Have you seen Despicable Me 2 yet? John and I went and saw it last week and LOVED it! Oh my goodness I have not laughed that much at a movie in a long time. After the movie, I told John that I wanted to come up with Minion Cupcakes!
Because really they are already super cute and making them into cupcakes seemed the perfect fit.
Minion Cupcakes
I had so much fun making these cupcakes!
Minion Cupcakes
Ingredients
- White cake mix
- White or Cream Cheese Icing
- Blue icing dye
- Yellow food coloring
- Twinkies or similar
- Black Icing Pen
- Candy Necklace or candy eyes or smarties candies
These cupcakes are perfect for birthday parties, movie nights, or just having fun as a family! They are super easy to make and turn out so cute.
You can even get Minion themed Cupcake Liners if you really want to theme them out. I went with plain yellow cupcake liners because that is what we had and I thought they fit the Minion colors.
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Ingredients
- White cake mix
- White or Cream Cheese Icing
- Blue Food Coloring
- Yellow food coloring
- Twinkies or similar
- Black Icing Pen
- Candy Eyes Candy Necklace or smarties candies
Instructions
- I started with a white cake mix and mixed it according to the box directions. I used blue icing dye to change the cupcakes to blue. I baked them according to the directions.
- I used yellow food coloring to color cream cheese icing for the base.
- I cut generic Twinkies in half for the bodies
- For the eyes I had planned on using Smarties Candies but found a candy necklace and used the white candy from there. This worked out perfect.
- I was able to put black icing from an icing pen on the back of the candy and it worked as glue to hold the eyes onto the Twinkie
- I used the icing pen to draw the lines around the eyes and the smile
Recipe originally shared on July 9, 2013. Updated December 2020
Erin
How far in advance can you make these? I am afraid the twinkies will fall.
Ellen Christian
Oh these are the sweetest things!
Lauren
So cute! When Twinkies hit stores again this week, I will have to snag some, so I can bake some of these with my kids! We love Depiscable Me 2!!
Tammilee
Let me know if you make the cupcakes! I would love to see how they turn out.
Stephanie
These are adorable! I love those little minions!
Sarah Dugo
So cute-re-posting this to our FB Fan page this Friday! We also have Despicable Me craft this week too. The sweets are a perfect companion and easy to make! Hope you get more followers from our site-Cheers-Sarah
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Tammilee
Thank you for sharing! I really appreciate it.
Jendi
These are so cute! I might actually have to try these because we love the minions. Going to go follow you on Pinterest now. Best wishes!
Tammilee
Jendi, I am so glad you enjoyed them! They were a lot of fun to make.