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    Home » Military Care Packages

    Minion Sugar Cookies

    By Wendy Sondov · Published: Feb 6, 2017 · Modified: Mar 8, 2025 · This post may contain affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    There are few animated characters that embody as much pure joy and silliness as a Minion. So, what better way to pack a box full of smiles than with a Minion themed care package! The popularity of the little yellow guys make it very easy to find Minion packaged snacks and knickknacks to send. Minion Sugar Cookies are easy and fun to create.  Just like “real” Minions, Minion Sugar Cookies each seem to have a personality all their own.

    Minion Sugar Cookies with yellow faces and glasses with candy eyes.


    To be honest, I knew very little about Minions. I had seen the Despicable Me movie in 2010, and the funny little creatures reminded me of yellow Tic Tac mints.

    I wasn’t the only one to notice the similarity between Minions and oval shaped goodies. Soon not only Tic Tacs, but Mike and Ike (candy), gummies, chocolates, and Twinkies came out with Minion decorated versions.

    Whether it’s their cuteness or quirkiness, children and adults found Minions appealing and infinitely quotable. Contents for a “Thanks a Minion” themed care package are easily found everywhere from The Dollar Store to the supermarket.

    Minion Themed Care Package decorated and filled.

    Care package contents 

    The box is decorated with “Thanks a Minion” graphics I printed from a Google search. Though it would be easy to create your own graphic using cut-and-paste in Word, it’s really not necessary.

    So many creative people have already made free printables that are easy to find. While searching for printables, I came across a printable for decorating Twinkies (still in their wrapper) like Minions. I opened the Twinkie box, wrapped each one as a surprise, then taped the box closed.

    Minion themed care package contents with store bought toys and food.

    In addition to Twinkies, I included Tic Tacs, Pez, chocolates, gummies, Mike and Ikes, pencils, a tote bag, and a fuzzy, stuffed Minion.

    The rest of the package treats went along with the blue and yellow Minion color theme, such as granola bars, drink mix, and gum.

    Closeup of yellow Minion Sugar Cookies.

    Circle Sugar Cookies

    As I researched for my personal refresher course on Minion culture, I was reminded that Minions love bananas because….they taste good. It was only appropriate that these Minion Sugar Cookies be banana flavored.

    They don’t have to be banana, of course. Leave out the banana flavoring and they will be regular vanilla sugar cookies. Not as “authentic”, but delicious.

    The easiest way to flavor the cookies is by adding ½- 1 teaspoon of banana flavoring to one batch of Cut Out Vanilla Sugar Cookies dough. I didn’t have any banana flavoring (every other flavor known to man, just not banana).

    I did have freeze dried bananas left over from making the No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies that were also included in this care package. Crushing the freeze dried bananas into a powder, using a rolling pin over a ziplock bag, provided great banana flavor for the Minion Sugar Cookies.

    One half cup of freeze dried banana powder flavors one batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie dough.

    Instructions for Minions cookies; ice yellow, add gray dots, add candy eyes, pipe black glasses arms.

    Decorating the Minion Sugar Cookies required two batches of Glaze Icing Recipe. The first batch is colored yellow, and thinned to a flooding consistency (like white glue).

    The cookies are outlined and flooded, then allowed to dry for at least an hour or two.

    The second batch of icing provides the gray and black. This can done with a half batch of icing.

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    Half of the icing is colored gray and should be slightly thicker than flooding consistency.

    The other half is colored black. In order to use less food coloring (true black can take a lot of food coloring), mix in  a tablespoon of baking cocoa to darken the icing before adding the black coloring. The black icing should also be thicker than flooding consistency.

    Piping tips can be used, but really aren’t necessary for this simple design. A small tip cut off the bottom of a piping bag (or ziplock bag) is fine for piping the yellow base color and the gray dots for the Minion goggles.

    The candy eyes should be placed into the gray icing immediately after piping.  Cut a smaller hole in the piping bag ( or ziplock bag) for the black icing to add the detailing .

    Minion Sugar Cookies  with a variety of one eyed and two eyed faces.

    Storage

    Always air dry iced sugar cookies overnight to allow the icing to harden before packing.

    Use plastic wrap to cover each cookie or individual cellophane cookie bags.

