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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Easter Recipes

    Coconut Chick Cake Balls

    Modified: Sep 6, '23 · Published: Mar 28, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    These adorably cute Coconut Chick Cake Balls are fun to make for Easter! Each cake ball chick is covered in yellow-colored coconut and is decorated with orange candy feet and beaks.

    Coconut Chick Cake Balls for Easter

    My life has been spent in the suburbs where the only animals you tend to see roaming around in backyards are cats, dogs, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, and the occasional raccoon.

    When I was young, my mom would take us out to a local farm to get fresh eggs and I especially loved visiting in the spring when I could see all the new born chicks.

    cute baby chick chocolates and rice krispie treats

    Those adorable baby chickens have inspired me to make lots of chocolate chicks over the years.

    My customers love them and my most popular Easter lollipop (second from left) inspired me to create the Rice Krispies Treat Chick Pops (pictured in the center) that I shared with you last year.

    warm fuzzy cake balls and coconut chick cake balls.

    This past Valentine's Day, I created and shared with you my Warm Fuzzy Cake Balls. As I was making them, I knew they could easily be transformed into other creatures including fuzzy little Easter chicks.

    All I had to do to make the change was to color the coconut yellow and create a beak and feet using orange candy coating. They are so easy to make and I think they turned out so cute. There really are so many possibilities with these fuzzy cake balls, and I'm sure I'll be sharing more ideas in the future.

    If you'd like to make these but don't like coconut, you can use shaved-colored candy coating like I did when I made the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies.

    Coconut Chick Cake Balls (makes 40 chicks)

    Ingredients

    24 ounces melted white confectionery coating/candy melts
    orange candy coloring (not liquid)
    1 baked cake, any flavor
    ¼ cup - ½ cup white frosting
    4 cups shredded coconut
    yellow liquid food coloring
    80 candy eyes

    Supplies

    parchment paper
    baking sheets
    mixing bowl and spoon or a stand mixer or food processor
    disposable pastry bag, zip-top bag, or a squeeze bottle fitted with a small round pastry tip
    zip-top bags used to color your coconut 
    optional: #18 mini ice cream scoop (a heaping tablespoon)
    fork or chocolate dipping fork

    Instructions:

    making orange candy chicken feet.

    Color about ⅓ cup of the melted white confectionery coating using orange candy coloring. Fill a squeeze bottle fitted with a small round pastry tip (#3, 4, or 5) or fill a disposable pastry bag either fitted with a tip or just snip off the end leaving a small opening, or fill a zip-top bag and snip off one tip.

    Line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper. Pipe out 80 chick feet and 40 beaks as pictured above.

    Freeze or refrigerate for 3-5 minutes just until the pieces harden.

    assembling baby chick cake balls.

    Make chocolate cake balls using the recipe for the Warm Fuzzy Cake Balls.

    Dip them in white confectionery coating, and roll them in coconut that has been colored yellow.

    Once you have made the coconut-covered cake balls, you are ready to add the orange candy feet, beak, and candy eyes.

    Use some melted confectionery coating to "glue" all the pieces onto your fuzzy cake ball chicks. I put my candy coating in a disposable pastry bag, but you could just use a toothpick or the tip of a knife.

    a single baby chick cake ball with orange candy feet and beak, candy eyes, and yellow coconut feathers.

    Storage

    Store in an airtight container for up to a week. These would make great additions to any Easter basket, can be served as dessert, or can be individually wrapped and used as party favors.

    Related Recipes

    If this Easter Recipe interests you, then you should go and check out all these other delicious ideas.

    Here are a few more fun Easter ideas:

    Down the Bunny Hole Push-up Pops

    Carrot Shaped Veggie Pizzas

    Peanut Butter Fudge Filled Chubby Chocolate Bunnies

    Chocolate Bunny Silhouettes


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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
    Beth Klosterboer
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    1. Anonymous says

      February 04, 2013 at 8:17 pm

      There is a person on Listia.com using your photos and recipes to scam people out of credits they use to buy things on www.listia.com Just thought you should know. 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        February 04, 2013 at 11:05 pm

        Thanks so much for letting me know. I've not ever heard of Listia. I have no idea how to search for my images in order to see who is doing this. Do you have any more information? I'd like to check it out. It is so frustrating that people have been using my images for things like this. Someone else tried to sell products in their store and were using my pictures. I really appreciate you pointing this out to me.

