Too sweet for me!

As you're coming down off of your Easter sugar high, here are a couple of articles to check out.

First, a piece from the London Sunday Times, about the backlash against cutesy cupcakes. I kind of missed out on the over-the-top cupcake trend, but apparently these confections have been all the rage in big city bakeries. Laura Atkinson has had enough:

What started off as a cute retro trend, however, has grown into a (double-vanilla, red-velvet-flavoured) monster. You can now buy into the experience completely, with cupcake jewellery, a television show (Cupcake Wars) and even a cupcake-scented antibacterial hand sanitiser. Oh, and men, you’re catered for too: dudeswithbeardseatingcupcakes.tumblr.com features — yes, you guessed it — dudes with beards eating cupcakes. It’s enough to leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Second, Nicole Ferraro takes on "Public Smooching" in the New York Times Complaint Box:

I have news for you, canoodling commuters: These are subways, not private gondolas. Consider the probability that the spot where you are kissing each other was just inhabited by snot-faced children and several people with swine flu.

But if all this sweetness just leaves you hungry for more, try out the "Make Your Own Girl Scout Cookies" page at Chow.com. And yes, that photo above is me, making Peeps Brûlée.