Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Recipes

I had a party at my apartment and wanted to make a dessert that would impress. Normally I’m not a cupcake fan, I mean, they’re pretty annoying to eat. If society allowed it, I’d eat it with a knife and fork. Nonetheless, I had to make cupcakes when I stumbled upon some lovely cookie monster cupcakes. Aren’t they adorable? They’re also super easy to make!

I started with a basic chocolate cupcake and made up a batch of vanilla buttercream icing. Then, using a few blobs of blue food coloring (gel kind) I turned the icing a delightful shade of cookie monster blue. Next came the fur. I took a bag of sweetened coconut flakes, added a few blobs of the coloring, and proceeded to mix it with my hands until every little shaving was coated. Then I simply iced the cupcakes and dipped them in the coconut mixture. To get the eyes, I cut off the ends of marshmallows, glued them on with the icing, and glued some chocolate chips onto them. Finally, I shoved cookies into their mouths. Ultra easy and a big hit. Next up is Oscar the Grouch!

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