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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Homemade Candy

    Homemade Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws

    Modified: Jul 15, '24 · Published: Mar 29, '13 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Catch Peter Cotton Tail hopping down the bunny trail! These Homemade Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws are the perfect treat to fill up those Easter baskets and are more scrumptious than store-bought candies!

    Homemade Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws

    "Here come's Peter Cotton Tail, hopping down the bunny trail." Those lyrics are from the only Easter song, I know.

    My exchange student, who heard Christmas music for the entire month of December, wondered why I wasn't playing Easter music while making chocolates this week, so I shared with her a tradition from my childhood.

    Every Easter we'd wait in anticipation for the airing of Rankin and Bass' Here Come's Peter Cottontail television special. So, I dug out my old VHS tape and we watched it while wrapping chocolates.

    two pink and white marshmallow bunny feet on green-colored coconut grass.

    The next day we were making a batch of homemade marshmallows. I couldn't get that song out of my head. "Hopping down the bunny trail, hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way."

    I had some marshmallow cream left in my piping bag after making some eggs and decided to pipe out some bunny paws. They looked so cute, that I just had to share them with you, so yesterday I made a whole batch.

    Taking pictures and getting a batch of marshmallows piped before they got stiff, was a challenge, but I think I captured the technique well enough for you to follow along.

    I used the marshmallow recipe from my Starfish S'Mores project and won't repeat it here. You can jump over to the Starfish S'More post to find it. Then come back and follow along to make your Marshmallow Bunny Paws. Have everything ready to go before making your marshmallows. You'll have to work quickly once your marshmallow recipe is ready to go.

    Catch Peter Cotton Tail hopping down the bunny trail! These Homemade Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws are the perfect treat to fill up those Easter baskets and are more scrumptious than store bought candies!

    Homemade Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws (makes 24)

    Ingredients

    • 1 batch of homemade marshmallows (recipe here)
    • pink food coloring
    • 2-4 cups powdered sugar

    Supplies

    • sifter or fine mesh strainer
    • 18" disposable pastry bags or gallon-size zip-top bags
    • scissors
    • 3-4 parchment paper-lined baking sheets

    Items used to create this project are available on Amazon.com (commission earned for sales)

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    Instructions

    Before you make your marshmallows, have everything ready. Sift powdered sugar all over your parchment-lined baking sheets. You want the entire pan to be covered in a thin layer of sugar.

    Have your piping bags and scissors handy too. If you have someone to work with, you can have one person pipe the white marshmallows while the other does the pink.

    bowl of marshmallow colored pink and plain white marshmallow in a pastry bag.

    • Color about ⅙ of your marshmallow using pink food coloring (I did too much.)
    • Fill one piping bag with the pink and another with the white marshmallow.
    • Snip off the tip of the bags, making sure the hole in the pink bag is small.

    piping bunny feet onto a cookie sheet topped with powdered sugar.

    Pipe out bunny paws onto the powdered sugar-coated baking pan.

    I made mine about 3 inches tall and got 24 marshmallow paws.

    piping pink dots onto the bunny feet marshmallows.

    • Pipe pink spots on the bunny feet to create the pads.
    • If your marshmallow has gotten too stiff to pipe, you can heat it up in the microwave for about 10 seconds then continue to pipe.

    sifting powdered sugar over the marshmallow bunny feet and pressing down on the tips of the pink marshmallow dots.

    • After you've added pink spots to a few bunny paws, sift some powdered sugar over top and use your finger to flatten out the marshmallows.

     a pan of powdered sugar-coated marshmallow bunny feet and a pan of marshmallow bunny feet.

    • Once you've completed a tray of marshmallow bunny paws, sprinkle powdered sugar over the entire tray.
    • Allow the marshmallows to dry for at least two hours.
    • Once dry, pick up each marshmallow and pat it with your hands, removing all the excess powdered sugar.
    • The backside of each marshmallow will really be coated with it, you might even need to scrape it a bit.

    two whole marshmallow bunny feet and one foot torn in half.

    Storage

    Store in an airtight container for up to several weeks.

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    Use this homemade marshmallow recipe to make homemade Peeps, marshmallow eggs, starfish s'mores, marshmallow flags, rice krispie treats, and more.

    • cute marshmallow chicks (click the link then scroll down the roundup to see the chicks)
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    • Marshmallow Flags (swap out the square S’More Mallows with homemade marshmallows)
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    • Homemade Marshmallow Rice Krispie Treats (recipe coming soon to HowToMakeCerealTreats.com)
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    Celebrate the holiday with over 75 of the best Easter Recipes. See tutorials for making adorably cute Easter food including Bunny Butt Pretzels, Cheese Ball Chicks, Oreo Lambs, and more.

    You can see over 100 fun Easter Recipes, here.

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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
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    1. Tracey says

      April 09, 2020 at 11:09 am

      Hi Beth, as always you nailed it! I love these and so easy to make, can’t wait to do them with my boys!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        April 09, 2020 at 11:36 pm

        Thanks! It's been a while since I made homemade marshmallows. I really love them and know you will too. Have fun!

        Reply
    2. Ashley says

      March 31, 2013 at 5:15 pm

      sooo cute! such a great idea. I had no clue you could make marshmallows like this!

      Reply
    3. Stacy says

      March 30, 2013 at 4:04 pm

      These are so cute and I bet my kids would love them! I've never attempted making marshmallows from scratch before, but I will give it a try. 🙂

      Reply
    4. The Bearfoot Baker says

      March 30, 2013 at 10:25 am

      Homemade marshmallows are my fav! You took it to the next level with these cute little bunny paws! So cute!!

      Reply
    5. Anonymous says

      March 30, 2013 at 6:40 am

      Oh Beth, I just love these Bunny Paws. I even like saying Bunny Paws. A Farm Girl Dabbles is going to kick herself for not thinking of these. You know how she loves Marshmallows. You did good, you did real good. Thank you again. Trish Butler

      Reply
    6. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says

      March 30, 2013 at 4:40 am

      These little paws are sooooo sweet 😉

      Reply
    7. Alvilda Breeze says

      March 29, 2013 at 6:45 pm

      These are the most cutest Easter treat I have ever seen. Thank you so much. x

      Reply
    8. Lora says

      March 29, 2013 at 5:28 pm

      Unbelievable Easter cuteness!

      Reply
    9. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

      March 29, 2013 at 1:57 pm

      Adorable! You have the cutest stuff!

      Reply
    10. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says

      March 29, 2013 at 1:44 pm

      What a cute idea for homemade marshmallows!

      Reply
    11. Keitha says

      March 29, 2013 at 1:43 pm

      You have outdone yourself with cuteness on these bunny paws! Love them!!!

      Reply
    12. The Partiologist says

      March 29, 2013 at 1:18 pm

      Beth...oh my goodness you have outdone yourself with these creative little paws - LOVE them!

      Reply
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