Cookie Monster Cupcakes

These beautiful cupcakes honor Sesame Street's Cookie Monster.  His fur texture is perfected with shredded coconut, and he even has a chocolate chip cookie in his mouth!

I used a different chocolate cupcake recipe for these cupcakes that didn't turn out as well as my usual chocolate cupcakes.  Whatever kind of chocolate cupcake recipe you decide on, add 1 - 1/2 cup of shredded coconut to your batter for an interesting texture and delicious flavor.

Once you finish baking your cupcakes, let them cool completely before decorating.

These Cookie Monster Cupcakes were assembled very quickly because we used storebought Chips Ahoy Cookies cut in half, and canned white frosting which we turned blue.  You can, of course, make your own mini chocolate chip cookies and frosting, but in a time crunch, going storebought was simplest.

Ingredients for decorating:

1 can of white frosting

1 blue food coloring bottle

1 bag of shredded coconut

1 box of chocolate chip cookies (Chips Ahoy works well)

1 bag of miniature marshmallows

chocolate frosting

Mix white frosting and blue food coloring to create an appropriate hue of blue frosting.  Mix in shredded coconut, as needed, stopping when the mixture looks sufficiently hair-like.  Frost the top of cupcakes.  Cut chocolate chip cookies in half and prop up on cupcake top with extra frosting.  Place two miniature marshmallows for eyeballs, and dot pupils with chocolate frosting.

Voila!  Cookie Monster Cupcakes, great for kids of all age groups!