AI have a friend in FL who is getting married and only wanted 50 cupcakes. The place she was planning on using is charging her $4.00 a cupcake. Do you think this is too much?

if i was paying for them yes--

but no it's not an overly high price--

Probably not. I'm sure they are not just buttercream swirls for a wedding. $4 seems quite reasonable.

AOk. She really only wants a simple regular cupcake with some chocolate seashells on some and some with edible confetti. This is why I can't do my own business...I can't charge what I should for cakes! Lol thank you all again!

Quality chocolate is expensive. So is the cost of living. What may seem simple is not so when it is your sole source of income. Tell her with the cost of paying a reputable baker comes with the peace of mind of having a quality product for her wedding.

If there is decoration work on each cupcake, then she is probably getting a bargain. 

You probably should have provided more detail in your original post. 

If it was a cupcake with just a swirl of buttercream frosting, then I'd say $4 per cupcake is too much.

BUT, that's not what she's ordering.  She's getting cupcakes that are custom decorated.  There is additional ingredient/material cost for that, not to mention there is now extra labor involved.

There could also be an additional cost for the cupcake flavor and type of frosting she wants.

So, no, it's not too much.

White chocolate shells take a good deal of effort to make.

You have to melt it down, pour it into the molds, pop it in the freezer, pop them out carefully, and I dust my chocolate shells with luster and petal dust, it's time consuming.

So $4 per cupcake with a white chocolate shell is pretty standard in most places.

I've seen decorated cupcakes cost upwards of $8 each.

The going rate here in my city for a standard size cupcake with a swirl of icing is around $3.00 each.