Make these sweet Easter cupcakes for your spring festivities. I've given instructions on how to make Easter bunny cupcakes as well as Easter chick cupcakes!
Spring bunnies and chicks make the cutest cupcakes. There's just no comparison!
For this Easter cupcake recipe, you can bake your own cupcakes and make your own frosting, or use store-bought!
I opted to use my go-to vanilla cupcakes recipe and my fluffy vanilla frosting. Then, I adorned the Easter cupcakes with simple decorations to make the best treats for my guests.
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They're so cute, easy to make, and will be a hit with the kids and adults alike!
I thought I would stop with the fluffy Easter bunnies, but I couldn’t resist some little yellow chicks as well. Marshmallow bunny ears, and sweet yellow Easter chick cupcakes for the win!
A cupcake is just a blank canvas for delicious creativity. I wanted to make cute, Easter-worthy treats that would take these little blank canvases into spring.
Ingredients for Easter Cupcakes
Easy is the key here for these Easter cupcake recipes. I started with my favorite Vanilla Cupcakes recipe and a double batch of my Fluffy Vanilla Frosting.
My vanilla frosting is one of the most popular recipes on my site. Rightly so, it is melt-in-your-mouth delicious, and easy to make.
It works for cupcakes, cakes and cookies. Leftovers even make stellar graham cracker cookies (the cookies you made as a kid with frosting simply slathered between two graham crackers!).
Both the cupcake recipe and the frosting are simple, basic recipes that the kids can even help with.
Tint one batch of my fluffy vanilla frosting yellow for the chicks. Leave the other batch white.
From there, you can use store-bought candies and sprinkles to transform these into Easter bunny and chick cupcakes. I've listed exactly what you'll need in the section below.
Can I Use Box Cake Mix?
Yes, feel free to reach for a box of your favorite flavor and bake the cupcakes. That will work for these Easter cupcakes, too.
I like to fill the cupcake papers with about a tablespoon more batter than the box tells you to. You'll probably end up with 23 cupcakes instead of 24, but the cake will come up higher in the papers and work well for these Easter cupcake ideas.
Can I Use Store-Bought Frosting?
I don't suggest store bought frosting just because I don't like the flavor. Can you use it? Technically yes, but here's a tip.
Store-bought frosting isn't quite thick enough to pipe and hold the shape for the bunny and chick cupcake toppers. You'll need to put the canned frosting in a mixing bowl and beat in about ¾ cup confectioners' sugar for each can.
How to Make Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Here are the tools and decorations you’ll need for the adorable Easter bunny cupcakes:
- Cupcakes
- Frosting
- Regular marshmallows
- Mini marshmallows
- Pink jellybeans
- Pink sanding sugar
- White sprinkles
- Black decorator icing
Directions for Easter Bunny cupcakes:
- Mound and smooth 3 or 4 tablespoons of frosting on top of a cupcake.
- I added the ears first. Cut a standard marshmallow in half diagonally, then dip the cut side in pink sugar. The sugar sticks to the soft insides.
- Cover the entire thing with white sprinkles.
- Cut a mini marshmallow in half for the bunny cheeks and use a jelly bean for the nose.
- Pipe black decorator icing on for the eyes. Just use the black icing you find in the baking isle at the grocery, nothing fancy. It usually comes with some basic piping tips, and I just used the smallest, plain tip for the eyes.
Tip: Put a little cooking spray on the scissors so the marshmallows don’t stick with each cut.
How to Make Easter Chick Cupcakes
Here’s what you’ll need for the fluffy yellow chick cupcakes:
- Cupcakes
- Frosting
- Yellow food coloring
- #807 plain piping tip and bag
- Yellow sprinkles
- Clear sanding sugar
- Orange chiclets gum
- Black decorator icing
Tip: The orange chiclets are perfect for little beaks! If your store doesn’t have chiclets gum handy, get creative and use what you can find; you could use Airheads candy, or orange M&M's.
Directions for making Easter chick cupcakes:
- Tint frosting yellow and pipe it on the cupcakes in a simple spiral using a large plain piping tip.
- Cover the top with yellow sprinkles for that feathery poof and sprinkle the entire thing with sanding sugar.
- Add the orange beak and black eyes.
Tips for Making the Cutest Easter Cupcakes
- Use store-bought cake mix if you're short on time. However, I recommend making homemade frosting since it's easier to pipe than store-bought.
- Get creative with the toppings as needed.
- You can bake the cupcakes a day in advance and decorate them the next day. This is a great make-ahead dessert if you want to host a cupcake decorating party with kids!
More Easy Easter Desserts:
- Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes
- Sweet Little Flower Cupcakes
- Three Layer Carrot Ginger Cake
- Marshmallow Topped Cupcakes
- Easy Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes
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📖 Recipe
Easter Bunny Cupcakes and Chick Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Vanilla Cupcakes
- 1 recipe Fluffy Vanilla Frosting
- Yellow and White sprinkles
- Large and mini marshmallows
- Colored Sanding Sugar
- Black Decorator Icing
- Jelly Beans
- Colored gum or M&Ms
Instructions
For the Easter Bunny Cupcakes
- Mound and smooth three or four tablespoons of white Fluffy Vanilla Frosting on top of a cupcake.
- I added the ears first. I love the bunny ears made from marshmallows and wanted to use them on these little guys. You simply cut a marshmallow in half diagonally, then dip the cut side in pink sugar. The sugar sticks to the soft insides. I did have to put a little cooking spray on my scissors so the marshmallows didn’t stick with each cut.
- Then covered the entire thing with white sprinkles. I cut a mini marshmallow in half for the bunny cheeks, used a jelly bean for the nose.
- Pipe black decorator icing on for the eyes. Just use the black icing you find in the baking isle at the grocery, nothing fancy. It usually comes with some basic piping tips, and I just used the smallest, plain tip for the eyes.
For the Chick Cupcakes
- I tinted frosting yellow and piped it on the cupcakes in a simple spiral using the large plain piping tip.
- Cover the top with yellow sprinkles for that feathery poof and sprinkle the entire thing with sanding sugar. Add your orange beak and black eyes and you’re done.
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Tara Teaspoon
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Recipes, styling and photography: Tara Teaspoon. Originally published on KSL.com
Wendy says
These are incredibly adorable!! I can't decide which I love more! Both the chick and the bunny have such personality!
Tara says
Oh thanks!! I agree...I had to make both because I couldn't just do one. I love them too! Thanks for visiting.
Mary Bench says
Adorable! Perfect little faces!
Brittany Smart says
Oh my heavens these are the cutest things ever!
Julie says
Yet another reason to make cupcakes! Those little faces are so cute! Can't wait to try my decorating skills.
Mia says
Can't wait to make these with my grandchildren! They are wonderful! How creative! Thanks!
Maria says
These are the best cupcakes ever! We make them at least 2 or 3 times a year for various parties/easter and they are always a huge hit! Easy enough for kids to do the decorating themselves and they still look amazing. So cute!
Sharon says
The bunny ones turned out great! Thanks