Birthday Treats

So I haven't made a post in a while so I thought I'd start back up with lots of sugary treats.  :)

The boyfriends birthday was a few weeks ago and I asked him what he wanted and he told me "cookies".  So I decided to make the chocolate chip Oreo cookies that I like to put people in a sugar coma with.  I also found a recipe for cookies and cream cupcakes that looked good.  My boyfriend also found a recipe for French Toast cupcakes that looked amazing.  This is how they turned out:

 The cake is like a spice cake and would make an awesome cake.  The frosting is a maple butter cream.  The recipe calls to use maple extract, but I used syrup that was left over from breakfast at Cracker Barrel.  And what is that on the top of them?  That's right...Bacon.  These turned out awesome.  I will totally be making these again.

The cookies and cream cupcakes turn out pretty well also:

 Just a basic butter cream and a cake that is not to sweet because it has crushed up cookies in it.

And here are the cookies:

I made a ton of everything and sent the boyfriend to work to share them with everyone.  I made mini cupcakes for those that are on a "diet".  I have a book of cupcake recipes and I found a few others that look good. Maybe this weekend I'll make some different ones.