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Learn how to decorate Easter cupcakes two different ways! Make adorable Bunny Cupcakes or cute Easter Egg cupcakes, or make them both! They’re the perfect dessert for the Easter season!
Two Fun EASY Easter Cupcakes
Looking for Easter cupcake ideas? I have the cutest cupcakes for you today! These are so easy to do and are the sweetest dessert for Easter brunch, potlucks, or other Easter celebration.
If I’m going to decorate cupcakes, I want it to be EASY, and I can promise these are just that. Bunny Ear Cupcakes and Easter Nest Cupcakes are a super fun treat that are also super easy – the kids and adults both will love them. There’s nothing complicated here – plus use your favorite cupcake recipe!
Ingredients in Bunny Cupcakes
- Marshmallows: You’ll need regular-sized marshmallows
- Pink sugar: Or any color you want for the ears
- Candy eyes: Or use black food coloring
- Pink jelly beans or pink sprinkles for the noses
How to make Easter Bunny Cupcakes
- Slice each marshmallow in half. Dip the sticky side (cut side) in the pink sugar, so it’s coated.
- Place the frosting in a piping bag fitted with an open round tip. Pipe the frosting onto each cupcake.
- Top the frosting with the two marshmallow bunny ears and place the candy eyes. Use a jelly bean or sprinkle to make the bunny nose.
Ingredients in Easter Nest Cupcakes
- White Frosting: Use a can or use cream cheese frosting
- Green food coloring: For the grass, I prefer gel food coloring but regular is fine too
- Candy eggs: Jelly beans, Cadbury eggs or robins eggs all work!
How to make Easter Nest Cupcakes
- Tint the frosting with the green food coloring. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a grass tip.
- Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Place the candy eggs onto the frosting, and you’re done!
Expert Tips
- For the Easter bunny cupcakes, be sure to use regular-sized marshmallows – not jumbo ones or mini marshmallows.
- When you tint the frosting for the grass cupcakes, start with a bit of food coloring and then add more to darken the color.
- If you don’t have piping bags or tips, you can use a ziplock bag to pipe your frosting. Place the frosting in the bag and snip off one corner. For the grass frosting, snip a smaller hole – for the bunny ones, make it a little bigger.
- You can bake the cupcakes a day in advance and let them cool. Be sure to bake them in cupcake liners! Store them in an airtight container overnight and frost them the next day.
- Be sure to check out my easy Easter Cookies too – they go great with cupcakes.
FAQs
Cover the cupcakes and keep them at room temperature for three days. Or, you can keep them in the refrigerator. If you don’t want to risk messing up the frosting, it’s best to keep them in an airtight container with a lid. It should be deep enough so the cupcakes are not touching the top of the cover.
I wouldn’t freeze these cupcakes after decorating, but you can freeze the cupcakes and frosting separately for up to 2 months.
Easter Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 24 vanilla cupcakes baked and cooled
- 1 recipe vanilla buttercream frosting (or two cans of icing)
Bunny Cupcakes
- 24 regular size marshmallows
- Pink sugar
- Candy Eyes
- Pink jelly beans or sprinkles
Easter Egg Cupcakes
- Green food coloring
- Candy Eggs
Instructions
Bunny Cupcakes
- Slice each marshmallow in half and dip the sticky side in pink sugar.
- Place white frosting in a piping bag fit with an open round tip. Pipe frosting.
- Top with 2 marshmallow halves, 2 candy eyes and a pink sprinkle nose.
Easter Egg Cupcakes
- Tint frosting green. Fit a piping bag with a grass tip and fill with frosting.
- Pipe grass on cupcake, top with candy eggs.
- Store cupcakes in refrigerator for up to 3 days (the marshmallows will get hard after 1 day).
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
- For the Easter bunny cupcakes, be sure to use regular-sized marshmallows – not jumbo ones or mini marshmallows.
- When you tint the frosting for the grass cupcakes, start with a bit of food coloring and then add more to darken the color.
- If you don’t have piping bags or tips, you can use a ziplock bag to pipe your frosting. Place the frosting in the bag and snip off one corner. For the grass frosting, snip a smaller hole – for the bunny ones, make it a little bigger.
- You can bake the cupcakes a day in advance and let them cool. Store them in an airtight container overnight and frost them the next day.
Recipe Nutrition
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Learn how to decorate Easter cupcakes two different ways! Make adorable Bunny Cupcakes or cute Easter Egg cupcakes, or make them both!
