Competitors Happy Place

Some of you may or may not know that I am a fitness fanatic!  I compete in both the NPC and INBF federations in the figure division.  I have several friends that also compete with me and one thing I have learned that we all have in common is our LOVE for peanut butter and chocolate!  I'm not really sure what it is about peanut butter (I didn't even really like it until I started competing) but it's a treat that we all crave and I have yet to meet a competitor that dislikes it.  I'm drooling right now just thinking about it!  Ha!

A girlfriend of mine, Lindsey Meyer, just celebrated her birthday - which by coincidence took place right after a major competition in which she competed in the bikini division.  Let me just say that after 8 weeks of heavy dieting and working out - she was really craving some goodies!  So - here's what I created for her...

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with a Whipped Peanut Butter Frosting topped with Toffee Bits and a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup!

Yummmmmm!!!!

She loved it, I loved it, and I am pretty sure everyone at the birthday celebration loved it as well!  I'm definitely keeping this recipe in my back pocket for future use!!  DELICIOUS!!

Cupcakes & Cake Pops

This weekend I will be attending a bridal shower for my dear friend since elementary school.  I volunteered to make the pastries, as I think it's more special when it comes from someone you know.  I took much consideration in creating the perfect desserts for this friend, as I found out her favorite flavors are Strawberry and Chocolate.  I also know that her wedding colors are black and white (with possibly a hint of some other bright color).

Everyone does cupcakes for these types of events, so I thought outside the box a little bit on this particular occasion.  What if I created 2 kinds of cupcakes: Strawberry with a Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing and a Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing?  Not only that, but what if I created Cake Ball Pops with the left over cake and put the opposite flavor of Cake Ball Pop into the other Cupcake?  OMG, what a fantastic idea!!

For the Strawberry Cake Balls, I dipped them in pink chocolate and donned them with flash frozen strawberry pieces...they look absolutely adorable (like pink flowers).  For the Chocolate Cake Balls, I dipped them in Milk Chocolate and decorated them with a Malt Ball Crunch for texture.

Here are the results:

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