Bunny Butt Cupcakes

 

These Bunny Butt Cupcakes are the perfect Easter and Springtime-themed cupcakes for your next gathering. They have a delicious and moist chocolate cupcake base with a marshmallow and coconut flake bunny diving into buttercream “grass” frosting with white chocolate feet.

We love Easter desserts, so be sure to check out these Easter Chick Cupcakes too.

Bunny Butt Cupcakes

Are you looking for the cutest Easter and Spring-themed cupcakes ever? Try these Bunny Butt Cupcakes!

I can imagine these sweet treats being brought to Easter gatherings, baby showers, birthday parties or why not make them just for a fun project? They are relatively simple to make and you can take as many shortcuts as you want to make it easier which I note in the recipe below.

I chose a chocolate cupcake base for these Bunny Butt Cupcakes because, well, chocolate’s the best, but also because the bunny is diving into “the ground, ” so it would make the most sense that the base be dark to represent dirt.

If you want to do the opposite and create the bunny’s face on your cupcake, check out these cute Easter Bunny Cupcakes!

Ingredients for Bunny Butt Cupcakes

You can use a chocolate cupcake box mix if you want to take a shortcut, or you can make these chocolate cupcakes:

Chocolate Cupcakes (makes 24 cupcakes)

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Hershey’s)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Green Buttercream Frosting 

You can get store-bought frosting to frost the tops and add some green gel food coloring to it. If you want to take a shortcut with the frosting. This recipe for buttercream is an ample amount for 24 cupcakes to give you an option to use more or less frosting on the top, if you wish.

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cups unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1-2 tablespoons whole milk
• green gel food coloring

Decorations

These are the ingredients for constructing the bunny’s body, tail, and feet:

• 12 marshmallows (regular size), cut in half – so you will have 24 halves for the cupcakes
• 24 mini marshmallows – for the tail
• 1 cup white chocolate – to make the feet and to dip the marshmallows
• 1/4 cup white chocolate morsels *melted, to make the pink chocolate for the feet
• red gel food coloring – to make pink chocolate for the feet
• 1/2 cup coconut flakes

Kitchen Tools for Bunny Butt Cupcakes

• cupcake tin
• measuring spoons and cups
• mixing bowls
• baking spatula
• offset spatula for frosting
• handheld electric mixer
• 24 cupcake liners, plus extra if you want to double line them
• wire cooling rack
• parchment or wax paper (for making the bunny feet)
• rimmed aluminum baking sheet (for making the bunny feet)
• kitchen scissors for cutting marshmallows
• toothpicks for dipping marshmallows in chocolate and making the pink toes on the bunny feet

To make the bunny “feet”:
Melt the 1 cup white chocolate in the microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted, for my microwave, it takes 3, 30-second intervals.

On a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on a rimmed baking sheet, spoon 48, equally-sized ovals to represent the feet. Put in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden.

Use the remaining white melted chocolate for dipping the marshmallows (see below). If you stop and do something else and the chocolate hardens, you can always reheat in the microwave to melt again.

To make the pink toes on the bunny feet, melt 1/4 cup white chocolate morsels in the microwave at 3, 30-second intervals, stirring in between. Add 1-2 drops red gel food coloring and mix until the color is even.

When the white chocolate feet are hard after freezing, take them out and using a toothpick, make the little toes and pads of the feet. When you are done, return them to the freezer to harden for 5-10 minutes. Take them out when you are ready to apply them.

Dip the large marshmallow halves using a toothpick into the melted white chocolate and then into the coconut flakes and then place in the middle of the green frosted cupcakes, coconut flake side up.

Dip the mini marshmallows in the melted white chocolate and then in the coconut flakes. Turn them around and then dip the other side in the melted white chocolate and use that to stick them in the center of the large marshmallow half already on the top of the cupcake.

Place the prepared white chocolate “feet” of the bunnies by dipping the blank side in melted chocolate and place on front of the cupcake where the bunny’s feet would be.

I know you will love these Bunny Butt Cupcakes!

Be sure to check out our adorable bee cupcake toppers as well. They’re super easy to make and look super cute for a bee themed bridal shower, baby shower, or birthday!

Want more Easter themed desserts? Check out the recipes below!

