Minions Granola Bars Recipe | Celebrating the Release of Despicable Me 3 Special Edition

Instructions

Granola Bar Directions:

Prepare an 8 x 8 baking dish by lining it with parchment paper.

Put dates in a food processor for about 1 minute, or until only small bits are left.

Toss in the oats, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, sunflower seeds, and flax in a large bowl.

On low heat, cream together the honey and peanut butter in a small saucepan.

Pour the combined honey and peanut butter into the dry mixture. 

Stir well. Add the processed dates, thoroughly mixing.

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

Using your hands, press the mixture into the baking dish. Push the bar mixture to fill the corners and level it out throughout the dish.

Cover it with cling wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 20–25 minutes.

Check to see if the bars are hard.

Take it out of the refrigerator and cut it into bars.

Icing Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring.)

If the icing is not stiff enough, add 1/4 cup powdered sugar. In the first bowl, take 4 TBSP of icing, add grey gel food coloring, and mix well. 

In the second bowl, take 6 TBSP of icing, add black gel food coloring, and mix well. 

In the third bowl, place half of the remaining icing into a bowl, adding several drops of yellow gel food color. 

Stir well to blend the color into the icing. 

In bowl #4, with the other half of the remaining icing, add several drops of blue gel food coloring. 

Mix well to blend the color into the icing.

Place each color of icing into a separate frosting bag with a small tip.

Minion:

Locate a picture of a minion on Google.

Print the picture in color.

Tape this picture holding small images of the Minions on it to a cookie sheet.

Once the Minion is dry, carefully peel the wax paper off of the back of each of them.

Cut the wax paper holding the completed Minion into squares surrounding the completed decoration.

Ensure that the minion is dry.

Gently touch one of them with your finger if it allows you to push in on the icing and allow it to dry more.

If the Minion is dry, then it will have a hard feeling, not allowing you to push in on it.

Allow it to dry completely.

Using a small pastry bag, fill it with the grey royal icing and a #2 tip.

Place a candy eye in the center of where the goggle frame leaves open. 

Start by outlining the goggle eye first with a thick line.

Use a small pastry bag filled with black royal icing and a #2 tip. 

Start by outlining the boots and goggles frames first. Fill in the boots and goggle frame with the black icing. 

Allow this to dry for 30–60 seconds.

Using a small pastry bag, fill it with the blue royal icing and a #2 tip. 

Start by outlining the overalls first. Fill in the overalls with the blue icing. 

Allow this to dry for 30–60 seconds.

Using a small pastry bag, fill it with the yellow royal icing and a #2 tip. 

Start by outlining the minion's top half of the body first.

Fill in the top half of the minion with the yellow icing.

Remember to almost outline and fill in the arms as well. 

Allow this to dry for 30–60 seconds.

Tape wax paper (covering the copies of the Minion) to the cookie sheet.

Follow the color and features as printed on the paper.

Granola Bar:

Drizzle the granola bar with yellow, black, and blue icing.

Allow the icing to dry for about 5 minutes. Using the royal icing as glue, drop a couple of dots on the back of the Minion candy piece and place it in the center of the granola bars.