These past few weeks has seemingly seen Cookie Monster, from Sesame Street, along with his friends Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie, and Count von Count everywhere. They've been on tv trailers and even the One Show where Cookie Monster was a little 'upset' having had to wait for his cookie which, when he did get his jaws around it, sent crumbs all over the place!
He's even been in the Only Crumbs Remain kitchen! OK, perhaps not Cookie Monster himself, leaving crumbs in his wake, but rather in the guise of Cookie Monster Cupcakes!
They proved to be incredibly popular at the charity bake sale, they were gone in a flash having been bought largely by those with young children.
Cookie Monster Cupcakes are nothing new, infact if you carry out a
quick Google search you'll be presented with a host of these
amusing blue cupcakes, complete with the goofy eyes and a half eaten
cookie. They really do resemble the greedy, cookie loving, Seseme Street character!
The recipe below is a little more extravagent and naughty than most though. Our Cookie Monster Cupcake recipe not only has the ruffled buttercream fur, chocolate goofy eyes, and a half eaten cookie, but also has a full tummy in the form of chocolate chips in the sponge and a chocolate ganache piped into the centre of the baked cupcake. After all, any self resepcting Cookie Monster will surely have a tummy full of chocolate!
As mentioned above, these Cookie Monster Cupcakes are surprisingly easy to make. In fact they're very easy to make! To share how to make a Cookie Monster Cupcake and to, hopefully, convey how easy they are to assemble I've attempted to shoot a video, below, which you may like to watch!
So, let's get to it and bake Cookie Monsters with a Full Tummy of Ganache!

Hands on time: about 40 - 50 mins Cook time: 20 - 23 mins Yield: 11 or 12 Cupcakes
Specific Equipment
Muffin Sized Paper Cases
12 hole Muffin Baking Tray
Piping Nozzle with small holes usually used to create grass (not essential but ideal)
For the Sponge Batter
- 170g Butter (unsalted & softened) or Margarine
- 170g Golden Caster Sugar
- Pinch Salt
- ½ - 1 capful Vanilla Extract
- 3 Eggs, Large
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 170g SR Flour
- 2 handfuls Choc Chips (optional)
For the Chcolate Ganache
- 80ml Double Cream
- 80g Milk Chocolate
For the Buttercream
- 180g Butter, unsalted & softened
- 350g Icing Sugar
- Blue colour paste
- Splash Milk
For the Cookie Monster's Eyes and Mouth
- Chocolate chips (2 for each cupcake)
- White Chocolate Drops (2 for each cupcake)
- 1 tbsp Icing Sugar
- Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 for each cupcake)
Notes:
a) Rather than using white chocolate buttons and chocolate drops to create the 'eyes' of Cookie Monster, consider using marshamallows and a coloured water icing. b) Be aware that you may have one or two breakages when cutting the chocolate chip cookies. Off cuts of cookies could be simply eaten & enjoyed or perhaps be crushed down to be used as a bisuit base of a cheesecake. c) Use a food gel to colour the frosting rather than a liquid. d) We used Dr Oekter's blue (vegetarian) to colour the frosting, other brands like Sugar Flair may have a better defined colour. e) The amount of colour gel needed in the frosting will depend upon the brand purchased, therefore use a little to start with adding more as necessary to achieve the depth of blue you want. f) If you don't have a 'grass' piping nozzle consider using a small star nozzle to pipe the surface of the cupcake with a cluster of rosettes. Or simply spread the frosting on with a pallet knife and ruffle it up with the back of the knife to create a messy fur appearance.
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Anca
I love the "full tummy", it's such a fun idea. The cupcakes look amazing, it's easy to see why everybody was so eager to get them. x
Jenny
these are such fun Angela, i would imagine you had as much fun making them as your niece and nephew did receiving them and eating them! great video tutorial too
thank you for linking up to #BakeoftheWeek x
Eb Gargano
I LOVE these and I know my kids would too. Must make these the next time there's a bake sale at school. I know they would be gone in a flash!! And I love your video - so helpful!! Eb x
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
Wow Angela these look amazing! The twins would love them! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Sarah James
Love these Angela, great for kids & the big kid inside us all. Love the full tummy of chocolate ganache, no wonder they went down so well at the charity bake sale. Brill video x
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Awe thank you Sarah ๐ Definitely agee there, there's no age restriction on these, i think most folk would see them as fun. The video making is a steep learning curve, both with the filming and editing - but the lerning is fun non the less ๐
Angela x
Jenny-Apply to Face blog
Brilliant!My kids would go bonkers for these.They are fab!x
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Awe thankyou Jenny, our niece and nephew loved them too :-0
Angela x
detoutcoeur Limousin
so fun and colourful - love cookie monster
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Aw thankyou, he's fun isn't he ๐
Angela x
Charlotte Oates
My little man would love these, he loves the cookie monster and walks around saying "cooooookies" all the time (well when he wants cookies which is pretty much all the time!). I love the idea of the sneaky ganache filling too - yum!
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Hahaha, I was thinking of starting the post with "coooooookies" just like cookie monster says. He's syurely got to have a chocolately tummy, well he does in my book ๐
Angela x
Mandy
Love these Angela! They are so cute and I just know how much my kids would LOVE them.
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Thank you Mandy, our niece and pephew's eyes really gleemed when they saw what we'd made for them - they were so much fun ๐
Angela x
Louise Fairweather
I love these! And that they have ganache in too. Great for a party x #cookblogshare
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Aw thank you Louise, they'd be great for a party,
Angela x
Vicki Montague
Wow! They look awesome!!
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
Thank you Vicky,
Angelax
Corina
I love the fact that these cookie monsters have got a tummy full of ganache as well! My kids would love them and I'd have certainly bought a couple for my little ones if I'd been at your husband's office cake sale!
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
It stands to reason doesn't it, that Cookie Monster will have a full tummy of chocolately goodness ๐ The team which hubby works with didn't get any, they had all been sold by the time they got to the table - so another batch was made just for them ๐
Angela x
Cliona Keane
I LOVE THESE! Such a fun idea, and so easy to make too. A great one to have saved for afternoons with younger family members, especially coming up to Christmas when everyone will be together! #CookBlogShare
Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
They really are easy to make Cliona, and would make a fun activity for the youngsters to get involved in.
Angela x