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    Home » Recipes » Earth Day

    Easter Bunny Cupcakes

    Published: Apr 1, '22 · Modified: Apr 1, '22 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    No Easter would be complete without a chocolate bunny so have fun crafting some of these cute Reese's Cup Easter Bunny Cupcakes to share with friends and family.

    Each chocolate cupcake is topped with a big swirl of chocolate frosting and an adorable chocolate peanut butter cup bunny.

    four cute Easter bunny cupcakes made using Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Bunnies each holding a gummy carrot are baked in Easter egg cupcake wrappers

    Get hoppin', Easter is just around the corner! It's time to make some of these adorable Reese's Cup Easter Bunny Cupcakes.

    Won't your family and friends just love these cute little Easter desserts? Each chocolate cupcake is topped with a swirl of chocolate frosting and a Reese's Cup that has been decorated to look like a sweet little bunny.

    Each peanut butter cup bunny has a bright pink Sixlet nose, two candy eyes, and two Tootsie Roll ears. When you set the bunny's head on the chocolate frosted cupcake you can add two small Whoppers and a candy carrot so your bunny looks like he's holding a carrot with his little paws.

    Easter bunny cupcakes - three cupcakes topped with Reese's Cup Bunnies each holding a gummy carrot

    These will be perfect to serve for dessert after Easter dinner, but would also make a wonderful treat to share with co-workers or classmates.

    I am hosting an Easter dinner at my house this year. It's going to be a super casual affair. We are having ham sandwiches, veggies, fruit, and Deviled Egg Bunny Feet. Some of my family will be going to a big brunch earlier in the day, so I decided to keep my meal light.

    Of course, no one can come to my house for dinner and not have dessert, so these cupcakes will make an appearance along with my Cheesecake Peeps and Brownie Bunny Butts with Reese's Egg Paws.

    Are you having a big family gathering for Easter? If so, are you serving something special this year? I'd love to hear about your plans in the comments below.

    Reese's Cup Easter Bunny Cupcake set on a brightly colored Easter egg paper background

    How to make these cute Easter bunny cupcakes...

    You'll Need: (per cupcake)

    1 Reese's Cup
    1 pink Sixlets
    2 candy eyes
    black food coloring marker
    1 Tootsie Roll Midgee
    ¼ Vanilla Tootsie Roll Midgee
    2 Whoppers
    1 gummy carrot
    1 chocolate frosted cupcake
    melted light cocoa confectionery coating (candy melts)*

    *For detailed melting instructions, see my Chocolate Making Tips page.

    Instructions:

    Ingredients to make Reese's Cup Easter Bunny Cupcakes including Reese's Cups, Whoppers, candy eyes, gummy carrots, Sixlets, and Tootsie Rolls.

    • Unwrap Reese's Cups and Tootsie Rolls.
    • I used Reese's Snack Sized Peanut Butter Cups which are .55 ounces each.

    How to make Reese's Cup Easter Bunny Cupcakes using candy melts to attach two candy eyes and a pink Sixlets nose to the peanut butter cup.

    Decorate the Reese's Cup Easter Bunnies

    • Use melted confectionery coating to attach two candy eyes and one pink Sixlet on each Reese's Cup.
    • Draw whiskers and a mouth on each Reese's Cup using a food coloring marker.

    If you are having trouble getting your food coloring marker to work well on the chocolate, be sure to read my Edible Ink Marker Tips page for tips and tricks to make them work.

    cutting Tootsie rolls into bunny ears

    Make Tootsie Roll Easter Bunny Ears

    • Flatten the Tootsie Roll Midgees.
      • If needed, soften them in the microwave on the defrost setting for 5-8 seconds.
    • Cut each chocolate Tootsie Roll into two bunny ears.
    • Cut each Vanilla Tootsie Roll into the smaller inside fluff of the bunny ears.
    • Brush the backside of each Vanilla Tootsie Roll with some water and press them onto a chocolate ear. This isn't necessary if your Tootsie Rolls are really fresh. They will stick together without any water.
    • If the Tootsie Rolls are soft you will need to brush the backside of each Tootsie Roll ear with chocolate candy melts. Then let the chocolate air dry.

    Update: You may need to add a layer of chocolate to the ears.

    When I made these Tootsie Roll bunny ears originally I used Tootsie Rolls that were really firm. They probably had been in my candy drawer for a while and had gotten a bit hard. The good thing about them being hard was that they stood straight up.

