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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 18, 2015 5:09:15 GMT
A taste for it? I'm not sure what you mean. I really don't think you could develop a taste for the alcohol - as truly there is none detectable. You also really can't taste the Guinness - and if you did it would be so far removed from the taste of actual Guinness it's more likely to scare you off when you tried it. I suppose it could make one develop the taste of Bailey's - but let's be honest - one really doesn't need to develop a taste for Bailey's, it's pretty much yummy to anyone who likes creamy sweet stuff that doesn't taste like alcohol. See and for me Baileys is strong and horridly alcohol tasting. Same for me so I was thinking we were talking about two different things. But I know we aren't because I know several people that put it in their coffee when we are camping.
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Post by finally~a~mama on Mar 18, 2015 5:17:52 GMT
This brought back a memory for me. My senior year of college a student asked our professor (small class) if she could bring in some cake she wanted to try out. He said sure, why not. I can't remember what kind of cake it was, seems like some kind of bundt cake with rum. Anyhow, the student told us what kind of alcohol it was and that it should have mostly "baked out". Let me tell you, you could SMELL the rum in that cake from about 5 feet away. LOL I don't know if she added way more than what was supposed to be in it or what, but it was STRONG -- smell & taste. OP, I'm going to guess that wasn't your cupcake experience, but I think you probably made the right call in not sending it to middle school. If my child came home and told me she ate that I'd probably initially be po'd. Then my DH would tell me to chill. LOL
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Post by betty on Mar 18, 2015 5:23:32 GMT
Ok, these sound delicious and I'm going to have to try making a batch. Hands off, kids! lol
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Post by Rainbow on Mar 18, 2015 5:38:35 GMT
No way!
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Post by lucyg on Mar 18, 2015 5:42:12 GMT
I agree with most of the others. I wouldn't care if you fed one to my kid, but it's more than just the appearance of impropriety involved in sending them to school ... I think your DD could get into a lot of trouble at school if she brought them in. Kids get suspended for bringing an aspirin these days, let alone Bailey's-laced cupcakes.
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Post by penny on Mar 18, 2015 6:27:18 GMT
My own kids, no problem... But to a school, no... I'd be worried that a child would have a bad reaction (not intoxication, but an adverse reaction, interaction with meds, etc)... I'd also worry that some children might be dealing with alcoholism in their families, and I prefer to think that cupcakes at school could be something they could enjoy without any bad thoughts...
Just too young - who knows what kind of experience or discussions they've had about alcohol... And it's likely that this could be there first exposure to alcohol, and if it turns out they're someone who has adverse reactions - for it to happen at school? If they needed medical attention who would suspect alcohol, at a school, in a cupcake... Not worth it...
Same goes for any staff/volunteers who might have one... If they need to stay away from alcohol... I don't think it's an ingredient they'd suspect/ask about, and if they were told, I don't think many staff members would want to take on the responsibility of knowingly handing out alcoholic cupcakes to their class...
ETA - I'm a bit slow... Couldn't figure out why that flavour would even be a thought - lots of flavours to choose from, then realized it was St Patrick's Day... Think you could do mint/shamrock, lime, green apple/sour apple (gummies not alcohol) if you wanted, or make malt (like malt balls) flavoured ones if you wanted to stay away from the typical green themed things...
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 18, 2015 6:33:11 GMT
This brought back a memory for me. My senior year of college a student asked our professor (small class) if she could bring in some cake she wanted to try out. He said sure, why not. I can't remember what kind of cake it was, seems like some kind of bundt cake with rum. Anyhow, the student told us what kind of alcohol it was and that it should have mostly "baked out". Let me tell you, you could SMELL the rum in that cake from about 5 feet away. LOL I don't know if she added way more than what was supposed to be in it or what, but it was STRONG -- smell & taste. Haha, funny story! I polished off more than my fair share of bottles of Baileys (or Kahlua) as a teenager, but I don't drink at all anymore. It's always funny when someone says to me "Oh, you can't taste the alcohol at all!" More often than not, I really really can taste the alcohol - I can't eat Tiramisu now. Recently we went to a wedding. MIL said to me "Oh, you could have one of these cocktails, it doesn't have any alcohol in it." I took one sip and nearly fell over with the amount of vodka that was in there (slight exaggeration, but you get the idea!) Neither MIL or SIL could taste the alcohol because they are such BIG drinkers, but to me it was unbelievably strong.
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 18, 2015 7:29:49 GMT
I would not care if someone served my kid a Guinness cupcake. I wouldn't take them to school because I know not everyone feels like that.
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Post by cycworker on Mar 18, 2015 8:47:20 GMT
I wouldn't throw a fit. I am curious how this came about. I sure wouldn't send them with my kid. I made St. Patrick's day cupcakes for a party tonight and had some leftovers. My daughter asked to bring a couple into school tomorrow to share with her friends. I said no, my husband said I was silly as there wasn't enough alcohol in them to bother anyone. I agree with your husband. You weren`t talking about bringing in a batch for an entire class. They were for your daughter and a couple friends. No big deal. As to the appearance of impropriety, I say, pfft. Whatever. I`m not going to do not do something just because of how it might look. It`s a cupcake with a tiny bit of booze in it. No big deal.
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Post by Sukkii on Mar 18, 2015 9:25:49 GMT
I would have a massive fit. Like HUGE. We are not only teetotalers we are teetotalers because of our religious beliefs. No freaking way is that ok to be feeding middle school kids that in no way belong to you. You can do what you like with your own kids, but boy howdy you do not have the right to make that decision for mine. I don't get wound up about much, but that one--that's going to send me over the edge. No baily's in my kids' cupcakes. Ever. And yes, I do know about vanilla. It's not the same and you know it. Those cupcakes have a full cup of alcohol in them and then raw liquor in the frosting. That's no measly 1 tsp of vanilla that gets baked out. I am sure the teachers and your kids would know that no alcohol should pass their lips ever.
