Since you asked...	January 10, 2009

Hi all! It’s been forever since I’ve updated my blog, but I felt it was time to share the wonders of my Super Mario Mushrooms with the world, and I could think of no better place to do it. I brought them to the Sixth Annual Festivus party, and they were well-received, indeed. Here’s the story of what they are and how I made them.

I’m a huge fan of the always-adorable baking projects on Bakerella’s blog, the best-known of which seem to be her Cupcake Pops. I was reading her blog one day when it occurred to me that her cupcakes bear a striking resemblance to mushrooms. And the Mario Mushroom light bulb went off above my head.

A few months ago, I tasted a batch of Cupcake Pops that my coworker made using Bakerella’s recipe of crumbled cake and cream cheese frosting, and I thought they were a little too sweet, so I switched it up a little bit. Every year at Christmas, my aunt Carolyn brings these Oreo Truffles (we call them BOG’s, which stands for Balls Of Goodness), and they are way delicious. So I made my Mario Mushrooms following Bakerella’s method for shaping and decorating, but the “stuff” on the inside is Oreo (or Nutter Butter) Truffle stuff.

The mushroom stems are covered in white bark coating, the tops are covered in red or green candy melts, and the spots are white M&M’s (which I bought at a candy store—I did not suck the color off the candy shell, as some assumed)! The eyes are drawn on with edible FoodWriter markers.

That’s all there is to it. I think they’re adorable and delicious, but when people happen upon them at a party they seem very confused. What are they? Can I eat them? What’s the stuff on the inside? Well, now you know!