Description
Indulgent Cookie Monster cake jars bring nostalgic Sesame Street charm to dessert tables with layers of blue-tinted goodness. Creamy frosting, crumbled cookies, and playful blue hues create a whimsical treat you’ll devour with pure childhood delight.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 15 ounces (425 grams) white or vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 18–20 Oreos, chopped
- 8–10 chocolate chip cookies, chopped
Cake Mix Additional Ingredients:
- Ingredients called for on cake mix box (typically eggs, oil, and water)
Decorative and Flavoring Ingredients:
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons milk or coffee creamer
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 drop electric blue Americolor gel color
- 2 drops royal blue Chef Masters gel color
- 8 candy eyes
- 2 chocolate chip cookies, cut in half
- Blue ribbon (optional, for decorating jars)
- Glue dots (optional, for securing ribbon)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven according to cake mix instructions and prepare cake pan(s) with non-stick spray.
- Mix cake batter following package directions, gently incorporating chopped Oreos into the mixture.
- Transfer batter into prepared pan(s) and bake at recommended temperature for specified time.
- Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack for approximately 30-40 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together room temperature butter and vegetable shortening until smooth and uniform.
- Gradually incorporate powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mixing at low speed and increasing to medium.
- Add remaining powdered sugar, milk, and blue gel food coloring, blending from low to high speed.
- Beat frosting for 2-3 minutes until fluffy and spreadable, adjusting consistency with additional milk if needed.
- Fill piping bag with blue frosting using a large decorative tip.
- Crumble cooled cake into small, even pieces.
- Layer mason jars with cake crumbs, gently pressing down to create compact base.
- Pipe blue frosting over cake layer, generously covering the crumbs.
- Sprinkle chopped chocolate chip cookies and Oreo pieces between cake and frosting layers.
- Repeat layering process until jar is nearly full, ending with a decorative frosting swirl.
- Place candy eyeballs on top of frosting to create Cookie Monster’s face.
- Position half a chocolate chip cookie beneath eyes to represent mouth.
- Optional: Embellish jar rim with blue ribbon secured by adhesive dots.
Notes
- Customize cake mix by folding in crushed Oreos for extra texture and flavor depth.
- Allow cake to cool completely to prevent frosting from melting and ensure clean layering.
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant blue shade without watering down frosting consistency.
- Adjust milk quantity gradually to achieve perfect piping frosting texture, preventing runny or too-stiff results.
- Crumble cake while slightly warm for easier, more even compacting in mason jars.
- Try different cookie combinations like chocolate chip, graham crackers, or peanut butter cookies for unique variations.
- Make dairy-free by substituting butter with vegan alternatives and using non-dairy milk or creamer.
- Prepare jars ahead and refrigerate for up to 3 days, keeping cookie crunch intact.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg