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If you distill Cookie Monster down to his component parts, this is basically what you get: sweetness, cookies, blue, and whimsy.

When I was a kid I was lucky enough to have family friends with a sailboat. It's been a while since I had a chance to cruise around the Salish Sea, but these cupcakes take me right back to my time on the waves. Do you guys like sailing?

considering how kids never really just pick up a sandwich and eat it like normal human beings, you can make them lunches that defy the norms of sandwich making for fun. They're going to decimate the thing anyway, why not get them excited about the beauty they are about to destroy?

Would be bread. Right? Isn't that how it goes?

These cakes are decorated so immaculately, I'd like to wear one like a tiny hat!

Even if you're spending today alone, treat yourself to something sweet and luxurious. Splurge a little!

There wouldn't be cookies in the first place without the science of baking. Celebrate it!

I'll take my daily allotment of red, white and blue however I can get it.

Such a friendly bun, I can hardly stand to eat him. But I'll try.

This looks like the ideal breakfast when I had one too many the night before and I refuse to get out of bed for another couple more hours. If my husband would humor me and bring me berries and cream I might even agree to empty the litter box!

If I had made these sweet little bee pops I would have included a healthy pinch of spicy pepper for a little sting. Don't want to deny the bees their birthright!

I call dibs on Sam the Eagle! He's so stern and ridiculous, I want to eat his unibrow first. Who is your favorite?

I love soft pink peonies, they are probably one of the prettiest flowers there is. I'm also a big fan of the ombre effect on a cake, used here so so well. I'd wear a dress like this cake, with the peony in my hair.

When I was a kid my mom had a cookbook all about how to make creative cakes with nothing but a round cake pan, a bundt pan and a square pan. She made caterpillars and castles and Snoopy and all sorts of amazing creations but I don't think I ever saw a donut. It's so simple it just slipped under the radar.

It's almost getting to be spookytime season, friends! Are you making plans already for decor and costumes?

Oh love, love made of chocolate. You are so lovely. And peanuts, let's not forget you in your lovely warm, roasty glory. And caramel, you are gooey and sticky and round and sweet, thank you for doing what you do. These cupcakes are for you.