It's Friday!!

Yippee....it's friday!!!  I love Fridays; though, I'm not completely sure why.  Friday's mean getting ready for the upcoming week is close!  Laundry, grocery store, cleaning, lunches, doctors appointment - yep, that's right.  Colton had a doctors visit this morning. I had to pay ANOTHER $20 co-pay just for the doctor to say "he is not gaining enough weight" and "he is not within the normal weight growth".  Blah.  Blah. I guess I didn't realize all kids were the same.  Colton is the happiest kid I have!!  He laughs and smiles all the time. 

Anyway, in other news, I took cupcakes to ATCs daycare.  I HATE transporting cupcakes.  Until I received this from Mom-Mom.

It is an amazing carrier!!!!!!!!  All 24 cupcakes were kept tight (well until A started swinging the carrier).

CUPCAKES!!!

I decided to use a boxed mix for the actual cupcakes.  My kitchen-aid mixer was on the top shelf in the garage and I really wanted to try the cookie dough in a devil food cupcake.  Ya see, ATC's daycare provider (as stated in previous post) used the cookie dough in a yellow cupcake.  I've been obsessed with chocolate (wait - who is not obsessed).

I couldn't help taking this picture.  I can't count as I had 4 cupcakes with no balls.  But the finished product was - wait for it, AMAZING!!!!

The cookie dough in the middle just makes the cupcake!!!!!  Here is the recipe:
Cookie Dough:
2 sticks softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp milk
1 tbsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chocolate chips
To make the cookie dough, combine the butter and sugars in a mixing bowl and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in milk and vanilla until incorporated and smooth. Beat in the flour and salt until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Using a 1.5 tbsp scoop, shape the dough into balls or tubes. Freeze on a parchment lined baking sheet overnight. (original recipe)
Cupcakes:
Use whatever mix you have on hand!!
Make cupcakes as instructed.  After each cupcake liner is filled 2/3 full, drop the cookie dough ball right on top!  And magically, they come out smooth on top!  Yummy! 

Yucky Day = Cupcakes? Huh??

It looks so yucky outside.  Our awesome fireplace is on -

and I'm too busy thinking about cupcakes.  That's right - cupcakes.  ATC's daycare provider made these cupcakes last week.  She found them on pinterest.  I {heart} pinterest.  As it turns out, I had all the ingredients on hand!  I decided to start making them on Sunday, not realizing the cookie dough needs to be put in freezer over night. 

Do you think my balls are too big?  :)





I figured it could go in for a few hours and then I could make them.  Well, by the time the few hours were up, everyone was back home.  So...I didn't finish.  I'm wondering if I should finish them right now.  All I would have to do is make the cupcakes.  hmm...