Fun fact – did you know Google is actually a number? Yes, it is. It is the number 1 followed by 100 zero’s. Seriously, look it up.
It’s spelled differently, though, (googol) but it is a number and it has quickly become my 4 year old’s FAVORITE number. Example – “Could I please have a googol M&M’s?” or “Mom, I am thinking of a number between one and a googol, can you guess?”
My personal favorite is “Mom, I love you a googol” . AWWWW, yes, I know, very very sweet…not grammatically correct, but hey, we’ll let that one slide.
Last year my other little guy was in kindergarten and told his teacher that googol was a number and she told him it wasn’t. He came home all sorts of bent out of shape…ahh, the public school system 😉
So, you see, here is my issue: made some cupcakes today and thought that I was brilliant, but lo and behold, Google has stolen my thunder.
I will share these with you because maybe you, like I, are out of the proverbial loop.
I love these because they are cute and EASY! Here’s what you need:
1 box of cake mix
2 cans vanilla frosting
mini chocolate chips
ziplock bag (or piping bag)
That’s it!Bake your cupcakes as directed, Let cool.
Cut the corner off of a large ziplock. Load up you ziplock with your frosting and blob on in the shape of a ghost.
I am pretty sure that “blob” is the culinary term for this 😉
It certainly isn’t an exact science.
Next, take your mini chocolate chips and press them into the frosting backwards for your eyes and mouth.
Initially I tried using a larger chocolate chip for the mouth but it looked like the ghost was screaming at me…no bueno. Ghosts are creepy enough I certainly do not need them screaming at me. (the cupcakes that came up on the google search had screaming ghosts, so mine are slightly different)You’re done!
I guarantee your little ones will love these (and bigger ones too!)
So, while I had some cupcakes made I decided to play around with some of the new sprinkles I bought…these are also easy.
Just frost your cupcake with a knife and spread it around as smooth as you can get it.
Dump your sprinkles into a bowl and dip your cupcakes in getting them covered with sprinkles & garnish as you’d like.
The trifecta…
Hi! I’m Shelly and I’m an addict. Of the buttercream sort. I started this site a few years ago as a way to justify my sugary, buttery obsession with desserts. It has worked out well for me so far, because as it turns out you guys all love sugary, buttery desserts too! It feels good to know you're not alone, doesn’t it?
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I love all these treats!!! too cute!!
love the comments! thanks everybody!
They all look fantastic 🙂
I love these cupcakes! I also love the google story… Done or not your ghosts still ROCK!
Hi, thank you for stoping by my blog. I live in Franklin Park, NJ. I belong to the New York City Cake Decorators Meet Up Group, we had a class on Oct 10 in the city, I am the one with a white sweeter carving a cake.
They're ALL cute! Great job!
And as a food blogger for a few years now I've learned one thing: There is NO such thing as an individual idea! (But that just means I have lots of successes and mistakes to draw on before I attempt something new!)
And I actually made these a couple of years ago; just moving the old posts over to the food blog. Martha is my hero(ine?) even if she DOES break my heart now and again!
I think they are totally adorable!
There is a kid's book about googol. My son loved it, but I forget the name. How funny that your son's teacher told him it wasn't true.
These are adorable even if you werent the first! Its the first I have seen them…and they are awesome!
Too funny that the teacher was wrong!
Your cupcake trio is too cute!
I will be making these for sure!
Very nice!
So did you ever tell the teacher that, "Uh, you're worng!"?
~ingrid
Those *are* easy and quite adorable.
Absolutely adorable! I must be out of the loop because these are new to me. Love the little ghosts. Such a clever idea! Your idea!
Very cute cupcakes. I know what you mean about google…
Mimi
Damn google! Anytime I think of something I try not to look it up on google, because I like to think I have at least one original idea in my head!!!
How nice! I really like YOUR idea 🙂
I love them all!! 🙂