Make these adorable and easy-to-make Twinkie Minion Cupcakes for your next Minion party with the kids.
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Minion Cupcakes
We are so excited that a new Minion movie is coming out this summer. We are big fans of the cute little yellow guys. Kevin, Stuart, and Bob have a soft place in our hearts. Throughout the years, I’ve made lots of Minion ideas to share with you like Minion pencils, Minion Banana Pudding Cups, and a Minion Sand Art Craft. This year, I am making a cupcake that I’ve seen floating around the internet. I think we will take them to the drive-in movies and enjoy them while we watch the movie. They are easy to make and so darn cute—the perfect Minion cake for any Minion birthday party.
Here’s What You’ll Love about this Minion Party Treat
- Easy: They are so easy to make. In no time at all, you’ll have a dozen whipped up.
- Favorite: Let’s face it. Kids love Twinkies. This Minion cupcake will be the hit of any Minion birthday party.
- Make Ahead: You can make these a day in advance, making your party day a little bit easier.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Baked and cooled cupcakes – White or yellow cupcakes are perfect for this Minion dessert
- White Frosting
- Blue Food Coloring
- Black Icing with writing tip
- Smarties – Whites sorted out
- Chocolate sprinkles
Equipment Needed
Piping bag with decorative tip – I used an open star tip to decorate my cupcakes.
How to Make Minion Cupcakes
Mix a few drops of blue food coloring with white frosting to make a blue shade you like for your cupcakes.
Spoon the blue frosting into a piping bag fitted with an open star tip
Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Start with one wide circle and make smaller circles until the center is filled in
Cut Twinkies in half
Use the black icing with the writing tip to make circles where you think the eye or eyes should go.
Push a white Smartie into the center of the black circle so the black frosting oozes out and around the Smartie, creating a round border.
Use the black icing with the writing tip to draw the goggle straps
Place your Twinkie Minion onto the frosted cupcake
Insert chocolate sprinkles for hair
Make-Ahead and Storage
You can bake the cupcakes a couple of days before the party and store them in a container at room temperature.
Decorate the cupcake the day of the party so the Twinkie is fresh when served.
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Serving Size
This will make one dozen or more cupcakes.
One box of Twinkies contained ten Twinkies. You should be able to get twenty cupcakes from that.
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Printable Instructions
Twinkie Minion Cupcakes
Equipment
- Piping bag with decorative tip I used an open star tip to decorate my cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 Baked and cooled cupcakes White or yellow cupcakes are perfect for this Minion dessert
- 6 Twinkies
- 16 oz. White Frosting
- Blue Food Coloring a few drops
- Black Icing With writing tip
- 12 or more Smarties Whites sorted out Chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Mix a few drops of blue food coloring with white frosting to make a blue shade that you like for your cupcakes
- Spoon the blue frosting into a piping bag fitted with an open star tip
- Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Start with one wide circle and make smaller circles until the center is filled in
- Cut Twinkies in half
- Use the black icing to make circles where you think the eye or eyes should go
- Push a white Smartie into the center of the black circle so the black frosting oozes out and around the Smartie, creating a round border
- Use the black icing to draw goggle straps
- Place your Twinkin Minion onto the frosted cupcake
- Insert chocolate sprinkles for hair
