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    Easy Easter Bunny and Baby Chick Cupcakes

    Published: Mar 28, 2022 · Updated: Sep 7, 2023 by Tara Teaspoon

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    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!


    Easter Bunny and 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.

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients for Easter Cupcakes
    • How to Make Easter Bunny Cupcakes
    • How to Make Easter Chick Cupcakes
    • Tips for Making the Cutest Easter Cupcakes
    • More Easy Easter Desserts:
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    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.

    Easter Bunny Cupcakes on pink background

    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.

    Bunny ear cupcake ingredients

    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:

    1. Mound and smooth 3 or 4 tablespoons of frosting on top of a cupcake.
    2. 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.
    3. Cover the entire thing with white sprinkles.
    4. Cut a mini marshmallow in half for the bunny cheeks and use a jelly bean for the nose.
    5. 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.

    Close up of Chick Cupcake

    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:

    1. Tint frosting yellow and pipe it on the cupcakes in a simple spiral using a large plain piping tip.
    2. Cover the top with yellow sprinkles for that feathery poof and sprinkle the entire thing with sanding sugar.
    3. Add the orange beak and black eyes.
    three Chick Cupcakes

    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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    Easter Bunny Cupcakes

    Easter Bunny Cupcakes and Chick Cupcakes

    Tara Teaspoon
    Make these sweet Easy Easter Bunny and Chick Cupcakes for your spring festivities. They're so cute, easy and will be a hit with the kids and adults!
    4.80 from 10 votes
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    Work Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Servings 24 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.

    Notes

    Read the post for more detailed information on making these cute cupcakes.
    You can use cake mix and store bought frosting for these Easter bunny face cupcakes and Easter chick cupcakes. READ the post above for tips on using store bought frosting and cake mix. 
     

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 157kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 142mgPotassium: 40mgSugar: 15gVitamin A: 20IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 0.6mg
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    1. Wendy says

      April 06, 2017 at 10:43 pm

      These are incredibly adorable!! I can't decide which I love more! Both the chick and the bunny have such personality!

      Reply
      • Tara says

        April 07, 2017 at 5:40 pm

        Oh thanks!! I agree...I had to make both because I couldn't just do one. I love them too! Thanks for visiting.

        Reply
    2. Mary Bench says

      July 17, 2018 at 3:32 pm

      Adorable! Perfect little faces!

      Reply
    3. Brittany Smart says

      July 19, 2018 at 3:36 pm

      Oh my heavens these are the cutest things ever!

      Reply
    4. Julie says

      March 17, 2020 at 11:47 am

      Yet another reason to make cupcakes! Those little faces are so cute! Can't wait to try my decorating skills.

      Reply
    5. Mia says

      March 17, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      Can't wait to make these with my grandchildren! They are wonderful! How creative! Thanks!

      Reply
    6. Maria says

      April 01, 2023 at 3:28 pm

      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!

      Reply
    7. Sharon says

      April 07, 2023 at 11:34 am

      The bunny ones turned out great! Thanks

      Reply

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