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Cupcake Recipes, Kid-Friendly Recipes, Kids Birthday Party Recipes · July 24, 2018

How to Make Minion Cupcakes

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Is your little one celebrating his birthday soon? Make Minion Cupcakes! These cupcakes are a fun and easy to make treat for your little guests.

Is your little one celebrating his birthday soon? Make Minion Cupcakes! These cupcakes are a fun and easy to make treat for your little guests.

These Minion cupcakes are a fun and easy to make treat for a party.

This Minion cupcakes recipe is easy and fast to make. Are you looking for a quick treat for a party? These Minion cupcakes are super easy to make as the recipe uses vanilla cake mix. You can even ask your little one to help prepare it for the party!

Turn these cupcakes into a fun party activity. Bake the cupcakes, prepare your frosting, and microwave the candy melts ahead of time, then line them up on a table. Have your guests create their own Minions out of the ladyfingers for a fun cupcake decorating activity.

These Minion cupcakes are a fun and festive addition to any party!

Why this recipe works:
  • This recipe is fast and easy to make as it uses vanilla cake mix for the cupcake’s base. Even a child can make this! And wouldn’t that be more fun, too?
  • It makes for a fun party activity since you can prepare the cupcake, frosting, and candy melts ahead of time then party guests can create their own Minions themselves.

Turn these Minion cupcakes into a fun party activity by letting your guests create their own Minion.

Tips for making Minion cupcakes:
  • Instead of black frosting, you can use a black edible marker for drawing your Minions’ goggles and eyes.
  • Instead of using candy eyes, you can use white chocolate chips. These may not, however, lay as flat.
Variations:
  • If you don’t have ladyfingers on hand, use marshmallows or Twinkies (cut in half) as a substitute for making your Minions.
  • Bake your cupcakes in blue paper baking cups to make it look like the Minions’ jumper.

Minion Cupcakes Ingredients:

These Minion cupcakes make use of easy to find ingredients.

  • Vanilla cake mix + ingredients to prepare it
  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 4 cups icing sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp milk
  • 2 drops of blue gel food coloring
  • 12 ladyfinger cookies, cut in half
  • 3 cups yellow candy melts
  • 3 tsp coconut oil
  • 20-24 candy eyes
  • White decorating frosting
  • Silver food dust
  • Black decorating frosting

How to make Minion cupcakes:

Prepare vanilla cupcakes according to box’s directions and allow to cool completely.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, icing sugar and milk on medium and gradually increase the speed to high. These ingredients will make up your buttercream. It is ready once the ingredients are well-combined, smooth, and form stiff peaks. Add blue gel food coloring and mix until completely tinted.

Frost each cupcake with your buttercream.

Frost each cupcake with buttercream.

Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Microwave candy melts and coconut oil in 30-second intervals or, until completely melted. Dip each ladyfinger cookie half into melted candy. Coat completely and gently lay flat on the lined baking sheet. Add 1 or 2 candy eyes on each coated cookie. Allow to set.

Dip ladyfingers in candy melt to create a base for your Minions.

Draw “goggles” around your Minions’ eyes with the white frosting. With a paintbrush, gently dab the silver food dust on the “googles.” With the black frosting, draw hair for your Minions.

Draw goggles using your black frosting then top your cupcake with a Minion.

Insert each Minion into a cupcake and enjoy!

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  • Hershey Pie (one of my girls favs!)
  • Sugar Cookie Apple Pie Bites + Video
  • LadyBug Cookies
  • Minion Oreos
  • Hot Dog Cupcakes
  • Crayon Cupcakes
  • Super Mario Cupcakes
  • Crayon Cupcakes
  • Captain America Cookies
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Minion Cupcakes

These Minion cupcakes are a fun and easy to make treat for parties.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Total Time 20 minutes minutes
Servings 24 cupcakes
Author Marci of My Heavenly Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Vanilla cake mix + ingredients to prepare it
  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 4 cups icing sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp. milk
  • 2 drops blue gel food coloring
  • 12 pieces ladyfinger cookies, cut in half
  • 3 cups yellow candy melts
  • 3 tsp. coconut oil
  • 20-24 pieces candy eyes
  • 1 white decorating frosting
  • 1 black decorating frosting
  • 1 silver food dust

Instructions

  • Prepare vanilla cupcakes according to box’s directions and allow to cool completely.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat butter, icing sugar and milk on medium and gradually increase the speed to high. These ingredients will make up your buttercream. It is ready once the ingredients are well-combined, smooth, and form stiff peaks. Add blue gel food coloring and mix until completely tinted.
  • Frost each cupcake with your buttercream.
  • Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Microwave candy melts and coconut oil in 30-second intervals or, until completely melted.
  • Dip each ladyfinger cookie half into melted candy. Coat completely and gently lay flat on the lined baking sheet. Add 1 or 2 candy eyes on each coated cookie. Allow to set.
  • Draw “goggles” around your Minions’ eyes with the white frosting. With a paintbrush, gently dab the silver food dust on the “googles.” With the black frosting, draw hair for your Minions. Insert each Minion into a cupcake and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 299kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 231mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 240IU | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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