Dora the Explorer has been an unofficial part of our family for the past 3 years. All of this came to a grinding halt last week when I had a little “run in” with Dora. I strive to deal with conflict by addressing it instead of sweeping it under the rug. So, here goes…
Dear Dora the Explorer,
You need to remove the Dora cupcakes recipe and video from the Nick Jr. (see Noggin) website and also stop talking about them on TV.
After seeing a promo for your cupcakes on Nick Jr., my daughter bugged me for weeks. Everyday, it was: “Mommy, are we going to make the Dora cupcakes today?” I thought she would forget if I simply ignored her. She did not. I finally cracked.
Let me put it bluntly, Dora: these cupcakes were a total P.I.T.A. Your recipe says 70 minutes and that is a total crock. Admittedly, I’m a bit slower than your average professional cupcake decorator. But, c’mon, Dora. It took me more than 70 minutes to get everything prepped and mixed. Plus, this doesn’t even count the time it takes to mix, bake and cool the cupcakes.
The entire process from buying the ingredients to piping out the hair to baking the cupcakes to dying the icing the correct color to decorating the cupcakes was very stressful!
I need you to know that before this unfortunate event, you were a she-ro in our house. We were all big fans of yours.
I’m concerned that you are being misrepresented. I recommend that you contact your people at Nick Jr so that you preserve your good name and save some other poor mom from falling victim to this scam.
I hope we’ve all learned from this and can move forward.
Dora, saying goodbye is always hard and I’m sorry it had to end this way. It pains me to tell you this but my daughter has moved on to the Disney Princesses.
Goodbye, Dora.
Susan Bowman, scarred for life
8 comments
That is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! Thanks for the Monday morning laugh. Your cupcakes look like a monster!
ugh! My kids want to make these, too! I will prolong it as long as possible! Enjoyed your blog today!
This is hilarious! Of course my daughter and I see this commercial often and she's been begging me to make the same cupcakes. I keep telling her we didn't unpack the baking tools to stave her off for now. LOL
Totally funny. I am so glad we rarely watch live TV (mostly just playbacks from DVR) so we avoid most commercials. My daughter loves to bake so I know we would have been making them too!
Hilarious. I haven't hit the Dora or Disney Princess stage yet. Now I fear it like the plague!
My 3 year old daughter has been watching the video clip all summer long. A week ago we just decided to go for it. I'm so glad we did. We simplified some of the steps and made awesome looking Dora cupcakes. It was pretty much a day long process, but that was part of the fun. She loved it and I felt like a supermom for a day!
Another great post Susan! I hate those commercials! Great pic of El J!
My daughter has also bugged me to make the Dora cupcakes….along with the smoothies they promote during another Nick Jr. show. Ugh! And by the way, who has time to spend the whole day making Dora cupcakes?!?