Baked by Melissa Reviews 39

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered 25 cupcakes for my friend’s birthday and specified a date for delivery. I received a message that the cupcakes were going to arrive two days after my friend‘s birthday. I got on the chat wit... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wanted to add to these reviews regarding their deliveries. While the cupcakes are delicious and good quality, the delivery is a mess. I have bought these for shipping a few times, and each and every... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All gifts are special, and my experience with Baked by Melissa truly reflected that. My gift arrived right on time for my friend’s Christmas party, and I’m pretty sure she ended up sharing her gluten-... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never buy from them! Delivery was days late even though I paid for 2 day delivery. They arrived AFTER Christmas. Customer service never responded to correct order even though I contacted them within... See more

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  1. Bakery
  2. Cake Shop
  3. Corporate Gift Supplier
  4. Gift Shop

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Handcrafted bite-size cupcakes, born & baked in NYC and shipped nationwide.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered 25 cupcakes for my friend’s…

I ordered 25 cupcakes for my friend’s birthday and specified a date for delivery. I received a message that the cupcakes were going to arrive two days after my friend‘s birthday. I got on the chat with their customer service and was told oh no the order is actually gonna be delivered a day early I told them I specified the exact day. I wanted it delivered per their instructions on the website. They said they couldn’t guaranteed delivery on a given day. Maddening! Because it’s being delivered a day early I have to work at home instead of going to the office and change my schedule around because this company can’t do their job properly never ordering from this place again.

1 April 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hey Skip! I'm really sorry to hear this and for the inconvenience. I looked into your order with our team and will email you directly about what happened. Thank you!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Delivery Timing

I wanted to add to these reviews regarding their deliveries. While the cupcakes are delicious and good quality, the delivery is a mess. I have bought these for shipping a few times, and each and every time despite me choosing a specific delivery date and paying premium for the shipping, they always ALWAYS arrive a few days later.

25 March 2026
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Hi A.M.! I'm so sorry to hear this, would love to help look into what happened with your orders. Please send us an email at info@bakedbymelissa.com—we're here to help!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All gifts are special

All gifts are special, and my experience with Baked by Melissa truly reflected that. My gift arrived right on time for my friend’s Christmas party, and I’m pretty sure she ended up sharing her gluten-free cupcakes with everyone! They are absolutely delicious!

23 December 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible customer service when you have a problem

I ordered a delivery for a specific date. It was for a birthday. It came a day late. I called and left messages and emails and no one responded . Their customer service is horrible. They said the late delivery was due to a snow storm. There was no snow where the order was to be delivered at. I requested a refund and they offered only the shipping will be refunded. I will NEVER order from this company and I hope no one else will!

23 February 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Debee! Thanks so much for your feedback. I'm so sorry your order arrived a day later than intended. Our bakery was hit by a blizzard over the weekend and we got nearly 3 feet of snow, so not only could we not ship out packages, but Fedex wasn't picking them up. We try really, really hard to make sure every order arrives on time, and unfortunately this weekend the weather wasn't in our favor!

It looks like you spoke with our team earlier today shortly after you emailed, and we issued a shipping refund for the inconvenience. If there's anything else we can do, we'd love to help.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The cupcakes are the size of a US…

The cupcakes are the size of a US quarter coin, very small, although tasty. Nicely packaged although it would take 5-7 of the mini cupcakes to make a normal sized cupcake. Beware when they say mini, its ity-bity mini.

10 February 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Jé! Thanks so much for your feedback! We recommend 3-5 bite-size cupcakes per person for dessert, and 1-2 for kids. We make them small, so you can try them all!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Each time I order the yummy cupcakes…

Each time I order the yummy cupcakes they arrive exactly when I was told they would. And each time (over six experiences) they were delicious! I love this company!

20 December 2025
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Thank you, Marilu! So happy to hear this!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NEGATIVE ONE

NEGATIVE ONE, IF I COULD. LIKE OTHERS ON HERE, MY PAID FOR AND REQUESTED DELIVERY DATE WAS MONDAY. FEDEX TRACKING YESTERDAY (MONDAY) SHOWED TUESDAY. NOW IT SHOWS WEDNESDAY.

IF YOU CAN'T MANAGE THE OPERATION, GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS INSTEAD OF SCREWING PEOPLE OVER, MAKING FRUSTRATED CUSTOMERS, AND WASTING THEIR TIME. YOU CANNOT REACH AN AGENT BY PHONE (LEAVE A MESSAGE). EMAILS GET NO RESPONSE. AND CHAT PUTS YOU IN A QUEUE WHERE I'VE BEEN 15, 16 AND 19. CHAT WAIT TIMES? THEY SAY 30+ MINUTES. THE ONE TIME I CLOCKED IT IT WAS 40 MINUTES. PEOPLE ORDER THINGS FOR A SPECIFIC TIME FOR A REASON, NOT TO BE AT THE WHIM OF A RETAILER WHO CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE. OH, AND IT WAS $600 WORTH OF PRODUCT.

8 February 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Wendy!

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback. I completely understand your frustration, and I'm really sorry this was your experience with us. It's definitely not what we want for our customers. I was actually planning to email you later today personally to see what we could do to make this right for you.

Unfortunately, Fedex experienced unforeseen delays over the weekend due to the extremely cold weather near our bakery in New Jersey, which caused your packages to be delivered later than intended even though they left our bakery on time. We have already refunded your entire order in full. I'm deeply sorry for the inconvenience this caused, and will be reaching out to you via email later today.

Regarding your communications with our team, it looks like your first email was answered within 30 minutes of sending it. Sometimes these can go into spam folders, so I'm really sorry if you didn't get it. Please also know we're exploring more options for live chat to help everyone get through to our team faster—it's often our first line of contact with customers, and we're experiencing a high volume of inquiries at the moment because of Valentine's Day. The whole team is working hard to get back to each and every request personally. It is absolutely not our goal to have customers waiting, and it's something we're eager to improve moving forward.

I would love the opportunity to make this right for you, and will be in touch shortly. Thank you again for your time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous, unique birthday gift

We were looking for a unique gift to send our parents out of state and my wife came across Baked by Melissa. My parents couldn't have been happier. They said it was a wonderful surprise, nicely boxed and a delicious assortment of fun cupcakes. Highly recommend.

5 February 2026
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Hi Adam!

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so happy to hear your parents enjoyed the gift and really appreciate your review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They use the Shop app for everything

They use the Shop app for everything. Want to track your order? Login? Have to use shop.

So an extra password, extra 3rd party, extra clicks, extra work.

25 January 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Paul!

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback. We switched over to Shopify last year to improve our website's customer experience and make it easier to place orders. Rest assured you can always check out as a guest without needing to log in to Shopify, and you will receive an email directly with your tracking number (again, no need to log in).

If we can ever answer any questions, please reach out to our team at customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com. We'd love to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered for delivery on Christmas Eve

Ordered for delivery on Christmas Eve. Got email stating that they would be late and we would be issued a refund for them as part of their stellar customer service. Sent emails asking where the cupcakes were, zero response. They created a label but the cupcakes were never sent out. Finally got someone to chat with and their response was that the email was automated and that we were issued a full refund. Will never buy from them again.

15 January 2026
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Lisa!

I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. We did unfortunately experience carrier delays around Christmas and proactively refunded any orders that would arrive after the holiday as planned, but most of those packages arrived on Dec. 26 as scheduled. I'm really sorry to hear that yours didn't make it and that you weren't able to reach our team—it's absolutely not the experience we want for our customers. Rest assured we're improving these processes moving forward to make sure we're able to fulfill all orders in a timely manner, and improve our Customer Happiness responses as well.

If you ever need anything or have any questions, please email customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com. We'd love to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The absolute worst customer service

The absolute worst customer service. Don't return calls or emails.

29 December 2025
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Jg,

Thank you for sharing your feedback, I'm so sorry to hear this was your experience. We strive to reply to everyone personally within 24 hours, but around the holidays experienced a technical issue that caused a high volume of inquiries and delayed our response times.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to find your message without a full name or email, but if we can still be of assistance, please email customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com and we'd be more than happy to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never buy from them

Never buy from them! Delivery was days late even though I paid for 2 day delivery. They arrived AFTER Christmas. Customer service never responded to correct order even though I contacted them within 5 minutes after submitting order. Multiple calls and email left unanswered. Only reply was to offer 10% off next order. Product way overpriced for the quantity. Plus the Quality was very mediocre. We just kept them and bought something else for the recipient. Horrible. Don’t even deserve one star.

25 December 2025
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi John!

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback. I'm so sorry to hear that your order arrived late—it's certainly not the norm and not at all what we want for our customers.

Unfortunately, around the holidays we experienced carrier delays which caused a small handful of orders to arrive late. I completely understand how frustrating that, along with not being able to reach our team, was. We work hard to reply to everyone personally within 24 hours, and I'm really sorry we let you down.