        Reply
    2. Mobile hair and makeup Brisbane says

      November 23, 2012 at 5:54 am

      They are just the cutest little things ive ever seen. I love them.

      Reply
    3. Carrie says

      April 06, 2012 at 11:53 am

      These are so cute!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you will share with us again this week!

      Reply
    4. Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says

      April 06, 2012 at 12:41 am

      These are adorable! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂

      Reply
    5. East9thStreet says

      April 03, 2012 at 4:48 pm

      Adorable! I wish I had time to make them. Next year!!

      Reply
    6. http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/ says

      March 30, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      oh my heavens these are the cutest.

      Reply
    7. Trish - Sweetology101 says

      March 30, 2012 at 9:24 pm

      these have just the bestest expression! So full of personality. I have been visiting you lately but having time to comment on anything these days is not happening like I want. Just so you know, I look at all you do with such inspiration.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 31, 2012 at 12:57 am

        Thanks Trish. Oh, I understand not having time. I love checking out other blogs, but don't often leave comments either because I'm quickly moving onto something else I need to be doing. Busy, busy, busy.

        Reply
    8. Pams Party says

      March 30, 2012 at 2:44 pm

      We are not big fans of coconut, but I absolutely love these chicks. (you know I love pretty much all that you make though.. :)) I am having my very first linky party this weekend called Dare to Share. I would love it so much if you could stop by and link some of your fabulous creations.

      Pam
      http://pamspartyplanning.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    9. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets says

      March 30, 2012 at 12:17 pm

      Absolutely cute-cute-cute!! I just love little Easter chicks and these are adorable. 🙂

      Reply
    10. Michelle | Creative Food says

      March 30, 2012 at 2:53 am

      These are amazing! And so cute!

      Reply
    11. Patricia P says

      March 30, 2012 at 2:20 am

      These are too cute to eat, but I'm sure my kids will manage to anyway! Thanks for the great idea!

      Reply
    12. The Better Baker says

      March 29, 2012 at 11:42 am

      WITHOUT A DOUBT...DELICIOUSLY ADORABLE!

      Reply
    13. Jocelyn says

      March 29, 2012 at 3:39 am

      Oh my goodness! These are stinking adorable!! I love how fuzzy they are...and the eyes, they are so cracking me up:-) LOVE THIS!!!

      Reply
    14. Megan says

      March 29, 2012 at 1:07 am

      Love this! Found it through Pinterest!

      Also, I used your pic and linked to it in a newsletter I publish! I know lots of moms will love it! Thanks!

      http://chattanooga.macaronikid.com/article/unpublished/266859/coconut-chick-cake-balls

      Reply
    15. Heather @ Raising Memories Blog says

      March 28, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      So every time I see cute food on a blog hop, I should just assume that you did it. 😉 I hope you'll continue to link up at Sharing Time, because I love everything you do! 🙂
      ~Heather
      www.raisingmemories.com
      ( http://www.raisingmemories.com/search/label/sharing%20time )

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 28, 2012 at 11:11 pm

        Thank you Heather. What a nice thing to hear!!!!

        Reply
    16. Hazel - Chicken in a Cherry Sauce says

      March 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm

      These are the most adorable things I've ever seen! So creative!

      Reply
    17. JehanP says

      March 28, 2012 at 6:57 pm

      Those chicks....adorable!!!

      Reply
    18. Anonymous says

      March 28, 2012 at 2:44 pm

      I love your blog so much that I decided to nominate you for The Versatile Blogger Award! Stop on over to pick it up! Great job, and keep up the great work!
      http://thriftynut.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/i-have-been-nominated-for-the-versatile-blogger-award/

      Reply
    19. Sue says

      March 28, 2012 at 2:23 pm

      You are one creative chick! Sorry, but I couldn't resist:) They are all adorable!

      Reply
    20. AndiWinslow says

      March 28, 2012 at 11:09 am

      So cute, I want to make some........nice post thanks andi

      Reply
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