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A fun DIY cupcake celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and Lucky Charms cereal. Perfection.

Growing up, Lucky Charms was one of my favorite cereals. It still is, actually, and although I don’t eat it nearly as often as I used to, I have been known to sneak a marshmallow or three from the kids’ bowls when I’m pouring it.

Old habits die hard.

When I saw that Lucky Charms had a special all green, more marshmallows in every spoon edition, well, I got just a little excited.

As I’m sure you understand.

And, hey, Happy 50th Birthday to Lucky Charms!

But this time, the excitement involved a little out of the box thinking.

Or, more to the point, out of the bowl thinking.

As in, how else can we enjoy this magically delicious cereal besides just straight up with milk?

Well, I’m glad you asked!

How about as a fun cupcake topper?

I know! Perfect, right?

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When we were over my sister’s today to celebrate her birthday, her mother-in-law and I started talking about Pinterest. Oh how I love Pinterest, let me count the ways. And even better to converse with a fellow pinning addict. Over the past week, a lot of my inspiration (and output from my kitchen) came from Pinterest. The Jell-O recipe, Valentine’s Day cards, and a new painting project all started from Pinterest. And tonight’s cookie recipe? Pinterest.

When I first saw the cookie recipe a few weeks back, I made a mental note that it would be perfect for our Bloggers Valentine’s Feast this past weekend. Since Joanne was coming early on Saturday, and has a way with a piping bag that I have no interest (or time or motivation) in having, I convinced her to pipe hearts on the top of the cookies, instead of just frosting the whole top. We She did half the batch with the hearts and half the batch with the full frosting top.

And then the extra frosting got hidden in the freezer.

Well, halfway during dinner, we dug out the frosting to put more on the cookies.

I’m ridiculously picky about frosting. To the point that I may or may not have expressed my distaste for the canned stuff in the baking aisle at the grocery store. And I may or may not have said how easy and better it was to make your own homemade frosting. And I may or may not have handed my business card to the stranger I was talking to, directing her to the best buttercream frosting ever.

Ok, I totally did all that. And I have no shame about it.

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Make: St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes {Lucky Charms}

Recipe: Chocolate S’mores Cookies