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 ...

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 ...

The boutique chain’s co-founder, Candace Nelson, said that the business had ceased operations at year’s end. It was sold to a private equity firm more than a decade ago. By Christine Hauser Sprinkles ...

Morgan Hardwick had hoped to get one last Sprinkles cupcake. Instead, the 18-year-old arrived at the Georgetown shop midday Thursday to find the pink storefront shuttered for good. “It felt very ...

That’s the way the cupcake crumbles. Sprinkles, the iconic California cupcake company, has announced a “winding down” of operations at its remaining 15 retail locations, blindsiding employees at the ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes, the bakery chain best known for its cupcake ATMs, is permanently closing all of its stores. Candace Nelson, the company's founder and former owner, confirmed the shutdown in an ...

Rose Baca / Staff Photographer Sprinkles Cupcakes, the brand that launched cupcake ATMs across the country, will close its doors on Dec. 31, co-founder Candace Nelson announced on Instagram. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sprinkles Cupcakes, a chain of scratch-made gourmet cupcakes, cookies and cakes that got its start in Beverly Hills and was later bought by a private equity ...

Candace Nelson founded the celebrity-loved desserts shop, known for its cupcake-serving ATMs, in 2005 Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock; Stefanie Keenan/Getty Candace Nelson, the ...

Sprinkles Cupcakes says it is shutting down its company-owned bakeries nationwide, a move that marks the end of an era for the once-booming dessert brand and has prompted emotional backlash online ...