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Fuzzy Bunny Butt Cupcakes

The Starving Chef
Moist chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with surprise fillings, topped with green grass-like icing, decorated with adorable bunny feet, marshmallow tails, and gummy carrots—a whimsical and delicious treat perfect for Easter!
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Chill 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Easter
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

FOR CUPCAKES:

FOR BUTTERCREAM FILLING & FROSTING:

FOR BUNNY FEET AND TAIL:

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and line your cupcake tins with liners.
  • Using a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
  • In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
  • Gradually add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, alternating in 1/4 cup increments, until the batter reaches a thick yet smooth consistency. Stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Transfer half of the batter to another bowl and set it aside. Add the cocoa powder to the remaining batter in the mixer and beat until the chocolate is completely incorporated, scraping the sides as you go.
  • Spoon the cupcake batter into each liner, filling them a little less than 2/3 full. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each cupcake comes out clean.
  • Once cooked, let the cupcakes cool in the pan on a wire cooling rack until they reach room temperature. Then, place them in a large baggie or airtight container and freeze for 5-8 hours.
  • After the cupcakes have frozen, use a melon baller to scoop out the center of each cupcake. Place the cupcake holes into a separate baggie or container and return them to the freezer.
  • Fill each cavity with either the buttercream icing (recipe follows) or Nutella. Cover each filled cavity with green icing.
  • Remove the cupcake holes from the freezer and gently press one into the green icing on each cupcake. Use a piping bag with a grass or star tip to pipe icing around the cupcake hole, creating a grass-like texture.
  • Take two matching candy feet (recipe follows) and press them into the icing on either side of the bunny butt. Place a gummy carrot on top.
  • Cut each mini marshmallow in half and put a pea-sized bit of icing on the sticky end. Press them onto the bunny butt to create tails. Decorate with sprinkles, serve, and enjoy!

FOR FROSTING:

  • Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and powdered sugar, adding one cup of powdered sugar at a time. Alternate between each cup with a teaspoon of caramel creamer. Reserve some frosting for filling the chocolate cupcakes.
  • Add a pinch of salt and green food coloring. Blend on high speed until the icing reaches the desired color.

FOR FEET:

  • Melt the candy melts and transfer each color to a separate plastic baggie. Snip off the corners of the baggies and pipe the white candies into the shape of bunny feet.
  • Pipe the pink candy melts on top of the white candies, creating the pads and toes. Let the melts chill in the fridge for 5 minutes to set.
  • Decorate the cupcakes with the bunny feet and place the halved mini marshmallows as tails on each cupcake.
Keyword cupcakes, Easter
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