Mainly buttercream (some fondant on the Count). Used quite a few candies.... Jordan almonds (Bert's nose), gumballs (Grover's eyes), M&Ms (some of the eyes), and peanut M&Ms (Ernie's nose). Big Bird's beak = candy melts. Many of the mouths are half-Oreos.
:D Wow! They look great! I love cookie monster's eyes! Sooo cute!
Thanks, Cakegirl20! Those are marshmallows, snipped in half. (Also snipped a TINY bit at the middle to get them to stick together.)
So cute! What a great idea. You did a great job.
These could not be cuter! I love them!
I love the use of candy and cookies.
I love the use of candy and cookies.
Thanks, everyone! Forgot to mention that Bert and Ernie's ears are Wilton Jumbo Confetti sprinkles.
Wow...these are the best!!!
brilliant! ;-D
Those are too cute! Great job!!
coolest cc hands down. cookie monster rocks. :)
These are AMAZING!!! Great job!
I can't decide which character I like the best! They are all so cute! And, so clever in your use of all the "goodies." Great work!
These are SO AWESOME!!! I love them!!!
Love these!! You really captured their expressions well!! It's unanimous -- very clever use of candies and cookies!!
adorable
these are great, good job!
Fantastic, just looking at your adorable cupcakes makes you want to smile. Thank you for all of your explination on the candy you used.
I wanted to ask you what tip you used to make big bird. Thanks, I really love all of them!
Thanks again for all the nice comments. I used an Ateco tip 143 for Big Bird. It looks like a U. I think you could get the same effect from just using a large round tip --instead of just making a dot, drag the icing inward toward the center. Work your way from the outer edge of the cupcake toward the middle.
Love them