Show off your baking skills and impress your family and friends with these adorable Ravenous Rabbit Cupcakes! They are a delicious treat and everyone will be diving for these cupcakes like a rabbit diving for carrots!
I couldn't wait to share these cute Easter cupcakes with you.
You will notice a theme this Easter. I've gotten a bit obsessed with bunny butts. Isn't the one on the cupcake just adorable?
I just love how the little ravenous rabbit is digging into the carrot patch. His cute little fuzzy tail and big floppy feat are sticking out of a pile of carrots.
These cupcakes will each require quite a bit of time to hand-sculpt the bunny and all those carrots. I'm not saying you should run screaming from this project, I just want you to be aware of the work involved before you decide to make these the night before you need them.
Unless you, yourself are the Energizer bunny, you'll want to give yourself plenty of time to make all the modeling chocolate pieces, but the end result it so worth the effort.
Ravenous Rabbit Cupcakes (makes 12)
Ingredients
12 baked cupcakes
1 ½ - 2 cups frosting
1 recipe white modeling chocolate (or use about 20 ounces white fondant)
orange, green, pink candy coloring
Wilton White Picket Fence Cupcake Wrappers
powdered sugar to dust work surface
corn syrup to glue the modeling chocolate pieces together (or use water)
Supplies needed:
#12 round pastry tip and # 6 round pastry tips, optional
rolling pin, optional
fine tip paint brush (food only)
toothpick
knife
pastry bag and large round decorating tip, optional
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 bunnies to dry for a while before handling them.
Pinch off and color some modeling chocolate green. Color a large amount orange. Pinch off pea-sized pieces of orange and roll into balls. Then roll into carrot shapes. Pinch of tiny pieces of green and roll into very thin logs. Cut into ¼" or so pieces. Use a toothpick to create a hole in each carrot.
Dab a bit of corn syrup into each hole. Insert a green log into each carrot.
Flatten and cut the green to look like leaves. Use a knife to make indentations across each carrot. You will need a lot of carrots to cover your 12 cupcakes.
All of the carrots pictured above went onto one cupcake. You don't need green on each and every carrot, as you'll want to put some on your cupcake, upside down.
Wrap cupcakes with picket fence cupcake wrappers. Frost cupcakes using a pastry bag and pastry tip or with a spoon.
Set one rabbit in the center of the frosting.
Surround the rabbit with lots of carrots.
Your cupcakes are ready to serve. Store in an airtight container for up to a few days.
Items used to create this project found on Amazon.com
Wilton Picket Fence-Cupcake...Shop on AmazonChefmaster Liquid Candy Col...Shop on Amazon
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Natascha
Hi! I just made your bunnies to use them for my easter cupcakes. They are so cute and easy to make. It needs some time and love to put into it. I really love how they turned out and I'm sure everyone will love them. Thank you so much for the tutorial!
Beth
I'm so happy to hear you made these cupcakes. They definitely require some work but are so cute. I hope your family and friends enjoy their special treats.
Natascha
They love them 🙂
I couldn't manage to fuzz the tail without making it fall off. So I improvised, dabbed them in edible glue and finely crushed almonds. It looks good too. Bur I really want to learn how to make them like you did.
Beth
Using almonds was a great idea. I'm sure the tail looked nice and fuzzy. When I created my tail I jabbed a small ball of modeling chocolate with a sharp knife, and sort of giggled the knife as I pulled it out of the ball to create the fuzzy look. You could also use scissors to cut little pieces out of the modeling chocolate ball. That might work too.
Nadene
Hello, I am in the process of making your bunnies. I used Fondant instead of melted chocolate and have used corn syrup to attach the pieces. I am now at the step of attaching the bunny legs to the bunny but they are not staying attached. I put them in the fridge and left them for 24hours but am still having the same problem. I would appreciate any suggestions that you could offer. Your bunnies are very cute!
Beth
I usually attach pieces of fondant together using piping gel. It works great. You can find it at most craft stores in the cake decorating aisle. A small amount of water would work too (I mean a really small amount.) If you use the corn syrup you need just a teeny tiny amount. If you use too much the fondant wont ever adhere to another piece.
Good luck, I hope they turn out for you.
Anonymous
are they easy to make? how long?
beth
This is a time consuming project, that's for sure. Making enough carrots takes quite a while. Sculpting the bunnies and the carrot is pretty easy, as you just use simple shapes, it just takes time.
Nadene
Hello, I am in the process of making your bunnies. I used Fondant instead of melted chocolate and have used corn syrup to attach the pieces. I am now at the step of attaching the bunny legs to the bunny but they keep falling off. I put them in the fridge and left them for 24hours but am still having the same problem. I would appreciate any suggestions that you could offer. Your bunnies are very cute!
Roxy | Roxy's Kitchen
These are gorgeous, so so cute! Pinned!
I've seen some of your other Easter recipes and your work is amazing :)!
Anonymous
These cupcakes are fantastic! I'm going to have a go at making some this Easter! Thanks for sharing the tutorial x
Cozinhar sem Lactose
Lovely!
Janine Eshelbrenner
These cupcakes are so clever and adorable, Beth. I gotta include them in my Easter sweets roundup next month!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Thanks, Janine. I appreciate you sharing the cupcakes with your readers:)
Anonymous
it´s great
Jo and Sue
Just wanted to come back and let you know we were inspired by you once again. Thank you 🙂
http://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/04/easter-treats.html
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
You two did it again. What an amazing bunch of festive Easter food. I would love to spend a day in the kitchen having fun with you! Your cupcakes are adorable and I've posted a picture them in the Reader's Gallery.
l.vanderkirk
So cute...and a great tutorial, too! Thanks! I found your site by following the bunny trail from this week's Sweet Sixteen Collection! Congrats on being featured!
l.vanderkirk
So fun...and a great tutorial! Thanks! I found your site by following the bunny trail from this week's Sweet Sixteen Collection! Congrats on being featured!
Charlene@APinchofJoy
Absolutely adorable! The "end results" are cute -- and you make the steps so easy to follow and very doable. I would love it if you would consider linking to Busy Monday at A Pinch of Joy, a Sunday through Thursday link party for ideas that make life easier, better and more fun!
Mirinda
Bonjour,
C'est très très joli. Bravo
10/10
Bon wek-end
Mirinda
Kimberly528
Just stumbled on your site - So clever! Love it!!