Get whatever flavor you want! You can even get the mint ones and add peppermint extract to the frosting…Mmmm! Using Milanos as gravestones isn’t all that original, but I wanted to dunk mine in chocolate to make them a little more special! 2 years ago I just used Oreo cookies as the gravestones, they’re a…
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Pumpkin Butterfinger Cupcakes
The Story: My favorite part about Halloween when I was a kid was not the costumes, not the glitter, not the excuse to wear my mother’s make up, and not walking around in the rain collecting candy (somehow in Oregon it always managed to rain on the 31st). The best part was coming home…
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
The Story: Halfway through September until Thanksgiving leftovers are finally finished off, crazy people like me find any excuse to practically live off pumpkin everything and anything! Pumpkin bread, pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin granola and pumpkin waffles and pancakes are all reasonable meals and snacks. But when November hits, pumpkin pie becomes a suitable lunch and…
Caramel Apple Cupcakes
The Story: I love all the cheesy activities that come with October. I love apple cider, pumpkin patches, toasting pumpkin seeds, hay rides, corn mazes, carving pumpkins and dunking apples in caramel. However, as pretty as I can get my cupcakes, that’s how ugly my carmel apples turn out every year. They look pretty for…
Chocolate Cake Mix Substitute
The Story: When I first started this blog in 2011, I didn’t have a defined goal or idea of what I wanted to do with it. At first, it was just for me. A place to put my recipes and organize everything I made. But now, it’s not for me anymore. It’s for you. I…
Cupcake Piping Tutorial
Welcome, welcome! It’s school season again and with that comes all the bake sales, birthday parties, and endless need for cupcakes! Or if you’re in college, what better way to win the man of your dreams than with a cupcake? And if you’re a guy, well we ladies love a man who knows his way…
Strawberry Red Velvet Cupcakes
The Story: I am a hopeless romantic. They say the first step to recovery is admitting the problem, so there you go. I love waking up and eating cereal under the covers. The sound of rain on the windowsill makes me all gooey inside because I think about couples running out the door hand in…
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes
The Story: Sometimes breaking the rules is the best thing you can do. The rules of being single tell me to have a pretty profile picture on facebook, so what do I do? Post a photo of myself after camping for 3 days going cross-eyed. The rules of driving etiquette tell me not to be…
Almond Maraschino Cherry Cupcakes
The Story: I kissed him. Things had been in limbo for too long. He flirts with me, I flirt with him, he sends me texts saying why it would never work out, I know he’s looking for Mrs. Perfect but I can’t help but give it a shot… and back and forth the dating game…
How To: Cater a Wedding
This is everything you need to know about how to cater a wedding! Especially if you’re making cupcakes, I have a few special tips and tricks for you cupcake lovers out there! It all comes down to planning and thinking ahead and a few special tools to really save you time and stress. I get…
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…
