Despicable Me: Minion Cupcakes
- 12 cupcakes, your choice of flavor.
- 1 can white frosting (16oz) or homemade frosting.. your choice
- 1 black food color
- 1 blue food color
- 6 twinkies
- 19 white Smarties (or similar sized round candies)
- 20 black sprinkles (give or take)
- 1 toothpick
- 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
- 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.
- cut your 6 twinkies in half.
- (not lengthwise) set aside.
- frost each cupcake with blue frosting.
- this will be your minions pants.
- 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.
- 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
- take your toothpick and dunk the tip into the black frosting and dot each smartie with it.. this will be their eyeballs.
- 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.
- with the toothpick again and the black frosting, make mouths... smily, sad, straight, wiggly.. you decide.. mix them up a bit.. have fun..
- 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..
- serve your cupcakes!
- great for parties and fun for kids to decorate!
- :)
- enjoy!
- saw this idea posted on fb by a friend.
- so I made my own version.
- :)
cupcakes, white frosting, black food color, color, twinkies, white smarties, black sprinkles
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/338764-despicable-me-minion-cupcakes (may not work)