I love checking out new bakeries in the neighborhood, so I was excited to be driving right by Dipsticks earlier this week.\nThe ambiance of the store is one of the better that I've seen for the local bakeries. It's brightly painted, the displays are well-lit, and the shop isn't intimidating or too quiet, so you don't mind actually using the indoor or outdoor seating areas.\nThe lady that helped us was very friendly and eager to explain the different selections, so 5 stars for service.\nThe location is good - on Sunset, next to the new Galaxy theatres I've been meaning to try. Hopefully that means this plaza is getting some new life!\n\nIn keeping with the name, all the goods are actually served on a stick...cookies, cake pops, brownies, and maybe some other stuff I either didn't notice or it wasn't out. They had a wide variety of cake pops when we were there (Wednesday around noon)...lemon, vanilla, red velvet, pb&j, etc etc. We sampled the lemon, and I thought it was good for a cake pop, but then I remembered why I don't like cake pops that much. The 'cake' is mixed with icing, so it's all wet and it just seems more like batter than actual cake to me. Definitely depends on your opinion of cake pops in general. \nThe stuffed cookies were, I thought, a genius idea. I ordered oreo stuffed with cheesecake, vanilla stuffed with rolo, and ruffles stuffed with 100 grand. Unfortunately, she didn't hear me or forgot to put the Oreo one in there, so I only got to try the other 2. I love love Rolos, but the vanilla/rolo cookie didn't live up to expectations. You couldn't even taste the Rolo - it just kinda made everything mushy, so you got another uncooked-seeming item. Again, not bad, just not exciting. I did think the Ruffle potato chip cookie was really good. She advertised it as salty meets sweet (sold!), so I could have actually gone for more potato chips to play up the salt factor. \nThey do have chocolate covered bacon for those that are interested, but we didn't sample it this time.\nAlso, they had some delicious-looking layered/stuffed brownies, but they seemed a little too decadent for me this visit.\n\nWhere I'm deducting points is the price. $2 for an average-size cookie and $2.50 for a dinky cake pop (which, I guess, is an average-size cake pop). I mean, really, a cake pop is less than half the size of a cupcake, and I've yet to pay $5 for one of those. I realize their product is really labor intensive, but maybe they should make it less so. I would have been glad to try a selection of non-stuffed, cheaper cookies. Maybe the rolo pieces can just be in the batter? Plain chocolate chip with Ruffles on top? \n\nMy second complaint is that I ordered 3 items (2 cookies and 1 cake pop) When I walked outside, I saw a sign advertising buy 3 get 1 free. Why didn't anybody in the store mention it to me?? It seems like I missed out on a free item! Or if the deal was only for 4 of the same items, I still would have liked to be informed. It really would have influenced my order!\n\nOverall, I will probably be back, at least to try the brownies and maybe even the bacon, so Dipsticks definitely has a chance to earn some additional stars.