Simple Minnie Mouse Bow Cookies
Here’s another great idea for those of you looking to make Minnie Mouse cookies minus the stress of her actual face. They’re super simple and you probably already have the perfect cutter.
Almost any butterfly cutter makes a convincing Minnie bow, the key is to sketch your design before beginning the decorating process. I grabbed six random cutters from my butterfly bin and was able to make each of them work.
- d.
- b. {my fave}
- f.
- a.
- c.
- e.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Soft pink piping and flood icing
- White flood icing
Begin by outlining the cookie suing a #2 tip. One of the most important elements of a convincing Minnie Mouse bow is remembering to include the middle knot. If you outline the cookie exactly it’s going to look like a butterfly. This one little detail completely transforms the design.
When the cookies are outlined fill with pink flood icing {don’t overfill or the icing will run over the side} then quickly add dots to the wet pink icing.
Let the cookies dry completely {overnight is good} then pipe the details from your sketch.
If you’re up to the challenge, add a Minnie Mouse cookie or two. I found this one on Ebay. I haven’t seen many of them online lately but you can always handcut using a paper template or add a mini-bow to a regular Mickey cookie.
Since I know some of you will ask, I don’t have a Minnie Mouse face tutorial. Sorry about that. In the meantime here are a few posts that might interest you:
- Using Tiny Paintbrushes to Create Lashes on Cookies
- Sprocket and Gear Cookies {Perfect for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party themes}
- Bow Cookie Tutorial via Ali Bee’s Bake Shop
You continue to amaze me and inspire me. Thank you for all you do.
Perfect! I will stop hand-cutting these bows now! Aaaaaand, I can direct people here, as that’s the #1 question I get on my Flickr photos (where do I get a Minnie Mouse bow cutter?!) Thank you! 🙂
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Adorable! Love the pink:)
So cute!! Love the details 🙂 I have tons of butterflies and never thought to use them any other way.
Absolutely adorable! The Minnie faces are so perfect!
So clever and simple… thanks for always sharing your great ideas…. I love how you re-purpose cutters for other uses…. I am always trying to figure out a way to make a cookie without buying a special cutter for it…
How perfect & timely. I’m going to try & make Minnie cookies for my goddaughter’s birthday next month. Just bought a large Minnie from CCC. With your recipes – I should be all set!
I wish I had seen this before I made a Minnie Mouse bow cutter. You are brilliant at coming up with making special cookies out of regular cutters! 🙂
PERFECT!!!! So glad you like bows. Such a nice accessory to compliment a Minnie tray!
Adorable! The bows and Minnie 🙂
I’ve been visiting your site for a while now, and the more I see of your work, the more I admire you. You have inspired me to have a go at iced cookies, which are not quite as popular here in UK as with you guys … yet.
I am a long way off your skill, but you inspire me to keep trying. These are super cute and I shall add it to the list of ones I want to try.
Great post! I’m horrible at trying to pull off the Mickey/Minnie face! A few months back I squished and bent a circle cutter into the shape of Minnie’s bow, only to realize that I could have just used a butterfly cutter from the get-go! Total forehead slapping moment.
I just LOVE Minnie and these bows are so CUTE!
This Minnie bow is so adorable! Thanks for the great tutorial, Callye!
I have made Minnie Mouse a couple of times…I use the Mickey head cutter and make a Frankencookie with a butterfly, just as you suggested. Works great. And thank God for my Kopykake or I could never get her face right. 🙂
I always say there is a reason those Disney people make the big bucks. Those guys are NOT easy to replicate, LOL!
I love the incredible way you simplify complicated designs! Would there be a future tutorial for Mickey’s red shorts in the mix? 🙂
Can You please make tutorial how to decorate Mike and minie cookies?
So cute and what a great idea to do just the bow! I love how you pull one element out of a design and still get the same feel. Very cute cookies, Callye!
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I have been so inspired by you, I made my first cookies over a year ago which were Angry birds, they were a big hit, and now I can not stop making cookies, I just want to say thank you so much for all your work on this site and inspiring not only myself but everyone else here, tonight has been the best cookie night ever after a night of tears missing my 20 year old daughter, who moved 5 hours away for school, what joy I had all because I found how to make a Minnie mouse bow from a butterfly, My Babygirl will love receiving her favorite character in the mail, OH and thank you for the packing tips
Fantastic cookies! I’ll be making some for my 2 year olds party next month! What tip did you use to get the perfect white dots? And do you just fill that to the top of your pink flood so they’re smooth & even?
I truly appreciate this article post.Really thank you! Really Cool.
HI, I’m wanting to know where you are based? i was wanting to make an order for One minnie make cookie. I’m making a fondant minnie mouse cake and i’m finding it hard to create the face. So i thought if i could find a minnie mouse cookie face already made it would make life sooo much easier. Please reply asap. Thank you.
Sorry, I don’t sell cookies. I emailed you.
How big is Minnie? It’s so cute, I just can’t judge if she’s the same size as the cutter I have at home! Thanks! 🙂
Hi there
these cookies are beautiful, can you tell me where you got the butterfly cutter you use in I really would like to purchase it but have no idea where to start look.
many thanks for your help in advance.
Kind regards
Rebecca
What kinda frosting did you use? And what did you use for the dots?? Looks perfect.
This post made me cry. I have (had) a beautiful dog named Minnie Mouse. My world revolved around her. This past Saturday (January 4) I had to have my angel put to sleep. I’m going to make these for the emergency vet I took her to because they were amazing. Thank you for this post <3
Hi,
these cookies are fantastic, just wondering how you get the white dots on the bow so perfectly round?
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