Tried and True-Mini Condiment Cupcakes

Tried and true. Well, sort of. More like two great recipe ideas combined! I saw a recipe for cupcakes for two, which I thought was a fantastic idea! Then, I saw another idea about making cupcakes in condiment cups so that they're mini! Since you'd need like a million condiment cups for a whole batch of cupcakes, I thought combining these two ideas would be perfect! So, the Mini Condiment Cupcakes were born! I started with this recipe: click here, for cupcakes for two (which I'm sure would also make a great recipe on it's own). I grabbed some extra condiment cups from a fast food restaurant (I used 12...). I put the condiment cups in a mini muffin tin to give them some extra support (even though they weren't quite the right size). They're in the oven now, take a look:

You have to admit those look amazing!! They cooked for about 13 minutes and now need to cool. Here's a few pictures of how they came out (pre-frosting...)

I think I'm just going to use store-bought frosting, but you could also just make a smaller portion of homemade frosting (AllRecipes has a great feature where it will adjust the ingredient measurements to fit the number of servings you want to make...). Enjoy!

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Tried and True-"Panera-Like Mac and Cheese"

For those of you who don't know, Panera Bread is a FABULOUS restaurant with homemade breads, soups, sandwiches, and even mac and cheese! It's absolutely to die for! This is a knock-off recipe for the mac and cheese that we tried out for my brother's 12th birthday. We added an extra 1/4 cup of cheddar cheese because the mustard was a little overpowering for our taste, and it was PERFECT! My sister and I made this and it was a simple recipe with common ingredients too! Great find!! Click here for the recipe!

Tried and True-PB Cup Brownies

Made these for my brother's 12th birthday, they're pretty good! The baking time on the recipe is a little too long, but otherwise they're easy and tasty! Click here for the recipe!