Easter Bunny Donuts - These simple "dressed up" iced donuts are the perfect Easter dessert. Cake balls, donut holes and sweets help create these festive bunny treats.
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Using store bought donuts, donut holes, and my Easter cake pop recipe, these Donut Bunnies are the perfect quick and easy Easter treat. You can whip up these cute treats as a dessert or turn it into a fun family activity. Kids are sure to have a blast building their own edible Easter bunny.
Get ready for summer fabulous Easter fun!
HOW TO MAKE EASTER BUNNY DONUTS
To create these cute Easter donuts, you'll need:
- Vanilla iced donuts
- Powdered donut holes
- Cake balls from my Easter Cake Pops recipe
- Jumbo marshmallows
- Pink sanding sugar
- Toothpicks
- Candy eyeballs
- Vanilla frosting
- Pink M&Ms
- Pink pearl Sixlets
- Food coloring pen
These cute little bunnies are so adorable, people will have a hard time believing they didn't come from a bakery! Although they look complicated to make, they are actually pretty simple and a fun activity for the whole family.
Follow the steps below!
CREATING THE BUNNY NOSES AND EARS
- Set aside the 4 vanilla-iced donuts on a plate.
- Place the pink Easter cake balls inside the hole of two of the donuts (see step #1 of image below for visual guidance).
Note: When making the cake balls from the Cake Pops recipe, add a couple drops of pink food coloring to the melted white chocolate after completing step #8 in the recipe. - Cut the ends off of the jumbo marshmallows using a kitchen shears, creating 4 "ears."
- Add pink standing sugar to the sticky side of the 4 ears.
ASSEMBLING THE BUNNY FRONTS AND BACKS
FOR THE FRONTS OF THE BUNNIES
1. Push a toothpick halfway into the bottom end of the ears and attach them to the donuts with the other end of the toothpick. Gently fold the marshmallows to create the look of an ear.
2. Affix candy eyeballs to donuts with a small amount of frosting and use the food coloring pen to draw whiskers and any other eye expressions you'd like (refer to photos below for example of alternative wink expression).
FOR THE BACKS OF THE BUNNIES
3. To make the feet, cut the ends off of 2 jumbo marshmallows using a kitchen shears. Push an M&M and 4 pink Sixlets onto the sticky side of each foot.
4. Using toothpicks, secure the marshmallows to the last two donuts, creating the feet. Place a powdered donut hole in the middle of donuts and create the ears in the same way you did for the front of the bunny with the exception of adding the pink sanding sugar. Push a toothpick halfway into the bottom end of the ears, then into donuts, this time, sticky side down.
HOW MANY BUNNIES DOES THIS RECIPE MAKE?
This recipe will make 4 Easter bunnies. However, you can easily triple the recipe (amount of marshmallows, candy, etc. needed) especially if you buy a dozen donuts and donut holes.
WHERE DO I FIND A FOOD COLORING PEN?
Food coloring pens can be found in craft stores like Hobby Lobby or Michaels or you can just order one off of Amazon (because Amazon has EVERYTHING)☺️.
HOW LONG WILL EASTER BUNNY DONUTS STAY FRESH?
If you'd like to make your Easter bunny donuts ahead of time, store them in an airtight container at room temperature. I wouldn't make the bunnies more than a day ahead of time to ensure the marshmallows don't dry out.
MORE FUN EASTER RECIPE IDEAS
- Easter Peanut Butter Eggs
- Bunny Butt Funfetti Easter Cheese Ball
- Easter Trifle Dessert
- Easter Peep Hatchlings
- Colorful Deviled Eggs
- Drizzled Candy Bark
- Peeps Cake With Marshmallow Frosting
- Cadbury Cream Egg Dip
Easter Bunny Donuts
Ingredients
- 4 vanilla iced donuts
- 2 powdered donut holes
- 2 cake balls from Easter Cake Pops recipe dipped in pink white chocolate (see Notes in recipe card)
- 6 jumbo marshmallows
- Pink sanding sugar
- 12 toothpicks
- 3 candy eyeballs
- Small amount of vanilla frosting
- 4 pink M&Ms
- 16 pink pearl Sixlets
- Food coloring pen
Instructions
For the Front of the Bunnies
- Place pink cake balls in the middle of two vanilla iced donuts.
- Affix candy eyeballs to donuts with a small amount of frosting.
- Use the food coloring pen to draw whiskers and a wink eye expression.
For the Ears
- Cut the ends off of 2 jumbo marshmallows using a kitchen shears, creating 4 "ears."
- Add pink standing sugar to the sticky side of the 4 ears.
- Push a toothpick halfway into the bottom end of the ears and attach them to the donuts with the other end of the toothpick.
- Gently fold the marshmallows to create the look of an ear.
For the Backs of the Bunnies
- Place a powdered donut hole in the middle of the two remaining vanilla iced donuts.
- To prepare ears, cut the ends off of 2 jumbo using a kitchen shears.
- Push a toothpick halfway into the bottom end of the ears and attach them to the donuts with the other end of the toothpicks.
For the Feet
- To make the feet, cut the ends off of the last 2 jumbo marshmallows using a kitchen shears.
- Push an M&M and 4 pink Sixlets onto the sticky side of each foot.
- Using toothpicks, secure them to the donuts creating the feet.
Notes
- When making the cake balls from the Cake Pops recipe, add a couple drops of pink food coloring to the melted white chocolate after completing step #8 in the Cake Pops recipe.
- Food coloring pens can be found at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s or even Amazon.
- This is a great recipe to let your kids join in on decorating!
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