as you may recall from my post of lauren’s gigundo poptart cake, i bake for the birthdays of the team that i manage. for andy’s birthday i decided to ask his girlfriend what he likes and i held my breath in hopes of something i could whip up pretty easily. when she said that he would love a strawberry rhubarb pie i breathed a sigh of relief.  i could totally do that. THEN… oh then… friday afternoon i get an instant message that he wants these zombie cupcakes. i am totally up for a challenge, but i checked the halloween section of the few places i buy my candy stuff from and did not seem to be able to find a brain shaped candy mold. i called up candyland crafts (it is like disneyland for candy makers, but with no frills) and it turns out they do have a brain mold but it was hiding in a different section. the good news is that they had it, the bad news is that it was way bigger than cupcake size.

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