    When I remade these cupcakes this year to create the new video tutorial, I bought a brand new package of the fudgy candies and my bunny ears were too soft. They flopped over. So in the video, you will notice that I brush chocolate candy melts onto the backside of the ears. This will help to keep your ears standing straight up.

    If you prefer you can make your chocolate bunny ears using homemade, 2-ingredient, modeling chocolate.

    Attach the Tootsie Roll bunny ears to the Reese's Cup using candy melts.

    Assemble the Reese's Cup Easter Bunnies

    • Cut the bottom tips off the Tootsie Roll ears so that they sit flat on top of the Reese's Cup.
    • Use the melted candy coating to attach the ears to the Reese's Cups.
      • I set some Tootsie Roll scraps under the ears to hold them in place until the candy coating dried.

    When I used the softer Tootsie Rolls, I found it easier to extend the bottom of the ear and to dab chocolate candy melts over that end then set the Reese's Cup over top. You'll see this step in the video.

    assemble the bunny cupcakes by adding one Reese's Cup Easter bunny on top of a chocolate frosted cupcake then adding two Whoppers for the bunny's front paws and placing a gummy carrot in between so the bunny looks like he's eating or holding the carrot

    Chocolate Cupcakes

    You'll need chocolate cupcakes topped with a swirl of thick chocolate frosting.

    You can:

    • make homemade chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache frosting,
    • make cake mix cupcakes
    • or buy store-bought cupcakes.

    The frosting needs to be thick enough to hold up the Reese's Cup Easter Bunny. It's best to frost the cupcake then allow it to sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes before adding the Reese's Cup bunny head. This will allow the frosting to firm up a bit.

    Assemble the Easter Bunny Cupcakes

    • Set one Reese's Cup bunny head on each of the frosted cupcakes.
      • If need be, add a bit more frosting behind the Reese's Cup in order to hold the bunny's head in place.
      • If your frosting is too soft to hold up the Reese's Cup Bunny you can:
        • insert a chocolate Pocci Cookie Stick into the center of your cupcakes, through the swirl of chocolate frosting (see the video for my Chocolate Teddy Bear Cupcakes to see how that works)
        • or you can create chocolate picks on the Reese's Cup (see my Carrot Thief Cupcake tutorial for instructions)
    • Add two Whoppers and one gummy carrot so each bunny looks like it has paws holding the carrot.

    I found these gummy carrots online from amazon.

    Make candy carrots either using Almond M&M's and Mike 'n Ike candies or using modeling chocolate or fondant.

    If you can't find gummy carrots, check out my tutorial on making Almond M&M's and Mike & Ikes Carrots.

    You could also make the carrots out of modeling chocolate or fondant like I did for some bunny butt cupcakes.

    You could also just have them holding a jelly bean or other Easter candy.

    Cute Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes from HungryHappenings.com

    Aren't they cute?

    I'm sure kids and adults are gonna love 'em!

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

     

    Recipe

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    Easter Bunny Cupcakes
    Prep Time
    10 mins
    Total Time
    10 mins
     
    Adorably cute Reese's Cup Easter Bunnies adorn chocolate cupcakes to make the sweetest Easter dessert.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: bunny cupcake, easter dessert, reeses cup cupcakes
    Servings: 1
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    PER BUNNY
    • 1 Reese's Cup
    • 1 pink Sixlets
    • 2 candy eyes
    • black food coloring marker
    • 1 Tootsie Roll Midgee
    • ¼ Vanilla Tootsie Roll Midgee
    • 2 Whoppers
    • 1 gummy carrot
    • 1 chocolate frosted cupcake
    • melted light cocoa confectionery coating candy melts*
    • *For detailed melting instructions see my Chocolate Making Tips page.
    Instructions
    1. Unwrap Reese's Cups and Tootsie Rolls.
    2. Use melted confectionery coating to attach two candy eyes and one pink Sixlet on each Reese's Cup.
    3. Draw whiskers and a mouth on each Reese's Cup using a food coloring marker.
    4. Flatten the Tootsie Roll Midgees.
    5. Cut each chocolate Tootsie Roll into two bunny ears.
    6. Cut each Vanilla Tootsie Roll into the smaller inside fluff of the bunny ears.
    7. Brush the backside of each Vanilla Tootsie Roll with some water and press them onto a chocolate ear.
    8. Cut the bottom tips off the Tootsie Roll ears so that they sit flat on top of the Reese's Cup.
    9. Use the melted candy coating to attach the ears to the Reese's Cups.
    10. Set one bunny head on each of the frosted cupcakes.
    11. Add two Whoppers and one gummy carrot so each bunny looks like it has paws holding the carrot.

