Bye Bye Bunny Cakes
These cute cupcakes look like bunnies going down their holes!
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 25-30 min.
Decoration time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans
- 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter
- 1 18-oz. (approximate) box yellow cake mix
- 72 large marshmallows
- 2 16-oz. cans prepared classic vanilla frosting
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 2 12-cup muffin tins
- 24 (each) white and green paper cupcake liners
- Toothpick
- Wire rack
- 1/2 cup white decorative sugar, optional
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the 2 muffin tins with the white cupcake liners. Unwrap the SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter and roughly chop, then set aside.
- Prepare the yellow cake mix according to the package directions. Fold in the chopped SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter, then spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins. Bake until golden, and until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and cool completely.
- Meanwhile, set aside 24 marshmallows. Cut the remaining marshmallows in half crosswise.
- To make the bunny feet: Dab a bit of frosting onto 3 STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans, and press them onto the sticky sides of half the cut marshmallows. To make the bunny ears: With your fingertips, shape the remaining cut marshmallow pieces into ovals, and set aside. To make the bunny tails: Spread the 24 uncut marshmallows with vanilla frosting, roll them in the shredded coconut, and set aside.
- To make the bunny bodies: Heap two rounded tablespoons of frosting on top of each cooled cupcake. Sprinkle each mound of frosting with decorative sugar.
- Dab the bottoms of the bunny feet with frosting, and press them onto the bunny bodies. Then place the coconut-covered bunny tails on the cupcakes' tops, by pressing them slightly into the frosting.
- Using scissors, snip the green cupcake liners' edges so that they look like grass; then place the liners flat on a serving platter. Set one bunny cupcake on top of each trimmed green cupcake liner. Dab frosting onto one end of each bunny ear; then press the ears onto the cupcake bases, right onto the paper liners.






