Just eat it: Edible shark, spider, grasshopper, lizard, hummingbird, and pirate cupcake toppers on Etsy

Etsy seller incrEDIBLE Toppers makes, yes, edible cupcake toppers. There are lots of butterflies in various colors, and then these are these more unusual, attention-getting toppers. I can totally see the shark toppers for a Jaws viewing party. I like that these give new meaning to "grasshopper" and "hummingbird" cupcakes.

Most are $9.95 for a set of 12. From the shark topper listing:

Edible Sharks are made from rice paper (potato starch, water and vegetable oil) printed with FDA approved 100% edible ink on a printer that is used exclusively for edible items.

Portland, Maine cupcakes: Fat Elvis, s'mores, Andes mint, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate mudslide and more by Y-Lime's Gourmet

Y-Lime's Gourmet is one of the cupcake companies I read about at Portland, Maine cupcake blog Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Here's how they describe themselves:"We are located in Portland, Maine and proudly bake all gourmet cupcakes and cakes from scratch. We high quality ingredients, and organic and natural products whenever possible.You can find Y-Lime's Gourmet desserts at: Coffee By Design, Stonyfield Cafe, PeRx-U-Up Cafe and The Gorham Grind in Gorham." All these photos are from their Facebook page.


"Fat Elvis"-Banana Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Brown Sugared Bacon


s'mores!!


Pink Lemonade: Lemon Cupcakes with Fresh Raspberry Buttercream


Grasshopper with Andes mints (ever since I ate a real grasshopper on a cupcake, I feel like I should put the mint chocolate kind of grasshopper in quotes!)


Carrot cake cupcakes


Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes


flower cupcake


Chocolate Mudslide Cupcakes (Dark Chocolate Ganache Center, with Kahlua Mocha Buttercream Icing)


Blackberry buttercream cupcakes

Y-Lime's Gourmetylimesgourmet at gmail.com207-899-5367

Popular Posts Over The Past Week

Thanksgiving is in a few weeks, people love owl cupcakes, and Rachel ate a cupcake that had a grasshopper in it. Plus, there's an Occupy Wall Street cupcake.   Check out the popular posts over the the past week.

• Thanksgiving Cupcakes Past and Present 
• Fish cupcakes and more
• Occupy Wall Street Cupcake
• Rachel ate a grasshopper cupcake
• 10 Owl Cupcakes

Cupcake blog dedication: I ate a real grasshopper on and inside a cupcake!

Barb's Bakery of Phoenix, Arizona, was not to be outdone in the "I can't believe I'm eating this" unofficial cupcake category today at Scottsdale, Arizona's Cupcake Love-In, serving up a chipotle grasshopper cupcake. Not "grasshopper," like the chocolate mint flavor, but grasshopper, like the bug. I was challenged as a judge to eat it, along with the four other judges, and we all did so at the same time. I closed my eyes, expecting it to be crunchy and chocolatey. It was indeed crunchy, but salty, and didn't all go down in one bite. I didn't know what flavor cupcake I was eating, so I took a fingerful of frosting, and it turned out to be spicy, so I bit into the cupcake, and it was crunchy! More grasshopper! It was intense. I heard their other cupcakes were alcohol-inspired, including cosmo, but I didn't get a chance to try those. Kudos to Barb's Bakery for going there and forcing us to try something new. I don't think I'd eat grasshopper again, but I'm glad I tried it, and the chipotle had an unexpected kick to it.


that's a grasshopper on top!



yes, those little flecks in the cake are grasshopper.