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While I may not want a bat in my coffee, I do love to celebrate Halloween with festive cookies. Bat and cat cookies are the quintessential Halloween dessert. If you're looking for something fast and simple, or you don't have Halloween cookie cutters on hand, try the first recipe, which simply calls for store-bought sugar cookie dough. If you're in the mood to make something from scratch, these dark, luscious cocoa bat and cat cookies will do the trick (or treat!). To get baking, read more

The other day, when I was looking for vintage Pillsbury Doughboy commercials, I came across one for Pillsbury Microwave Side Dishes. The novelty of the slogan "lovin' from the oven" referring to a microwave is sort of fun, however it's the wee Kirsten Dunst loving her microwaved scalloped potatoes that makes me giggle. The video is a wonderful slice of the 80s and you won't be able to get this Beep! Beep! jingle out of your head. To check it out, just read more

At the age of 42, the Pillsbury Doughboy — aka Poppin' Fresh — is looking good for his age. He hasn't needed any Botox and looks just as good as he did when he first debuted on Nov. 7, 1965. Although his outside appearance has stayed the same — he's computer generated now, but was originally a plaster and foam-rubber puppet — his interests have changed. Over the years he's appeared as an opera singer, a painter, a sky diver, a skateboarder, an accordion player, and more.

If you're wondering what he was like when he started, check out an early commercial below. When you're done, jump to the next page for a few more.