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A display of Easter cupcakes decorated with chocolate bunnies and green sprinkles.
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Chocolate Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Chocolate Bunny Cupcakes are an easy Easter dessert. Top baked cupcakes with buttercream frosting, sprinkles, and chocolate bunnies!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Desserts & Sweets
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Bunny Cupcakes, Easter dessert, vanilla buttercream frosting
Servings: 12
Calories: 517kcal

Ingredients

Chocolate Bunny Cupcakes

  • 1 dozen baked vanilla cupcakes homemade or storebought
  • 12 Hershey's Easter Milk Chocolate Bunnies
  • ¼ cup Green grass sprinkles

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks, room temperature butter)
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • 5 cups powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

  • Bake or No-bake- your choice! Assemble with pre-made unfrosted cupcakes, you can use any flavor vanilla or chocolate cupcakes work. And see if frosting at your local grocery store bakery, just ask in the bakery.

Make Buttercream Frosting

  • Beat soft butter and shortening in an electric mixer on high speed with the whisk attachment until creamy for 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
    At low speed, add powder sugar 1 cup at a time until smooth into the mixing bowl. On high speed, mix in vanilla, almond extract, and hot water for 5 minutes until fluffy and smooth.

Decorate The Bunnies

  • Use a small offset spatula to frost each cupcake, or pipe on cupcakes using a pastry bag.
  • Pour green "grass" sprinkles in a small dish, and dip and roll the top of the cupcake to coat with sprinkles.
  • Push the tip of a knife into the cupcake, push a milk chocolate bunny down into the center of the cupcake and you are done!

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Notes

Freezing Buttercream Frosting

This frosting is great at room temperature and covers cakes and cupcakes beautifully. If you freeze it, it is spreadable within an hour or so of bringing it to room temperature. Simply place in a bowl and re-whip. Simply remove from the freezer at least an hour before using, and remix in a bowl or stand mixer to get it soft again from that thicker consistency.

Nutrition

Calories: 517kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 251mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 58g | Vitamin A: 393IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 1mg