Rich Cupcakes (And I Don't Mean Just the Taste...)

After yesterday I have decided that I need to start a small store that sells some sort of addictive addative such as caffiene or sugar (or maybe both)and have a name for said store that starts with an "S" and ends with another "S." You know, as in Starbucks or in yesterday's case "Sprinkles." If I do this, I will be rich.

Where am I going with this? Well, it all started with a little known lady named Martha Stewart - have you heard of her? Oh yeah, I watch her show on occasion and on Monday she had Candice Nelson on her show making strawberry cupcakes. See, Candice owns this little chain of cupcake stores named "Sprinkles" and after I wiped the drool from my chin and wrote down the recipe she was giving out, I heard that there was a store in Dallas. Well, since I live just down the road from Big D and was I planning on going out there yesterday anyway, I figured the boys and I should stop in and grace them with our presence.

And that we did.

For 20 minutes, while we waited in line for our half a dozen cupcakes. And what did the tab come to you ask??

$19.50.

Yes folks, that's what I said! I chalked it up to the fact that it was our family Valentine's treat and have been using that excuse since I handed the bill over to the youngling cashier and put the last $.50 in the "tip jar." Candice (I figure since I spent so much $$ in her little cupcake boutique that we can be on a first name basis...) claims part of the reason they cost so much is that they use only the finest ingredients. Including vanilla that costs $200 a gallon! Okay, I love "fine" ingredients and all but really?

Here they are in all their glory (yes one is missing b/c it ended up in our bellies before I had a chance to take a picture)

I will say the few bites I have had so far (saving most of these for tonight) was pretty darn good. I also made some of my own from the recipe Candice gave out and despite the fact that the frosting didn't look quite like hers, they are pretty tasty too (and yes, I just used regular ole vanilla).

So Happy Valentine's Day, I hope your day is full of love! Here is a Smilebox with some "sweet" faces to make your day! Just click on it to play it and don't forget to click Next to see pictures of both boys!

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