How to make Cookie Monster cupcakes

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen them, but Cookie Monster cupcakes look a-m-a-z-i-n-g and I simply could not wait to recreate them!

Not only are they super cute but they’re really easy to make too. To get everyone oohing and awwing over your masterpiece just follow this simple recipe:

Ingredients for the Cookie monster cupcakes:

• Cupcake mix (makes 6 medium cupcakes)
• 50g Self raising flour
• 50g Caster sugar (superfine)
• 50g Butter or margarine
• 1 Egg
• Butter Frosting:
• 250g unsalted butter
• 300g icing sugar
• Sprinkle of vanilla
• Milk – no more than 4 tablespoons
• Blue food colouring

Decoration for the Cookie monster cupcakes:

• Dessicated coconut
• Cookies (any brand)
• Chocolate chips

How to make Cookie monster cupcakes

Now you’ve got all your ingredients together, it’s time to get on with making your yummy Cookie monster cupcakes. I’ve split the guide up into the cupcake and decoration recipes so it’s easier for you to follow.

Cupcake Sponge Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (Electric oven | Electric fan oven 160°C | Gas Mark 4) and place paper cases into a muffin tin
2. Using an electric whisk, food processor or wooden spoon, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
3. Add in the egg, beating it well
4. Fold in the flour
5. Bake in the oven for 10 – 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, check to see
   if the cupcakes are ready by inserting a cocktail stick into one of the
   cupcakes. If it comes out dry then the cupcakes are done. If not, pop
   the cakes back in the oven for a few more minutes. Lift the cupcakes out
   of the muffin tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Butter Frosting Recipe:

Mix the unsalted butter, icing sugar and vanilla

1. Add the tablespoons of milk, one tablespoon at a time and stir in well
2. Whisk for 10 minutes
3. Take out  4-5 tablespoons of the mixture and keep in a separate bowl
4. Add the blue food colouring to the remaining mixture. Stir well.

How to decorate Cookie monster cupcakes:

1. Once the cupcakes are cooled, cover them in the blue butter frosting.
2. Next make the coloured coconut.  Add a few drops of food colouring
   to the coconut and coat thoroughly. Spread the coconut out on wax paper
   to air dry for a couple hours.  To make the coconut better resemble the
   Cookie Monster’s furry coat, you can pulse the coconut in a food
   processor.
3. Sprinkle the tinted blue desiccated coconut over the cupcakes.
4. To make the eyes, pipe out two balls of white butter icing (use a
   baggie with the corner snipped off if you don’t have a pastry bag)
5. Add a chocolate chip, with the flat surface facing upwards, to each ball of white butter frosting
6. Use a sharp knife to make a cut for the mouth and wedge in your favourite cookie
7. Enjoy….and try not to eat them all at once!

One thing I found was that the butter cream icing is quite hard to use for the eyes as it flops over a lot, so I would recommend rolling up small balls of fondant icing.

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