Easy Elmo Cupcake Recipe

If you have a little fan of Sesame Street around the house, this Easy Elmo Cupcake Recipe is everything you need for a Sesame Street Party. Elmo’s little face is so cute and the cupcake is so simple, it’s definitely a winning cupcake decorating idea!

And, if you’re doing up a whole Sesame Street party, you can easily turn these Elmo cupcakes into Cookie Monster cupcakes, Oscar the Grouch Cupcakes or Grover Cupcakes. Seriously versatile. 

Best part, though? These cupcakes are so simple, the kids could help make them. They’re just a bunch of dabs with the grass icing tip and a couple candy eyeballs.

Seriously easy.

So, let’s get the kids together and get makin’ some Sesame Street Cupcakes!

What You Need to Make this Easy Elmo Cupcake Recipe

If you want to make these cupcakes with a different vanilla cupcake recipe, you can, but this one is incredibly easy. No eggs required even. 

Here’s what you need:

• 2 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 2 tspn vanilla
• 1 cup water
• 10-15 drops red food coloring
• 1 can of your favorite vanilla frosting
• 24 Large Candy Eyeballs
• 12 orange Starburst Candies
• Red sanding sugar

How to Make this Easy Elmo Cupcake Recipe

Step 1

To make the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350-degrees then combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

Step 2

Combine wet ingredients (including butter) in a second medium sized bowl.

Step 3

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in ⅓ increments, mixing thoroughly between each increment then spoon into lined cupcake pan.

Step 4

Bake for 30-minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool cupcakes completely before decorating.

Step 5

With your largest decorating tip, press into the top of the cupcake off-center, creating a well. Save hole tops.

Step 6

Place 1 teaspoon red sanding sugar into each cupcake well. Replace hole top on each cupcake.

Step 7

Combine red food coloring and icing until the color is to your liking.

Step 8

Place grass tip in a piping bag then place icing in the piping bag.

Step 9

Frost each cupcake in a series of dots or dabs, pulling straight-up, as you pipe, making a furry face.

Step 10

Unwrap Starburst candies and, working with one at a time, microwave one for 5 seconds.

Step 11

Work the candy into a small ball and then make it narrow and long, like Elmo’s nose.

Step 12

Place this nose on the center of a cupcake, toward the bottom. Repeat this for each cupcake.

Step 13

Place 2 eyes on either side of each nose.

Step 14

Enjoy!

 

Other Great Cupcake Recipes

• Boozy Andes Mint Cupcakes
• Caramel Apple Cupcakes
• S’mores Cupcakes

If you love this fun cupcake recipe, but you’re not quite ready to break out the cupcake liners, just pin this to your favorite cupcake ideas board on Pinterest so you can find it quick later!