Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes | An Easy Decorating Hack

It's time to take a running jump toward spring and make some pretty bunny cupcakes for the season. I made my Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes using a box of cake mix and just 3 ingredients for the Easter Bunny cupcake topper- shredded coconut, Betty Crocker frosting and store bought chocolate bunnies.

This Easter Bunny Cupcake hack is super quick to make and a fun thing to do with kids. Just buy a few more chocolate bunnies than you think you need because I assure you that a few bunnies will disappear under the pretext of taste testing and quality checks. After all, who can resist a cheeky and irresistibly cute chocolate rabbit.

An Easter dessert! Cupcakes topped with frosting, shredded coconut and chocolate bunnies.

Foil Wrapped Chocolate Bunnies

When choosing the chocolate bunny toppers, check that the unwrapped chocolate bunnies have some indentations and markings to define the bunny's features. It just makes for a prettier topping.

Some brands to try are Milka, Malteasers, Choceur and Lindt. These make mini chocolate bunnies during spring and Easter time.

A batch of my freshly baked cupcakes.

Tip: Wait for the cupcakes to cool completely before starting to frost and decorate with the Easter Bunny cupcake toppers.

 

A watched pot takes forever to boil, and hot cupcakes take forever to cool. So while waiting for my cupcakes to cool, I headed out into my garden and clipped a few spring blooms to bring into the house; daffodils, fragrant hyacinths and a few sprigs of rosemary that withstood winter. Nothing sweeter like having a little posy on my kitchen table while I bake and cook.

How to Make Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes

Ingredients:

☐ 1 box of cake mix 

☐ 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

☐ 1 box of pre-prepared frosting (Eg: Betty Crocker Vanilla or Cream Cheese frosting)

☐ 1 package of chocolate bunnies that have an embossed rabbit pattern when the foil is removed.

☐ 1 drop of green food coloring

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Step 1: Bake the cupcakes

Bake cupcakes and allow them to cool completely before decorating.

Step 2: Color Sweetened Shredded Coconut

Add a drop of green food coloring to the shredded coconut and mix well to tint the coconut.

Shredded coconut coloured green with a little food coloring, pink and white Betty Crocker cake frosting

Step 3: Make Easter Bunny Cupcake Topper

Spread a teaspoonful of frosting over the top of the cupcake.

Embed the chocolate bunny into the frosting.

Sprinkle green shredded coconut over the frosting to create the grass that the bunny sits in.

Tip: If the cupcake is very domed, use a knife to scoop out a small portion of the top of the cupcake before starting to decorate. The bunny can sit in this indentation to make the bunny topper more stable.

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