"Hunger Games" Themed Cupcakes for Birthday or Halloween!

Hey there, friends!

 October is just around the corner

and I'm seeing lots of

Halloween-ish recipes and crafts about  and looooooooving them all!

What  a festive time of year!

Perfect weather, perfect memories.

The love of costuming the kids

(okay the craziness too, at times... all part of the fun though)

Year after year, even as the kids get older,

of trekking around the neighborhood, enjoying the friends, 

the aromas, the crunchy leaves, the snapping of pictures and capturing of memories.

This treat, though, doesn't exactly encapsulate

 THAT aspect of the beauty and the loveliness....

Nope, I'm sharing a real gorey, crowd pleaser!

We made these cupcakes at my son's 10th birthday party and  what a hit they were

 among many themed treats and snacks!

You can click here to glimpse a bit more about his

Hunger Game themed birthday party,

"Panem et Circenses."

And here's President Snow

(AKA, the birthday boy!) 

surveying the treats before party time.
If you have not read the Hunger Games series with your kids
yet, what on Earth are you waiting for??
You. Must,
The political discussions, the correlation in SO many ways of
the characterizations to  ancient civilizations too...
the in depth discussions around current world events and
history are without number!
We also discuss the lack of any any religion at all within the series
and its impact on the leadership throughout Panem as well as  the citizens'despair.....
my kids have noted and compared the futuristic society within the books
to the direction in which our country is moving.
Really, the series is much more than meets the eye.

So, my son, upon our planning of costumes, treats and such for the upcoming

awesomeness of HALLOWEEN!! said I should share

our  "Clove's Impressive Array of Knives Cupcakes" 
( the line Katniss used to describe the knives wielded by one of her opponents)
from his party here on my blog for the holiday!

I thought it was a great idea,

especially for those of you with BOYS who cannot get enough of,

well, the bloodiness ( aka red food color!)
of the holiday!

So here goes:

A couple of shots of the cupcakes up close:

As you can see they are ultra easy to put together!

                 

Here's what you need:

1. Your favorite cake recipe

( or a boxed mix)

2 .Your fave icing recipe  

OR, you can click here for my to-die-for cream cheese icing recipe

3. mini cupcake holders ( I found  festive ones here) 

3. red food color You likely have it in the house, but if not and you want to make life easy, you can pick it up here.

4. candy knives as seen above

I bought mine at a local party store when I last needed them. This year the store  no longer sells them!   So I found them on amazon!

Just assemble as we did, above, or using your own creativity. Display on a lovely platter and you're all set.

Enjoy!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Hunger Games 

and ......

May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor!

~Mwwwwwaaahahahahahah~

(If I could cue Vincent Price's laugh  from "Thriller," here,

I would. But I can't!! )

Until next time,

~Chris

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