Minion Drop Cookies

These Minion drop cookies are soft, frosted cookies decorated to look like everyone's favorite yellow movie characters. They're perfect for kids’ Minion-themed birthday parties, movie nights, and summer baking fun.

These adorable cookies are easier than royal icing cookies, a talent I know I simply don’t have! The blue cookie represents the Minion’s overalls, and the yellow frosting shows their faces in dark gray frosting. Then add googly eyes (one or two) to get their goggles.

I found Wilton’s cornflower blue icing gel to be a great denim color that mimics the Minion’s overalls. I kept adding a little bit more at a time to get a deep blue color.

For yellow, you want a bright yellow, not a pastel. I’ve seen some that say lemon yellow like mine in the photo above, or electric yellow. Both of those work.

Gray icing gel is rare to find, which I’m okay with because we can use black to get the right depth of dark gray needed for the goggles, hair, and smile the minions have. Their goggles are a lighter gray, but instead of making another batch of gray frosting, I used the same color throughout.

Ingredients

• Butter
• Cream Cheese
• White Granulated Sugar
• Large Egg Yolk
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• All-Purpose Flour
• Cornstarch
• Baking Soda
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Powdered Sugar
• Milk
• Cornflower Blue Icing Gel
• Yellow Icing Gel
• Black Icing Gel
• Edible Googly Eyes

How to Make Minion Drop Cookies

Drop Cookies

• In a stand mixer, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Add egg yolk, vanilla extract, and blue food color or icing gel.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add to the wet ingredients in the mixer until combined.
• Using a 1.5-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop mounds of cookie dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour. This prevents spreading while they bake.
• Preheat the oven to 375℉. Bake the cookies in the oven for 12-14 minutes until set.

Buttercream Frosting

• Add butter to a stand mixer with a whisk attachment. Whip the butter for 3-4 minutes, until it begins to get light in color, almost white. Slowly add powdered sugar. Add vanilla extract and 1-2 tablespoons of milk until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Reserve 3-4 tablespoons of frosting and add black icing gel to it to create a dark gray colored frosting. Add to an icing bag with a Wilton #1 or #2 icing tip.
• Add yellow icing gel to the remaining frosting to make it bright yellow.
• Let the frosting chill in the fridge until ready to use.
• Once the cookies are fully cooled, use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or spoon to add a dollop of yellow frosting to the top of each cookie.
• Add dots of gray frosting to the yellow frosting to add googly eyes to each cookie and create the look of goggles. Draw mouths and hair with gray frosting.

Decorating Tips for Minion Drop Cookies

This section is important because it adds unique value.

• Use one eye or two eyes for variety.
• Add different hairstyles.
• Pipe their goggle straps with dark gray frosting.
• Make each cookie slightly different.

Storage

• Store frosted cookies in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
• Refrigerate for up to a week.

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