Bunny Butt Cupcakes Recipe
Wanting an adorable and delicious Easter treat? Bunny Butt Cupcakes are so fun to make and serve with this easy recipe.
I totally wished I made these Easter Bunny Butt Cupcakes with the cute decorations when my girls were young, but you know what? Better late than never, right?! These are just super fun to make and eat!
Who can resist cute little bunny tushies with yummy white chocolate and vanilla frosting on top of a vanilla cupcake? This recipe looks as if the Easter bunny has just jumped right in to enjoy the cupcake, frosting and all! Too cute to eat? No way! The cupcakes would make a wonderful dessert for any Spring-themed event!
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Adorable Bunny Butt Cupcakes
Many of the bunny butt cupcake recipes that I have seen use frosting, a mini marshmallow, or fondant to make the bunny butt and feet. Some also use melted white chocolate, which is what I choose to use along with this bunny butt mold.
For the cupcakes, you can use a cake mix, as I did, or make homemade cupcakes, or even storebought works. I really don’t think it matters the flavor either, lemon or chocolate cupcakes sound yummy to me, too. As for the frosting, canned is perfect (and easy), or you can make this delicious cream cheese frosting. No matter if you use shortcuts or not, these will be the cutest Easter cupcakes ever.
I like easy when it comes to decorating baked treats, like these Bunny Oreo Balls. I am by far not a cake decorator and love to use molds, sprinkles, or anything clever to make my treats stand out. Check out these adorable candy bunny feet and this bunny cupcake decorating kit I found online after I made these cupcakes. I made a note to order some next year! I will say, sometimes I find the premade candy decorations a little hard to bite into, so use them with caution.
Be sure to add this sweet treat to your Easter recipe file!
Equipment you may need
- Large bowl and electric mixer (I’ve had this one for over 15 years!)
- Medium bowl to melt the chocolate chips in
- Cupcake liners
- cupcake pan
- Bunny butt ice cube mold
- Pastry brush or unused clean paint brush
- Ziplock bag or pastry bag or small bowl
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce box vanilla or white cake mix
- 1 ¼ cups water (for cake mix)
- ½ cup vegetable oil (for cake mix)
- 4 egg whites (for cake mix)
- 16 ounce can vanilla frosting
- ¼ cup pink candy melts
- 22 ounces (2 – 11 ounces bags) white chocolate chips
- 1 cup shredded coconut flakes
How to Make Bunny Butt Cupcakes
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pan with paper liners.
Step 2
Prepare cake mix: In a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, water, oil, and egg whites.
Using a hand held electric mixer, mix the ingredients until combined well, about 2-3 minutes, on medium speed.
Step 3
Divide the cake batter between the 24 paper-lined muffin cups, and transfer to the oven. I like to use this scoop. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Step 4
Cool cupcakes completely before decorating. While the cupcakes are cooling, melt the candy melts, according to the package directions.
Step 5
Use the pastry brush to add melted candy to the bunny tail and each bunny foot area in the bunny butt ice cube mold.
Step 6
Melt half of the white chocolate, and fill the rest of the bunny butt molds with the white chocolate. Freeze for 30 minutes, to set the chocolate. Remove from the mold. This mold only has 10 cavities, so you will need to repeat this process 3 times, or use 3 molds.
Step 7
Add the coconut to a ziplock baggie, then add 10 drops of green food coloring. Close the bag, and shake until the color is blended. Alternatively, you can add the coconut and food coloring in a small bowl and mix it that way.
Step 8
Frost the cupcakes with the white frosting. Add a bunny butt to the top of the cupcakes.
Step 9
Coat the rest of the exposed frosting of the cupcakes in a generous portion of green coconut, tipping the cupcakes, and shaking off any excess coconut. Store cupcakes in an airtight container. Enjoy!
I think kids of all ages will enjoy these bunny butt cupcakes for Easter dessert. They’d also be perfect for a baby shower or just because you want delicious cupcakes.
Tips, Tricks, and FAQs
- Can use homemade cupcake recipes or storebought cupcakes to make these bunny bum cupcakes
- Have a favorite homemade frosting? Go ahead and use it.
- In place of the food coloring, you can use green gel food coloring. You’ll use a bit less of it, too.
- Any flavor of cupcake works.
- Want to use all frosting to make bunny butt cupcakes? You may need this piping bag set with tips.
Other Easter treats you may enjoy!
- Strawberry White Chocolate Bark
- Mini Carrot Cake Loaves
- Homemade Carrot Cake Cupcakes
- Spring Fruit and Rice Krispies Kabobs
Printable Easter Bunny Butt Cupcake Recipe
Bunny Butt Cupcake Recipe
Equipment
- Electric hand mixer
- Cupcake lines
- Cupcake or muffin pan
- Bunny Butt ice mold
Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25 ounces) vanilla or white cake mix
- 1 ¼ cups water
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 4 egg whites
- 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- ¼ cup pink candy melts
- 2 packages (11 ounces each) white chocolate chips
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pan with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, water, oil, and egg whites. Using a hand held electric mixer, mix the ingredients until combined well, about 2-3 minutes.
- Divide the batter between the 24 cupcake liners, and transfer to the oven. I like to use this scoop. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool completely. While the cupcakes are cooling, melt the candy melts, according to the package directions.
- Use the pastry brush to add melted candy to the feet and tail areas of the bunny butt ice cube mold.
- Melt half of the white chocolate, and fill the rest of the bunny butt molds with the white chocolate. Freeze for 30 minutes, to set the chocolate. Remove from the mold. This mold only has 10 cavities, so you will need to repeat this process 3 times, or use 3 molds.
- Add the coconut to a ziplock baggie, then add 10 drops of green food coloring. Close the bag, and shake until the color is blended. Alternatively, you can add the coconut and food coloring in a small bowl and mix it that way.
- Frost the cupcakes with the white frosting. Add a bunny butt to the center of the top of each cupcake.
- Coat the rest of the exposed frosting of the cupcakes in a generous portion of green coconut, tipping the cupcakes, and shaking off any excess coconut.
Notes
Tips, Tricks, and FAQs
- Can use homemade cupcake recipes or storebought cupcakes to make these bunny bum cupcakes
- Have a favorite homemade frosting? Go ahead and use it.
- Any flavor of cupcake works.
- Want to use all frosting to make bunny butt cupcakes? You may want to use a piping bag set with tips.
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