Order dessert for an office and one question arrives late. Somebody
on the team does not eat dairy, and the tray you booked is built on butter and
cream. The usual fix is a second order, a labelled box, a plate that sits apart
from the rest. Cinnaholic removes that job by having
only one recipe. Every roll, cookie, brownie and cake it bakes is plant-based,
and the bakery states this as a property of the building rather than of a menu
line.
The bakery spells out what that means. All products are made on
vegan-friendly equipment in a dedicated vegan facility. The baking sugars are
free from bone char. The marshmallows are gelatin-free. A supplier settles the
two ingredients that break a dessert order for vegan guests, so the counter
never has to.
That solves less than it sounds like, and the bakery is honest about the
rest on the same page. Read both halves before you order for a room.
A Berkeley Bakery That Took the Dairy Out and Kept the Frosting
The original founders opened the first Cinnaholic in Berkeley, California,
in July 2010. The product was a cinnamon roll built to order, and the whole
menu was vegan from the first day. Lines formed. In 2014 the founders took the
concept onto ABC’s Shark Tank and accepted a deal from Robert Herjavec, aimed
at shipping the rolls nationwide.
They then walked away from that deal and put the money into storefronts
instead. The bakery still publishes the reasoning, and one line of its own FAQ
carries the consequence: it does not ship. Every Cinnaholic order is a local
order, collected or delivered from a bakery near you. For an office that is a
constraint worth knowing before you plan an all-hands around a dessert
table.
What a Dedicated Vegan Facility Changes for an Office Order
Our own vegan office catering
guide tells readers to look for a caterer with a dedicated vegan section on
the menu, because a caterer who has tested those recipes will not put butter in
the rice by accident. That advice is sound and it does not apply here. There is
no vegan section at Cinnaholic. There is no other section for it to sit
next to.
One recipe changes three jobs in an office order.
The counting stops. You order a dozen and every one of the dozen works for
the person who does not eat dairy, so nobody has to hold back two rolls or
write a name on a lid. Our dairy-free
guide spends most of its length on the arithmetic of covering part of a
room. None of it is needed here.
The labelling stops mattering as much. A dessert tray usually needs a card
saying which item is safe for whom. On a single-recipe tray the card has one
line on it.
The question you carry into the order changes too. You stop guessing what
the kitchen swapped and start asking what else is in the room, which is a
question the bakery has already answered on the same page.
Two Allergens the Recipe Removes, and Four It Leaves in the Room
A dedicated facility is dedicated to one thing. Cinnaholic publishes both
sides of that in the same answer, which is more than most caterers manage. The
table below sorts it by who has to act.
| Question a room asks | Who answers it | What the bakery publishes |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy and lactose | The recipe | Every product is dairy-free and lactose-free. Non-dairy butter and soy milk carry the roll |
| Egg | The recipe | Every product is egg-free. The cookie dough uses a starch-based egg substitute |
| Tree nuts and peanuts | You and the bakery | Present in the bakeries, used as a topping, and some nut-flavoured extracts may carry nut oil |
| Soy | You and the bakery | The products do contain soy. Soy milk and a soy lecithin sit in the base recipe |
| Wheat and gluten | A different caterer | The products contain wheat flour and are not intended for gluten-related sensitivities or illnesses |
| Coconut | You and the bakery | The frostings carry a small amount of refined coconut, and the caramel sauce carries coconut milk and coconut oil |
Two of those six the bakery has already answered for you. The other four
stay live, and the operator adds one line that governs all of them: everything
is made on shared equipment, so contact is possible whatever the ingredient
list says. It also runs an allergy procedure and asks you to raise an allergy
before the order rather than after.
Nothing in this post is medical or dietary advice. Raise a guest’s allergy
with the bakery in writing when you order, and take the medical question to
whoever advises that person. Our guide to
food
allergies in the workplace covers the process side, and
allergy-safe boxed lunches
covers the format that keeps items apart.
Forty-Three Published Components, and Seven Are Named for a Nut
The bakery publishes its component list, so you can count it rather than
guess. The menu names 18 frostings and 25 toppings,
43 in all. 7 of the 43 carry a nut in the name:
almond, hazelnut, peanut butter, almonds, pb cups, pecans and walnuts.
