Irish Cream Cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!



Doug and I love Irish cream. In fact, we have a bit of history with the stuff on an infamous camping trip years ago. Let's just say that as a couple we have learned that a little bit of Irish cream is good, a lot of it is not so good, and we'll leave it at that. ;o)

Anyway! When I came across this recipe on a sweet blog I follow {lick the bowl good}, I knew right away I had to try it out. I was looking for a recipe to make for St. Patrick's Day so the timing was perfect too.

Oh.My.Dangerous, people. These things are fantastic!!!

The recipe called for cappuccino chips and I went to four different specialty stores looking for them to no avail. I settled on white chocolate chips, then doubled the recipe and made mine into {16} cupcakes. I've heard no one complaining!

I used just a little bit of frosting/glaze on top rather than going with

the usual big ol' swirl. These cakes are really rich on their own.

And, I couldn't resist adding a couple of little tags to a few of the cupcakes.
"They call me lucky" is a line from a silly and totally immature joke we know,

and "Always after me lucky charms" is a line from Austin Powers.

{Haha. I amuse myself sometimes.}

:o)

Our camping trip for this weekend was cancelled due to weather,

so we're having our camping bunch over tonight for a camp food dinner

and fire in the backyard. Are you having any fun on St. Patrick's Day?

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A bit o' green

I work in an office where we wear a "uniform" of sorts - shirts with the company logo. On Wednesday's we wear red...so where's my green in honor of St. Patrick's Day?

It's a good thing I had a little extra time this morning...green cardstock, a heart punch, a rhinestone, ribbon, and a bobbie pin.

Did you wear green today?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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