How to Make Minion Cupcakes
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Making Minion Cupcakes is the perfect project to make with children of any age. They’ll just love watching their cupcakes come to life.
John and I are very lucky to have the neighbors that we do. You may recall the Rainbow cupcakes or the Birthday cupcakes that we made for Amelia.
We love spending time with these kids, and making Minion cupcakes will guarantee all of the little people help that you could ever want.
Not long ago, we were discussing Amelia’s love of “Minions”. Honestly, the only thing that I know about Minions is from what I see on commercials.
However, before we got home, we had a date to make some Minion cupcakes.
The morning before our agreed-upon meeting time, we pre-baked the cupcakes and leveled the tops with a cake cutter.
How we made our Minions
- Cut out a large yellow fondant circle to cover the tops of the cupcakes. A cookie cutter or a drinking glass will work.
- The Minion eyes were made by rolling and cutting a white circle for the whites of the eyes.
- The goggles were made by rolling a small tube of gray or silver-colored fondant the same size as the white circle.
- Lastly, we colored and cut out small black circles for the iris of the eyes and small goggle straps. It’s best to make these ahead of time so that they can dry. We also glued the whites of the eye to the goggle circles. with a little sugar water. We made the sugar water by dissolving a piece of white fondant into a little bit of water.
Amelia had the pleasure of her brother Benjamin’s help. So when we were all together, our job was to glue on the eyes, place the iris’ in the eye and draw on the facial features with an edible marking pen.
We ended up with some great-looking Minions! Benjamin even made one for his mother. It had to have two eyes because he was sure one eye would “freak” his mother out.
I’m very glad that we did the prep before these two little minions came over. They could dig right in and have some fun.
When you’re working with little ones the key is not to have much waiting time. They want to plow through to the prize.
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So cute! My daughter would love to have a go at making these too.
Thank you Corina! I know she would love putting these together! My little helpers had a ball and I am VERY glad I had all of the pieces ready for them to use. They were so proud of their creations.
Just a couple of weeks back I saw the last minion cartoons! They are so funny! 🙂 Love your cupcakes-well done!
Thank you! I have yet to see the minion shows. I’ve heard that they are very funny. My husband can now name about 5 of them do to heavy discussions and goggle with these kiddos.
Yes, they are very sweet and cute; nice cartoons- and not only for children 😀
Love your minions cupcakes Julie! It looks like it was a lot of fun and they’re such cute cakes and little minion helpers too! 🙂
Thanks Lili! I think I had as much fun as the kiddos, but was very happy that the prep was done before hand!
You have some really lucky neighbors who got to eat these!!! SO So adorable Julie.. I love minions!! I wish i could make this for my baby.. she would probably store it !!! Thanks for linking up at #SaucySaturdays swthrt 🙂
Thank you! I’m lovin SaucySaturdays! It’s so fun for me to do these things with my little neighbors. I attribute my love of baking to cooking with my grandmother. I’m sure your baby will have some wonderful memories of doing the same with you!
Oh, Julie! What wonderful memories (and yummy cupcakes) you made with Amelia and Benjamin! I’ll bet you had just as much fun as they did! I just love your sweet tales! ♡
Awe thank you Dawn! I did have as much time as the kids! I even got a note on here from their Californian Grandmother, who I’ve met several times. That was really special!
Love it Julie!! Those are two of the cutest minions I’ve ever seen!!!
They are just as sweet as they are cute because they have one of the nicest grandmothers I’ve ever met!
I LOVE THIS Julie!! 😀 Unbelievably adorable! I would have been enormously happy to have those cupcakes!
Thank you so much Dini! The kiddos and I had so much fun. I’m still not sure what a minion is but they passed inspection. 🙂
These are so adorable, July. I love them all! 🙂
Thank you Linda. I really enjoyed my time with these kids and the planning was so much fun.
Cute minion cupcakes for cute minions…adorable, Julie! I love how they all have their own personality; what great and thoughtful decorating!
Thank you! Those kids had a lot of fun deciding exactly where to put those features.
These cupcakes are so fun, Julie! 🙂
Thanks Nancy!
Way too cute! My boys love the Minions too. They are super popular right now, so these cupcakes are perfect:)
Thank you Lily! Minions are really popular, and I loved listening to the children talk about them as if they knew them. I sould watch the movie so I can get into the grove!
OMG, they are so adorable and timely. You see them all over TV in commercials, so these cupcakes would sell like crazy. You should have them for sale.
Ha, thank you! I’ve got too many irons in the fire already. I love giving them away to little minions that love them.
I love minions but I love your minion cupcakes even more! They are so cute! 😀
Thank you Sarah! I’m a minion convert. 🙂
I love minions and their gibberish talk…so please pass me one! Oh, these cupcakes are cute, and look delicious…I don’t know if I can even eat them! Okay, I will just look at those adorable expressions and feel happy! Baba ba baba banana…!
Thank you! Honestly, I didn’t eat one. I gave everyone of them away but was really happy that there were some children that just loved them. I’d happily pass you one over!
I’ve been seeing Minions pop up EVERYWHERE…and I still have never even seen Despicable Me lol
You have some awesome decorating skills Julie- they look identical to the cartoon characters. Happy FF!
Thank you Jess! I just love detail work and had a ton of fun putting these together. I haven’t seen Despicable Me either, but my husband can now name at least 5 of their names after being instructed by my little neighbor people.
Always fun to bake with kids – you can sure tell those two are related 🙂
I know! There is one more a little older and they definitely came from the same place. We had a lot of fun together.
So cute!! They look very yummy too! 🙂
Thank you Arl! We had a lot of fun making them. 🙂
These are so incredibly cute, and what sweet neighbors you have! 🙂 My daughters would love to bake these cute treats! Wish you lived closer, Julie!
Me too Anna! We could have a Minion party!
That would be great!
Aww, what a lovely neighbor you are Julie, and I’m sure the kids had a blast. I’ve seen minions before, but don’t know much about the craze.
Thanks Loretta! They are great kids and I’m with you. I still don’t know what they are about, but my husband can recite at least 5 of their names. 🙂
These are amazing!!!
Thank you! Fun too.
You are amazing and these are too adorable! I am in awe of what a great baker you are!
The minions are almost as adorable as Amelia & Benjamin 🙂
Thank you Linda! They were all adorable, and their mother will love seeing you say that.
Adorable neighbors and cupcakes! Wish you were my neighbor Julie!
I know Johanne! We would have a great time! Actually, if I could fill my block with blogging buddies, I would just be the happiest (and chubbiest) girl. 🙂
They look so kawai. I am sure the kids were in two minds – have the cake and eat it too!!
We had a great time skd! It helped that most was done before hand.
These are so cute! Great idea.
Thank you so much! They did turn out so cute and the kids (and their parents) loved them. Thanks for stopping by!