If there's ever anything we can help with, please reach out to customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com. We'd love to make your next experience with us sweeter.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I have ordered before with no problem

I have ordered before with no problem. On this order I mistakenly wrote the wrong number on the address. I tried calling, talking to a chatbot, emailing, messaging for a few days. Two weeks ago. Then I looked back and the address was fixed, nobody let me know!!! Today it was delivered to the wrong house!!! It was my house. I had to deliver it myself, I should at least get back the delivery charge!!! But I won’t because they don’t let you know anything!!!! I will never buy from this company again!!!!!

17 December 2025
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Toby!

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback, I'm really sorry to hear this. We work very quickly to process orders, and can't guarantee changes or modifications once an order is placed. It looks like we requested a change with CDL to update the address, and replied to your email on Dec. 11 to let you know.

That said, I completely understand how frustrating it is to not be able to reach someone when you need immediate changes made and we're working on ways to improve that in the future. This certainly isn't the experience we want for our customers. If we can be of any further assistance, please reach out to customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com. We'd love to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Atrocious Operations & Customer Service

I can't provide feedback on the actual cupcakes yet. But I will say their operations and customer service are atrocious. I scheduled an order to be delivered to my daughter at college on her birthday. Baked by Melissa totally ignored my scheduled delivery date and sent them a week early. I specifically chose the day before my daughter's birthday for delivery so she would feel special even though she's far from home. Getting your birthday cupcakes a week early just doesn't hit right. And I reached out to their customer service via email, chat and phone for 4 consecutive days. No response at all.

2 December 2025
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Stephanie,

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback, I'm really sorry this was your experience with us. Unfortunately, in December our site experienced a technical bug that caused several orders to ship out immediately, rather than for their intended arrival date. This caused a higher-than-average volume of emails for our team. I know that timing is everything when it comes to gifting, and I'm really sorry that we let you down and then you weren't able to reach our team.

Please know that our team has worked tirelessly over the past two months to uncover the root cause of the glitches and to make sure others don't have the same experience moving forward. I'd love to make this right for you—please email customerhappiness@bakedbymelissa.com so I can find your order and assist.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

THESE ARE BITE SIZE CUPCAKES...NOT MINI CUPCAKES

The website refers to these as mini cupcakes. I've bought mini cupcakes at the store. These are a third of the size. These are cupcake bites, not mini cupcakes. I could have bought 50 full size cupcakes from a cupcakes store for the same price. I had these shipped. Website does not give idea of true size. Should have researched reviews before purchase.

26 November 2025
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Reply from Baked by Melissa

Hi Lulu!

Thanks so much for your feedback. You're right—we make them small so you can try them all. We only ever advertise as bite-size, and all of our product pages and site copy describe them as such (we even have a photo of our cupcake next to a quarter for reference). I understand that this might not be what everyone is looking for, and thank you for taking the time to share your feedback.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

THIS COMPANY IS VERY ANNOYING!!

THIS COMPANY IS VERY ANNOYING!!! I didn’t even place an order with them and they are constantly constantly constantly texting me. I have deleted them, called them, block them. Everything you could possibly think of and they still are blowing up my phone.
Because how annoying they are I will never order from them and always pre-warn people to stay away. Every time they text me I will continue to give a terrible review until they stop….. I can play your game too Melisa, you’re a pain in the butt!!!!!

22 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wish i had checked reviews before…

I wish i had checked reviews before ordering . I ordered cupcakes to be delivered for an event today and NOTHING. Tried calling and left a message for a call back- NOTHING . Sent an email and got an automated response that I should get a reply in 48 hrs- which does not really help me. I imagined that they were better than this. Will not order again. I can understand a delay but if you cannot even respond to the phone call- that is a problem!

6 November 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I placed an order on October 17th for…

I placed an order on October 17th for 200 cupcakes. I selected the "pick a date" option, as I have done in the past, and noticed that there was no calendar available for me to select the date. I contacted customer service to make these changes, no response. I then received an email on October 20th stating that my cupcakes were on the way. I immediately contacted customer service, left several messages, stayed on the line and was still forced to hang up because the que automatlcally placed me to get a call back. I also attempted to contact a live agent via the website and her only advice was to freeze the 200 cupcakes. There was no attempt to stop the delivery, which had not been picked up by the courier at the time of my outreach. It's unfortunate that the customer service is so poor and I do not intend on purchasing from them again. Not that it matters because they clearly do not value their customers.

20 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

$200 worth of cupcakes and no delivery or refund

I ordered almost $200 worth of cupcakes for a celebratory event at our office. I ordered the cupcakes to be scheduled and on the day of "delivery", they never showed up and still today over a month, I still have yet to receive a refund. No responses to calls, live chats, nor any communication from them regarding a refund since they didn't fulfill my order. Just the name of BAKED BY MELISSA makes me cringe regardless of how good people say they are.

8 September 2025
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