Fans of the popular bakery Sprinkles Cupcakes are curious as to why it closed. The chain's last day was Dec. 31, 2025.

In 2005, pastry chef Candace Nelson opened Sprinkles, the world's first gourmet cupcake bakery, in Beverly Hills. She mixed her first batch of cupcakes in a home KitchenAid mixer and built a brand ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes helped kick off the gourmet cupcake craze that swept the country in the mid-2000s, turning what used to be a kids’ birthday staple into something adults would actually line up for.

"Today is Sprinkles’ final day," Sprinkles Cupcakes co-founder Candace Nelson posted in an Instagram caption, on New Year's ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprinkles Cupcakes, a company famous for selling sweet treats in vending machines known as “cupcake ATMs,” has shut down after 20 years of operation around the United States, according ...

A cupcake pioneer has shuttered all of its locations nationwide, including in Dallas-Fort Worth. Sprinkles Cupcakes closed all of its locations on December 31, according to multiple reports. The ...

(KTLA) – Sprinkles Cupcakes says it is shutting down its company-owned bakery shops nationwide, a move that marks the end of an era for the once-booming dessert brand and has prompted emotional ...

Sara Cebulski arranges a custom box of cupcakes at Sprinkles, where a 24-Hour Cupcake "ATM," will be continuously restocked to dispense fresh cupcakes, in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 5, 2012. Damian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sprinkles Cupcakes has closed all stores as of December 31, according to founder Candace Nelson. Nelson said she sold the company ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes, famous for its cupcake ATM, has announced an abrupt end to a 20-year run that includes its Sarasota location. The Sprinkles shop at University Town Center was among the locations ...

Now, you can satisfy the urge 24-7 with a new, walk-up machine that dispenses gourmet cupcakes kind of like ATMs dispense money. Swipe your card, work the screen, and out comes not cash at this ATM ...

Sprinkles Cupcake Closure FILE - A newly-installed 24-Hour Cupcake "ATM," that will be continuously restocked to dispense fresh cupcakes, is seen right as patrons enter Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly ...