We stumbled upon Gigi's during our trip to Charlotte, NC and found out they are a chain cupcakery. (Yes, I'm going to use that adorable word.) We soon realized that their trademark involved loading a tower of frosting on to each and every cupcake. I'm not a fan of large amounts of frosting. I usually prefer a two to one ratio of cake to frosting, so seeing these heaping piles of luscious sugar atop each individual cupcake made me wince. \n\nHowever, they were all so beautiful I couldn't resist trying one! I got the pistachio cupcake with chocolate frosting on top and ended up throwing away 1/3 of the frosting. Their cupcakes aren't anything special, but neither are they complete crap. The product that really blew me away was their \"CHEESECAKE CUPCAKE\"! YES! Their cheesecake cupcakes are to die for! I had the Cookies & Cream cheesecake cupcake and it gave me a mouthgasm! \n\nI may be a foodie, but it's not often that I have mouthgasms, and this delicious cheesecake did just the trick! If I ever see another Gigi's again I'm going to avoid the cupcakes and go straight for the cheesecake. They might want to consider changing their name to \"Gigi's Cheesecake\". \n\nP.S. The girl that worked here was very sweet and provided great customer service. She even admitted to taking off a good amount of the frosting before eating any of the cupcakes. You'd think that Gigi would listen to customers' remarks concerning the large amount of frosting, but then I guess they wouldn't be known for anything special...although I think the cheesecakes could become their new trademark.
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