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Agnes Hsu

Easy Cookie Monster Cupcakes

These Cookie Monster Cupcakes are so cute and easy even kids can make them! A simple chocolate cupcake topped with blue buttercream frosting.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 44 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Video

Ingredients
  

Frosting
  • 1 Cup Unsalted butter room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons Milk
  • Gel blue food coloring
  • 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • Gel blue food coloring
  • 4 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • Googley candy eyes
  • Mini chocolate chip cookies we used Trader Joe's brand

Equipment

  • Piping Tip - we used Ateco tip #825
  • Piping Bag
  • Blue cupcake liners

Method
 

  1. Bake and cool the one bowl chocolate recipe from The Cafe Sucre Farine (linked in post above)
  2. To make the frosting, combine all frosting ingredients into a stand mixer or use a hand mixer and beat on medium-high speed until frosting is fluffy and ingreidents are well incoprorated. About 5-6 minutes. Add a few drops of gel food coloring until desired blue color.
  3. Add your frosting to your piping bag with tip inside, and pipe frosting on top of cooled cupcakes. Add two eyes and a cookie.

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