Ultimate Grasshopper Cookies topped with chocolate ganache, minty frosting and Andes Mint pieces! Perfect for Christmas or all year long! I finally took the dive and went to my first blogger party. I tend to be socially awkward in situations where I know not a soul, which is why I started baking in the first…
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Fruity Fourth Cupcakes
The Story: The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. The nights are warm, the dark sky gets lit up with colors, the food is good and it just sort of sneaks up on you. There’s so much build up to Christmas that when the day finally comes, it sometimes doesn’t live up to expectations….
Chocolate Almond Raspberry Cupcakes
The Story: Going to the grocery store is quite an event. I don’t have three toddlers to wrangle through the aisles or 4 teenage boys to feed at home but I do have quite a lot of people to please. I get weird looks at the checkout stand. But who can blame them? All I…
Blueberry Almond Mini Bundt Cakes
The Story: A Bundt cake. Yes, the “B” is supposed to be capitalized. It’s a trademarked name, didn’t-cha know? I didn’t until 10 seconds ago…Thank you Wikipedia. Anyway, I feel like Bundt cakes have this weird stigma of something the cheesey neighbors bring over on an ugly platter. Like fruit cake for summer. But after…
Banana Split Cookies
The Story: There are good splits and bad splits. The recipe is the good. Humor me for a minute. Let’s talk break-ups. For the 1% of you who married your first boyfriend, your homecoming king, your college sweetheart and are living happily ever after, you can just stop reading. But to the rest of us,…
Raspberry Lemonade Mini Cupcakes
The Story: After you sit around a campfire for hours, you get in the shower and what happens? As soon as your hair hits the water the smell of smoke and trees flood the shower. Well with my big, curly hair the same sort of thing happens after I bake hundreds of cupcakes all day….
Snow Cone Cupcakes
The Story: For some reason at every fundraiser fair, I got put at the snow cone stand. It would have been the best job around if it weren’t for all those bees! Every pump of fruity syrup was buzzing with terror. I just moved slowly and hoped for the best. This recipe comes from my…
Blackberry Lemonade Cupcakes
The Story: Did anyone actually make good money doing a lemonade stand? I remember sitting out in the blistering sun, fighting our little card table that kept collapsing and trying to find the right balance of cute and pathetic so people would stop and buy a drink or two. But I don’t remember any money…
Chocolate Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes
The Story: Every year my elementary school had a huge family fair. There were games and booths set up across the entire length of the school and the festivities even spilled over into the tennis courts. There was basketball shooting, dart throwing, 3 legged races, bouncy houses, face painting and even the classic ping pong…
Rolo Cupcakes
The Story: There are fraternal twins in the candy world. Chocolate and Caramel got married and had the Rolo and the Milk Dud. They both have milk chocolate outsides with caramel insides, but one is soft and gooey and they other loves to latch on to your teeth during the movie and distract you from…
Chocolate Banana Hazelnut Cupcakes
The Story: Five years ago I decided to finally participate in April Fool’s Day. I put on Facebook that I was engaged to Trevor Woller. Was I even dating him? No. Why did I even do it? To make another boy jealous. Do people still ask me how my husband Trevor is doing? You bet….
M&M Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
The Story: “She likes Peanut Butter M&M’s.” Well the peanut butter ones are HUGE, so I didn’t want to throw those into the batter. But a cupcake sprinkled with mini M&M’s with a peanut butter frosting gives the same effect. These were just adorable too! So bright and perfect for any kids party or birthday.
