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easy Peeps cupcakes

This post will be short and sweet because these cupcakes are insanely easy to decorate. If “decorate” is even the word. I spotted edible Easter grass at Target and immediately thought of these, so I reached over 3 feet and got some Peeps bunnies, too. The edible grass tastes sorta funny, so I used it [...]



pretty pink daisy petit fours

I made these pink petit fours with only store-bought things. I never buy those 100-calorie pack treats and sweets. To me, if you’re going to eat three of them, what’s the point of all that packaging? But then I saw these packs of cute little pink frosted strawberry cupcakes at Target and I couldn’t resist. [...]



bunny meets carrot (little fondant toppers)

These little fondant bunnies and carrots are easy to make. Use them to top cupcakes, cookies, cakes, candy… Crush chocolate wafers and sprinkle over brown or chocolate frosting to make “dirt,” if desired. I just stuck them on top of these New Oreo Fudge Cremes, which I can’t find anywhere online, but I think they [...]



the emotional life of Peeps

Some of you may, perchance, recall that I examined the emotional life of candy corn last fall (HERE). Well, my journey to understand the feelings of holiday candy continues with Marsmallow Peeps. curiosity  isolationdisgust thrill exhaustion contentment anxiety disdain (and shame) hope Tweet Feel free to share (nicely)! While my blog’s photographs and text are [...]



Twinkie, HoHo, SnoBall, CupCakes…now in 2-D! (and on sticks)

All the best Hostess snacks, put on a cookie and stuck on sticks. Clearly, snow-bound dementia has set in. None of the actual products are needed to make these cookies, but I shan’t judge if you need to stock up on your HoHos, SnoBalls, CupCakes and Twinkies to use as models. These cookies were really [...]