in some countries...

avocado is considered a sweet fruit and is used in baking.

So why not?

I had a couple avocados left before spring break that I couldn't eat as guacamole (because I didn't have chips) or sliced atop a pizza or on a sandwich (because I didn't have pita or bread or naan), but after long hours on tastespotting and foodgawker, I found chocolate avocado cupcakes.

It was deathly green...

...not like the soft pastel of the frosting in the pictures, so my roommate and I deemed these Shrek cupcakes.  Appropriate.

Be sure to use really mushy, ripe avocados.  Mine were difficult to mash up and even the mixer couldn't get out all of the chunks, which made for unappealing blocks of avocado hidden in the cupcakes (I didn't mind it as much in the frosting), and it just made me feel uneasy because the consistency was suddenly disrupted.  Hard to explain.

Surprisingly, the frosting was my favorite part.  It was thick, viscous, and I was basically eating it out of the bowl before I thought to spread them on the cupcakes, like avocado candy.

Definitely not the last time avocado will grace my desserts.