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Closeup of a Cookie Monster Dot Cake with two large candy eyes and a mini cookie mouth.
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Cookie Monster Dot Cakes

Cookie Monster Dot Cakes are single-serve chocolate cakes in a jar with frosting, blue sprinkles, candy eyes, and a mini cookie. They start with a box mix and need no piping bag. Make them for birthday parties, Halloween, and bake sales.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cake in a jar, cookie monster cupcakes, cookie monster dot cakes, dot cake recipe, kids birthday dessert
Prep Time 30 minutes
Bake Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12
Calories 183kcal
Author Maike Corbett

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Cake

For the Topping

Instructions

Bake the Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit. Grease a 9x13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Whisk the cake mix, eggs, oil, and water in a large bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes.
  • Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 27 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool the cake completely in the pan on a wire rack.

Fill the Jars

  • Press the open end of a 4-ounce jar straight down into the cake and twist to cut a round. Repeat with all 12 jars.
  • Push each cake round to the bottom of its jar with the back of a spoon. Leave about ½ inch of space at the top.
  • Spoon frosting into each jar up to the rim. Level the top with a knife.

Decorate

  • Pour the sprinkles into a small shallow bowl.
  • Turn each jar upside down and press the frosting into the sprinkles until covered.
  • Press 2 candy eyeballs and 1 mini cookie, set on its edge, into the top of each jar. Serve.

Notes

Cooling Time 

The cake needs about 1 hour to cool completely before cutting. Cooling time is not included in the total time.
SWAP - No devil’s food mix? Any chocolate or yellow cake mix works the same.

Jars

Regular-mouth 4-ounce mason jars and sturdy 4-ounce plastic dessert cups both work.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 68IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.3mg