* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Expect critics of the show to dismiss it as simply being [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace "Chopped with Cupcakes"]].
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Small-business owner Chloe Coscarelli blowing away the competition in an aphrodisiac-themed challenge with vegan cupcakes.
* TheScrappy: Justin William's attempts at humor can sometimes come across as pretty irritating, especially when compared to his calmer counterpart on ''Chopped'', Ted Allen.
* {{Squick}}: ''Pork'' being used as an ingredient for cupcakes in the Hawaiian episode.
** from the same episode, the baker who thought it was a good idea to use straight-up mayo as icing for his cupcake (which had ahi-ahi as an ingredient) The look of disgust on the judge's faces... needless to say, he was immediately sent home.
** The contestant who, given a choice of items from the concessions stand of Dodger Stadium to use in her cupcakes, chose ''hot dogs''. She didn't get past the first round.