That number is useful in one direction only. It tells you how much of the
menu a nut-avoiding guest steers around by reading, which is roughly one part
in six. It does not tell you the rest is clear, because the shared-equipment
line applies to all 43 of them. Use the count to write a shorter
question, not to answer it yourself.
Name the allergy when you enquire, ask the bakery which items it will put
on your tray, and leave the decision with the bakery. Cinnaholic published all
of that detail without anybody asking, so a direct question gets a direct
answer.
What Cinnaholic Actually Sends to an Office
The catering menu is short and it repeats one shape: sweet things, sold in
quantities, plus something to drink. The bakery’s own corporate list names
assorted cinnamon rolls by the dozen, bite-sized Baby Buns by the dozen, cakes
for a celebration, and boxed coffee with bottled drinks alongside.
| On the catering menu | What it suits |
|---|---|
| Signature cinnamon rolls | A named spread with recognisable flavours. The centre of most orders |
| Bite-sized Baby Buns | A room that grazes past a table. Each one carries a frosting |
| Cookies, chocolate chip and Cinnadoodle | The plainest thing on the menu, and the easiest to carry between floors |
| Brownies | Made from scratch, cut into squares, the tray that empties last |
| Edible cookie dough | Sold in tubs or by the scoop. Egg-free by recipe, which is why it is sold to eat |
| Cookie cakes and celebration cakes | A birthday, a farewell, a launch. Both carry a requires-advance-notice line |
| Boxed coffee and bottled drinks | The reason the table works at three in the afternoon rather than after lunch |
Two lines on that menu set your timeline. The cakes need notice and say so.
Everything else comes off the daily bake, so a Tuesday afternoon table is a
short conversation. Confirm the current notice with the bakery when you
enquire, because a bakery can change how it schedules without changing what it
bakes.
The Dessert Order Outlives the Meeting
Every other course you order gets eaten or thrown away the same day. Dessert
does neither. A room takes one each, a third of the tray survives, and somebody
puts it in the kitchen.
Cinnaholic publishes a window for that, which is rare. The FAQ gives five to
seven days for the rolls and the frostings, and says they keep longer frozen.
Plan the remainder before you order rather than after: a covered tray in the
office kitchen buys you a second morning, and a box that somebody takes home
keeps the rest out of the bin. Confirm storage with the bakery for anything you
mean to keep.
Size the order with that in mind. Run out of savoury food at one o’clock
and you hear about it for a week. Leave a dozen rolls standing at four and
nobody minds, so round up rather than down.
Who Cinnaholic Suits, and Who Should Order Elsewhere
Order here if your room has vegan or dairy-free guests and you are tired
of ordering twice. It suits an employee-appreciation table, a birthday, a
launch, or a Friday afternoon that needs a reason to leave the desk. Offices
that already book lunch elsewhere use a bakery like this for the sweet course
and nothing else.
Look elsewhere if a guest needs a gluten-free dessert, because the bakery
declines to serve that need and says why. Look elsewhere too if a nut allergy
in the room is severe enough that shared equipment rules the caterer out, and
take that decision with the person concerned rather than for them. One caterer
bringing lunch and dessert together is a third reason to look elsewhere, since
this menu carries the sweet course only.
How to Order Cinnaholic Catering
Two routes. Direct, you find the bakery nearest your building and place the
order with that store, which is the route the brand’s own pages push you down.
Because there is no shipping, the store you order from is the store near you,
and that kitchen answers your questions about notice, delivery and
allergies rather than a head office.
Through Zerocater, the order sits alongside the rest of your catering.
Cinnaholic in Seattle is on the platform, as is the
Cinnaholic brand page and a
New York listing. Browse the wider
Seattle catering directory or the
North American caterers alongside it if you are
building a full menu, and see how ordering works
before your first order.
Either way, send three things with the order: your head count, the date you
need it, and any allergy in the room, in writing. The first two decide the
tray. The third decides whether the tray is the right idea at all.
Cinnaholic and Zerocater
CaterAi plans a menu from a description of your
event, drawing on caterers across every city Zerocater serves. Tell it you want
a dessert table for a team of thirty with vegan guests and it will build the
order around caterers that can serve it, so a dessert-only bakery slots in
beside whoever brings the meal.
