The clever details on these adorable cupcakes make them an especially fun Easter treat, from the ramen noodle "whiskers" to the tiny candy "cotton tail."
Strawberry Bunny Cupcakes
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 24 regular-size pink paper baking cups
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Strawberry Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 2 bags (12 oz each) white candy melts
- 2 bags (12 oz each) pink candy melts
- 24 white candy-coated chocolate candies
- 3 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Strawberry Mist™ Frosting
- 48 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 24 pink candy-coated chocolate candies
- 24 miniature red candy hearts
- 24 uncooked somen noodles, each broken into 6 pieces
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place pink paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
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Step2Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Melt white candy melts as directed on package; pour melted candy into squirt bottle. Draw 48 bunny ears on parchment paper with melted white candy. Melt pink candy melts; pour into another squirt bottle. Fill in middle of white ears with pink candy. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.
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Step4Use drop of melted white candy to attach 1 white candy-coated chocolate candy to paper baking cup for bunny tail; hold 30 seconds or until set. Repeat with remaining white candy-coated chocolate candies.
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Step5Spread 3 tablespoons frosting on each cupcake top. On front of each cupcake (side opposite the bunny tail), add 2 chocolate chips for eyes, 1 pink candy-coated chocolate candy for nose and 1 red candy heart, turned upside down, for mouth. Insert 3 noodle pieces on each side of nose for whiskers. Gently press 2 ears into top of each cupcake.
Nutrition
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