🎂 Birthday Cakes, Cupcakes & Treats in the Chambersburg Area

Planning a birthday in Chambersburg, Greencastle, Waynesboro, Mercersburg or nearby?

Whether your birthday kid dreams of a custom cake, a dozen cupcakes, giant cookies, decorated sugar cookies, cake pops, an ice cream cake or something completely different, there are plenty of local options to make the celebration a little sweeter.

Use this guide to find a birthday treat that fits your theme, your guest list and your budget.

💡 Tip: Custom-order availability, pricing and lead times can change. Contact the bakery or business directly before ordering, especially for detailed designs, large quantities or dietary needs.

🔎 Find What You Need

🎂 Want a custom birthday cake? Start with Custom Cakes.

🧁 Prefer easy-to-serve treats? Check Cupcakes & Mini Treats.

🍪 Need party favors or a dessert table? Try Cookies, Cake Pops & Specialty Treats.

🍦 Have an ice cream fan? Head to Ice Cream Cakes & Frozen Treats.

🍩 Want something besides cake? Donuts, buns, pies and other sweets can be just as fun.

🌾 Managing dietary needs? See Dietary & Allergy-Conscious Options.

💵 Trying to keep costs down? Check Budget-Friendly & Easy-Pickup Options.

🎂 Custom Birthday Cakes

Mama K’s Buns

📍 15 W. Baltimore St., Greencastle

Mama K’s offers made-from-scratch cakes and cupcakes with plenty of flavor combinations.

🎂 Cake flavors include: Chocolate, vanilla, funfetti, strawberry, lemon, red velvet, cookies & cream and more.

🍰 Fillings and frostings: Families can choose from fillings such as raspberry, strawberry, Bavarian cream and chocolate ganache, plus a variety of frostings.

🎨 Customizing: Mama K’s can coordinate colors and simple decorating with a birthday theme.

💲 Current starting prices:
• 6-inch, 3-layer cake: $60
• 8-inch, 3-layer cake: $70
• Cupcakes: $36/dozen

👥 Approximate servings:
• 6-inch cake: 8–10
• 8-inch cake: 16–20

📅 Lead time: About two weeks is preferred for birthday orders.

🚗 Delivery: Available within 30 miles for an added fee.

💡 Good to know: Mama K’s is very upfront that its specialty is delicious buttercream cake rather than highly intricate fondant work. This could be a great fit if flavor matters more than elaborate sculpted decoration.

☎️ 717-360-8545
📧 mamaksbuns@gmail.com
🔗 mamaksbuns.com

Divine Cake Creations Co.

📍 Greencastle

Divine Cake Creations is worth considering when you want a more customized celebration spread rather than just a single cake.

🎂 Birthday offerings may include:
• Custom cakes
• Cupcakes
• Cookies
• Cake pops
• Chocolate-covered treats
• Dessert-table sweets

🎨 Best for: Families looking for coordinated custom desserts or themed designs.

💲 Pricing: Contact for a custom quote.

📅 Lead time: Contact early for custom birthday work, especially detailed designs or multiple dessert types.

💡 Good to know: This is one of the local businesses to ask about creating several matching treats for one party theme.

AMANTI Bakery

📍 1048 Lincoln Way E., Suite 103, Chambersburg

AMANTI offers a different style of bakery experience, with Mexican baked goods alongside decorated celebration cakes and other treats.

🎂 Birthday possibilities: Custom cakes and decorated celebration desserts.

🍮 Great for: Families interested in cakes and sweets beyond a traditional American buttercream cake, including Mexican-style bakery favorites.

🌾 Dietary options: Gluten-free options have been publicly noted; always ask about ingredients and cross-contact before ordering for a medical dietary need.

☎️ 717-404-6598

💡 Good to know: This is a great place to ask about tres leches-style birthday cakes and other specialty desserts.

The Perfect Cake

📍 Chambersburg area

If your priority is a highly detailed, artistic cake, The Perfect Cake is one to investigate.

🎨 Specialty: Custom-designed cakes with detailed sugar work and artistic decoration.

🧁 Also available: Cupcakes and other celebration desserts may be available by custom order.

🚗 Services: Delivery and setup are advertised.

🌾 Dietary options listed: Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options.

💲 Pricing: Custom quote.

💡 Good to know: Because this is highly customized work, contact well in advance and confirm current birthday-order availability and dietary preparation practices.

🧁 Cupcakes & Mini Treats

The Cupcake Gypsy

📍 Waynesboro

For families who would rather skip cutting and serving a cake, cupcakes can make birthday cleanup much easier.

🧁 Specialty: Cupcakes in a variety of flavors and designs.

🌾 Gluten-free: Gluten-free offerings have been associated with the bakery.

⚠️ Dietary note: Always ask directly about ingredients and cross-contact if a guest has celiac disease or a serious food allergy.

