Start the Toy Story Alien Cupcakes recipe by baking a batch of cupcakes. The flavor does not matter.

Our favorite for this recipe is the rainbow chip. We also used blue and green cupcake liners to match the aliens from the movie.

When the cupcakes are cooled to room temperature, make a batch of buttercream cream cheese frosting. It is the best! It is the perfect go-to frosting for pretty much everything.

Place two sticks of butter and six ounces of cream cheese in a mixing bowl. It is easier to mix when they are at room temperature.

Cream the two together and then add one teaspoon vanilla and the two tablespoons of milk. Gently sprinkle the salt around. Spread it so that all the salt doesn't land in one little clump. Mix again.

Then add four cups of powdered sugar. Mix in the sugar and taste a little sample. You may decide you want to add more sugar! Add another cup to the frosting. Mix and sample again. Frosting is best when it isn't too sweet. It should balance the sweetness of the cake!

Important: Remove about 1/2 cup of the white frosting before you do the next step. Place it in a plastic frosting bag for later.

Drop in about 10 drops of lime green food coloring. Incorporate the food coloring into the frosting until it is nice and smooth and alien green!

Frost the top of each Toy Story Alien Cupcake.

Next, add the eyes! Don’t forget, you’ll need three eyes and not just two. To make the eyes, clip the tip of the frosting bag off and squeeze the frosting onto the cupcakes in three small mounds.

Open a bag of mini chocolate chips. Place one little tiny chocolate morsel upside down into the center of the white frosting eyeball and press into place.

Now, add more chocolate! That is right. We don’t stop with chocolate pupils. These Toy Story Alien Cupcakes also have chocolate mouths. Mmmmmmmm. Can you picture the little chocolate alien mouth saying, "Ooooo....the Claw!" I sure can.

We used the large Ghirardelli chocolate chips. They are the best in the universe. Plus, there is a little Ghirardelli Square at Disney California Adventure Park so it’s even more of a connection.

Next, add the antenna to your Toy Story Alien Cupcakes. Sour green licorice rope is perfect for this. Cut the candy into about 1-inch sections. Then stick it into the top of the cupcake.

Last, add the ears! Put a little bit of green frosting into a frosting bag. You can use a petal tip if you have one. If not, just snip the top of the bag off at an angle. Put a little green spout of frosting onto each side of the Aliens’ faces.

Don't the Toy Story Alien Cupcakes look cute? Yes, but not too cute to eat, so dig in and enjoy!