I ate a lot of cupcakes on Sunday. Thankfully, Dan was there to help. We stopped by Kickass Cupcakes in Davis Square and tried the following cupcakes:

Chocolate Stout: These little cuties are made with chocolate cake filled with a chocolate stout ganache that's made with Callebaut bittersweet chocolate and Rogue Chocolate Stout. The cupcakes are topped with chocolate stout butter cream frosting and crushed pretzels. And in honor of the Pats, each one sports a little Patriots ornament.

In light of my recent obsession with chocolate and beer, I was pretty excited by this cupcake option. I'm still utterly convinced that the many delicious brews available are vastly under-utilized as both accompaniments to dessert and ingredients therein. The only other beer-themed dessert I can think off of the top of my head is a really delicious Guinness ice cream that Toscanini's makes. (And anyone hear that Toscanini's may have to close its doors soon?!)

That said, the answer is yes, I'd certainly recommend trying the Kickass Cupcakes' chocolate stout cupcake.

Deep Fried Cupcake: I've never had much desire to attend Red Bones' fried food fest, but I am now considering being interested. Did you know that deep fried things are delicious? I feel like everyone but me already knew that. The Deep Fried Cupcake is a classic vanilla cupcake filled with a little bit of sweet cream, then dipped in a sweet batter, deep fried, placed in a paper cone, and drizzled with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. (See Dan marveling below.) It was kind of insane, and very messy. Quite the experience.

Those are the ones we ate in the store. We then ate two more cupcakes in the car while drinking milk from a thick glass bottle. It was totally sweet.

I'm excited to announce that The Tasty Show Chocolate Tasting Kit for Two is almost done. Last night I had a dream that it was ready to go in time for Valentine's Day, but then I woke up, unfortunately. I don't want to reveal too much since it's not out yet, but I will say that I agonized over the selection of chocolates, and have almost 100% finalized a pretty sweet line-up spanning several countries of origin and some of the best brands in the world.

Check back at the boutique soon for more info.