Cupcake Hero::November

October 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM | Posted in Cupcake Hero, cupcakes | 21 Comments

Can you all believe it’s almost November?

November is one of my favorite months. You’ve got Fall, Thanksgiving, turkey, pumpkin pie, family, friends, paid non-work days and no gift buying responsibilities. What more could you ask for in a month right? There are so many fun food ideas in November that it was hard to choose just 1 ingredient for Cupcake Hero. So how did I choose?

I wussed out and let my husband choose. HA!

But I knew it was a mistake as soon as I saw him going over the November food holidays list. It didn’t take him long before he said excitedly, “I didn’t know that November was National Peanut Butter Lover’s month?” I proceeded to smack my head. “What about cranberries or something more Thanksgiving related, hun?” But after my husband saw peanut butter on the list, there was no going back.


“To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions!” ~Greg Louganis

The thing about peanut butter. I like it. But I wouldn’t say I’m a “lover”. My husband? He’s a lover. But I’ll make it a little easier on all the peanut butter like-ers out there. You aren’t limited to just peanut butter. You can use sunflower butter, cashew butter, almond butter. Any nut butter. As long as I can find it in the store, you can use it. (EDIT TO ADD: Nutella is excluded.)

And now I’ll leave you with a little song to get you in the peanut butter groove.

Deadline: November 15th @ 11:59pm EST

Cupcake Hero FAQ ~> HERE. If you still can’t find answer to your question, email me.

PS- You’ve got until 11:59pm EST tonight to get those last minute votes in. I don’t care what you have to do! Beg, bribe and/or barter for votes if you have to. T-minus 16 hours and counting…

21 Comments

  1. Oh, good grief…. my son LOVES that goofy song! I LOVE the ingredient. I’m definitely in the pb lover category.

    Comment by oneordinaryday— October 21, 2009 #

  2. i knew ittttt. I think you should have done like, sweet potato or something, im DYING to make sweet potato cupcakes! lol. but peanut butter is always good.

    Comment by mssamma— October 21, 2009 #

  3. Yay, my husband will be super excited!

    Comment by amanda @ fake ginger— October 21, 2009 #

  4. I thought he would have chosen something with cream cheese, but peanut butter is just as tasty.

    Comment by Linda— October 21, 2009 #

  5. My boyfriend is PB addict and randomly bursts into that song too… I assume Nutella’s going into a different category, right? Correct me if I’m wrong 8).

    Comment by Xiaolu— October 21, 2009 #

  6. mmmm PB mmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes I like this indeed!

    Comment by stephchows— October 21, 2009 #

  7. I love peanut butter! The very same night that you hinted at next month’s ingredient I came up with my entry – I can’t wait to make it! :)

    Comment by Jamieanne— October 21, 2009 #

  8. Yeah I’m gonna have to exclude nutella b/c it’s also mixed with cocoa. It’s not a pure “nut butter”. But don’t worry! If my husband has anything to do with future ingredients he will pick Nutella. ;)

    Comment by CB— October 21, 2009 #

  9. I love pb but my hubs is allergic. So sad!

    Comment by Maria— October 21, 2009 #

  10. man i didnt even click on the video and that is still going to be stuck in my head like PB on the roof of my mouth.

    Comment by Nic— October 21, 2009 #

  11. This will be challenging for me because I’m one of only like three people on earth who doesn’t usually like peanut butter in desserts (ESPECIALLY with chocolate, I think that combination is absolutely disgusting). However I loooove things like Fluffernutters and peanut butter and honey sandwiches so I’m sure I can work around it ;)

    Comment by anna— October 21, 2009 #

  12. Ok love this.. already got a recipe in mind.

    peanut butter is sooo win

    Comment by Jodi— October 21, 2009 #

  13. I love the choice you made for this month !!

    Comment by Maybe— October 21, 2009 #

  14. I know exactly what I’m going to do! I was actually brainstorming my next cupcake project earlier today and I can totally tweak it to feature a nut butter. :D

    Comment by Amanda— October 21, 2009 #

  15. ohhhh yum.

    Comment by justJENN— October 21, 2009 #

  16. I’m SO excited about this challenge! I LOVE peanut butter/almond butter and the like and can’t wait to whip some things up!

    Comment by lavienouveau— October 22, 2009 #

  17. yahoo! peanut butter anything please and im happy!!!

    Comment by Brittney— October 23, 2009 #

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  19. So bummed I didn’t do anything for the October pumpkin challenge so what else could I possibly do but somehow try and combine the two months! It’s so crazy is just might work!

    Comment by Jade— October 24, 2009 #

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