Say what you will about the overblown cupcake craze, but these freaky-cool cupcakes were out on a table when I got into work this morning:

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The artist is Stranger accounting manager Tracey Cataldo, who crafted the noodles from vanilla frosting and fashioned the cheese from shaved white chocolate. The icing on the cake, as it were, are the meatballs—made from Ferrero Roche chocolate and hazelnut balls tossed in strawberry preserves. Bravo, Tracey!