cupcakes & desserts & frosting & kids & party food 10 Nov 2007 10:43 pm
Elmo Cupcakes
The Baby had a Wolverine/Elmo birthday. Don’t ask. Anyway, I HAD to make Elmo cupcakes, right??
ingredients:
cupcakes
frosting
red sanding sugar
marshmallows
Hershey’s Kissables
Orange gummi drops
I made chocolate cupcakes, I was really worried about the red bleeding into a white cake. I frosted it with a buttercream that I tinted red, then I rolled it in red sanding sugar.
I had been planning to make these for months. I was going to use white icing to pipe the eyeballs, then I saw these and liked her idea of using a marshmallow. Excellent.
For the eyes I used Hershey’s Kissables, a mini candy coated chocolate kiss, kind of like an M&M, with a point. And that’s…the point. I poked a hole in the marshmallow and the point of the kiss went in easy peasy.
For the nose I toyed with the idea of using upside down Halloween candy corn pumpkins, but instead I found these sugarless orange drops at an old time candy store. They were the perfect size!
The party was a success -what else did we have? A soft serve ice cream bar, 8 different kinds of ice cream and a Cereal bar. SUGAR HIGH. Then I sent all the kids home to their parents. HA! Go here for more party pics.
on 17 Nov 2007 at 5:41 pm 1.Yuen Minnie said …
It’s so innovative and beautiful. I have never seen cakes made like yours. They are very similar as the doll when both the cake and the doll put together!
on 29 Dec 2007 at 8:33 pm 2.onemotherslove said …
I’m so excited to find these cupcakes on flickr! Thanks for sharing a great idea!!!
on 26 Mar 2008 at 9:14 am 3.Liz O said …
I just saw your amazing cupcakes posted on Hostess Blog and I just had to click over to see how you made them. My son is so into Elmo right now!
on 27 Mar 2008 at 4:39 pm 4.haleysuzanne said …
Love the Elmo cupcakes. As soon as I saw them, I had to indulge my Sesame Street passion and learn how to make them. I am imagining a whole host of characters coming out of this idea….Grover would be quite fun, too. Terribly clever! Great idea!
on 14 Aug 2008 at 1:56 pm 5.Tamara Spear said …
Love the cupcakes ! making them for my daughters 2nd birthday in a week ! where did you find the veggie holder in the picture?
on 24 Aug 2008 at 12:46 pm 6.Sesame Street Birthday said …
So that’s how you did the texture! I thought you had frosted them red, then saw the texture and decided you had just dyed the batter red and there was no frosting. I see now. Came over because I really was trying to figure out what you used for the black part of the eyes. Very creative!
on 07 Sep 2008 at 9:44 am 7.justJENN recipes » Oscar the Grouch cupcakes said …
[...] used marshmallows, but the key to Oscar is, his eyes are kinda half slanty. Not full and round like Elmo’s. So I cut the marshmallow in half and then in half [...]
on 21 Sep 2008 at 1:38 pm 8.justJENN recipes » Curious George cupcakes said …
[...] Whenever you are creating a piece out of fondant, just look for features that stand out. That’s how you can get the ‘look’ that you are recreating. For instance, Curious George has big ears that sit low on the head, and a large long smile. Play up the features of the characters. Even if it isn’t exact, at least people will get the gist of it. Similar to what I did with the Oscar the Grouch cupcakes, or Elmo. [...]
on 27 May 2009 at 7:11 pm 9.kk said …
Oh, I wish I saw this before making my elmo cupcakes. It would’ve been much easier to use the colored sugar. My kitchen towels are now covered with red spots. =P
on 19 Oct 2009 at 8:39 am 10.Elmo Cupcakes | FunFamilyTips.com said …
[...] step by step instructions to make these easy additions to your child’s Elmo party are located here at Just Jenn Recipes. For those of you new to Just Jenn Recipes, take a moment to look around her [...]
on 19 Oct 2009 at 8:41 am 11.Jen said …
So cute! My little guy had an Elmo party for his 1st birthday – I wish I had made these instead of the store bought cake! He would have loved them. I’ve linked to your post here: http://www.funfamilytips.com/?p=370
on 11 Nov 2009 at 5:32 am 12.40 Years of Sesame Street - Divine Party Concepts said …
[...] You can find instructions on how to make these Elmo cupcakes here. [...]
on 18 Nov 2009 at 11:55 am 13.Lori said …
Thanks for such a fun a creative idea! I used your idea for my sons 2nd birthday party. They were fun and easy to make.
on 17 Jan 2010 at 7:51 am 14.Kelly said …
Where did you get the veggie holder in the Elmo picture?
on 18 Jan 2010 at 5:58 pm 15.justJENN said …
@Kelly: I got it from Martha Stewart online yeaaarrrs ago – they no longer make them, sorry!