Opie
and I don't have any children.
It's not that we don't want kids of our own, it's just that we reconnected and married somewhat late in life and we haven't been blessed with kids.
We have pets instead.
Which means that, like all childless couples, we know exactly how other people should raise their kids.
But it also means that we don't always fully grasp the sacrifices parents make for their children.
Like not stealing their cupcakes. Even when they're Jilly's Cupcakes.
Jilly's is located in St. Louis but I didn't discover it until after I moved to Oklahoma---which is a little sad considering it's right down the street from my friend Martha's and I've probably driven by it about 4365 times.
But then I saw them on Cupcake Wars--which they won! A while after that, when I went back to St. Louis to visit Martha, she happened to have a fresh 4 pack because her daughter loves them.
I'd like to say that we were strong and resisted the urge to steal a toddler’s favorite dessert.
I’d like to say that but I don’t like to lie on my own blog .
The thing is, the whole reason I was in town was to see Martha's band play...which just naturally translates into a late night, little food, and lots of alcohol.
When we got back to her house at 2:30 a.m. and there they were on the counter. Just sitting there, taunting me with their chocolate and peanut butter goodness.
It's not that we don't want kids of our own, it's just that we reconnected and married somewhat late in life and we haven't been blessed with kids.
We have pets instead.
Which means that, like all childless couples, we know exactly how other people should raise their kids.
But it also means that we don't always fully grasp the sacrifices parents make for their children.
Like not stealing their cupcakes. Even when they're Jilly's Cupcakes.
Jilly's is located in St. Louis but I didn't discover it until after I moved to Oklahoma---which is a little sad considering it's right down the street from my friend Martha's and I've probably driven by it about 4365 times.
But then I saw them on Cupcake Wars--which they won! A while after that, when I went back to St. Louis to visit Martha, she happened to have a fresh 4 pack because her daughter loves them.
I'd like to say that we were strong and resisted the urge to steal a toddler’s favorite dessert.
I’d like to say that but I don’t like to lie on my own blog .
The thing is, the whole reason I was in town was to see Martha's band play...which just naturally translates into a late night, little food, and lots of alcohol.
When we got back to her house at 2:30 a.m. and there they were on the counter. Just sitting there, taunting me with their chocolate and peanut butter goodness.
In
the interest of holding on to some shred of self-respect, let’s all just
acknowledge that fresh cupcakes were purchased the next day. Not by me—I was on a plane back to Tulsa first
thing in the morning—but they were purchased, that's the point here, and Martha’s daughter never knew
the difference.
And
don’t lie, most of you would have a hard time resisting their Reese's Chunkage:
First of all, they're HUGE. About twice the size of other cupcakes. We could have easily shared one.
The
cake was great, light and moist and just the right amount of chocolate.
The
icing is the extra fluffy style that I usually don’t like as much but stick
that many pieces of Reese’s Peanut Butter cup on anything and it’s
automatically fabulous.
Final Verdict:
Size:
Enormous
Price: Free
,when stolen from a small child, Higher than average when actually purchased $4.75.
Cake: Good, moist and chocolatey.
Icing A
little too much on the fluffy side of light and fluffy but packed with enough
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to compensate.
Overall, good enough to steal from a toddler...which is why it's probably a good thing Opie and I just have pets.
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