Factory Square were offering special menu items to celebrate Harry Potter's birthday. Factory Square is located conveniently alongside the popular Farmington Canal Trail, so I cycled there. Hardcore Sweet had several Harry Potter offerings that day, but by the time I had arrived most of them were sadly sold out. I ordered one of the few Harry Potter treats that they had left: Buckbeak's Breakfast Cupcake. It was delicious! I definitely need to come back to try more of their tasty treats on a future visit to Factory Square. I just need to get there earlier in the day when their selection is bigger.

BEEN around for years. A staple in Hamden. It is always busy but plenty of parking. The staff is…read morevery friendly

You can choose a ice cream base of your choice and then choose whatever toppings you would like…read moreusually they need it all together before putting it into the cup but in this case she put the scoop side by side and sprinkled Heath bar on top. I only got a small size which was good enough it comes with two scoops and a medium comes with three. It was very sweet and tasty. The girl working behind the counter could have had a smile on her face but she seemed and not such a great mood otherwise I would give this five stars. There's only one table inside so you can't really sit in there it's basically a get ice cream and go type of place. There's also one table outside I'm pretty sure they bring that one in when it's colder out or raining. They do have one person restrooms. They also have a refrigerator with pre-made ice cream cakes you can purchase and a rewards program.

We ordered our wedding cake from Amy Cakes and it definitely exceeded our expectations! The process…read morefrom start to finish was so smooth. At the tasting we were presented with all our options , who knew there was that many flavors and combos of filling. We got to taste a few that we thought we would like and man it was a tough decision! Amy confidently listened to our vision and gave her own ideas that made our wedding cake taste and look amazing. We highly recommend and thank Amy Cakes and her team, to anyone looking for a wedding cake that's both beautiful and delicious!

Wonderful all around!!! My grandson wanted a gender reveal for his soon to be sibling at his 7th…read morebirthday. Amy's orders were: gender reveal, with some chocolate cake AND by the way he wants a Minecraft cake. Amy did not disappoint. Cake was delicious, top layer PINK bottom chocolate. Awesome design. I'd highly recommend Amy Cakes for any occasion. Oh and staff personable and fun!