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Football-Shaped Superbowl Food

We saw this football cheese plate on Babble and thought it was too cute not to re-create. Now we’re thinking every cheese plate should be shaped like something…right?

With the Superbowl less than two weeks away, it’s time to start thinking about all the delicious game-day food we’re going to eat! Click on the links below to see some of our other favorite football-shaped snacks.

Superbowl Cheese Plate and Other Football Shaped Food | Vicky Barone1. Pizza | 2. Strawberries
3. Pretzels | 4. Deviled Eggs
5. Peanut Butter Dip | 6. Cupcakes

What team are you rooting for in a few weeks? Let us know in the comments!

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Reindeer Cupcakes

If you think we’re obsessed with putting candy eyes on treats….you are correct. How cute are these reindeer cupcakes? They are super easy to assemble and are a definite crowd pleaser!

Reindeer Cupcakes | Vicky BaroneIngredients: chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, Nilla wafers, red and brown m&ms, pretzels, and candy eyes.

Directions:
1. Bake cupcakes and let cool completely.
2. Frost a cupcake with chocolate frosting and immediately press in two pretzels and a Nilla wafer while the frosting is sticky.
3. Add a dot of frosting to an m&m and stick it to the top middle of the Nilla wafer.
4. Add a dot of frosting to the backs of two candy eyes and stick them to the bases of the pretzels.

That’s it! So easy, so cute, and SO delicious.

Reindeer Cupcakes | Vicky Barone

Reindeer Cupcakes | Vicky Barone

 

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Holidays Recipes

Owl Cupcakes

We are LOVING all of the fun Halloween ideas circulating Pinterest and Craftgawker, especially these owl cupcakes! They are so delicious and make us laugh every time we see them. Wouldn’t they make a fun addition to a Halloween party or an owl-themed birthday party?

Owl Cupcakes | Vicky Barone

Look at that cute little face! How can you resist? Here’s how we made ours:

Owl Cupcakes | Vicky Barone

Ingredients: chocolate cake mix, eggs, oil, chocolate icing, brown and orange m&ms, and Oreos.

Directions:
1. Make cupcakes according to mix directions. Let cool completely.
2. Carefully separate Oreos with a slow twisting motion. One half should keep all of the filling; discard the other half (preferably in your mouth).
3. Ice cupcakes and immediately press two Oreos with filling onto each cupcake.
4. Add an orange m&m to each cupcake for the beak.
5. Use a small dot of chocolate icing to attach the brown m&ms to the Oreos for pupils.

Owl Cupcakes | Vicky Barone

We hope you enjoy these chocolaty owls. Happy almost-Halloween!

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Family Recipes

Happy 8th Birthday, Cooper Dog!

Cooper turns 8 today! Happy Birthday to my very best friend.

Dog Birthday "Pup" Cakes | Vicky BaroneI made Cooper his very own dog-friendly cupcakes AKA “Pup”Cakes to munch on. I used the same recipe from his birthday cake from last year, but this time spooned the batter into lined cupcake tins and baked them for 25 minutes.

Dog Birthday "Pup" Cakes | Vicky BaroneThe “pup”cakes are made with peanut butter and carrots so of course he LOVED them!

Dog Birthday "Pup" Cakes | Vicky Barone | Places for Faces

And since Cooper is obviously part of the family, he got his own personalized cupcake toppers using Places for Faces! Soon everyone will be able to make their own custom party decor using Places for Faces! Sign up below to be one of the first to use this new tool and to find out when we launch! We are so excited and we hope you are too!




Dog Birthday "Pup" Cakes | Vicky Barone | Places for Faces

Happy Birthday, Cooper dog! We love you so much!

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Halloween Spiderweb Cupcakes

Here’s an easy Halloween treat that everyone is sure to love! Spiderweb cupcakes with bat cupcake toppers! We did a DIY post for these easy spiderweb cupcakes in the Spring for this Spider-Man Birthday Party and they were a hit! So, we thought we’d do them again with Halloween colors. Here’s how we made them:

Halloween Spiderweb Cupcakes
Directions:
1. Frost cupcakes with white and orange icing (we just added food coloring to half of our white icing to make the orange!).
2. Using black icing with a decorator’s tip, pipe two or three concentric circles on top (The black icing we used here was thicker than the red icing from the Spider-Man cupcakes. They are the same brand, but the black doesn’t pull as smoothly with the toothpick as the red).
3. Drag a clean toothpick from the center of the cupcake to the outside six or seven times to create the webbed look.
4. Add fun Halloween stickers to some colorful toothpicks or cocktail picks to create spooky cupcake toppers!

We used these treat wrappers, treat cups, and bat stickers!

We hope you enjoy this easy and sweet Halloween treat!

 

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Cupcake Flags – Free Printable

Here’s a fun detail from our Summer Party! A free printable featuring the cute little flags we used to fancy up our cupcakes! Just click on the image below to download the PDF. After you print as many sheets as you need, cut out the flags, fold them over a toothpick or cake pop stick with a little glue or tape, and stick them in your cupcakes!

 

WhiteCupcakeFlagPDF

 

Check out the other fun DIY projects from our Summer party too!

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Family Kids Toddler Wisdom

Spider-Man Birthday Party

Our oldest son recently celebrated his 4th birthday.  Like most boys his age, he is completely obsessed with Spider-Man because he’s super cool and also because he is mostly red, which is our son’s favorite color.  We made spiderweb cupcakes which featured a picture of our son’s face with a Spider-Man mask.  The cupcakes were very easy to make and were a big hit. Here’s how we did it:

5_24_13_spidermanCupcakes

1. Frost cupcakes with white icing.
2. Using red icing with a decorator’s tip, pipe two or three concentric circles on top.
3. Drag a clean toothpick from the center of the cupcake to the outside six times to create the webbed look.
4. Put pictures of the birthday boy’s face on toothpicks and stick in each cupcake.

So easy!

Happy Birthday, sweetheart! You’re growing up so fast!

P.S. Check out the Halloween version of these spiderweb cupcakes!