Thanksgiving Baking

This year I was going to spend Thanksgiving with AJ's family...so that called for some serious baking! I decided to make pumpkin squares (HAD to make something pumpkin) and cupcakes of course. The question was what type of cupcakes to make. It's always such a tough decision.

I decided on cookies and cream cupcakes.  They were easy to make and I couldn't wait to put them on my cupcake tower (that I bought for my mom years ago and she never used...so now it's mine) to look all fancy. For Christmas I picked out a set of 40 or so tips for icing cakes etc (but I won't get it until X-mas :(  ).....so I had to go with the old plastic zip lock bag for this one. They turned out AWESOME!!!

The Sugar:
*Chocolate cupcakes
*Marshmallow filling
*White icing
*Oreo crumbs

The Snapshots:

Next, were the pumpkin squares.  I'm obsessed with everything pumpkin so I knew these would be delicious.  They were definitely time consuming and a lot of work, but ended up being fabulous. 

The Sugar: (recipe from Betty Crocker)

*Crumbly, buttery bottom layer (bake for 10 mins)

*Soft, pumpkin and brown sugar middle layer (add to hot crust)

*Crumbly top layer with pecans (bake again)

The Snapshots:

The top and bottom layers get soft after it cools

 Upon your first bite, the nut flavor hits you like BAM! Then, you begin to taste the pumpkin. It's amazing...

So, after all of the work my final decision is that I would DEFINITELY make both of these recipes again. What to make next....TONS of Christmas cookies!!!!!