    Place the wrapped cookies snuggly in a column in freezer weight ziplock bags or an airtight storage container.

    No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies with chocolate zigzags and sprinkles.

    New Recipe

    No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies are the new recipe included in this Minion care package.

    Quick to whip up, these cookies have everyone’s favorite peanut butter combinations together in one deliciously chewy, no-bake cookie. The crunchy bits of freeze dried banana would surely make these a hit with Minions too.

    Other recipes for a Minion theme

    Chocolate-Maple Banana (or not) Bread

    Banana Chip Butterscotch Pudding Cookies

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    Comments

    1. Miz Helen

      February 14, 2017 at 7:04 pm

      You are going to bring so many smiles with your awesome cookies! Happy Valentine Day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome talent with us at Full Plate Thursday!
      Miz Helen

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      • The Monday Box

        February 14, 2017 at 7:45 pm

        Thanks, Miz Helen! I hope the cookies make the soldiers smile. They certainly made me smile as I was working on them! Thanks for hosting Full Plate Thursday!

        Reply
    2. Josette

      February 12, 2017 at 6:46 am

      Beyond adorable! What a fabulous job. 🙂

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      • The Monday Box

        February 12, 2017 at 7:26 am

        Thanks so much, Josette! Minions are a simple design and make everyone smile!

        Reply
    3. Ai @Ai made it for you

      February 11, 2017 at 1:28 am

      This is such a cute care package! I used to send care packages when I was in a long distance relationship but never did my packages look amazing like yours!? I never even thought to have a theme or decorate the box!! Whoever received this package is one lucky duck??✨ Don't forget to add links to this week's Fiesta Friday post, as well as Petra's blog and my blog so you can be considered for features next week?
      Thanks for sharing! Happy Fiesta Friday!!?

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      • The Monday Box

        February 13, 2017 at 9:53 am

        Thank you, Ai! Creating a theme for a care package, sometimes makes it easier to decide what to put inside, especially if you are sending multiple packages (like my Soldiers Angels military packages) to people you don't know! Thanks for hosting Fiesta Friday!

        Reply
    4. Chris Scheuer

      February 07, 2017 at 2:21 pm

      Adorable. I know these wouldn't bring a big smile to kids of all ages!

      Reply
      • The Monday Box

        February 07, 2017 at 5:45 pm

        Thanks, Chris! Minions are good for generating smiles. 🙂

        Reply
    5. saltandserenity

      February 07, 2017 at 10:51 am

      I didn't know who/what minions were until reading this post. Clearly i have been living under a child free rock! These brought such a smile to my face today. Totally adorable.
      Just curious about the faux royal icing. Does real royal icing not ship well? Why is the faux one better?

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      • The Monday Box

        February 07, 2017 at 12:23 pm

        Thanks, Cindy! Childfree or not, I don't know how you avoided them. Is it another strange American obsession? Those little guys are EVERYWHERE. Luckily, they do induce smiles. The faux royal icing (a.k.a. corn syrup icing) has no shipping advantages that I know of. It does have two major advantages in general though. #1 It tastes SO much better than royal. #2 It's beginner fool-proof and great for those who are scared (hands raised) to dabble in royal. Royal is more perfect, but more finicky. 🙂

        Reply
    6. Monica

      February 07, 2017 at 7:43 am

      My son would surely love these, as I do! You do an amazing job decorating all your cookies. These are just so adorable and bring a big smile to my face.

      Reply
      • The Monday Box

        February 07, 2017 at 6:05 pm

        Thanks, Monica! I make only easy designs, but I have fun doing it. It helps if the cookies make you smile as you are working. 🙂

        Reply
    7. Carlee

      February 06, 2017 at 9:31 pm

      My little dude would LOVE these! It is a little too easy to fall in love with the little yellow guys and even easier when they are cookies!

      Reply
    8. Reeni

      February 06, 2017 at 7:42 pm

      These are so gosh darn cute Wendy! What a great idea for a theme - so fun - these will surely brighten up someone's day - they have me smiling! 🙂

      Reply
    9. Tricia @ Saving room for dessert

      February 06, 2017 at 3:48 pm

      My grandson would flip for these! Pinned!

      Reply

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