Cookie Monster Cupcakes

5 from 40 votes

These adorable Cookie Monster cupcakes are perfect for a kid's birthday party. These moist chocolate cupcakes are topped with the perfect blue icing and finished off with cute cartoon eyes and a cookie mouth!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cookie Monster Cupcakes Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 383kcal

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
1½ teaspoons baking soda
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup whole milk
½ cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup boiling water

Blue Frosting

1½ cups soft unsalted butter
6 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, plus more as needed to thin the icing
blue gel food coloring

Monster Cookie Face

2 large candy eyes
1 chocolate chip cookie

Instructions

Cupcakes

Line the cupcake tins with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla.
Add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients. Mix all together until fully incorporated.
Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
Slowly add the boiling water, starting with a small amount then pouring in the remaining boiling water.
Scoop batter into cupcake-lined cups until ¾ filled. The batter may be a little runny.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Take out of the cupcake pan placing on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Frosting

Cream the butter and powdered sugar by mixing the soft butter and sugar until it looks light and creamy. It should look like a fluffy, light yellowy mix.
Add the heavy whipping cream. If it doesn’t cream, add several more drops of heavy whipping cream until it’s creamed properly. Don’t over-mix because you want to create air pockets in the frosting.
Add just a small amount of gel food coloring to get that royal blue color.
Check to see if the frosting can hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon, it’s ready. If not, then add more powdered sugar, about ½ cup at a time. Mix well.
Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large star tip. Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
Holding the bag straight up and down, frost the cupcake straight up and down.

Assembling The Cupcakes

Place 2 large candy eyes on top of the frosted cupcake.
Cut the chocolate chip cookie in half.
Stick the cookie in the middle of the frosted cupcake as though it is sticking out of his mouth.

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Notes

Make sure you are using gel food coloring rather than liquid food coloring. We like this gel food coloring set from Wilton.
For the star tip, we like this set of piping tips.

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