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Almond Joy Cupcakes

Let’s talk, shall we?

I consider this an open forum, where I share my thoughts, and you can too.

We can use this as a place to voice our opinions and/or grievances.

Today, grievance is on the menu.  Hungry?

Let’s discuss the “Point-Out-What-You-Are-Doing Wrong”  mom. (POWYADW)

We all know one and we don’t like her.

Her sentences usually begin with, “I don’t know if you KNOW this, but…”

or the ever popular, “No offense, but…”

how about, “You can do whatever you want, but I…”

and a favorite of mine, “Do you know your child is…”

In the early years of motherhood you encounter the breast-feeding judgers.  The ones that talk and talk and talk about how great breast feeding is (no duh) and give you the sideways head look if you don’t/can’t/won’t breastfeed.  Then proceed to lecture you about how you are basically killing your child if you don’t.

  • Resolution: Turn to them and say, “Don’t you worry about who’s sucking on my boobs.” End of discussion, I promise you that.

Then once you hit the solid food stage there are the moms who make all their own homemade baby food and how they would NEVER feed their child the processed, cancer-in-a-jar food they sell at the supermarket.

  • Resolution: Casually say, “My husband and I have made the conscious decision to feed our child processed food as an infant so our other children won’t think we love him more”.  Conversation over.

As your children get older you will get to know, what I like to call, “The Video Game Police”.  They will let you know that you have just killed your child’s last brain cells by letting him play Mario Cart.

  • Resolution:  State with full resolve, “Children with good hand eye coordination grow to be smarter, stronger and better lovers.  I am improving their quality of life”.  Then fancy snap and walk away.

I had a run-in with the local POWYADW Mom just yesterday.  She was ALL OVER my son’s playground etiquette.

Of course I looked at her and said thank you.

I don’t think of witty comebacks until 2 hours later.

What I SHOULD have said was:  “Well thank you for focusing on my child’s playground etiquette, we know averting attention from your 80’s bangs and bad breath is quite a task and I am grateful I could be of help to you today.”

I now have my words for next time.

Now that’s off my chest we can talk cupcakes.  Almond Joy ones.

I started with a chocolate box mix and added some extras like shredded coconut and coconut milk…

Then I made some coconut buttercream.  You have to.  Your life will be happier because of it.

Then I stuck an almond on top.  These are ALMOND JOY cupcakes, after all.

Then I dipped them in chocolate.  You don’t HAVE to, but you will be happy if you do.  Believe in the power of chocolate.

Now eat.  EAT!

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Ingredients

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  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil or vegetable shortening
  • 24 raw almonds

Instructions

  1. Press an almond on top of each cupcake.
  2. Put your frosted cupcakes in the freezer for 5 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile melt your chocolate chips and veg oil or shortening in a double boiler or microwave. If using microwave heat for 1 minute on 50% power, then stir. Repeat in 30 second increments (on 50% power) stirring after each until melted.
  4. Transfer your melted chocolate into a wide mouthed mug or a small deep bowl. You need your chocolate to be deep enough to dunk the entire top of your cupcake.
  5. Remove cupcakes from freezer and dunk tops into melted chocolate.
  6. When you are finished dunking all the cupcakes place cupcakes in refrigerator to set the chocolate.

Notes

Serve at room temperature, just leave in the fridge long enough for the chocolate to set, approx 15 minutes.

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Almond Joy Cupcakes

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Ingredients

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  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 1 1/4 cup Lite Coconut Milk
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners.
  3. In a large mixing bowl combine all ingredients. Mix on low for 30 seconds. Turn mixer speed up to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
  4. Fill liners 1/2 full with batter.
  5. Bake for 15-20 minutes until centers spring back when pressed.
  6. Let cool completely before frosting.

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Coconut Buttercream

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup butter (2 sticks) room temperature
  • 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
  • 8 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/23/4 cup light coconut milk
  • 1/2 tsp. coconut extract

Instructions

  1. In mixer beat together butter and shortening until smooth.
  2. On low mix in your powdered sugar.
  3. Pour in your coconut milk and coconut extract and mix until combined. Turn up speed to medium and mix for 45 seconds.
  4. Pipe or spread onto cupcakes. If piping use a snipped off ziplock bag or a large 1A tip on a piping bag.

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77 comments on “Almond Joy Cupcakes”

  1. You seriously crack me up. Today, especially the breast feeding comment. My husband is very quick at comebacks. I, on the other hand, always think of something well after the fact (you know, while I’m still stewing about it). 🙂 These cupcakes certainly must have made you feel better!

  2. Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen

    I was laughing so hard when I got to this part “I don’t think of witty comebacks until 2 hours later.” – that is so me! I never know what to say in the moment, it’s only a few hours later that I have that aha moment and realize what the perfect comeback would have been.

  3. I have heard your oh-so- witty comebacks in real time, and I can’t believe you just didn’t bring up the Z Z reference and scrunch your nose and purse the lips. It’ll get ’em every time. But knowing you create such awesome treats is best comeback of all!!

  4. Glory/ Glorious Treats

    Ok… seriously YUM!!! I love almond joy… and I love cupcakes, oh and I hate POWYADW Moms =)

  5. You totally know one of those psycho moms is going to yell at you for using a box mix. And I love that you so don’t care.

  6. oh i am totally the same way i get all mad at the time and instead of being all witty and cool and fancy snapping i just give them a dirty look and think of all the way cool stuff i coulda said. love, love, love the dipping it in chocolate. i’m totally gonna steal that idea 😉

  7. I LOL’d at POWYADW and ‘don’t you worry about who’s sucking on my boobs.’ ohhh funn.
    but the almond joy cupcakes. those are a serious matter. oh man oh man. i need.

  8. Seriously. I wish I was a gnome living in your floor boards so I can break out at night and eat all of your delicious creations…not the kids though. I’m sure they are beautiful and they certainly are your creations, but I would not want to eat them. Especially since children with bad playground etiquette have been known to taste sour. Lol. J/k. That bad breathed bitch.

  9. Stephanie Riley

    Hey,

    I’m a relatively new visitor – but once I found the site, I couldn’t help but scroll and drool – and pin a lot of your recipes to my “Favorite Recipes” on Pinterest….. =)

    These cupcakes look AMAZING – a fan of all of those tastes – but even more fun was your wittiness before the recipe. OH MY GOODNESS, if I could only have had the confidence I have with my kids now when I had them as infants/babies/toddlers. Now that my kids are 12 and 9 – and no where close to perfect, but perfect just to me – I recognize that none of their inconsistent sleeping habits, processed (sweet) baby food, breast milk that came pumped from a bottle, evenings spent sleeping with us, or television viewing/video game playing have made any dent in the big picture of they are today. I LOVE your comebacks, so funny – wish I could have had that kind of mentality back then!

    But, as for today – bring on the cupcakes!!!

    Stephanie

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