Yesterday, because Twinkies were back… I made Minion Cupcakes from Despicable Me.
The problem is that Target did not have real Twinkies, they had the Cloud Cakes, which are NOT Twinkies dang it! But it is what I had to use. Didn’t change how AMAZINGLY cute these little guys turned out though!
Minion Cupcakes from Twinkies
First thing to do, make some cupcakes. I don’t care if you use a mix or make them from scratch. Or do vanilla or chocolate… up to you!
Then make some frosting. Again, either use pre-made or make your own. None of us can eat pre-made and it is fast to make your own, so I always make mine.
Either way, color the frosting blue, for the Minions little blue overall bibs.
Take your Twinkies and cut them in half.
These are the bodies of the Minions. My kids informed me more then once that they are all different sizes. Because I only had one box of Twinkies, I just cut them in half and called it a day.
The best part of the Minions are their eyes and goggles. You have a few choices:
- I used Wilton Decorator Eyes for mine.
- #2 Choice – Use the white candy Smarties and take a little black frosting to make the eye balls.
Some Minions have one eye and some have 2. I always see more 2 eyed Minions, but you can do whatever you want!
Once you have a bunch done, you can add mouths, hair or whatever you want. I was trying to find something good for the hair…
Maybe the thin black licorice strings?
I frosted my Minion cupcakes with a Wilton 1A tip and sprinkled with little blue sprinkles. Again, you can do whatever you want! That is the beauty of it! 🙂
I added a little more frosting to the tops of the cupcakes so that when I pressed the Minions onto the top the frosting came up around the base a little. Click here to see awesome deals and the best prices of the year. They seemed to look a little more sturdy that way.
These were actually really quick to make and very cute when they are done. My kids all took pictures and then promptly ate their faces off!
And of course while you’re eating your Minion cupcakes, you’ll probably want to make it a day and settle in for another viewing of Despicable Me…
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Love this idea! This was the very first movie my 2 year old was able to stay awake thru and actually sit thru the entire movie. He loved it and runs around saying beedo beedo beedo (like a siren). Looks like I may be having a Despicable me themed bday party in September! Thanks!
These are adorable! Congrats on getting them just right!
I’ve been thinking of making these for my daughter’s birthday party! Thanks for the tutorial 🙂
These are so great! How do I share this on my blog? I want to try to them also. Great idea
Oh my goodness!!!!! I love these! My whole family loves that movie I can’t wait to make these! Thanks for the awesome idea!
Super cute – we just saw the movie this past weekend, my kids would love to make these!
Sam
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Love those cupcakes, how fun! And I love me some Twinkies!
This is too cute
Adorable!!
These would be a great way to save money on a cake for a birthday party. Thanks for linking up with us for Fabulously Frugal Thursday.
Brilliant…positively A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!! Thank you so much for sharing the details on how you made these, Tiffany. I can’t wait to make some for my grandkidlets!
Most adorable cupcakes ever! My boys would love these!!! I popped over from The Shabby Creek Cottage–thanks for sharing!
~Abby =)
Oh my word!! These are seriously adorable! Minions are such a big hit right now! I love these! Thanks for sharing and linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
Use choclate “jimmies” for hair. Look for the bottle with long pieces, short ones disappear into the cake.
These are the cutest little Minion’s ever! Your did a great job and your photos are awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Your Minion Cupcakes are seriously cute! What a lovely treat!
These are sooooooooooooooo cute!
Super adorable 🙂
These are so absolutely adorable and I can make them with Twinkies! I’m all in. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday at Organized 31.
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Thank you for sharing, before seeing your post I was thinking blue and yellow for the minion cupcakes, I made lady fingers instead of Twinkies which our local supermarket didn’t have. They were not all uniform :() as I had never made them before.
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Sorry forgot to add your cupcakes are lovely and it wouldn’t have occurred to me to use Twinkies as I didn’t grow up here so I thought that was a great idea :()
So perfectly cute! Even though my son wil be 13 on his bday in November-he loves minions so I’m stealing this great easy idea for cake 🙂 thanks a bunch~
OK so we were going to make these for my daughter’s fall festival cake decorating contest. We ordered all the stuff you recommended off Amazon and had it ready. So, imagine my surprise when my daughter came home with one of these cupcakes in a ziplock baggie from school! It seems a kid in her class had a birthday, and his mom made these for the class. I guess good new travels fast these days.
So cute I had to try it for my sister’s birthday! They all loved it! Thank you!!!
super cute cupcakes must have taken awhile to get those cupcakes done.
I absolutely love these! What a great idea. Im gonna try to make them for my father-in-law for his Birthday. Thanks for sharing!
Very nice Job ! and (looks) so easy to make.
I made a link of your article to my blog related to the minions word (www.planetminion.com), I hope you are ok with that
Cheers
What a cute idea they’re so cute!!! I’m gonna try making them for my grandsons birthday one will be one n the other will turn 8 in July. They are brothers n I know they’ll love these! Thanks for sharing!!!
suggest could use white chocolate chip for eyes also!
How adorable! I’m having a total minion crush right now 😀
Jennifer @ The Jenny Evolution
Is is a good
Movie an so was despicable 2
An despicable1 I like the 2nd one the best
Thanks for sharing the tutorial. Made this for my sons 4th birthday party. They turned out awesome and I got tons of complements on them. I made the twinkies on Thursday, baked the cupcakes on Friday and iced and assembled on Saturday – the day of the party.
Making these right now for my son’s 3rd birthday!
Do the twinkies get hard if you do the cupcakes the day before the party?