"Despicable Me", "Despicable Me
2" and "Minions" are huge hit movies with kids and adults. Gru's
yellow capsule-shaped minions are especially popular. Need ideas for Despicable
Me or Minions birthday cakes? Here are recipes for Despicable Me birthday
cakes, using Hostess Twinkies to make Minions. You can actually make
Twinkie cake Minions recipes as party games or crafts. Use Twinkies Minions for
party favors or edible decorations (eating the party decorations would be very
Minion-like indeed!) Here are recipes for Despicable Me Twinkie cake Minions.
Hostess
Twinkies: Party guests should get to decorate their own Twinkies Minions to
eat.
Bowls
of frosting or spray cans of decorator frosting in these colors: blue, black
and white
Pep-O-Mint
Lifesavers or other small round white candies with holes. If you can find candy
necklaces or bracelets, cut the string apart and remove the candies. Cheerios
or Alpha-bits cereal would work for Twinkie cake Minions.
blue
Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-ups, blue fruit leather or blue frosting
string
black licorice
yellow
licorice, cylinder Good n Fruity, Runts or Mike 'n Ike Candies or cylinder
cookies (for arms)
Tootsie
Roll midgets
To
make Despicable Me minions birthday cakes, unwrap Hostess Twinkies. For
Minions' safety goggles, attach white candies to front with frosting. Fill in
with white frosting then black dots in the center. You can also make a ring of
silver frosting with white frosting inside and tiny black dots of frosting in
the center. Use black frosting to draw goggles band around the Twinkie cake
Minions heads.
Make
Minions overalls by wrapping a strip of blue Fruit Roll-Ups wrap around base of
Twinkie cake Minions. Draw overall straps with blue spray frosting. If you
wish, you can also make overalls entirely from blue frosting. Poke yellow
cylinder candies or cookies in sides for arms. Put dabs of frosting on the end
for gloves. Attach two unwrapped Tootsie Roll midgets on bottom for feet. Poke
bits of licorice in the top for hair.
