Cupcakes that Sparkle?

On the drive down to SoCal, we stopped in Santa Cruz to pay a visit to good friends of ours who live pretty much in the 'burbs. They admitted it themselves. There's not an awful lot to do in the area they live in (although Chris and Dad went to a shooting range!), but guess what we came across... *Sparkles*

Haha. Sprinkles much? That's definitely what they were going for. Take a look at their store-front... Anyways, we decided to do a little cupcake sampling while we were there. Verdict: Sparkles needs to do work for it to be Sprinkles status! I don't like saying bad things about food, unless it's absolutely terrible... Let's just say we only had tasting portions and didn't finish the rest.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry

Black & White

S'mores

Chocolate Peanut Butter

Gimme S'more!!

On the topic of S'mores + Cupcakes, I went on my favorite cupcake blog evarrr [Cupcakes Take the Cake] to see if they had more pics of S'mores Cupcakes. Who am I kidding? Of course they did :) Here are some of the more recent posts they've had about an all-time favorite campfire treat. It's cool to see the different interpretations of the S'mores Cupcakes. Gimme s'more!

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Sweet Fix

If I'm ever in the Brentwood area, it's a total giveaway that I'm visiting SusieCakes for either a red velvet cake, red velvet slice or red velvet cupcake... You get my drift. Trust me, you will dream about it afterwards! Well yesterday, I went ahead and got a red velvet cupcake and something new... *drum roll please* S'mores Cupcakes! It's their seasonal special at the moment so I gave it a try. It was a chocolate cake filled with a squirt of chocolate buttercream frosting + toasted 'mallow frosting topped with graham crumbs. The only thing missing was a Hershey's chocolate square! I think I'll make it a point to try their seasonal specials in addition to my loyal love for red-velvet :P