Ingredients

  • 12 ounces vanilla frosting 1 can
  • 12 each cupcakes any your favourite flavor
  • 2 cups coconut, shredded (desiccated) sweetened
  • 13 cup powdered sugar pink
  • 12 each marshmallows
  • 24 each pretzel sticks thin
  • 12 each marshmallows mini
  • 24 each m&m's brown, prefer mini, if you can't find mini ones, just use regular big ones, they work well too
  • 12 each candies heart shape and red
  • 6 each licorice laces, black

Method

  • Spoon 2 tablespoons of vanilla frosting into a small ziplock bag.
  • Frost cupcakes with remaining vanilla frosting.
  • Roll tops of frosted cupcakes in coconut to coat well.
  • Put pink sugar in a small bowl.
  • Using scissors, cut large marshmallows in half crosswise.
  • Press cut sides of marshmallows into pink sugar, coat evenly to make ears.
  • Insert a pretzel stick into 1 short end of a marshmallow ear.
  • Insert remaining part of pretzel-stick into cupcake to let ear stand up.
  • Repeat with another pretzel stick and marshmallow ear, place second marshmallow ear next to first.
  • Repeat with remaining marshmallows and pretzels, until every bunny has two ears.
  • Snip a small corner from ziplock bag with vanilla frosting.
  • Using scissors, cut mini marshmallow in half crosswise to make cheek.
  • Pipe small dots of frosting and attach the mini or regular M&M eyes, heart-candy nose and cheeks.
  • Cut licorice into 1 1/2-inch pieces and insert as whiskers.
  • Don't let licorice become too soft, then it will be hard to insert into the cupcakes.
  • Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
  • Storage in an air-tight container.