Easiest Minnie Mouse Cupcake Idea, Ever

5 from 1 vote

Easy to make Minnie Mouse Cupcakes with a fun fruit roll-up bow

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Yield:

Calories: 313cal

Author: Melissa

Cost: $10

Equipment

piping bag with star tip
Pink cupcake wrappers I love the firm paper (affiliate link) cupcake wrappers that I found on Amazon

Materials

24 Cupcakes
16 0z. Pink frosting before you put it in the piping bag make sure it is stiff enough to hold your decorations. Check out the notes below...
½ cup powdered sugar amount may vary
18 oz. Oreo Cookies
13 oz. Fruit by the foot with no writing or pictures printed on hard to find these days

Instructions

Place cupcakes in pretty pink cupcake wrappers
Mix pink frosting with enough powdered sugar to make it thick enough to hold decorations. If it is oily and thin, the ears and bow will slide right off. Start with 1/4 cup and add more as needed to make it a buttercream like consistency
Fill the piping bag with frosting
Using your piping bag filled with pink frosting, frost the cupcakes

Decorating:

You'll want to unwrap your red roll up, and cut a strip about 6 inches in length - if you have to piece two pieces together because you couldn't find just plain red (it happens) then use a dab of water to make them seal together
Start by folding the ends of the fruit roll-up toward the center. Pinch the middle of the fruit rollups in between your thumb and finger
Take another strip about 2 inches long - this will be the middle of the bow
Fold the small strip in half so it is narrow and long
Wrap this around the middle of the bow and pinch them back to seal
Add some frosting to the bottom of the Oreo cookies and push them onto the middle of the cupcake
Place your bow in front of the Oreo cookies

Notes

Are your cookies falling off of the cupcake?

Your frosting could be too thin. It should be stiff and not oily. You can test it by scooping some out with a silicone spatula and holding it upside down. Does it form a stiff curve? If it doesn't have a curve or melts right off, then it's too thin

If you made homemade frosting, add some more softened butter or whatever you used as a thickening agent (like cream cheese) to thicken it for piping
you can thicken store-bought frosting with powdered sugar (add 1 Tbsp. at a time until it is your desired consistency) or use toothpicks inserted into the cupcake to hold the cookies in place (be sure to let your kids know to remove any toothpicks before eating their cupcakes)

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