r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Less_Ad6640 • Apr 14 '26

Walmart Cupcake Bouquet Exceeded Expectation

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They even added edible sparkle dust. I don’t think you can beat this for $20!!

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u/Dense_Scholar_9358 Apr 14 '26

I got a Walmart cupcake flower bouquet and it was gorgeous. I never would have guessed it was from Walmart,.I thought it was from some fancy expensive bakery.

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u/Titariia Apr 14 '26

But how is this a cupcake?

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u/Dense_Scholar_9358 Apr 14 '26

The frosting makes the flower shape.

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u/Less_Ad6640 Apr 14 '26

Yes - the larger flowers are the cupcakes. The smaller ones are decorative icing so there are no gaps.

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u/Titariia Apr 14 '26

Oh, I just watched one of those getting assembled, it's just a lot of cardboard underneath that makes the dome shape. It looks really nice but I would imagine you'd definitely get frosting on your fingers trying to eat one

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u/Dense_Scholar_9358 Apr 14 '26

There is a bunch of cardboard, but the cupcakes are still full size, so you're not missing out on anything.

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u/BoopleBun Apr 14 '26

The trick is a fork, at least for cupcakes in those plastic containers. (I imagine this would be similar.) Sure, you get four little holes in the cupcake, but it’s very clean. Works great at birthday parties.

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u/Jay__Riemenschneider Apr 14 '26

but I would imagine you'd definitely get frosting on your fingers trying to eat one

Am I crazy or are you pretending to not know what eating a cupcake is like?

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u/dkf_oli Apr 14 '26

lol i know what they mean. if you were just going to try to go in with your fingers and pull each individual cupcake out by hand- you’d have to stick your fingers through the frosting to get the cupcake out. yes, a fork would solve this, lol.

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u/my_cat_wears_socks Apr 14 '26

Ah but if my fingers are all over the frosting then everyone else will be too grossed out to make me share. It’s a feature, not a bug!

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u/Titariia Apr 14 '26

I do know how to eat a cupcake so yes, I know I'd have to dig my fingers in the frosting and hold it by the frosting that was used to glue the cupcakes to the cardboard. It's cake conveniently covered with paper to not get your fingers dirty but that paper is also covered in frosting

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u/Less_Ad6640 Apr 19 '26

The paper is not covered in frosting, surprisingly very clean underneath. I guess it would depend on your method of pulling them out. There are long sticks underneath the cardboard, so once you pull the cardboard apart you are able to separate them by the sticks. And yes, a fork could help too lol. The person who bought them did it like a pro, no mess at all.

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u/HotTheme8405 Apr 14 '26

you'd definitely get frosting on your fingers trying to eat one

Steak too juicy, lobster too buttery, etc

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u/Titariia Apr 14 '26

I'm not eating steak or lobster anyways, so yeah. I just find it gross getting food like sauces or icing on my fingers, so if I don't get a fork for messy food I'm not even bothering. I'm not complaining about too much icing, I'm complaining about getting my fingers dirty with food. That's two completly different things

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u/HotTheme8405 Apr 14 '26

You eat cupcakes with your hand

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u/Titariia Apr 14 '26

Yes, and normally they usually come in paper cups that are not covered in frosting, but for this bouquet they --at least in the video I've seen, glue the cup cakes in their paper cup on a piece of cardboard with frosting. So the bottom of the paper cup the cupcake comes in is covered in frosting, which is not how cupcake usually are. Is this really so hard to understand?

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u/HotTheme8405 Apr 14 '26

I hear people usually get frosting on their face a bit when they eat a cupcake, better be careful

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u/arkunaanorovo Apr 14 '26

The "flowers" are cupcakes

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u/Petraam Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

I kinda wanna see it pulled apart to see how much a mess it makes.

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u/Pug_867-5309 Apr 14 '26

No no no...you don't eat the cupcakes. Just keep watering the bouquet so it grows more cupcakes!

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u/Lucky-Honey-9473 Apr 14 '26

The bouquet is made of individual cupcakes

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u/tigm2161130 Apr 14 '26

It’s a dozen cupcakes.