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Wait, so you’re not hosting a watch party for one and making all kinds of Grogu-inspired treats every Friday, when a new episode of The Mandalorian hits Disney+? Huh. Strange. Well, these Baby Yoda cupcakes may just convince you to start. They’re ridiculously cute—and also ridiculously easy to make (like maybe even easier than the Sesame Street and Winnie the Pooh cupcakes).
You can use any cupcake flavor or recipe as the base (though I’m partial to chocolate), and from there, the hardest part is breaking Oreos in half to form The Child’s ears. Seriously.
What You’ll Need to Make Baby Yoda-Inspired Cupcakes:
- 1 (16-ounce) container vanilla buttercream frosting
- 4 to 6 drops green food coloring
- 12 chocolate cupcakes, baked and cooled
- 6 Oreos, halved and cream removed
- 24 brown M&M’s
- black gel icing
How to Decorate ‘Em:
- Add food coloring to buttercream frosting, a few drops at a time, stirring in between, until it becomes a pale green.
- Spread a thin layer of green buttercream frosting atop a cupcake. Take one Oreo half and carefully break it in half lengthwise, forming two semicircles. Place them along the top half of the cupcake, forming Baby Yoda’s ears. (They’ll protrude slightly on either side of the cupcake.) Spread more green buttercream on the cupcake, covering the Oreo ears. Add a dewdrop-sized dollop right in the center to form Baby Yoda’s nose.
- Gently press two brown M&M’s just above the nose, M-side down, to form The Child’s eyes. Use black gel icing to draw his mouth. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
