Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

In the spirit of Halloween, and pumpkins, and orange and black, and spookiness, I have dedicated this blog post to Halloween. Yes, I know that next week would be a much more appropriate time for a Halloween post but I couldn't wait any longer. Deal with it.

It all started when I went to Target to buy a beach ball. Do you know how hard it is to find a beach ball, in October? I needed one of the activities we are doing for an event I am planning for my internship. I looked online and Target had packs of 12 beach balls that they could send to me, but I only needed one. Just the one. The website said that they sold individual beach balls at Target locations only so off to Target I went. When the store employees quickly told me that they had no beach balls, I decided to not make my trip a waste. It was a quiet afternoon in Target with no screaming babies, or hyper kids running wild with their moms baskets. Perfect. I roamed aisle after aisle of random things I didn't need but impulsively wanted, and then, out of no where came....THE HALLOWEEN SECTION. There was lights, and buckets, and candy, and creepy battery operated walking hands, and the best of all, HALLOWEEN WREATHS!

My roommates could probably tell you that I love wreaths. Sadly, being the poor college kid I am, I can never afford them. We have one wreath that we have up all year round. If I had money, I would have a Valentines Day wreath, a St. Patrick's Day wreath, a Halloween wreath, a Thanksgiving wreath, a Christmas wreath, a New Years wreath, and a Birthday wreath. Basically, anything besides a Fourth of July wreath. Don't get me wrong, I love our country. But I hate it's colors. Red, white and blue just make me want to punch things...like Tommy Hilfiger.

Anyways, so I'm at Target, and I see an isle dedicated to Halloween wreaths and of course I want all of them. But I can't justify spending my pathetic amount of money on a wreath that can only be used for a month at most. So what did I do? I buy cupcake stuff. Pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese frosting and, the best part, (drum role please!!) HALLOWEEN SPRINKLES! AHHHHHH!!! HALLOWEEN SPRINKLES!

The best part was that the big daddy of sprinkles, a container that has 7 or 8 different kinds of Halloween sprinkles within the one container, was ON SALE!! THANK YOU TARGET!

The cupcakes are wonderful. Sure, they aren't as good as cupcakes made from scratch but at least they look cute!! Lindsey and I had to test them before we made dinner because we were starving and they definitely hit the spot.

The other thing I have to mention is that last night, not only we cupcakes made but also Italian Pasta. Lindsey and I are thinking of coming up with a more creative name for it but as of now, Italian Pasta it is. I even had to put a picture of it up. It was just so dang good. Last week, Kroger was giving away free samples of this pasta and Lindsey and I tried it and loved it, so she grabbed the recipe and we made it. It had penne noodles, italian sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, fresh mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and more! The best part was that it was baked so the cheese was melted on top. I'm pretty pumped about having the left overs tomorrow. It was so good I took a picture and am putting it on my baking blog. That's right. There will be an image of cooking on my baking blog. Things are getting crazy!!!

I encourage everyone to get into the Halloween spirit and make a Halloween themed dessert! OH! You could have fun and put icing in a baggy, cut the tip, and make spiders on the top of cupcakes!!! Do it! Please! Okay, I'm done.