Nothing says spring fun like a batch of Cute Easter Bunny Cupcakes! These festive treats come to life with fluffy frosting and candy decorations.
They’re perfect for Easter brunch, spring parties, or a fun baking project with the kids.
With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have a batch of cupcakes that look almost too cute to eat—almost!
Check out our Easter recipes for even more fun ideas to celebrate the season. Whether you’re hosting a party or just making something sweet for the family, this cupcake recipe is sure to bring smiles all around.
To make Easter Bunny Cupcakes, start with your favorite cupcake recipe and homemade buttercream.
Color the frosting with green gel food coloring and use a grass piping tip to create a grassy texture on top of each cupcake.
For the bunny bottom, cut a donut hole in half and place it cut-side down on the cupcake.
Pipe a dollop of frosting on top and add shredded coconut for a fluffy tail (optional). Finally, stick mini marshmallow halves to form bunny feet, securing with icing if needed.
Top with sprinkles for extra fun!
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Be sure to follow our tips on how to keep cupcakes moist, so every bite stays soft and delicious. And if you run into any baking hiccups, check out our Baking Troubleshooting Guide for expert tips to fix common issues!
Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- Pre-baked Cupcakes
- Store bought or homemade buttercream.
- Grass piping Tip
- Store bought or homemade Donut holes
- Coconut (optional)
- Sprinkles
- Green Gel Food Coloring
- Mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Fit the piping bag with a couple and decorating tip.
- Fill the bag halfway with green icing.
- Hold the piping above the cupcake, straight up and down and lightly touch the surface of the cupcake.
- Lift up as you very quickly squeeze. Stop squeezing and pull the piping bag up.
- Continue this process all the way around the top of the cupcake, squeezing and stopping creating the illusion of grass.
- If only adding the sprinkles to the cupcakes, do it immediately. Once the icing dries the sprinkles won't stick.
- To make the bunny bottom: Create the cupcakes as mentioned above.
- Cut the donut hole in half creating two bottoms.
- Place the holes, cut side down on top of the icing.
- Pipe a dollop of white icing on the top of the donut hole.
- Add coconut shreds to create a fluffy tail, this step is optional.
- Cut a mini marshmallow in half and stick the sticky side to the donut hole creating the feet.
- If the marshmallows will not stick, use a little bit of white icing to glue them to the donut
Notes
Gel food coloring is preferred over liquid because liquid color will change the consistency of the buttercream icing, where the gel color will not.
Store bought buttercream and store bought icing are NOT the same. Buttercream is stiffer, than icing and is the recommended option for cake and cupcake decorating.
If you have hot hands, meaning while you are holding the piping bag the icing begins to “break” (the color looks distorted) inside the bag, place it in the fridge for 5 mins to stiffen back up and rub some ice on your hands to keep them cool.
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