Cookie Monster Cupcakes with a Full Tummy!

These fun and easy to make cupcakes are perfect for children's parties, family get togethers and charity bake sales.

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!

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Cookie Monster Cupcakes with a Full Tummy!

by Only Crumbs Remain November-21-2016

These fun and easy to make cupcakes are perfect for children's parties, family get togethers and charity bake sales.

Details

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 Bag
Piping Nozzle with small holes usually used to create grass (not essential but ideal)

Ingredients

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)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190 / Fan 170 / Gas 5. Place the muffin sized cases into the muffin tray.2. Make the sponge. Place the margarine or soft butter and sugars into a good sized bowl and beat together with a wooden spoon or electric beaters until very pale and fluffy. Add the salt and vanilla extract and beat again to combine. Gradually add the beaten egg a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the milk. Sieve the flour into the mixture. Use a spatula, large metal spoon or your hand with your fingers splayed to fold this in gently. Add the chocolate chips (optional) and mix gently to combine. 3. Fill the muffin cases. Using a teaspoon, fill the cases with the batter mixture. You're aiming for them to be half to two-thirds full. You may decide to weigh each muffin to ensure equal sizes. Each will weigh about 62g.4. Bake. Place the muffin tray in the centre of the oven and bake for about 20 - 23 minutes. You may need to rotate the tray after 15 minutes of baking. Once baked, remove from the oven and place on a cooling tray.5. Make the ganache. Break the chocolate into small pieces. Place into a bowl. Pour the cream into a small pan and set on the hob over a medium heat. Once the cream is almost at boiling point pour it over the chocolate. Stir until the ganache is smooth and glossy. Set aside. 6. Make the cookie monster eyes. Carefully trim off the tips of the milk chocolate drops if you feel it necessary. Place the icing sugar into a cup or small bowl. Add two or three drips of water and mix to a thick paste, adding a little more water as necessary. Use a teaspoon or knife to place a little of the water icing onto the back of a chocolate chip. Affix on to the white chocolate button off-centre. Repeat to make as many eyes as required. Set aside to dry. 7. Prepare the cookies. Use a large sharp knife to cut the biscuits - aiming for one piece to be slightly larger than the other. 8. Make the buttercream. Place the softened butter into a good sized bowl. Beat to ensure it is soft and creamy. Sieve half of the icing sugar into the butter. Use a wooden spoon to combine the two ingredients. Sieve in the remaining icing sugar and beat to combine. Beat well to create a creamy frosting. Add some of the blue colour paste and mix until well combined and not streaky. Add a little milk and beat to combine. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 'grass' nozzle.9. Hollow out the cupcakes. Use a paring knife or the wide end of a large piping nozzle to create a round hollow in the top of the cupcake. Use a small fork to gently pull away a little more sponge to make the hole deeper to therefore hold more ganache. 10. Assemble. Spoon or pipe (no nozzle required) the ganache into the hollow of the cupcakes. Pipe the buttercream over the top of the cupcake (think messy cookie monster fur!) Position two eyes into the buttercream. Afix one of the larger cookie halves into the buttercream where his mouth would be. 11. Enjoy!
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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Comments

Anca

November 26, 2016 at 6:11 am

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

November 25, 2016 at 9:38 am

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

November 24, 2016 at 10:44 pm

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

November 24, 2016 at 8:13 pm

Wow Angela these look amazing! The twins would love them! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Sarah James

November 24, 2016 at 1:26 pm

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
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:46 pm
  
  Awe thank you Sarah 🙂 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 🙂
  Angela x
Jenny-Apply to Face blog

November 23, 2016 at 2:03 pm

Brilliant!My kids would go bonkers for these.They are fab!x
- Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:44 pm
  
  Awe thankyou Jenny, our niece and nephew loved them too :-0
  Angela x
detoutcoeur Limousin

November 23, 2016 at 1:40 pm

so fun and colourful - love cookie monster
- Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:44 pm
  
  Aw thankyou, he's fun isn't he 🙂
  Angela x
Charlotte Oates

November 23, 2016 at 1:36 pm

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
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:43 pm
  
  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 🙂
  Angela x
Mandy

November 22, 2016 at 6:44 pm

Love these Angela! They are so cute and I just know how much my kids would LOVE them.
- Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:42 pm
  
  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 🙂
  Angela x
Louise Fairweather

November 22, 2016 at 1:05 pm

I love these! And that they have ganache in too. Great for a party x #cookblogshare
- Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:40 pm
  
  Aw thank you Louise, they'd be great for a party,
  Angela x
Vicki Montague

November 22, 2016 at 1:05 pm

Wow! They look awesome!!
- Angela - Only Crumbs Remain
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:40 pm
  
  Thank you Vicky,
  Angelax
Corina

November 22, 2016 at 12:41 pm

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
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:40 pm
  
  It stands to reason doesn't it, that Cookie Monster will have a full tummy of chocolately goodness 😉 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 🙂
  Angela x
Cliona Keane

November 22, 2016 at 11:53 am

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
  
  November 24, 2016 at 8:38 pm
  
  They really are easy to make Cliona, and would make a fun activity for the youngsters to get involved in.
  Angela x

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