SHANGHAI -- Jiang Xiaoyun stared wide-eyed at the pink cupcakes, pink T-shirts, pink purses and pink dolls in the towering new six-story Barbie flagship store and declared the place a dream come true.

(Ariana Eunjung Cha 记者)上海——在高耸的新开六层芭比旗舰店里，蒋晓云（音译）睁大双眼盯着面前粉红色的纸托蛋糕，粉红T恤，粉红钱包和粉红色的玩偶，称这一切简直就是自己梦想成真。

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"I mean I knew cupcakes were hot, but I didn't expect quite the sales for that first year.

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Although if you actually look at the recommendations in the studies, they don't really allow you to eat cupcakes.

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One tester observed that these cupcakes might have won if they hadn't been overcooked (which they were).

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It is the kind of place where, one recent day, when cupcakes were served to celebrate a birthday, candles weren't blown out.

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