Seattle offices ordering sweet things also work with Zylberschtein’s Delicatessen & Bakery, Dochi, Eltana, Honey and Harmony, Kakigori Cafe, The Guilt Trip, and our
Seattle corporate event
catering roundup and
Seattle catering cost guide
cover the wider market. If dietary coverage is what sent you here, our
vegan,
dairy-free,
egg-free and
gluten-free directories filter the
whole network the same way, and
ordering for mixed
dietary needs walks the process end to end. Our
gluten-free and
vegetarian guides cover the two
axes this bakery hands back to you. For a standing programme rather
than a one-off, see corporate
catering, and for a single large event see
corporate event catering.
Menus, formats and
availability vary by bakery and change over time. Check the
Cinnaholic vendor page for the current catering menu and
a live quote, and raise any allergy with the bakery directly before you order.
Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.
Plan your dessert table with CaterAi
Frequently Asked Questions
Is everything Cinnaholic sells vegan?
Yes, and the bakery states it as a property of the building rather than of a menu line. Its published answer reads that all products are made on vegan-friendly equipment in a dedicated vegan facility, that the baking sugars are free from bone char, and that the marshmallows are gelatin-free. The rolls, brownies, cookies, cookie dough, cakes and beverages all sit under the same rule. For an office order that means there is no separate vegan item to ask for, because every item already is one.
Can someone with a nut allergy eat this?
Ask the bakery, and ask your own medical adviser. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. What the operator publishes is this: nuts, tree nuts and peanut butter are present in the bakeries, nuts are used as a topping, some nut-flavoured frosting extracts may contain nut oil, and everything is made on shared equipment, so contact is possible. The bakery also publishes an allergy procedure and asks you to raise any allergy before you order rather than after. Do that in writing when you place a catering order, so the answer arrives before the food does.
Can Cinnaholic serve a guest who avoids gluten?
The bakery declines to make that claim about its baked goods, and it says why. Its published answer says the products contain wheat flour and are not intended for people with gluten-related sensitivities or illnesses. It notes that many locations carry a gluten-free frozen dessert and that some may offer gluten-friendly baked items, and it routes the question to the local bakery. If a guest needs a gluten-free dessert, order it from a second caterer and read our gluten-free guide for the questions worth asking.
What does an office usually order from Cinnaholic?
The bakery’s own corporate list runs to assorted cinnamon rolls by the dozen, bite-sized Baby Buns by the dozen, cakes for a celebration, and boxed coffee with bottled drinks alongside. Cookies, brownies and edible cookie dough fill out the rest of the catering menu. Pick the small format for a room that will graze and the cake for a room that will gather, and confirm what your local bakery carries when you enquire.
How far ahead should I order?
The menu marks the answer for you. Cookie cakes and the larger celebration cakes both carry a requires-advance-notice line, and the mini-cookie dozens carry the same mark on the Zerocater listing. Everything else comes off the daily bake. Treat any decorated cake as the item that sets your timeline and place the rest around it. Confirm the current notice with the bakery when you enquire, because a bakery can change how it schedules without changing what it bakes.
Will the leftovers survive the afternoon?
Better than most catering leaves behind. The bakery publishes a five to seven day window for its rolls and frostings, and says they keep longer frozen. Dessert is the course a room under-eats, so plan for the remainder before you order: a covered tray in the kitchen, or a box somebody takes home. Confirm storage with the bakery for anything you intend to keep.
Does Cinnaholic deliver, and does it ship?
It delivers locally and it does not ship. The bakery’s published answer on shipping is a plain no, and the same page points at third-party delivery services that many stores work with. For an office order that makes this a local decision: find the bakery nearest the building, or let CaterAi match you with a dessert caterer inside your delivery radius.
Who should order something else?
A room where a guest needs a gluten-free or nut-free dessert, and a room that wants dessert to arrive with the meal from one caterer. Cinnaholic sells the sweet course and nothing around it, so a full lunch means a second order either way. If your team leans that way, CaterAi can build a menu that carries the meal and the dessert together.
