Easy Bunny Cupcakes

Cake Mix, Cupcakes, Easter, Easy, Kid Friendly Cupcakes, Lemon, Vanilla & White & Yellow Cake Mix • March 15, 2015 •

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Looking for Easter Dessert ideas? These Easy Bunny Cupcakes are made with marshmallow and sprinkle ears! So easy to do! All you need are cupcakes (any flavor), white frosting (I love cream cheese frosting on top of these lemon cupcakes), large marshmallows, some scissors and pink sprinkles! These are perfect for easter and even great for a kid’s cupcake decorating party 🙂

Cake Mix Cupcakes

I love when I look down and my entire work space matches and coordinates 🙂 Even days after making these, my house still smells like lemons, I love it! Can it be summer already? You’ll notice I use a white cake mix and not a lemon one. I add fresh lemon juice and zest because I prefer the taste. It just tastes less artificial. You’ll also notice I use a Pillsbury mix, it’s the only mix I buy! I really do prefer it to all the others.

How to make Bunny Cupcakes for Easter

So, this isn’t a new idea. I’m sure you’ve seen people make these cute bunny ears on Pinterest and instagram, but I wanted to give it a try myself. I had way too much fun snipping all the marshmallows in half (sometimes popping one half into my mouth). I did start to dip the cut side of the mallow into the sprinkles (I used pink sanding sugar), but I ended up just sprinkling them in with my fingers because I had a little more control that way. But I think every marshmallow brand and set of scissors will be a little different.

If you want to make a bunny face, just use chocolate candies or chocolate chips to make little eyes!

And that’s how you make bunny ears for cupcakes and all your Easter desserts!

I’m really into making cute cupcakes that everyone can recreate. No fondant, no intense piping skills needed. Sort of like my adorable Carrot Garden Cupcakes I’m loving right now…

You can roll the frosted cupcakes in shredded coconut to make it look more like “bunny fur” but I opted not to. Not everyone loves coconut and I was making these for a party so I played it safe. But if your family loves coconut, then go for it!

If you want some more easy Easter Cupcakes (plus an updated version of these bunny cupcakes) check out my Easy Easter Cupcake Decorating post!

I love a good cake mix recipe! No need to measure out flour, salt, sugar, baking powder… just dump in the cake mix and add a few extra things! For all your cake mix haters, you can absolutely use a lemon or white cake recipe you love and decorate them like this. The buttercream frosting is quite lovely, so give that a try! This would be perfect for a cupcake decorating party with your kids or have them invite a handful of friends over. You could put different color sprinkles in a muffin tin/ cupcake pan for them to dip their marshmallow ears into! Though I will remind you during your prep, don’t cut up the marshmallows until you’re ready to decorate because their stickiness dulls in the open air.

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