Holidays

Hey, Holidays are my favorite time of year. I have some great holiday tips:

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Halloween means 3 things:

1 CANDY

2 Costumes

3 Friends

A great way to hang with friends all night is before going trick or treating throw a party. Orginaize something with your friends and invite a bunch of people. Have treats and scary music. Put it all together and it will be a big monster bash!!

The only thing more important then costumes on halloween is CANDY! Costumes are still important. They are a great way of expressing yourself or dressing crazy for no reason. Homemade costumes are a lot cooler than store bought (not that store costumes are bad) you also sometimes get a little extra candy for being orignal. In your costume choice make sure you are still you no matter how you dress!!

We all know your house needs to be creepy as hallow's eve!! Make sure you don't go overboard though. Make it so your house is extermely cool with lots of decor and mabye smoke blasters!!! Those are so cool. Your house is almost as important as your costume so make sure everyone in your house can decorate a little and make one festive house!!!!

Above is a "child" costume. You can find elegent but scary costumes anywhere much cooler than that. The best are homemade. So make a great choice!!

The more houses you go to the more candy you get! So go door to door not criss cross around the neighborhood. Don't rush around ethier, enjoy it and if you get tired have a little candy for energy. If you get over 1,000 peices of candy let me know that would be so SWEET!!!

Black Cat Cupcakes

These cupcakes look adorable and are fun to decorate. Perfect for dessert on Halloween!

Serving: 24
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes

1 1/4 cup reduced fat Oreo cookie crumbs
18 1/4 ounces reduced fat chocolate cake mix
24 pieces Halloween Oreo cookies
16 ounces reduced fat milk chocolate frosting
black string licorice
jelly beans
semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Prepare 24 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with cooking spray and flour. Set aside.

4. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Stir in cookie crumbs. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes.

5. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.

6. Make cat faces on each of the remaining 24 cookies. Using some frosting, attach 4 1 1/2-inch licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears. Let set at least 30 minutes.

7. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake, and place 3-inch piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.

Based on individual serving.

Calories: 231 Total Fat: 6 g Carbohydrates: 41 g Protein: 2 g