Bunny Face Cupcakes

By MJH

Yield: Makes 12
Decorate store-bought cupakes for Easter by making cute bunny faces with marshmallows, coconut, pretzels, and an assortment of candy.

Ingredients

• 1 12-oz. can vanilla frosting
• 12 cupcakes, any flavor
• 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, chopped in food processor
• 1/4 cup pink decorating sugar
• 12 marshmallows
• 24 thin pretzel sticks
• 12 mini marshmallows
• 24 brown M&M's minis
• 12 pink heart candies, such as Runts
• 6 black licorice laces

Details

Adapted from myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Spoon 2 Tbsp. vanilla frosting into a small ziplock bag.
Frost cupcakes with remaining vanilla frosting.
Roll tops of frosted cupcakes in coconut to cover.

Place pink sugar in a small bowl.
Using scissors, cut large marshmallows in half crosswise.
Press cut side of each marshmallow into pink sugar to make ears.
Insert a pretzel stick into 1 short end of a marshmallow ear.
Insert pretzel-stick end into cupcake to make ear stand up.
Repeat with another pretzel and marshmallow ear; place second marshmallow ear next to first.
Repeat with remaining marshmallows and pretzels, placing 2 ears on each cupcake.

Snip a small corner from ziplock bag with vanilla frosting.
Using scissors, cut mini marshmallows in half crosswise to make cheeks. Pipe small dots of frosting and attach the mini M&M eyes, heart-candy nose and cheeks.
Cut licorice into 1 1/2-inch pieces and insert as whiskers.
Repeat with remaining cupcakes.