just in time for mardi gras–fat tuesday– something decadent enough to be celebrated! if you catch this early enough, you may have time to make them after work since they do not require any fancy ingredients (if you don’t have cream, there are work-arounds with other recipes).  i knew i was going to make these today, but was tripped up a bit schedule-wise since my morning was eaten up by the delivery of a brand-spankin-new washer and dryer (i am legitimately more excited about this than the cupcakes), and the majority of the late morning/afternoon spent with a dead car (after a very turbulent tow truck ride, it is being repaired and i have a loaner car). once i got back, i swung by the grocery store for a bag of marshmallows…the first trip in i bought a bunch of other stuff and forgot the marshmallows; i thankfully realized this as soon as i exited the store rather than once i got home like i usually do.

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