    This post was originally published on April 2, 2015.

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    Did you make this recipe or do you just think it is super cute? Let me know by leaving a comment and rating the recipe below.

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    Or these other Reese's Cup Treats...a collage of images showing 9 different treats made using Reese's Cups including Rudolph Reese's Cups, Reese's Cup Monkey Cupcakes, and Bunny Butt Brownies with Reese's Cup Feet.

    Reese's Cup Reindeer • Reese's Polar Bear Pops • "You Make My Heart Roar" Lion Cupcakes

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     "I'm Bananas About You" Monkey Cupcakes • Bunny Butt Brownies • Teddy Bear Cupcakes

    collage of images showing one Easter bunny cupcake on a brightly colored Easter egg background and four Reese's Cup Bunny Cupcakes on a purple background

    rate the recipe

    Did you make this recipe or do you just think it is super cute? Let me know by leaving a comment and rating the recipe below.

    If you love celebrating Easter with cute treats be sure to check out these other recipes:

    • Easter Cupcakes topped with Strawberry Carrots by Sugar and Soul
    • White Chocolate Easter Egg Cupcakes by Garnish and Glaze

    See all of my Easter recipes, here.

    Will you make these Reese's Cup Bunny Cupcakes this Easter? Let me know in the comments below.

    Beth Jackson Klosterboer blogger, recipe developer, and chocolatier.

    I love making fun food for parties and special occasions and sharing my creative ideas with you. If you make this recipe and share it online be sure to link back to this post and use #hungryhappenings.

    Thanks and have a sweet day!

    - Beth

     

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    1. Dora

      March 21, 2016 at 9:25 pm

      I love this easter bunny cupcakes I love baking and cooking and I have a easter party on Thursday later this week in my classroom before spring break and I think this easter bunny cupcakes make the perfect treats to give out in my classroom thank you for making this amazing cupcakes I hope you respond have a nice day yours truly Dora Marroquin

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      • Beth

        March 22, 2016 at 9:13 am

        I am so happy to hear you plan to make these cupcakes for the kids in your classroom. I hope they love them!

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    2. Deanna Lyn

      April 08, 2015 at 7:02 pm

      Soooo very amazing!

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    3. Abby

      April 07, 2015 at 10:55 am

      The cupcakes look very cute and delicious!

      Reply
    4. The Partiologist

      April 04, 2015 at 12:16 am

      How incredibly cute, and the fact they are made with Reese's makes them even cuter!

      Reply
    5. Shannon

      April 03, 2015 at 2:41 pm

      Beth those are seriously darling! Making me think I need to throw together a little Easter party before Sunday ha... maybe next year! So cute!!

      Reply
    6. Tavette Tavetta

      April 03, 2015 at 2:17 pm

      Aren't they the cutest/sweetest little things? You could even just make the heads to hand out as little "Happy Easter" treats or if you need to make a little something for a lot of people. They're adorable and so easy to make. You can buy Sixlets in little individual sleeves so no big expense for the noses or anything else on the ingredient list.

      Glad you mentioned the food writer tips. Just got some Americolor markers & will go right now & store them upside down. Yes - lucky me - there were Reese's cups in my refrigerator. Didn't know what I would do with them (other than eat them "straight up") until just now.

      There is no such thing as a simple dinner at your house. Your guests must be totally wowed every time they come over. Go ahead - show us your more challenging bunnies. We'll help you decide which we like best - but - be forewarned - it will be hard to match the bunnies in this post!

      Tavette - S. Fla.

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    7. Sugartown Sweets

      April 03, 2015 at 2:34 am

      Your candy bunny cupcakes are awesome Beth! I'm loving the "simple to create but packs a big cute punch" factor. These are so perfect for a fun crafting afternoon with the kiddos! 🙂

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      • beth

        April 03, 2015 at 1:18 pm

        Thanks.I love that these are easy to create too. I just finished making some more challenging chocolate bunnies using a similar design. I can't decide which I like better.

        Reply
    8. Kendra

      April 03, 2015 at 2:02 am

      OMG - these are too cute!

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      • beth

        April 03, 2015 at 1:18 pm

        Thanks, Kendra:)

        Reply
    9. Lisa@hooplapalooza

      April 03, 2015 at 1:54 am

      i don't like these guys. i LOVE LOVE LOVE them! :>D
      and i see you used the carrots too 🙂

      Reply
      • beth

        April 03, 2015 at 1:59 am

        Thanks, Lisa. Yes, I was excited to have found the carrots:)

        Reply

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