Personalized cupcake decorations aren’t just for baby showers or birthday parties. Creative Hostess Heroes have recognized their numerous uses outside typical party planning and given our Expert Experts a variety of clever ways to use these adorable personalized cupcake toppers.

Funfari™ – Fun Safari Jungle cupcake picks proudly displayed the “C is for Cookie Cuppy Cake” name given to this entry into a local Cupcake Wars competition. This Hostess Hero matched her cupcake wrappers to her picks with hopes that the extra attention to detail would make her entry stand out above the rest. Personalized with any text, cupcake picks make the perfect addition to school or social functions. Consider adding an All Star Sports themed cupcake pick to the sweet treats at your next athletic fundraising bake sale or a Modern Ladybug cupcake pick personalized with a special Valentine’s greeting tucked into the lollipop slots of you child’s Valentine greetings.

For a unique reward system, pick your child’s favorite theme and personalize the text with “Thank You for Doing an Amazing Job” to use them as a rewards for helping with household chores or completing a series of tasks. When your child collects a predetermined amount of picks, they can trade them in for a special treat. This gives your child something to work toward as well as a lesson in counting as they work to a goal.

Businesses have also ordered personalized cupcake picks to offer their employees an easy way to recognize their co-workers for going above and beyond their daily duties. Or hand out creative to-do’s to promote a cohesive team like one medical center in Georgia did. They personalized numerous sets of picks to say “Tell another EE how valuable they are.” “Thank a Chaplain for what they do in front of the patient!” “Tell a patient that nurse does a great job!” “Find a new employee and welcome them!” and “At shift change, tell patient that the next nurse is exceptional!”

Whether personalized with a phrase expressing your gratitude, given as a special task or left blank so the giver could write their own message, cupcake picks have a variety of uses beyond adorning baby shower cupcakes or birthday party treats.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Chocolate Cupcakes

THE COOKIE DOUGH (You will make these like regular chocolate chip cookie dough.)

2 1/4 C. All-Purpose Flour

1 t. Baking Soda

1 t. Salt

1 C. (2 Sticks) Butter, Softened

3/4 C. Granulated Sugar

3/4 C. Packed Brown Sugar

1 t. Vanilla Extract

2 Large Eggs

2 C. (12-oz. pkg.) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

 

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.

Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

Using a rounded tablespoon form the balls of cookie dough and then freeze for 2 hours.

 

THE CUPCAKE

1 Box Of Chocolate Fudge Cake

3 Eggs

1 1/4 C. Water

1/2 C. Oil

 

Combine the ingredients. Put the batter in the cupcake liners and place a cookie dough ball into the center of each cupcake.

Bake on 350 for 20 minutes and then cool.

Bake the remaining cookie dough as cookies.

Ice with chocolate frosting and add the cookies on top for decoration.

Posted by Lindsey, a Dot-arilla blogger