This recipe is totally not mine. My daughter had cut it out of a magazine and I asked if she remember what magazine and she told me Family Fun (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50154).

I, being the Geek that I am, said, "I bet I can find that on the Internet!" and low and behold, with just a little searching, there it was on their website.

When my children were young, we had Cinnamon Sugar toast with salt and Cinnamon, that only worked one year. We had other little gags we pulled on each other, but in our competitive family, we soon learned that if you throw cold water on someone in the shower on April Fool's Day, you may pay for it later -- double. Or if you short sheeted some one's bed, no telling when and what you would find in yours. Yes, you might say that April Fools Day in our house went by without much fan fair.

So, when I saw this recipe, I just had to share it. A good way to do something fun for a fun day and not have any pay backs. I'm making these for my grandchildren tomorrow.

Here you go. They look like cupcakes, but they are meatloaf with mashed potato frosting.

"The first surprise here: there's not a grain of sugar in these cupcakes. The second surprise: your kids will love them anyway.

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

Meat Loaf
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Potato Frosting
3 cups mashed potatoes
Food coloring

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.

2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).

3. Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.

4. Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Makes 12 cupcakes."