I am so lucky to have attended Jewel’s Cupcake Shop 1st Anniversary Party & Celiac Fundraiser at Citizen Espresso in Phoenix. They were taking donations for food and raffle prizes to benefit the Greater Phoenix Celiac Disease Foundation and the East Valley Celiac Chapter. These are two AMAZING organizations that have made me feel at home in Arizona as a Celiac.
I rocked a Celiac and the Beast t-shirt to the event! I’m a Celiac – loud and proud! It was so awesome to see so many other active Celiacs in the community. So many familiar faces from support groups and the community. You guys are amazing.
I promise, I didn’t mean to sit next to all the cupcakes. Okay, maybe I did. These were Birthday Cake cupcakes, Salted Caramel, Apple Pie and a few other magic ones. I didn’t get to try the brownies, but Non-GFBF did and he loved them.
They did a great job of getting local organizations to giveaway some great prizes. Places like Tryst Cafe and PF Chang’s were there along with KIND bars.
I’m so stoked, I won a small KIND bar basket, and Rhonda’s amazing “So What Can I Eat Now?” book! I’m the raffle queen!
If you leave dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, and gluten-free – then you have to get this book and follow Rhonda Peters!
My first bite I fell in love with the salted caramel cupcakes!
These rolls were good for sandwiches – they were in poppy seed, dill, and garlic. I only had the dill one.
Don’t you wish every sauce was labeled like this? I just wish I knew how to make an awesome aioli!
These are the homemade Wheat Thins (or as they were called Wheat(less) Thins). They definitely had a different texture, but still held up well to hummus. These are great crackers. I would love if Jewel’s would sell these! YUM!
The cupcakes were finger lickin’ good. So yummy!
AAAAAAND there were vegan cookies too! How fantastic!
Didn’t get a chance to try, but would have liked to! I was so stuffed though!
What a beautiful centerpiece! Flowers and gluten-free cupcakes! If I were to get married, I would love to have this as a centerpiece! Yummy and pretty!
Mmmmmm Red Velvet. Yummy!
So nice to see dairy-free options on top of their gluten-free status!
Dairy-free Red Velvet – how excellent!
Sitting down writing this at 10pm, I am SO regretting that I didn’t try this cupcake. It looks AMAZING.
I totally recommend you checking out Jewel’s Cupcake Shop’s online store (if you don’t live in Arizona). A classic-size is $3 and a Jumbo is $4.50. If you want a mini cupcake like the ones we scarfed down, it’s $1.25. There’s also different pricing for scones, cookies, and everything else you can imagine! They’re great people and I really want to support their business because they’re an awesome part of our community. And they’re tasty too!
Which one would YOU want to try?
You are so sweet! We are soooo glad you came to the event. I have your KIND Bars waiting for you. I love those things. Thanks for everything!
Was happy to be a part of the event!
Great review! I am so lucky to have found Jewel’s cupcakes a while ago. I was so lost over a year ago when I found out I could no longer have gluten….but becoming a customer (and friend) to Julie and her amazing bakery treats has helped me with my sweet cravings. I also go to her amazingly fun cooking classes where she makes food prep easy for the allergy affected! What an awesome party it was! Can’t wait to use the Tryst Cafe gift certificate I won! My favorite Jewel’s items are between the chocolate chip cookies and the chocolate ganache cake with raspberries. OMG! Get some!
Tryst is great! There are so many great things on the menu that we crazy diners can eat! I think you’ll really like it. I’d be there a lot if it was closer to me. Congrats and thanks for the kind words. We’re lucky to have a great GF brand like Jewel’s in our neck of the woods!
Hi!!! It was great to see you at the party! CONGRATULATIONS on winning my cookbook!!! I was so excited to hear! My favorite is the pesto, the buckwheat, the Cornless cornbread dressing and muffins, the red beans and rice, candid butternut squash, cabbage… Yes, I still pretty much eat everything. If you eat meat, people like my oven fried chicken wings and the gumbo. Enjoy and see you at the next event!