Video of how the 24-hour Sprinkles cupcake ATM works

Lucy Blodgett of the Huffington Post gives us a video tour of the new 24-hour Sprinkles Cupcakes automated cupcake machine (ATM) in Beverly Hills (coming this summer to New York City), complete with robotic arm! Via Foodbeast

Sprinkles Cupcakes will debut 3 24-hour cupcake automats in New York City this summer

An update on the big cupcake story of the week, the Sprinkles Cupcakes 24-hour "cupcake ATM" automated cupcake machine. It's not just for those in Beverly Hills! 3 of them are coming to New York City, according to the New York Daily News:

Good news for emergency sugar cravings — a Manhattan bakery is rolling out three 24-hour cupcake “ATMs” this year.

Called “cupcake automats,” the outposts of Sprinkles Cupcakes are planned for midtown, downtown and the upper West Side with the first whipping up business by summer, a company rep told the Daily News.

“We’re working hard on the exact locations now,” spokeswoman Nicole Schwartz said. “They’ll be restocked constantly throughout the day, so if it’s Wednesday, you’ll only get our Wednesday flavors.”

She said bakers at the popular Sprinkles on Lexington Ave. and E. 60th St. will pack each machine with a few hundred designer cakes at a time for on-the-go addicts.

Sprinkles Cupcakes to launch 24-hour automated cupcake machine and Sprinkles Ice Cream in Beverly Hills

Sprinkles Cupcakes is getting ready to launch their 24-hour automated cupcake machine and Sprinkles Ice Cream in Beverly Hills! Are you ready? You can follow 24-Hour Sprinkles on Facebook and, though it has only been used once so far, @24HourSprinkles on Twitter. Can't wait to hear when its launching. I will be in San Francisco in April and might have to pop down to Beverly Hills to check this out! Via LAist, who report:

This automatic cupcake machine dispenses freshly baked cupcakes, cupcake mixes, apparel and even cupcakes for Fido! In the heart of Beverly Hills nestled between Sprinkles Cupcakes and the brand new Sprinkles Ice Cream, 24 Hour Sprinkles will be continuously restocked day and night with a variety of freshly baked cupcake flavors.

And while Sprinkles Ice Cream sounds like it will be an ice cream shop and not actually selling cupcakes, it's still a big move for this major cupcake bakery and I would imagine will tie back in to the bakery somehow.

Our ice cream will be hand-crafted American ice cream using only the finest ingredients, staying in line with the Sprinkles philosophy. Scooped into crisp waffle cones, pressed between fluffy cupcake tops or piled high into sundaes topped with housemade sauces and toppings, Sprinkles Ice Cream shop is a back to basics creamery with a Sprinkles twist! Sprinkles Ice Cream will also serve up freshly baked cookies and brownies!