I baked.

For the love of all things good and holy, Thank you for the Best Birthday - internet! And some peeps in real life, too. Turns out having my husband out of town actually worked in my favor. My girlfriend came over, made us dinner, cleaned while I put the kids to bed, "made" me a cake and stayed over - so we had some prosecco. Mmmmm.  Plus? No obligatory birthday sex.  Score (or not?).

Anyway - another week of Mr. Kiss traveling. I can't believe moms do this shit all the time. It's hard ass work.

I'm just poppin in to share some of the goodness that was Halloween. And no, it's not the costumes or the candy - but it's the cupcakes.

Yes, I said cupcakes.

My 'hood mama's husband's (follow that?) birthday is on Halloween so they always have a lil bash and then all of our kids to out and parade the neighborhood.  Of course, one friend had the nerve to birth twins this year, so she added 2 kids like *that*!  We had 10 total.

Back to the cupcakes. Yes.

By far the best I've EVER EVER made.  Best part - the cake is just from a box.

Ok - here goes. 

Make cupcakes from a box (heh).  I used chocolate, the kind w/ pudding in the mix. 


While they're baking, mix up this Raw Cookie Dough.* Heavenly. No lie.  Hold a cup aside for the frosting.  Then mix in whatever you want - I added mini choco chips. 

The frosting is on the same site...use that cup of dough you set aside and add a half cup of heavy cream, whip it up and it's pure bliss.

So once the cupcakes are cooled, cut a hole from the middle - put a ball of the choco chip cookie dough in the middle. 

Then frost.

Everyone loved these and I got more hugs, kisses and dry humps than I could have imagined.  Sweet. 

As for all else MommaKiss? Well, life's handing me an extra dose of "challenge" so yah, I'm dealing and wish I had time to write about all the fun things I want to write about. Until then? I'll be thankful all of those cupcakes were eaten (my ass is big enough, thankyouveramuch) enjoy the time w/ the kiddos and keep on keepin' on.


*www.cupcakeproject.com