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I guess once you're seven it's not so scary for a tiny mustachioed plumber to come bursting out of your birthday cake anymore. Right, Stan?

I have never played video games much, though I have spent many hundreds of hours watching other people play. When I was about 7 my friend Chanelle was obsessed with Zelda. I would go over to her house and eat pudding roll-ups and watch her play while her grandma watched the home shopping network. So basically, these cookies make me think of pudding roll-ups.

Why would you want to keep your DS in the mouth of a puppet? Well I guess if you have to ask you'll never know.

This year, let's get creative with our lunches! Wouldn't a fancy bento lift your spirits in the afternoon? Let's resolve to cut a shape out of a vegetable or a piece of cheese or meat just once a week this year.

Goomba, get out of my way, I need to get that question mark! I was always terrible at this game.

We've seen our fair share of Mario cakes over the years here, but I've never seen one with cookies as characters and blocks. I love the extra dimension it adds to the overall theme. The surprise rainbow layers inside is just, well, you know...

He's cheeky AND he likes to cook! What a guy!

There are a million Mario cupcakes out there and pretty much all of them are adorable. I particularly like these because of how simple they are. The shapes are basic and effective, the fondant is smooth and not too thick, and Mario's mustache is as full as ever.

Shame. Kids are getting hooked on Nintendo younger and younger these days.

You know, when you need to blow things up gently.

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