If you are craving sweets and want to splurge on your sweet tooth, Sassy Sweets is the place to go. Sassy Sweets specializes in wedding cakes and special event cakes. The bakery offers elegantly decorated cakes and cute baby shower or birthday cakes and just as the brochure says, “[They] love designing the perfect cakes for your special occasion.” If wedding and baby shower cakes are not in your near future, do not fear; the bakers always have sweets in their cases for walk-ins.
Owned by Harding Director of Career Services Deb Bashaw and her daughter Rachel Grady, the shop is mostly a family business but does have outside help from current Harding students.
As soon as I walked in, I knew I would enjoy the small but cute bakery. With a black and turquoise color scheme and splashes of glitter everywhere, the decor proved that this is not your average small-town bakery. The friendly bakery staff greeted me and soon began showing me what kind of delights they offered.
The bakery has many different varieties of treats to satisfy your needs. I started off with what they call a “Brownie on Steroids,” which consists of nice gooey caramel and sprinkles of toasted pecans and coconut. Although the brownie was somewhat difficult to get out of its cupcake wrapper due to the caramel, I found that it was well worth the work as soon as I took my first bite.
I then had their “Jamaican Me Crazy” cupcake, and I must say this was my favorite. It is sure to be a hit among coffee lovers with its gourmet-coffee infused icing. The sugary goodness does not stop there, though. I then sampled the Italian crème, strawberry lemonade and red velvet cupcakes.
Cupcakes are not the only thing worth trying at this bakery. They have several different assortments of cookies ranging from sugar cookies to “Monster-under-the-Bed” cookies, which are a peanut butter and oatmeal cookie with M&M’s and chocolate chips. One of the bakery’s specialties is the decorated sugar cookies. The decorations for the decorated cookies can vary from beautiful fall leaves to local high school football themes.
The cupcakes cost $2.50 each and cookies range from $.99 to $2.99, but they are a great way to reward yourself after a long week of studying and lack of sleep. Also, the bakery offers flavors of the week and seasonal items, which make you want to come back for more.
Previously known as the Key Lime Cottage, Sassy Sweets is located at 405 N. Walnut in Searcy. It can also be found online at www.sassysweetssearcy.com. It is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
