better living through reese’s peanut butter cups

We’ve all heard of Pinterest by now, haven’t we? That virtual scrapbook where we can pin all our favorite recipes, fashions, hairstyles, cute animals, funny sayings, art, and pictures of television characters with sarcastic captions.  Then, if it wasn’t enough to collect all these fantastic things, we get to share them with complete strangers. Cause that’s what the internet is for: learning more about people you’ve never met than you know about your own family.

One popular subject on Pinterest is food.  Sweet food being a major sub-set.  And, as you probably deduced from the title of this post (cause you’re a clever one, you are), I’m going to concentrate my focus on one item in particular.

The ubiquitous Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.

Thanks to Pinterest, I have found all sorts of new ways to use this popular candy. (click on the pic to go to the pin on Pinterest)

Like disguising a sloppy frosting job.

I swear there is a cake under there somewhere.

Or making favors for kid’s parties.

No, Cindy, don't eat the paper. Oh gosh. Let mommy get the ipecac.

You can turn this drugstore staple into a treat fit for a fancy soiree.

No, Mr. Campbell, don't eat the paper. Oh dear. Does anyone know the heimlich?

Also, it seems that people will never run out of new and fascinating ways to satisfy their sweet tooth. Like sandwiching a Reese’s cup between two Double-Stuff Oreos, dipping the whole mess in chocolate, and topping with Reese’s Pieces.

Diabeetus Sandwich, anyone?

Now, not all ideas involving Reese’s cups are completely whack-a-doodle.

Reese's martini - shaken, stirred, I don't care. Just hand it over and no one gets hurt.

And some ideas are completely inspired.

Reese's infused vodka. Disgusting or genius? Only time and a few mason jars will answer this question.

***TODAY’S SPECIAL***

On this historic day, otherwise known as Wednesday, 19 of your favorite humor bloggers are staging a WordPress coup. We have banded together to address the important topic, Better Living Through Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.

Yes, you read that right. Your eyes are fine. Well, they may not be fine – I really don’t know. But it does say “19 of your favorite humor bloggers” (or who SHOULD be your favorite bloggers). We are all presenting the same topic, each from his or her particularly unique perspective.

Why this topic? Why now?

Why not?

Click on the Reese’s Pieces link to gobble up the entire, yummy bag of 19 posts.

Bon Appetite!

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Peg-o-Leg’s Ramblings

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Running From Hell With El

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The Byronic Man

The Good Greatsby

The Monster In Your Closet

The Ramblings

Thoughts Appear’s Blog

Unlikely Explanations

wine on wednesdays

Is it Wednesday already?  I don’t mean to sound unprepared, but these weeks just seem to be flying by lately.  Have I mentioned how much I appreciate you, dear readers, for reading my rambling and completely uneducated wine posts?  Well, let me remedy that right now. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Okay, back to the wine.

Some people take their wine very seriously.  Ridiculously seriously.  You can tell these people not only by the type of wine they drink, but also the accessories.  It’s all about the accessories, right?  Ultra sophisticated openers, stoppers made from precious metals and blown glass aerators that look like works of art.  Some might say that owning a 36 bottle wine cooler is going a bit overboard, but I would like to tell those people that they have no idea what they are talking about and they should just keep their big mouths shut if they know what’s good for them.  Ahem.  Uh.  Where were we?

Yes! Ridiculous accessories.  How about these.

Wine glasses that represent the seven deadly sins.  They’d be funny if the website didn’t seem to take itself just a teensy bit too seriously.  The creator encourages the drinker to be theatrical.  Last thing I want when I’m drinking wine is drama. 

Or, how about a jewel encrusted bottle stopper?

 

Yeah, that would look real nice keeping my nine dollar bottle of Berninger fresh. 

No.  I think something like this is more my taste.

This would be better if the corkscrew part folded down switchblade style so you could use them as real brass knuckles, but this is pretty bad-ass, too.  Wine isn’t for sissies!  Believe me, I’ve been to some wine tastings where if you weren’t quick enough, you’d get elbowed in the ribs or hip-checked out of the line.  Wine can make some people so angry.     

Yeah, you can keep your bedazzled bottle stoppers and fancy schmancy theatrical wine glasses.  Just give me a red Solo cup and a brass knuckle opener and I’m ready to party.