A Make-Your-Own of it's Own

We all know about make-your-own froyo.  We've all been to a 16 Handles, Yogurtland or some type of place where you take a cup, fill it up with different flavored frozen yogurt, and add 8 pounds of toppings of your liking.  It's a trend we all know and love.  What's a trend that we don't know but would love if we did?  Make your own cupcakes.  And you can now do that at Molly's Cupcakes in the West Village!

 Molly's features their own signature cupcakes as well.  Made from scratch each day with the finest ingredients, you can get classic flavors like chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, etc, but really fun flavor combinations.  They had:
-Cake batter
-Butterscotch caramel
-Kahlua
-Chocolate mousse
-Blueberry cheesecake
-Cookies & cream
and more....

We tried the Cookie Monster.  Which was a-maz-ing.  Cookie dough filling! Actual raw cookie dough inside the cupcake.  It was vanilla chocolate chip cookie cake filled with the cookie dough, topped with buttercream and a small chocolate chip cookie on top.  We loved this so much, and pushed Molly's way up in my list of favorite cupcake spots!  Pricing is on par with other cupcake shops - $3.75 for the specialty cupcakes.

Now for the make-your-own.  We did not make our own last night.  I'm ashamed to admit this, because that is the most exciting part about Molly's!  But I got thrown by the Cookie Monster!

But here's the details:
You pick a size.  A mini is $1.25, and a Molly, which I'm assuming is a large, is $2.25.
Then you pick your cake flavor, from chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, carrot or banana.
Next you pick your frosting: vanilla, chocolate, cream cheese, butter cream or brown butter.
Last you pick your toppings: cookie crumble, brownie bits, Reeses, M&Ms, Whoppers, gummy bears or chocolate chips.
When I DO make one, I know it'll be vanilla cake, cream cheese frosting, with brownie bits, Reeses & gummy bears.  And I can also tell you I'll be back here real soon.

Even if you don't make your own, Molly's has an assortment of colorful sprinkles that you can add on to any cupcake - a pre-made or custom made one.
There were other treats available too - ice cream, cookies, pies, cheesecake, and bars (the 7-layer looked amazing, but we were sticking with the signature cupcakes for the first visit).  The full menu can be found here: Molly's Cupcakes Menu.

Molly's is open until 10pm on weeknights and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, so you can get your cupcake fix after dinner in the West Village.  Any other questions?  Like who's Molly?  Molly was the owner's third-grade teacher, who used to bake cupcakes for her students' birthdays.  In honor of Molly,  a portion of their profits are donated to schools in the community.  How sweet is that?

Molly's is located at 228 Bleecker Street, between Carmine and Downing
There's also a location in Chicago, in the Lincoln Park area.
Take a trip down and tell us what custom creation you made!
Molly's Cupcakes