Easter means Spring, and Spring means bunnies and cute baby animals. Here are a few favorite Easter- and Spring-themed treats that are, literally, child's play! A suggestion: Freeze the cupcakes before decorating if you are going to place a small cupcake on top of a large one, otherwise you risk the cupcakes crumbling, which causes devastation to the younger "designer."
Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
- Green paste food coloring
- Cupcakes and miniature cupcakes of your choice
- Candy-coated sunflower kernels
- Assorted stick chewing gum
- Jumbo heart sprinkles
- Canned chocolate frosting
- Miniature marshmallows
- Corn syrup
- White nonpareils
Directions
Tint desired amount of frosting green. Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert #4 round pastry tip. Fill bag with green frosting; pipe grass onto desired amount of cupcakes. Sprinkle with sunflower kernels.
- For bunny faces, pipe white frosting over tops of cupcakes using a #4 round pastry tip. ADULTS: Using clean kitchen scissors or a small sharp knife, cut gum into ear shapes of various sizes. Attach smaller centers onto the larger pieces with a small amount of frosting. Pinch base end of each ear, forming a curved shape. Press into tops of cupcakes. Place a heart sprinkle on each cupcake for nose. Using a #2 round pastry tip, pipe eyes, whiskers and a mouth on each face with chocolate frosting.
- For bunnies, pipe white frosting over remaining cupcakes. Place a miniature cupcake onto a larger cupcake; secure with a toothpick. For a bunny tail, dip a marshmallow in corn syrup; roll in nonpareils. Place on cupcake.
- Repeat as desired
Easy Easter Bunny Treats
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup vanilla frosting
- 30 large marshmallows
- Pink gel or paste food coloring
- Red and pink heart-shaped decorating sprinkles
- 60 miniature marshmallows
Directions
- Frost the tops of 12 large marshmallows and stack a large marshmallow on top of each.
- Quarter the remaining large marshmallows; set aside for ears.
- Tint 1/4 cup frosting pink. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; place pink frosting in bag.
- Pipe a ribbon between the stacked marshmallows for bow tie.
- With white frosting, attach red hearts for eyes and a pink heart for nose.
- Pipe pink whiskers and smile.
- For ears, pipe the center of quartered marshmallows pink; attach to head with white frosting.
- With the remaining white frosting, attach the miniature marshmallows for legs and tail. Let stand until dry.
Yield: 1 dozen.
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