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Chocolate Coconut Bunny Cupcakes

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Adding marshmallow ears and candy eyes make these Chocolate Coconut Bunny Cupcakes an adorable treat to serve for Easter.

This easy to make bunny face makes these chocolate coconut cupcakes an adorable treat for Easter.

One of the running jokes in our house around Easter is all about the chocolate bunnies in the store.  You see I swear up and down that the chocolate bunnies in my Easter basket as a child were at least 2 feet tall and solid chocolate.  You would still be gnawing on that thing in July!!

But my husband says that over the years my mind has forgotten what size those bunnies really were.  He also says there is no way that a 2 foot bunny would be solid because it would cost a small fortune.  Whatever!  I know what I remember 🙂

How to make Easter bunny ears

I am also still majorly obsessed with using candy googly eyes.  You had to know a fun googly-eyed bunny was bound to happen this year, right?  The Oreo Bunny Pops and Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Bunnies needed a new bunny friend.

Let me show you how easy these are to make:

 1.  Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut ears out of the flat Stacker Mallows.
2.  Use a sharp knife to cut a hole in the bottom of each ear and press a short lollipop stick in it.
3.  Spread a thin layer of corn syrup in the middle of each ear.
4.  Sprinkle with pink sanding sugar.
5.  Press the ears into the cupcakes.
6.  Add the face to the front of the cupcake.
7.  Die over how cute these are!!!

This easy to make bunny face makes these chocolate coconut cupcakes an adorable treat for Easter.

Of course, if you really want, you could serve the cupcakes plain…

Chocolate cupcakes with coconut marshmallow frosting tastes amazing.

or with a few Robin Eggs on top for some color.

Chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow coconut frosting is a delicious Easter treat.

But why would you serve plain naked cupcakes when you can make marshmallow ears and have a bunny on these chocolate coconut cupcakes? You have to make these because they are SO stinking adorable!

I seriously can’t wait to make more cute bunnies!!!

This easy to make bunny face makes these chocolate coconut cupcakes an adorable treat for Easter.

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Chocolate Coconut Bunny Cupcakes

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 24 cupcakes

Chocolate Coconut Bunny Cupcakes

These easy to make marshmallow bunnies make these cupcakes an adorable treat for Easter or any party.

Ingredients

    For the Cupcakes
  • 1 - 15.25 ounce chocolate cake mix
  • 1 - 3.9 ounce box instant chocolate pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup oil
    For the Frosting
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 - 7 ounce jar marshmallow cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoons whipping cream
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
    For the Bunny tops
  • 48 Stacker Mallows
  • short lollipop sticks
  • 48 candy eyes
  • 24 pink pearl candies
  • black gel frosting
  • corn syrup
  • pink sanding sugar

Instructions

  1. Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and oil in a mixing bowl. Beat on low for 1 minute, then beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  2. Divide the batter evenly into 24 cupcake liners. Bake at 325 degrees for 20-22 minutes. Let cool completely.
  3. Beat the butter, marshmallow cream, vanilla, and salt until creamy. Slowly add the powdered sugar until it is all mixed in. Add the whipping cream and beat for 2-3 minutes until light and creamy.
  4. Spread the frosting on the cupcakes and dip each frosted cupcake in the shredded coconut.
  5. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut 48 ears out of the flat marshmallows. Use a knife to cut a small hole in the bottom of the marshmallow and stick a lollipop stick into the hole. (Make sure your sticks will be short enough to stick into a cupcake.)
  6. Spread a thin layer of corn syrup on the inside of each ear and sprinkle with pink sanding sugar. Press 2 ears into each cupcake. Press 2 eyes and a pink candy into the front of the cupcake. Use the black gel to make whiskers if desired. Makes 24 cupcakes.
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This easy to make bunny face makes these chocolate coconut cupcakes an adorable treat for Easter.

 

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  1. Oh, my goodness. The adorable factor here has been ratcheted up soooo high. Love the bunnies! LOVE.
    And bunnies were huge when we were little, but you know, we were smaller. I do buy the huge Peter Rabbit bunnies at the drugstore that they sell that are huge. But they take me about a day to eat. Bad me.
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