💲 Pricing and birthday-order details: Contact the bakery for current options.

💡 Good to know: Cupcakes are particularly handy for classroom celebrations, larger guest lists and outdoor parties.

Tea Time Tasties

📍 10180 Fort Loudon Rd., Mercersburg

Tea Time Tasties is one of the strongest value options we found, especially for larger groups.

🎂 Current published cake prices include:
• 9x13 cake or two-tier 9-inch round: $21.95
• Half sheet cake: $43.95
• Full sheet cake: $56.95

🧁 Also available: Cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other sweets.

🍪 Cookie trays: Start at $20.95.

🍫 Brownies: $12/dozen.

☎️ 717-328-3836

💡 Good to know: This is worth checking when you need dessert for a crowd without jumping into custom-cake pricing. Call ahead for birthday orders.

🍪 Decorated Cookies, Cake Pops & Specialty Treats

Krystyn’s Cookie Cottage

📍 Chambersburg area

Krystyn’s Cookie Cottage specializes in decorated sugar cookies and cookie-decorating experiences.

🍪 Specialty: Royal-icing decorated sugar cookies.

🎨 Great for: Birthday themes, number cookies, character-inspired sets and individual party favors.

🎁 Bonus idea: Individually wrapped cookies can double as the party favor.

⚠️ Allergens: Public class information notes that the cookies contain common allergens including wheat, egg and dairy.

💲 Custom-order pricing: Contact directly.

💡 Good to know: Krystyn’s also offers cookie-decorating classes, so it may be worth asking about birthday-related DIY kits or decorating experiences.

Sweet Nell’s Cookies

📍 Mercersburg area

Sweet Nell’s specializes in decorated sugar cookies and is another useful option when you want treats that match the birthday theme.

🍪 Best for: Custom decorated cookies, party favors and dessert-table displays.

💲 Pricing and minimum order: Contact directly.

📅 Lead time: Ask early for detailed themed orders.

Bright Ideas Bakery

📍 Chambersburg area

Cake pops are a fun alternative to full-size cake—especially for younger children or parties where you want easy grab-and-go treats.

🍭 Specialty: Custom and themed cake pops.

🎉 Great for:
• Dessert tables
• Party favors
• Matching a birthday color scheme or theme
• Parties where utensils and plates are inconvenient

💲 Pricing: Contact for current custom-order information.

Khaotic Sweetz

📍 33 Center Square, Greencastle

Khaotic Sweetz specializes in big, bold cookies rather than traditional birthday cake.

🍪 Signature treats: Stuffed and topped cookies generally weighing about 5–7 ounces each.

🎉 Great for: Tweens, teens, cookie lovers and families looking for something very different from cake.

🛍️ Local pickup: Available in Greencastle.

💲 Current individual cookies on the online shop are often around $5–$6, depending on variety.

☎️ 717-387-0238
📧 khaoticsweetz@gmail.com

💡 Good to know: Flavors rotate frequently, so this could be especially fun for a build-your-own cookie assortment rather than one birthday flavor.

🍦 Ice Cream Cakes & Frozen Birthday Treats

Windy Knoll Farm Market & Creamery

📍 2685 Spring Rd., Chambersburg

If the birthday kid loves ice cream more than cake, Windy Knoll is an easy local option.

🍦 Birthday options:
• Premade ice cream cakes
• Custom ice cream cakes
• Homemade ice cream in more than 75 rotating flavors

🎂 Custom cakes are available by calling ahead.

☎️ 717-264-2900

💡 Good to know: This can be especially nice for a summer birthday or a child who simply isn't a traditional-cake fan.

Scoops on the Square

📍 12 W. Baltimore St., Greencastle

Scoops on the Square serves Perry’s ice cream in downtown Greencastle.

🍦 Great for: Ice cream-focused birthday treats, take-home desserts and easy add-ons after a party elsewhere in town.

🌾 Perry’s offers a variety of gluten-free flavors, although families managing allergies should still ask about scoop-shop cross-contact.

☎️ 717-643-2435
📧 scoopsonthesquarepa@gmail.com

💡 Good to know: Contact Scoops directly about current cake, pie or party-order options.

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream

📍 Chambersburg

Bruster’s is another practical choice for ice cream cakes and frozen birthday desserts.

🍦 Best for: Families who want a familiar ice cream-cake option or a frozen treat that can be picked up locally.

💲 Current cake options and ordering: Contact the Chambersburg location.

🍩 Something Besides Cake

Not every birthday needs a traditional cake.

Mama K’s Buns — Greencastle

Birthday orders can also include:

• Cinnamon buns
• Sticky buns
• Fruit-filled buns
• Cookies
• Pies
• Whoopie pies

Current starting prices include cookies around $16/dozen, pies starting at $20 for a 9-inch pie, and whoopie pies starting at $30/dozen.

