Though less devastating than banana-cream pies, cupcakes still provide effective suppressive fire during fancy dinner-party food fights attended by Larry, Curly, and/or Moe. Today's Groupon lets you lock and load with this smile-inducing ammunition: for $12, you get a dozen cupcakes from How Sweet It Is Cupcake Company in Moorestown (a $24 value).

At How Sweet It Is Cupcake Company, every fistful of flavor is conceived, baked, and carefully decorated by resident baker Sandy Sapanaro, who places balanced emphasis on gourmet taste and couture aesthetics. Sandy’s menu sports both classic and seasonal sweets, the former represented by favorites such as red velvet, chocolate peanut butter, and coconut with meringue icing, and the latter currently featuring October-appropriate pumpkin varieties. Armed with today’s mix-and-match Groupon, cupcake cravers can load their belly weapon with twelve baked bullets of their choice, until they are shooting smiles left, right, and sideways to Paul Giamatti. To score your 12-rack, simply phone ahead, fill out an online order form through the How Sweet It Is website, or shout (politely) with vocal support from the diaphragm.

Reviews

South Jersey magazine recommends How Sweet It Is Cupcake Company.

• Whether you’re satisfying your sweet tooth or toting dessert to your office potluck, the cupcakes from the Moorestown-based How Sweet It Is Cupcake Company will fit the bill and then some. – Rachel Pinkstone, South Jersey