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How to Make Bunny Ear Cupcakes

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These Easter Bunny Cupcakes with Marshmallow Ears are so easy to make and cute as can be. They are perfect easy treats for spring or your Easter celebration. 

bunny ear cupcake

Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes

I love Easter Food Crafts. They are so much fun. Like this Bunny Butt Brownie, Easy Fudge Bunny cookies, and English Muffin Bunny Pizza

Easter is coming so quickly this year. On the one hand, I am excited to see Spring arrive. On the other hand, I am not prepared. Thankfully, these cute little Easter Bunny Cupcakes are so simple to make that I might be able to pull off a fun Easter without too much stress. 

What you’ll love about this recipe:


  • KID FRIENDLY – These are so simple to make, and if you are up for help in the kitchen, it’s easy for the kids to lend a hand with.
  • INEXPENSIVE – These cupcakes do not use any fancy ingredients and the ingredients are easy to find.

Ingredients You’ll Need

bunny ear cupcake ingredients
  • White cupcakes frosted with Vanilla or White Frosting—I cheated this time and bought cupcakes with colorful sprinkles at the grocery bakery. I like the way they look with bunny ears. They are so bright and cheerful.
  • Optional: Rainbow sprinkles – My purchased cupcakes were already loaded with rainbow sprinkles.
  • Marshmallows: You’ll need 1.5 marshmallows per cupcake
  • Pink Sanding Sugar Sprinkles – I have used both bright pink and light pink. They are both great.

Equipment Needed

Kitchen Shears

Small Plate

How to make Easter Bunny Cupcakes with Marshmallow Ears

If you are making your cupcakes, pipe white frosting onto your white cupcakes using a star tip. Pipe them into a tall spiral.

Optional: Sprinkle rainbow sprinkles onto the white frosting. You can substitute rainbow sprinkles with sweetened coconut flakes.

Pour some sanding sugar onto a plate

sanding sugar

Cut the regular-sized marshmallows in half at a diagonal

cutting marshmallow in half

Press the sticky inside part of the marshmallow into the pink sugar to make bunny ears

pushing marshmallows into sugar

Put the bunny ears on top of the cupcake – pressing down gently to put them in place

adding bunny ears to cupcake

*if they are not staying – add some frosting to the bottom of the bunny ears to help set them in place

Cut the other regular marshmallow in half

cutting marshmallow in half

Place it on the back of the cupcake, pressing it gently into the frosting to make a bunny butt.

adding marshmallow to cupcake

Expert Tips and Tricks

I bought jumbo cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles for this Easter treat at the Walmart bakery.

Handy tip: Frosting You Cupcakes

Using a star tip, start in the center of your cupcake. Gently squeeze the frosting onto the center of the cupcake and go out toward the sides in a circular motion. Once you are back at the starting point, start building your frosting mound upward by continuing a circlular motion around and around for a few layers. Each layer will get more narrow as you reach the tip. At the top point, stop squeezing the frosting out and pull away.

Variations

Bunny Feet: Add cute bunny feet to the front of your cupcakes with mini marshmallows and pink frosting

Colorful Bunny Cupcakes: Make a rainbow of bunnies by using different colored sanding sugars for each bunny

Making Optional Bunny Feet

  • Mini marshmallows can be made flat with a rolling pin or just squeezed until flattened out a bit
  • use a small watercolor paintbrush to color the bunny feet with pink frosting
  • toothpicks are an excellent tool for making the toes for the bunny feet
  • Use frosting to glue bunny feet to the front of your cupcake

What to Serve With

Make-Ahead and Storage:

These cupcakes are best when eaten the day of making them, but can be covered and stored for up to two days

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Serving Size

This will make one dozen cupcakes

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    bunny ear cupcake

    Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes

    These Easter Bunny Cupcakes with Marshmallow Ears are so easy to make and cute as can be. They are perfect easy treats for spring or your Easter celebration. 
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    20 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 112 cupcakes
    Calories: 309cal
    Author: Melissa
    Cost: $10

    Equipment

    • Scissors

    Ingredients

    • 12 Cupcakes baked decorated with white frosting and optional sprinkles
    • 18 Regular size marshmallows
    • 5 oz. Pink sanding sugar

    Instructions

    • If you are making your cupcakes, pipe white frosting onto your white cupcakes using a star tip. Pipe them into a tall spiral.
    • Optional: Sprinkle rainbow sprinkles onto the white frosting. You can substitute rainbow sprinkles with sweetened coconut flakes.
    • Pour some sanding sugar onto a plate
    • Cut a regular-sized marshmallows in half at a diagonal
    • Press the sticky inside part of the marshmallow into the pink sugar to make bunny ears
    • Put the bunny ears on top of the cupcake – pressing down gently to put them in place
    • *if they are not staying – add some frosting to the bottom of the bunny ears to help set them in place
    • Cut another regular marshmallow in half
    • Place it on the back of the cupcake, pressing it gently into the frosting to make a bunny butt.
    • Repeat for more.

    Notes

    *if your cupcake wrappers don’t look great after baking in them, you can insert your cupcakes into a stiff paper wrapper. I’ll include a link to Amazon of some that I have in mind
    Coconut-Topped Cupcakes: Sprinkle sweetened coconut flakes in place of sprinkles 
    Optional Bunny Feet instructions are in-post 
    nutrition facts are only an estimate 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 309cal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 200mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 40g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1mg

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