Cupcakes, like babies, are smaller, cuter, and more tempting to nibble on. Indulge your maternal/carnivoral instincts with today's Groupon: for $9, you'll get a half-dozen original and creatively conceived cupcakes from The Cupcakery (an $18 value), a family-owned sweet shop with a focus on creative recipes and high-quality ingredients. Grab your choice of freshly harvested cakes at either the South Eastern Avenue or West Lake Mead Boulevard locations.

Unlike newborn farm animals, cupcakes remain adorable, well-behaved house pets who’ll never grow up to destroy your furniture. Devoted to decadent ingredients, The Cupcakery's bake staff crafts the celebrated cream-crested cakes daily. Choose from more than 30 varieties, including seasonal and limited-edition flavors, to create a tasty six-pack. Like sharks swimming to stay alive, the expert buttercreamers at The Cupcakery churn, mix, and frost new recipes to satisfy a stream of hungry customers and celebrities, including Fergie, Lance Bass, and Avril Lavigne. Elvis aficionados will appreciate the Trip to Graceland, a chunky peanut-butter cake crested with creamy banana frosting, rolled in applewood-smoked bacon, and swirled with honey. Or keep it simple with the signature Tickle Me Pink, a classic white cake with pink buttercream frosting. Other options include Southern Belle (red velvet with cream-cheese frosting), Strawberry Lemonade, and Cherrylicious.

Serving cupcakes to your guests cuts down on dirty dishes and eliminates the shame of being the first one to cut into the cake. Instead of making a different cake to suit everyone's tastes, you can get a half-dozen different flavors for fickle friends, or firmly redefine adulthood with a cupcake-tasting party with a wine pairing for each scrumptious treat. Gone are the obnoxious protestations that a slice of cake is too big. Because cupcakes fit neatly into your hand, you'll be too consumed with the childlike delight of devouring the artful edibles to think about blown diets and foreign occupation.

Reviews

The Cupcakery's frosting-crested treats have been heralded in High Times, Ellen Across America, Cupcakes Take The Cake, and the Las Vegas Sun, among others:

• The Coco Frauline was amazing, especially for this devil's food cake-averse eater. It's a perfect companion for a cup of coffee, especially an iced version. – Stacie Joy, Cupcakes Take The Cake

Polarized Citysearchers give the snack shop 3.5 stars:

• The cream cheese frosting is delicious. I am a regular customer and everytime I go in there, the lovely lady at the counter always remembers my order and is very helpful. – Yojimbo321004
• The red velvet was to die for...I haven't tried a red velvet cake like this anywhere! Their chocolate passion was phenomenal too! The cakes were unbelievably moist! – hawaii702