These homemade 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 they really are?
My husband 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 laughed at me and said, "Do you realize how much one like that would cost? "There is no way your parents bought five 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 with our name on them!
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. These little peanut butter balls are much easier to dip and make than the giant eggs. And it makes quite a few more too.
You can also use the filling in a plastic bunny candy mold. This one reminds me of the little chocolate bunnies my mom would make when I was little.
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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
- 36 miniature marshmallows
- hot pink sanding sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup marshmallow cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of table salt
- 1 - 10 ounce bag white chocolate melting wafers
- 72 mini candy eyes
- 36 flat pink heart sprinkles
- 2 tablespoons dark chocolate melting wafers
Instructions
- Cut the mini marshmallows in half diagonally to make bunny ears. Dip the sticky side in the pink sugar. Set aside.
- Beat the butter, peanut butter, marshmallow cream, vanilla, and salt until creamy.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar until a soft dough forms.
- Roll the dough into 36 even balls. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Melt the white chocolate according to the package directions.
- Remove a few peanut butter balls at a time from the refrigerator. Use a toothpick and spoon to dip the balls in the melted chocolate.
- Place the peanut butter balls on a tray lined with parchment paper. Remove the toothpick and top each ball with two marshmallow ears. Let them set up on a parchment paper lined tray on the counter. Repeat with the remaining balls.
- Use a toothpick to add some melted white chocolate to the back of two eyes, and one heart sprinkle. Place on the front of the ball for the bunny face, then repeat with all the balls.
- Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave. Dip a toothpick in the melted chocolate and draw whiskers on the bunny faces. Place in a paper towel-lined container on the counter for 2-3 days or in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 36 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 190Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 61mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 0gSugar: 24gProtein: 2g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
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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!