Popular Cupcake Chain Shuts Down All Stores After 20 Years in Business

Popular cupcake chain shuts down all stores after 20 years in business

Sprinkles Cupcakes, a popular gourmet bakery chain well known for its signature dot frosting and iconic cupcake vending machines (the Cupcake ATM), closed its doors last week, 20 years after opening its first location in Beverly Hills, California.

Sprinkles Cupcakes Abruptly Closes All Stores After 20 Years in Business

California-based Sprinkles Cupcakes, known as the world’s first cupcake-only bakery with exclusive gourmet selections, quietly closed the doors of its 21 stores in eight locations across the country on New Year’s Eve. Created in 2005 by former investment banker Candace Nelson and her husband Charles Nelson, Sprinkles Cupcakes opened its first store in Beverly Hills. Over the years, the company thrived and grew to 21 locations and operated 25 “Cu…

Sprinkles Cupcakes closing all locations, former owner says

Sprinkles Cupcakes closing all locations, founder says Dec 31, 2025, 6:21 PM | Updated: 6:23 pm PHOENIX — The founder and former owner of Sprinkles Cupcakes, Candace Nelson, said the company was closing all of its locations on Wednesday. “A few days ago I learned that Sprinkle Cupcakes … ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes closes all locations after 20 years

After opening its first location in Beverly Hills 20 years ago, gourmet cupcake chain Sprinkles Cupcakes has closed its doors for good.

Founder of popular cupcake chain says it’s closed all stores after 20 years in business

“Even though I sold the company over a decade ago, I still have such a personal connection to it and this isn’t how I thought the story would go," the former owner said.

Sprinkles has closed all its locations

Founder Candace Nelson announced the news in an Instagram post