This Valentine’s Day, Baked by Melissa is teaming up with the hot sauce makers at TABASCO for a collaboration that proves opposites certainly do attract.
The TABASCO x Baked by Melissa 25-Pack includes two treats - a chocolate cupcake for classic decadence alongside a red velvet cupcake spiced with the unmistakable flavor of TABASCO Sauce.
The new, limited edition spicy cupcake features Baked by Melissa’s popular red velvet cake infused with TABASCO Sauce, topped with a cream cheese and TABASCO Sauce icing, and finished with a white chocolate brittle with green and white sprinkles. The Triple Chocolate Fudge cupcake, is made with chocolate cake stuffed with Hershey’s Fudge and topped with chocolate icing and mini chocolate chips.
“Our bite-size cupcakes are the perfect treat to celebrate all of life’s moments. We wanted to spice things up for Valentine’s Day, so we developed new flavors that nod to how opposites attract,” says Melissa Ben-Ishay, co-founder and chief executive officer of Baked by Melissa. “Together with the most legendary hot sauce brand, we created a cupcake assortment perfect for gifting to anyone in your life who balances you—the spice to your sweet.”
“TABASCO Sauce makes everything more exciting and cupcakes are no exception,” says Kate Neuhaus, director of global marketing at McIlhenny Company. “This collaboration is certainly not for the faint of heart (or heat!) and we love bringing the signature flavor of TABASCO Sauce to our fans in unexpected new ways.”
The TABASCO x Baked by Melissa cupcake assortment is available now in packs of 6 and 25, while supplies last. The TABASCO x Baked by Melissa 25-pack ($37) will be available at all Baked by Melissa store locations and online for nationwide shipping, in-store pickup and local Manhattan delivery, while the TABASCO x Baked by Melissa 6-pack ($10.25) will be available in stores only.