What's Your Fancy?: Sprinkle Cupcakes's Candace Nelson Can't Live Without These Picks

In 2005, Candance Nelson decided to take a gamble on her career: She left behind the corporate world and pursued her passion of baking and opened Sprinkles Cupcakes, a bakery that only sold cupcakes. Fast forward to today, Nelson has opened more than 20 storefronts and nearly 30 cupcake ATM machines across the country and amassed a cult following, with everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Oprah Winfrey raving about her mini creations. Getting to that level of success took tons of trial and error, and now the entrepreneur is sharing her greatest lessons and tips in her new book, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe to Turn your Passion into Profit, for dreamers alike.

Here, Nelson dishes more on her sweet read, along with the top essentials getting her through the rest of the year.