I made a robot out of cupcakes for a student intern’s last day at our office. He had graduated and was able to work the Summer until the beginning of the new semester. I wanted to make something he would like, so I chose to make this Robot from the What’s New, Cupcake? Book.
If you compare this to the one featured in the book, you’ll notice it is not an exact look alike. Sometimes you have to improvise, and I did that by using the yellow licorice to connect the arms instead of pretzel sticks. I also used spice drops rolled out and cut into circles as the knee caps instead of Nilla Wafer cookies.
The Robot’s frame is made out of graham crackers covered in grey frosting and sprinkles. I was able to make the grey frosting by adding a few drops of black food coloring into a can of vanilla frosting.
This robot has some bling thanks to the shiny grey sprinkles and the mini M&M’s being used as dials and lights. I made the claw out of a sour Lifesaver gummy and then cutting out an opening. I personalized the cupcakes by spelling out the recipients name with the leftover M&M’s. Sometimes when I decorate cupcakes I buy a big bag of candy and only use a few of them. It made no sense for me to not use the M&M’s to spell out a name when I had 3 leftover cupcakes that I frosted just to bring for the going away party. I did however eat the bag of sour Lifesaver gummies. (Don’t worry – I shared.)
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