Reviews of Merely Sweets

Situated in Downtown Brea, Merely Sweets bakery offers a variety of sweets & treats for everyone. I've been to Merely Sweets at least a a handful of times and ordered twice recently during COVID-19. Called in to place my dozen macaron order, emailed and invoice to pay online, called when I was parked outside the store for curbside pick up - quick, easy and extremely convenient! Macarons are sold individually at $2.15 each or $23 for the dozen. Each dozen is placed in a long rectang

I'm personally a fan of cookies. A BIG one! Merely Sweets isn't a great cookie place. BUT it's a pretty good dessert place. They specialize mostly in cupcakes and macaroons (the French kind, not the coconut kind). The cakes are well made and taste great too. Overall, it's worth a visit especially if you're craving something cakey for dessert!

I love the macarons here but my all time favorite thing to get is their Blueberry cookie. Its like a oatmeal cookie but instead of rasins they have blueberry. Almost everything we get is awesome and they are so awesome there. Service is always nice. If you have a sweet tooth come by and tey out one of their many treats.

Located in the downtown area of Brea across from Bruxie, Merely Sweets has a wide assortment of macarons, cupcakes, cakes, and other sweet treats. The storefront is super clean and modern. I feel like every piece of decoration is put up for a specific purpose - nothing is done without extreme and careful thought, so the entire storefront looks incredibly polished and put together in a very tasteful way. I love the brightness of the store upon walking in. The open windows, the ledge table, the white walls, everything just seems to call out "hey, put a cupcake or a macaron on me and Instagram this moment!" Anyway, I originally came here for macarons, but I couldn't help but be swayed to buy a cupcake. I'm a fan of all mint colored things, and the frosting on the happy birthday cupcake totally drew me in. With a candle on top and funfetti cake on the bottom, this cake was seriously begging me to eat it. As big of a fan as I am of macarons, the birthday cupcake became my go-to sweet treat from this place. The cupcake itself is super soft and moist. While it pretty much crumbles into soft cake once it's in your mouth, it doesn't crumble like day-old pound cake that's been sitting on the counter overnight. Nope, the cake from Merely Sweets was one of the moistest, tastiest cupcakes I have ever had! It definitely made me consider buying a whole slice of cake. Black and white cupcake - I was intrigued by a few of the cupcakes, but I ended up trying this one because I really like chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. I thought it was a good cupcake, but nowhere near as good as the happy birthday cupcake. I ate it a day after buying it, and the cake still maintained the moist decadent taste that the other cupcake had. It was rich without being too heavy on the chocolate taste. The vanilla buttercream on top (with the black and white sprinkles) was good and not too heavy, but wasn't as light and fluffy as the teal vanilla frosting on the birthday cupcake. I don't know if I would buy this again, but it was a decent try. Cupcakes are $2.95 each and $3.25 for filled cupcakes. Macarons are $1.95 each or $22 for a dozen. While I love macarons, I definitely felt like the cupcakes were a much better buy. But! The macarons here are much cheaper than the ones at Bottega or Caffe Concerto. I still ended up buying six, trying the lemon, lavender and honey, salted caramel, circus animal, vanilla and rose. I really liked all the flavors that I tried. The macarons were made just the way I like - I look for shells that are crumbly upon biting, but after taking that whole bite, give that chewiness when you get the filling and shell. Love love the macarons here! My favorite was probably a tie between the circus animal and the salted caramel, just because the caramel had that ooey gooey texture that I like. The lemon was also really good, not too tangy (more on the sweet side), and the rose was light and fragrant. I think the circus animal macaron was the most unique, with sprinkles on the outside of the shell and a pink filling (reminiscent of the pink circus animal cookie) on the inside. Definitely a top flavor. And the lavender and honey was just a bit too sweet for me, but I loved the pretty purple sparkly dusting on the outside of the shell. The workers here are super nice and friendly, and all seemed to understand my need to take countless pictures of the storefront, my cupcake, my macarons, etc. I love the individualized boxes, the bags, everything about this store! I'm sad that it's located all the way in Brea though. There's a big huge parking lot in the back that is shared with the Starbucks, Corner Bakery, etc. or you can find parking in the garage or various lots in downtown Brea. Overall, the perfect place to go if you want to pick up some goodies and sweet treats for a friend ... or yourself. Highly recommend their Happy Birthday Cupcake and the Circus Animal macaron. I'll probably be visiting tomorrow to pick up some treats for my co-workers. And okay, for myself, too!