Party idea: A cinnamon-roll breakfast birthday or mixed dessert table could be a fun alternative to cake.

Dawn and Dusk Donuts

📍 Waynesboro area

Donuts are another easy birthday-table option, especially for morning parties, sleepover breakfasts or kids who simply prefer donuts to cake.

🍩 Ask about:
• Large donut orders
• Event/catering options
• Assorted flavors
• Advance ordering

💡 Party idea: Create a donut wall or stack donuts into a “birthday cake.”

Jim’s Farmers Market

📍 255 Grant St., Chambersburg

Jim’s Farmers Market is worth a stop when you're building your own dessert table.

🍩 Depending on the vendors and market day, families can find items such as donuts, cinnamon rolls, cookies, pies and other local baked goods.

💡 Good to know: This is more of a “shop the market for treats” option than a single custom birthday bakery.

🍮 Try Something Different

Traditional buttercream cake isn't the only way to celebrate.

Local businesses such as AMANTI Bakery offer Mexican-style baked goods, while other Chambersburg-area businesses feature desserts such as tres leches, flan and other Latin-inspired sweets.

💡 Birthday idea: Ask about ordering a whole tres leches cake, flan or mixed specialty-dessert tray instead of a standard sheet cake.

Because custom-order availability varies, call ahead rather than assuming full-size party desserts are available every day.

🌾 Dietary & Allergy-Conscious Options

Several local businesses advertise gluten-free, dairy-free or vegan products, including options at The Perfect Cake and other area bakeries.

But there's an important distinction:

“Gluten-free,” “dairy-free” or “vegan” describes the product. It does not automatically mean the kitchen is free from cross-contact.

If someone at your party has celiac disease or a serious food allergy, ask:

• Is this made in a shared kitchen?
• Are separate tools or pans used?
• Are ingredients prepared near nuts, wheat, dairy or eggs?
• Can the bakery accommodate a medically necessary allergy?
• Is there a label or ingredient list available?

Never hesitate to ask. A bakery that cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment can still be a wonderful option for dietary preference—but families need enough information to make the right choice.

💵 Budget-Friendly & Easy-Pickup Options

A beautiful birthday does not require a custom $100 cake.

For larger parties, short notice or tighter budgets, consider:

🎂 Tea Time Tasties — Mercersburg for sheet cakes, brownies and cookie trays.

🛒 Local grocery-store bakeries for ready-made and custom cakes.

🎂 Walmart Bakery — Chambersburg/Waynesboro area for customizable cakes, cupcakes and character-themed options.

🍦 Ice cream shops for ready-made frozen cakes.

🍪 Mix-and-match treats from local bakeries, farm markets or farmers markets.

💡 Budget tip: A small decorated cake for candles and photos plus cupcakes, cookies or brownies for guests can often stretch the dessert budget farther than one large custom cake.

📏 How Much Dessert Do You Need?

There isn't one perfect formula, but these are useful starting points:

🧁 Cupcakes: Mama K’s recommends about 1.3 cupcakes per guest for a party.

🎂 Cake: Ask the baker for serving guidance because portion sizes vary greatly by cake height and design.

🍪 Cookies: One larger decorated or stuffed cookie per guest may be plenty; smaller cookies work better at two or more per guest.

🍰 Dessert tables: If you're offering several treats, you don't need a full serving of every dessert for every person.

And remember the adults. Somehow the parents always end up wanting cake too.

✅ Before You Order

Ask the baker:

• How far ahead should I order?
• What size cake do I need for my guest count?
• Is there a minimum cupcake or cookie order?
• Can you match a birthday theme or color scheme?
• Do you use fondant, buttercream or both?
• Can I send an inspiration photo?
• What flavors and fillings are available?
• Do you offer a smash cake?
• Do you make matching cupcakes, cookies or cake pops?
• Are dietary options available?
• How do you handle food allergies and cross-contact?
• Is pickup available?
• Do you deliver?
• Is setup available?
• What deposit is required?
• When is final payment due?

🎈Building a Birthday Party?

This guide is part of our growing Macaroni KID Chambersburg Birthday Party collection.

Be sure to check out our:

🎉 Birthday Party Venues Guide

And watch for more local birthday resources:

🎈 Balloons, Decorations & Party Rentals
🏰 Bounce Houses & Inflatables
🎭 Entertainment & Activities
🍕 Party Food & Catering

➕ Are We Missing Your Favorite?

Do you own a bakery or make birthday treats in Chambersburg, Greencastle, Waynesboro, Mercersburg or elsewhere in the Macaroni KID Chambersburg area?

We'd love to know about you.

Local bakeries, licensed home bakers, cookie decorators, cake-pop makers, ice cream shops and other birthday-treat businesses can submit their information for consideration in this free community resource.

Information in this guide is provided as a community resource. Products, prices, ordering requirements, availability and dietary options can change. Always verify details directly with the business before ordering.