I wouldn't send that cupcakes to school but I wouldn't be outraged if my kid ate them. Each to their own I guess?
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Post by fkawitchypea on Mar 18, 2015 9:30:26 GMT
I wouldn't send them into school because of the potential for reactions like this. I would let my middle school ds have one at home.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Mar 18, 2015 10:40:49 GMT
I can't answer until I know if they were dropped on the sidewalk on the way in.... Yeah, I wouldn't send them in.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Mar 18, 2015 10:44:58 GMT
Nope.
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Post by leftturnonly on Mar 18, 2015 10:46:31 GMT
Forget the alcohol, cupcakes have GLUTEN in them! tsk tsk tsk I'd give them to my kids at home but would not send them to school.
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Post by Ellie on Mar 18, 2015 10:53:36 GMT
Meh - I would feed it to my kid. And I would not be pissed if someone gave it to my kid. But probably I would not feed it to kids at school. I don't think I want to be the one explaining why you can eat a Guinness cupcake but not drink a Guinness. Yeah, that.
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Post by elaine on Mar 18, 2015 11:04:15 GMT
Bringing in alcohol laced cupcakes could result in suspension for the child bringing them in.
So, while I wouldn't think twice about feeding them to my kids outside of school, never in a million years would I send them into school.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 18, 2015 11:08:58 GMT
Well, I got here late and y'all have pretty much covered it all, but here's my opinion just for posterity.
I would let my own child have one and even take a left-over one for lunch for himself. I would not allow him to take others to school to share and I would never send these in for class treats, bake sales, or the like. For me, it falls into that make-a-decision-for-me-and-mine category, but I would not presume to impose that decision on other children/parents.
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Post by anxiousmom on Mar 18, 2015 11:31:15 GMT
This falls into the category of 'who even knew that this would ever come up?' for me. I never even considered it at all.
I probably would have felt more strongly about it when the kids were little, now as teens? not so much.
And I will admit, I probably wouldn't have even given a second thought in sending a cupcake or two to share with a friend. I send treats with my son all the time to share with buddies at lunch...
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Post by rickmer on Mar 18, 2015 11:37:27 GMT
i would have no problem with my kids eating them, no problem with them taking them for their own snack or a for them to share with a friend (who's parents i know). i would not send them for class to share for reasons above and the "perception" but also because some people's faith prohibits them from consuming any alcohol at all. we are not religeous at all but of course i respect other's faith.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 11:49:00 GMT
Thanks - so in this case 35% of the half a tablespoon of Guinness would remain. Oh good lord no,they'd probably be paralytic by the time they got home Ok, my kids could eat them at home,no problem but I wouldn't send them to school. Only because from previous posts on here there must be some that would go pea livid if you did.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 11:51:05 GMT
Yep, it's one of those "avoid the appearance of impropriety" situations. I say no go.
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Post by Miss Ang on Mar 18, 2015 11:59:42 GMT
I would not send food made with alcohol to any school of any level. It's just inappropriate and unnecessary.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Mar 18, 2015 12:05:02 GMT
I wouldn't throw a fit. I am curious how this came about. I sure wouldn't send them with my kid. I made St. Patrick's day cupcakes for a party tonight and had some leftovers. My daughter asked to bring a couple into school tomorrow to share with her friends. I said no, my husband said I was silly as there wasn't enough alcohol in them to bother anyone. I would let my child bring one to school but not to share with friends, in theory. In reality, she eats with two girls every day and they share their treats. She doesn't want to ever bring one of any treat she always wants to be able to share. So I would probably say no. But I know the other parents they wouldn't care.. but they are in middle school and they might get silly about it and then it could be come an issue. So I would feed it to my kid but not someone elses
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Post by styxgirl on Mar 18, 2015 12:10:54 GMT
There is not enough alcohol to make a difference but it's one of those "avoid the appearance of impropriety" situations.
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Mar 18, 2015 12:23:24 GMT
I agree with everything @scrappower said. The universe must have been out of alignment for a fraction of a nanosecond.
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Post by Linda on Mar 18, 2015 12:31:18 GMT
I wouldn't send them to school either. In fact when I made the cake version for us last night, I made (regular) cupcakes for the girls. They both had a bite of the cake and hated it To be honest, Dh didn't take a slice of leftover cake to work either - his company has a zero tolerance policy for alcohol and while it doesn't have enough to trigger a positive on a random urinalysis, it has enough to violate the policy if someone decided to make a stink about it...
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Post by imsirius on Mar 18, 2015 12:39:28 GMT
Our kids can't even SHARE treats at lunch, it's school policy because of so many kids with allergies.
As far as the cupcakes, I wouldn't care if you asked me if my kid could have one, but seeing as our school also doesn't allow any Red Bull, energy drinks. or even Mountain Dew or the like, I think even a tiny bit of alcohol in the frosting would send our school admins into orbit.
For the record, my DH would have the very same reaction as yours "Why not, who is it going to hurt and you are being silly" even when he knows the "Lunch Nazi" (as he calls them) rules at the school.
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Post by blue tulip on Mar 18, 2015 12:42:59 GMT
I can't answer until I know if they were dropped on the sidewalk on the way in.... irrelevant- if they were, the alcohol would've killed any germs.
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Post by gritzi on Mar 18, 2015 12:45:23 GMT
Absolutely not appropriate to send to school!
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Post by anonrefugee on Mar 18, 2015 12:58:32 GMT
Reading replies here should be enough to explain how it could be perceived at school. Why court controversy?
If you want them out of the house, can you take to a local FireHouse or Senior Center? I don't know how yours feels about home baked goods... Some accept and some do not.
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