Cupcakes for Courage (Truck)

Name: Cupcakes for Courage
Chicagoland area
See website for weekly locations and hours

Cupcakes Purchased and Reviewed:
Price: $3.25
Boxing/Packaging: Fitted clam shell

Spicy Sriracha Turtle

Cake: Mesquite Chocolate
with Fudge Buttercream and covered with homemade smoked caramel and pecans in spicy sriracha syrup
Appearance: 3
Size: Average
Bite #: 3

Fun Fact: This cupcake was featured on the show Cupcake Wars!

Maple Bacon*

with Maple Buttercream with Bacon Bits on top

Turtle (Left), Vanilla/Vanilla (Middle), Maple Bacon (Right)

Appearance: 2
Size: Average
Bite #: 3

Vanilla/Vanilla*

with Vanilla Bean Buttercream
Appearance: 2
Size: Average
Bite #: 3

Additional Notes:

Don't let the Turtle cupcake surprise you like I did. I had forgotten the sriracha component to the cupcake and found myself appalled by it. If I had remembered that it was supposed to be spicy (due to the sriracha, of course!) then I think I would have been better prepared for such a unique experience. If you like spicy foods don't pass this one up. Seriously.
The bacon bits on the Maple Bacon* cupcake were more chewy than crispy, which gave them a strange consistency, according to my cupcaking partner, and the actual cake part of the cupcake was the best part.

Purchased on 6/30/2012 at the Holstein Park Centennial Celebration in Bucktown

* denotes that these cupcakes were enjoyed by my research partners, D.E. and M.G.G.