From Ashley Lusk. Check out her blog, Metropoetrylis. Find her on Twitter @arlusk or email her.
If you’re in the need of a sweet treat head to Hello Cupcake to pick up a new variety. Starting today, you can indulge in a sweet partnership between Hello Cupcake and Chocolate City Brewery — the DC Love Child. I got a taste of the Child at a preview Thursday night at Nellie’s Sports Bar on U Street NW.
The DC Love Child is a creation of Hello Cupcake and Chocolate City Beer. (Ashley Lusk)
This specialty cupcake is infused with Cerveza Nacional dark Vienna lager, covered in bourbon buttercream and topped with a chocolate-covered potato chip. Let’s be real, this is a silky, sugary dessert–and it is rich, but the malty hints make this the beer drinkers’ cupcake.
Hello Cupcake owner Penny Karas and Don Parker of Chocolate City Beer met at a Think Local First event and determined that their cupcakes and beer belonged together — thus DC Lovechild was born. Karas said she expects the alcohol-infused cupcake to do well, considering their Irish Carbomb flavor is already their best-selling specialty cupcake.
Hello Cupcake locations can be found in Dupont Circle and Capitol Hill. Chocolate City Beer is on tap at several locations in Borderstan, including Churchkey, Bar Pilar and the Boundary Stone among others.
