Most of you, with children, are probably familiar with the movie Despicable Me.
If you've seen Despicable Me, then you are more than familiar with those little yellow minions!
Yep, here is a close up of them....
If you've been on Pinterest at all, then most likely you have seen the Minion Cupcakes.
I showed the idea to my girls and asked if they were interested in making them.
And of course they were!!
They are so easy to make!
Just grab a box of cake mix and follow the instructions for making cupcakes.
Once your cupcakes are out of the oven and cooled, frost them with whatever frosting/color you want. I thought blue looked good, plus the minions usually have on blue overalls, so that's what I used.
To make the minion, this is what you will need:
For the body, you will need twinkies or whatever generic brand is out there.
For the minion hair, get a small package of black licorice. Do not get the string kind.
This kind, as shown in the picture, is tougher and stands straight up on the minion.
Near the sprinkles on the baking aisle, you will find different tubes of icing.
Buy the black decorating icing tube which you will use to hold the eyes on.
(sorry for the blurry image below)
Also, buy the small tube of black writing gel to draw on the minion goggles.
Several tutorials on Pinterest said they used the candy Smarties as the eyes.
My store was completely out of Smarties, so I found white salt water taffy.
I just pulled however much taffy I wanted to use and formed into balls for the eyes.
To make your minion:
*Lay the twinkie down flat to make your little minion
*Cut off the bottom of the twinkle so you have a flat end to stand up on the cupcake
*Grab whatever you are using to make the eye, and put a generous glob of your black decorating icing on the back.
*Push the eye down firmly on the twinkie so you can see the black icing around the edges of the eye. *Do the same with the second eye.
*Then use your black writing gel to draw the lines down the side of the twinkie to look like google straps.
*Then draw on your mouth with the gel as well.
*Using scissors, cut your black licorice into little hairs.
I cut one side at an angle so it would have a sharp edge to stick into the twinkie.
*Wait for the icing/gel to set before standing up your minion and placing him on top of the cupcake
(if you complete your minion and stand him up on the cupcake immediately without letting the frosting/gel set for 15-20min, the eyes will start to slip down with the frosting.
You may even want to stick them in the fridge for 3-5 min to help the icing set before standing them up.
And of course, we were actually watching Despicable Me while we were making our minions!
These little yellow guys were so fun to make!
Hope you enjoy making them as much as we did!