Despicable Me: Minion Cupcakes

renee
renee @renee1234

Great for kids parties.. So easy to do! & great for kids to help decorate!

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Ingredients

30 mins
12 servings
  1. 12cupcakes, your choice of flavor.
  2. 1 canwhite frosting (16oz) or homemade frosting.. your choice
  3. 1black food color
  4. 1blue food color
  5. 6twinkies
  6. 19white Smarties (or similar sized round candies)
  7. 20black sprinkles (give or take)
  8. 1toothpick

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    in a small bowl take 3/4 of you're white frosting and add blue food coloring. mix well. keep adding blue color until you achieve desired color. set aside

  2. 2

    in your second small bowl take remaining white frosting and add black food color. mix well. keep adding food color until frosting is Jet black.. set aside.

  3. 3

    cut your 6 twinkies in half. (not lengthwise) set aside.

  4. 4

    frost each cupcake with blue frosting. this will be your minions pants.

  5. 5

    take each twinkie one by one and place cut side down on century of each frosted cupcake. this is you're minion body. refrigerate for about 5 minutes to slightly harden frosting.

  6. 6

    take your Smarties and dunk one side into the black frosting. place on upper portion of twinkie.. this is the minions eyes/goggles. some will have 2 eyes some will have one

  7. 7

    take your toothpick and dunk the tip into the black frosting and dot each smartie with it.. this will be their eyeballs.

  8. 8

    again take toothpick and place dots on their head.. this will be to attach the hair A.K.a.. the black sprinkles. done will have 1,2,3, or four hairs.. you decide who gets what. after youput your frosting dots.. place one sprinkle per dot, standing up on end.

  9. 9

    with the toothpick again and the black frosting, make mouths... smily, sad, straight, wiggly.. you decide.. mix them up a bit.. have fun..

  10. 10

    now for the goggle straps... use your toothpick and draw them on. from the middle of the goggle candy eye to the back. draw a straight line. see photos..

  11. 11

    serve your cupcakes! great for parties and fun for kids to decorate! :)

  12. 12

    enjoy!

  13. 13

    saw this idea posted on fb by a friend. so I made my own version. :)

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BlakeCary
BlakeCary @cook_2738090
OMG thats so freakin sweet! Awesome job!

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im 41 and a mom of 3 kids and 2 step kids.and one fiance jason.i love to cook and bake anything! i love trying new foods and new recipes.. and when i try something new with kids i always have a back up plan. i always try to come up with something new and interesting. im always changing my style cuz i love different.
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