Recently, Kelly over at Buzzville threw the most awesome monkey birthday party for her sweet little girl. She had monkey themed games. monkey themed treat bags, and even monkey themed food! Including, monkey cupcakes that were so wonderful that I had to make some too.
This is the version I made for Buddy to take to school today. I used Vanilla Wafer Cookies for the mouth, mini MnM's for the eyes, and mini Nutter Butter cookies cut in half for the ears. For the nose I used a toothpick to poke two holes into the Vanilla Wafer cookie and then stuck a chocolate sprinkle in each hole.
I only wish I didn't take forever when I do things like this, but they always seems so simple and quick conceptually. When Mr. T saw what I was up to he said, "Oh, you're doing a crazy project" which means, "Oh, you're going to be up all night aren't you?"
Not wanting to disappoint, my head finally hit my pillow at about 2:00 AM. Sigh...
Thanks Kelly for the brilliant idea! Buddy loved it.
I loved the last edition of MS Kids with the monkey party info. Those cupcakes are darling. I am going to have to remember those. They look like they took a lot of work! But, well worth it for the end result. I bet Buddy's classmates loved them!
Posted by: Christy | May 27, 2005 at 08:59 AM
omg! these are awesome! :D
Posted by: joleen | May 27, 2005 at 08:59 AM
Those are the cutest cupcakes I have ever seen. Ever!
You totally win Best Mom award today!
Posted by: Toryssa | May 27, 2005 at 10:40 AM
fantastic cupcakes! yum!
Posted by: caro | May 27, 2005 at 10:42 AM
Oh, I love those monkeys! How CUTE!
Posted by: Eva | May 27, 2005 at 10:43 AM
wow (not wow, i'm surprised, more like wow, i'm jealous!), those are look professional! hehe, sounds like me, misjudge the amount of time it'll take to make something and go to sleep when the birdies start tweeting. d'oh!
did you do make all the little decorations during baking/cooling of the cupcakes?
ps-that cupcake tray is nifty!
Posted by: susanne | May 27, 2005 at 11:33 AM
Yay! I'm so glad the monkey goodness is contagious! I love the nutter butters for ears - those look great! I'm sure that Buddy's classmates went home saying that you're the best mom ever! And, where did you get that cupcake tray? Is that only available on beautiful, lush, tropical islands, or...?
Posted by: kelly | May 27, 2005 at 11:47 AM
It's a Tupperware rectangular cake taker. The bottom tray can either hold a 9"x13" sheet cake or you can flip it over and hold 18 cupcakes. Thanks! :)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005S6IQ/ref=pd_sxp_f/104-5385770-2367113?v=glance&s=kitchen
http://order.tupperware.com/pls/htprod_www/tup_show_item.show_item_detail?fv_item_number=10041087000
Posted by: myra | May 27, 2005 at 11:56 AM
Myra! Those are so absolutely cute!!! Yum!
Posted by: Leslie | May 27, 2005 at 01:53 PM
You stuck a chocolate sprinkle in each monkey nostril? No wonder you were up so late! I hope you got eat one: they look delicious as well as cute cute!
Posted by: Anamaria | May 27, 2005 at 03:11 PM
your cupcakes are so cute and ono-looking - you did a great job - down to the nostrils!
Posted by: debbie | May 27, 2005 at 06:42 PM
Ha! I am soooo glad I am not the only one who's husband thinks she's a nutter when it comes to a new crafting idea! The bad part is, when I am done (often at 2am) I wake him up like a little school girl and say "Look Look what I made!"
Posted by: carly | May 27, 2005 at 08:08 PM
those are adorable! you've got a wonderful blog...
Posted by: mrspilkington | May 28, 2005 at 06:39 AM
You're a great mom, the cookies tell!
Posted by: Hanna | May 28, 2005 at 09:18 AM
I love the cupcakes - they look beautiful and cute and I'll bet they're yummy, too. I'm sure everyone in his class (and his teacher, too) thought they were a real treat.
Posted by: abbyjane | May 28, 2005 at 12:04 PM
Damn that's awesome.
I want a monkey birthday party, but for myself.
Posted by: justJENN | May 28, 2005 at 07:35 PM
so so adorable! i must do the same for my son when he goes to school! lucky little boy. i howled when i read that you stuck a chocolate sprinkle up each nostril. how did you even think of that?
Posted by: Jan | May 28, 2005 at 09:22 PM
Those are the cutest damn thing!
Posted by: bellablue | May 29, 2005 at 01:12 PM
yuuuuuuuuuuuuum!
Posted by: button | May 29, 2005 at 01:51 PM
Oh oh oh!!!! So CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! And yummy-looking!!!
Posted by: *jenny | May 30, 2005 at 05:31 AM
myra those rock! why, oh why do we stay up till the wee hours of the morning? because its worth it!
Posted by: hannah | May 30, 2005 at 06:22 AM
those are the cutest cupcakes ever!!!
Posted by: elizabeth | May 30, 2005 at 07:10 AM
oh yes!
Posted by: Camilla Engman | May 30, 2005 at 10:15 AM
Awww... how sweet and oh so yummy looking are those? Adorable!
Posted by: Alexis | May 30, 2005 at 08:24 PM
Oh my. They are adorable. And they look so yummmmmy!
Posted by: Giao | May 31, 2005 at 07:24 AM