• Easter Crack– saltine toffee made into a fun Easter themed dessert!
• Easter Muddy Buddies (puppy chow)- a fun (and addicting) snack for a crowd!
• Rice Krispie Nests– a popular Easter themed treat, and are super easy to make.
• Carrot Cake Trifle– if you’re looking to “wow” a crowd… Look no further than this delicious Easter-themed trifle!
• Checkerboard Easter Cake– this beautiful pastel-colored checkerboard cake is another crowd-pleaser, so get ready to impress!
• Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars– an assortment of pastel colored icing topped onto a sugar cookie base, you really can’t go wrong!
• Easter Chick Cupcakes- another adorable Easter-themed cupcake recipe (and so easy to make!)
• Hot Cross Buns – These hot cross buns are dotted with raisins and candied orange peels then topped with a perfectly sweet icing cross.
• Easter Dirt Cake – This adorably festive dirt cake is perfect for your Easter holiday dessert spread!
• Bunny Butt Pancakes – Soft and fluffy bunny butt pancakes adorned with fruit and whipped cream to complete the Easter bunny look!
• Bunny Rolls – Bunny rolls are the perfect addition to Easter dinner and they’re really simple to make.

And be sure to check out thee stunning cracked colored eggs, fun for kids and adults!

Bunny Butt Cupcakes

These Bunny Butt Cupcakes are the perfect Easter treat! A moist chocolate cupcake with a marshmallow and coconut flake bunny diving into buttercream grass.

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Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24

1 hour hr

Calories: 253

Author: Amanda Davis

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcake Base:

• ▢ 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 ½ cups granulated white sugar
• ▢ ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder I use Hershey’s
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• ▢ ¾ teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ¾ teaspoon Kosher salt
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ ¾ cup buttermilk
• ▢ ¾ cup warm water
• ▢ ¼ cup canola oil
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Green Buttercream Frosting:

• ▢ 3 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ ⅓ cups unsalted butter softened to room temperature
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 1-2 tablespoons whole milk
• ▢ green gel food coloring

Decorations:

• ▢ 12 each marshmallows regular size, cut in half - so you will have 24 halves for the cupcakes
• ▢ 24 each mini marshmallows tail
• ▢ 1 cup white chocolate – to make the feet and to dip the marshmallows
• ▢ ¼ cup white chocolate morsels *melted to make the pink chocolate for the feet
• ▢ red gel food coloring – to make pink chocolate for the feet
• ▢ ½ cup coconut flakes

Before You Begin

Shortcuts and alternatives:
You can use a box mix for the chocolate cupcake base; just make sure it makes 24 cupcakes.
You can use store bought buttercream frosting and green gel food coloring in place of making homemade buttercream frosting.
You can use white store bought fondant to shape the bunny's feet in place of the white chocolate, if you prefer.
You can use pink store bought icing for detailing the bunny's feet.

Instructions

• Chocolate Cupcakes:
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and line a cupcake tin with paper liners, set aside. You may need to bake in batches depending on the size of your cupcake tin.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and Kosher salt until combined.
• Add 2 eggs, buttermilk, water, canola oil, and vanilla extract, mix until combined. Scoop using a large cookie scoop into the cupcake liners (2/3 full). Bake for 20-22 minutes. You can test with a toothpick or knife in the center for doneness and it should come out clean. Remove cupcakes from tin and cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make the bunny "feet":
• Melt the 1 cup white chocolate in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted, for my microwave it takes 3, 30 second intervals.
• On a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on a rimmed baking sheet, spoon 48, equally-sized ovals to represent the feet. Put in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden. Use the remaining white melted chocolate for dipping the marshmallows (see below). If you stop and do something else and the chocolate hardens, you can always reheat in the microwave to melt again.
• To make the pink toes on the bunny feet, melt 1/4 cup white chocolate morsels in the microwave at 3, 30 second intervals, stirring in between. Add 1-2 drops red gel food coloring and mix until the color is even.
• When the white chocolate feet are hard after freezing, take them out and using a toothpick, make the little toes and pads of the feet. When you are done, return them to the freezer to harden for 5-10 minutes. Take them out when you are ready to apply them.
• For the Buttercream Frosting:
• In a large mixing bowl, mix softened unsalted butter, confectioner's sugar, vanilla and milk until smooth. Add in green gel food coloring drops until desired shade of green is achieved.
• When cupcakes are cool, using an offset spatula, spread the frosting on the tops of the cupcakes and "tap" lightly to get a grass-like texture OR you can use a piping bag with a tip specifically to make the "grass."
• Dip the large marshmallow halves using a toothpick into the melted white chocolate and then into the coconut flakes and then place in the middle of the green frosted cupcakes, coconut flake side up.
• Dip the mini marshmallows in the melted white chocolate and then in the coconut flakes. Turn them around and then dip the other side in the melted white chocolate and use that to stick them in the center of the large marshmallow half already on the top of the cupcake.
• Place the prepared white chocolate "feet" of the bunnies by dipping the blank side in melted chocolate and place on front of the cupcake where the bunny's feet would be.
• Keep the cupcakes in an air tight container, in the refrigerator, until they are ready to serve. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 253cal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 165mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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Recipe Attribution

The chocolate cupcake part of this recipe is inspired by these Chocolate Cupcakes from The Stay at Home Chef.

This post originally appeared here on Mar 25, 2018.