These adorably cute Bunny Butt Push-Up Pops are as fun to make as they are to eat. Serve them for Easter dessert. The whole family will love them.
I LOVE this Easter push pop treat and am so excited to share it with you. Push-up pops are all the rage right now and they are the perfect container to use for this fun dessert.
Each push-pop tube is filled with chocolate cake dirt and green coconut grass topped with a yummy white chocolate bunny.
I hope you have fun making this Easter Recipe. I know your party guests will enjoy eating these cute treats.
Down the Bunny Hole Push-Up Pop Treats (makes 12)
Ingredients
1 recipe white modeling chocolate
pink candy coloring
powdered sugar to dust work surface
corn syrup to "glue" the modeling chocolate pieces together
12 chocolate cupcakes (or 1 - 8" cake)
1 cup chocolate frosting
1 cup sweetened coconut and green food coloring - If you or your kids don't like coconut, you can use edible Easter grass. It comes in long strands which could easily be cut into smaller pieces. You might need two packages.
Supplies
#12 round pastry tip and # 6 round pastry tips, optional
rolling pin, optional
12 push-up pop containers
pastry bag or zip-top bag
quart size zip top bag
Instructions
Optional: Pinch off about two tablespoons of white modeling chocolate and color it light pink. Note: The pink candy coloring is vibrant, so use just a tiny amount of it to make your pink.
Lightly dust the work surface with powdered sugar. Roll out the pink modeling chocolate as thin as possible. Press the small end of the #6 round pastry tip into the clay, twist, and then pull up.
Continue doing this until you fill the pastry tip with small rounds of pink modeling chocolate. Turn it upside down and allow rounds to fall out. You'll need 72 tiny rounds. Do the same making 24 larger rounds using the #12 tip.
Alternately: you could just pinch off very small amounts of the pink modeling chocolate and roll them into balls then flatten them to make your circles. This will take more time, though.
Pinch off teaspoon-sized pieces of white modeling chocolate. Roll into balls, then flatten into an oblong shape creating 24 bunny feet.
Dip a fine-tip paintbrush or toothpick into corn syrup. Brush onto the center of each foot. Press one pink round onto each foot. Brush three small dots of corn syrup around the edge of each foot and press on three tiny pink rounds. You can use water instead for this step. I think the corn syrup will hold the larger pieces in the next step a bit better than the water, though.
Pinch off 12 pieces of white modeling chocolate (a little less than a tablespoon) and roll them into balls for the bunny bodies. Pinch off 12 pea-size pieces of white and roll them into balls for the tails.
Pinch off 24 slightly smaller pieces and roll into balls, then flatten on either side to make little legs. Brush the top of each large ball with a dab of corn syrup. Attach a tail.
To make your tails look fuzzy, use a knife to jab at the ball pulling out little tufts of modeling chocolate all around it. Attach two legs with corn syrup then attach a foot on each leg.
Allow your modeling chocolate bunny butts to dry for at least an hour so they are easier to handle.
If you don't have a stand for your push-up pops, you'll want to secure them somehow before filling them with the cake. I filled a large basket with shredded paper and it worked great, but I'm thinking about buying a stand for future use.
I'm sure it is much easier if you have one to keep the push pops from toppling over while you fill them. Plus it offers a wonderful way to display your push pop treats.
Crumble up the cupcakes and stir in 2 tablespoons of chocolate frosting. You want the mixture to be loose and crumbly so it looks like dirt. I mixed my cake and frosting in my Kitchen-Aid Mixer, which worked great.
Assemble the push-up pop containers then fill them about ¾ full with the crumbled cake.
Put the remaining frosting in a pastry bag or zip-top bag snip off the tip and pipe some frosting into the center of each push-up pop (don't fill to the edge, you want the coconut to show around the edge, not the frosting.)
Put coconut in a zip-top bag. Add a few drops of green food coloring, close the bag, and shake. Add more coloring if needed, and shake again, being sure all the coconut is colored green.
Sprinkle the green coconut around the frosting, filling each container to the top. Pipe on a bit more frosting in the center of the coconut. Press one bunny butt onto the frosting.
Your Down the Bunny Hole Push-Up Pop Treats are ready to serve. You can cover them with plastic wrap and keep them at room temperature for a day, maybe two.
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Shannon says
I love your bunny butts, even with all the icky coconut.
Shannon says
I love your bunny butts, even though with the icky coconut.
pak says
Very cute
pak says
Very cute
SherryBerry21 says
OMG - this is the cutest stinkin thing EVER! Great, just what I need - another hobby! LOL!
eyes2theocean says
I visited Smidge and Pinch. And I don't think I could name just 1 thing I would buy. They've got a wonderful selection of products all around. The straws are awesome! And I love the cupcake liners and cookie cutters too. 🙂
BTW... I hope you will think of writing an all occasion book as well. I think everyone will agree your ideas are AWESOME! 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Thank you! I do hope to write another book in the near future, but haven't started anything yet. I'm just enjoying working on the blog right now. I'm so glad you enjoy my projects:)
eyes2theocean says
I liked you on Facebook. 🙂
eyes2theocean says
Those are the cutest thing's EVER! My daughters B-day is coming up and she want's an Alice theme... I really wanted something different and I CANNOT think of anything more perfect than these. I can't wait to make them! Thank you sooooooooo much for this idea, she is going to LOVE these. 🙂
What's for dessert? says
Using the give certificate I would like to buy edible sprinklers and sanding sugar, because I can't buy stuf like that in Croatia
What's for dessert? says
I liked Hungry Happenings on Facebook
What's for dessert? says
So sweet, great idea
Sprinkle Some Sunshine says
I pinned the bunny butts! They are adorable! 🙂
Sprinkle Some Sunshine says
I checked out Smidge & Pinch & I'm a sucker for cupcake papers & SRPINKLES!!! Would love to add to my stash! 🙂
Sprinkle Some Sunshine says
Just found your site on erecipecards.com & so glad I did! Those are the cutest bunny butts I've ever seen! TFS!
Mrs Artajo says
What a great idea! Will try these out-but use rice krispies as the body...(my kids love anything rice krispie and its easy and fast to work with. Thanks for the idea! So cute! Love your site!! Keep up the great work!
Sherry says
Omgosh....the bunny butts are soooo cute! Just discovered you and see lots of things I would like to try!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Welcome Sherry. I'm happy you found Hungry Happenings and like what you see:)
KatSco says
From Smidge and Pinch: There are lots of things I'd like, but one of my faves right now are the edible toppers, especially the princess ones, for my little girl's upcoming 3rd birthday, and the cupcake liners to go with them.
KatSco says
Just liked you on Facebook 😉
KatSco says
This is a great site!! Is the first time I see it and just spent an hour looking through all the wonderful creations! It's amazing! I definitely would love to win that certificate since I don't have many of the tools needed for this and some other ones of your creations...
I don't know for sure yet if I'll make this one but I will for sure make the filled carrots for breakfast on Easter.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
So happy you found Hungry Happenings and have enjoyed searching through the archived posts.
Anonymous says
It doesn't get any cuter than this! We have an unspoken tradtion of cute holiday desserts. That is, who brings the cutest, most awesome dessert to the family gathering. I've been slacking and need to get back into the game. I think these butt bunnies will be perfect!