These home made Peanut Butter Easter Bunnies are a fun treat to make for Easter baskets.
Why is it that as a kid things seem so much larger than what they really are?
My husband just cracks up when I talk about the chocolate bunnies we used to get in our Easter baskets.
I swear they were 2 feet tall and solid chocolate!!!!
He just laughs at me and says, "Do you realize how much one like that would cost? "There is no way your parents bought 5 of those!"
I don't care how silly I sound...I still say they were that big, and I always ate them ears first!!!! They pretty much lasted a good month or more!
This time of year also brings back great memories of going to my grandparent's house for our annual Saturday egg hunt.
The best part was the huge peanut butter eggs that had our name on them!!! (they were at least a pound each)
They were the absolute best! I am not sure where they got them...but they were delicious!
The peanut butter filling in these bunnies totally reminds me of those eggs.
GUESS WHAT?
You know where I am going with this right? Yup, my kids are getting huge peanut butter eggs with their names on them this year. I think it is a great tradition to start up!
First I decided to fill an old bunny candy mold that I had from when I was little....but you could totally shape it into eggs and dip those too. (some time this week I will be making those big eggs)
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Recipe
Peanut Butter Easter Bunnies
Make these Peanut Butter Easter Bunnies with a homemade peanut butter cream filling. These are so fun to fill Easter baskets with.
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons butter, softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup marshmallow cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 - 10 ounce bag chocolate melts
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, marshmallow cream, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in the sugar.
- Melt the chocolate melts according to the package directions. Paint the inside of your candy mold with chocolate. Refrigerate for 2 minutes.
- Check mold to see if there are areas that need a second coat of chocolate. Refrigerate again.
- Fill with peanut butter mixture leaving room for more chocolate on top. Spoon a small amount of chocolate over the top of the peanut butter mixture covering everything.
- Refrigerate until firm. Flip the mold over and pop out the bunny.
Notes
*You can also shape the peanut butter mixture into eggs and freeze for 20 minutes. Then dip into the melted chocolate, set on waxed paper, and add some sprinkles.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 159Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 59mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 16gProtein: 2g
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Carole from Carole's Chatter
Fab, this would be a great contribution to Food on Friday: Easter Foods over at Carole's Chatter. Please do bring it over. Cheers
Allie
Those are great! And too funny the giant bunnies! I agree with you! That and different landmarks seemed to take hours and hours to get to but now as an adult I can't figure why I thought that 15 minute trip took hours and hours...
Thanks for linkg up to Making It With Allie!
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Holly
Peanut butter...I will make these even if it is not easter! It reminds me of my grandparents and growing up too!
Jenn Erickson
They not only sound delicious, but they're beautifully, done Jocelyn. I do some chocolatiering every year for Easter, but didn't make any candies with centers this year. Next year, however, your bunnies are on my "must-make" list. I've been looking for a good PB filling recipe and yours looks like the ultimate!
Thanks for keeping up the inspiration on "A Little Birdie Told Me..." at Rook No. 17!
Jenn
SusieQTpies
Yum yum!!! Just saw you on the It's a Keeper Thur. Hop! Stop on over at my blog and link up this tasty recipe in my Easter/Spring Recipe/Idea Hop! If you have others, feel free to link up! I'll keep it going for a few months so you should get some visits from it!!!
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-holiday-goodies-in-jar-and-blog.html
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Allison {A Glimpse Inside}
Wow! I always love to see what you come up with! These look fabulous and my hubby would LOVE then. Thanks for linking up! I'll be featuring these tomorrow.
Cindy
I would love to try this recipe, it looks great. However it will have to wait now until I lose some weight. 🙂 Hubby and I just started a diet...not fun!
Thanks for sharing.
Tina
Yum! I love peanut butter and chocolate! I don't have a bunny mold, but I'll have to make this recipe anyway! How about an Easter Choo choo train? 🙂
DeanO
Peanut butter @ chocolate bunnies. A recipe straight from Heaven I'm sure! My grandparents owned Aleyeska Candy Kitchen in Anchorage, AK for many years and they had a mold for solid chocolate Easter Bunnies that was so big you couldn't begin to finish the bunny in - even a week!
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Queen Mother
dumb question, but I'm assuming I could use melted marshmallows in this recipe. And as super amazing as you seem and as sure as I am that we would be best friends if we met, I am convinced you are set to sabotage any efforts I have to curb my sweet tooth!