Bunny Cupcakes
Published Apr 04, 2025•Updated Apr 15, 2025
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Spring is the season for colorful meals and fun desserts. Bunny Cupcakes are a favorite at my house for Easter or other spring celebrations. While you can use any vanilla cupcake and frosting recipe, it’s always a great idea to just use a store-bought mix and spend your time on the fun part – decorating!
Something about spring just calls for more fun, colorful desserts. And if you’re looking for bunny cupcake ideas, I’ve got you. These are a go-to for me this time of year. Our household of five celebrates four birthdays in April, and these cupcakes are always a hit for spring birthday parties!
The bunny ears are what make these sweet little bunny faces so irresistible. I actually learned to make these in a cooking class with my youngest daughter. The class was full of kids ages 3-8, so these are perfect for even very young kids to help with. If you’re looking for other fun spring brunch and dessert recipes, you’ll love my Carrot Top Cupcakes, Carrot Cake Muffins, or Bunny Rolls!
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1) Make the cupcakes and frosting (or buy them!). This is one of those situations where I highly recommend taking the shortcut and using store-bought from a mix or just buying pre-frosted vanilla cupcakes. Spend your time decorating.
2) Make the bunny ears. Working with one marshmallow at a time, cut or slice them on a diagonal across the round part of the marshmallow. Press the cut-side of the marshmallow halves into pink sanding sugar (these are the ears). When you first slice the marshmallow, you might not see the “ears”, but if you cut them the right way, you’ll see it as soon as you dip them in the sprinkles. Be sure to have a few extra marshmallows around so you can do a few tests with this.
3) Finish the bunny cupcake toppers. Add the ears to the cupcakes with the sprinkle-side facing up. Add chocolate chips for the eyes and any pink candy for the noses.
You’re done! Enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
- Have extras of the marshmallows, chocolate chips, and candy just in case you need to try a few times to get the decorations right (or in case you want to snack on a few!)
- If you’re handy with piping frosting, use a very thin piping tip and black frosting to add a bunny mouth and / or whiskers
- Serve these on a platter surrounded by other fun spring / Easter treats like pastel M&Ms or even Marshmallow Peeps
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Bunny Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 vanilla cupcakes, store-bought or homemade
- 2 cups vanilla frosting
- 12 regular-sized marshmallows
- 2 Tablespoons pink sanding sugar or fine sprinkles
- 24 dark chocolate chips
- 12 pink candies, like Jelly Beans or M&Ms
Instructions
- Make the cupcakes according to package directions / recipe. Allow them to cool completely.
- Frost each cupcake with vanilla frosting.
- Working with one marshmallow at a time, cut or slice them on a diagonal across the round part of the marshmallow. Press the cut-side of the marshmallow halves into pink sanding sugar (these are the ears).
- Place the ears in the frosting, pink-side up.
- Add dark chocolate chips for eyes and pink candies for the noses.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
