Easter Bunny Peeps Cupcakes are a super easy and festive Easter cupcake that is perfect for any Easter Party! Homemade cupcakes, homemade frosting with some colored coconut topped with an Easter Bunny Peep is all you need to make these Peeps cupcakes!
Easter Bunny Peeps Cupcakes
Hip hop the Easter bunny Peeps cupcake is on its way! Or I should say it will be once you show them to the kids because they will be begging to make these super cute bunny cupcakes! I mean seriously look how stinkin CUTE they are!
These festive Easter Bunny cupcakes are made with made with your favorite cupcakes, homemade buttercream icing, died coconut and a Peep Bunny that are sure to make your easter party a TON of hippity Hoppity fun!
What Variations can you make to these Easter Cupcakes?
Change up the cupcake flavor. When I make these homemade cupcakes I tend to stick with vanilla cupcakes and vanilla buttercream frosting. Not for any reason other than it is my normal and I stick with “normal” often.
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Use boxed cake mix instead of homemade cupcakes. You can change up the cupcake flavors and the cupcake frosting flavor if you want to. You can use totally homemade cupcakes or you can use the making a boxed cake taste homemade trick!
Change up the frosting flavor. I use vanilla buttercream but you can use any flavor that you want to. If you are using coconut then any flavor will work, if you are not using coconut then I suggest using a white frosting that you can color green.
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Color the frosting instead of coconut. If you are not a fan of coconut you can skip that step, however if you are doing that then I suggest dying the frosting green so they look like a bunny sitting in the grass.
Tips for Baking Cupcakes
Follow the recipe. Each cupcake recipe is different. It is important to follow the recipe as directed. all of our cupcake recipes have been tested multiple times to make sure they are perfect.
Bring ingredients to room temperature. Cupcakes will bake best when the ingredients are brought to room temperature before mixing the cupcake batter.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely. Before frosting the cupcakes let them cool completely. If you frost cupcakes while they are still warm then the frosting will melt.
Do not over mix. Over mixing the batter will lead to having tough and flat cupcakes. When making cupcakes you have to be careful that you don’t over mix the batter when you are folding in the flour mixture. If you over-mix your angel food cake batter your cupcakes will turn out flat. You want to mix everything just until mixed, over mixing will cause you to have rough and tough cupcakes. We all know that the best cupcake are light and fluffy.
Fill the cupcake liners appropriately. You do not want to over fill the cupcake liners. Follow the directions for the specific cupcake recipe, if the recipe doesn’t tell you how full stick to the 2/3 full rule. Which is roughly 3 tablespoons of cupcake batter per cupcake liner.
Use the best kitchen tool for filling liners. If you are working with a thick cupcake batter then you want to use a spoon or a cookie scoop to fill the cupcake liners. If it is a thin cupcake batter then use a bowl with a spout or a glass measuring cup to pour in the batter.
Use quality cupcake liners. While you might not think it matters a cupcake liner but having a quality cupcake liner will make it so your cupcakes don’t stick to the wrapper and peel off nicely so you can see the perfect cupcake in it.
Bake one tray at a time. Using the center of the oven rack and bake one tray of cupcakes at a time. This will give you the best cupcake results.
How to tell when cupcakes are done baking
I like to use the toothpick test when I am making cupcakes with the kids because it is easier for them to see and learn. But if you have been making cupcakes for a while you may not want to use that method.
If you are wanting an even easier method, the cupcake bounce done method as we call it is even easier. Pull the tray of cupcakes out from the oven and lightly press on a cupcake in the middle of the baking pan. If if bounces right back and no finger print is left behind then your cupcakes are done. If there is a finger print you need to bake them for a few more minutes.
How to Store Cupcakes
It is best to store cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter. Cupcakes are best to be enjoyed with in 48 hours of making them. They won’t be bad to eat after 40 hours but they will start to dry out and not be as fresh.
After frosting cupcakes you are ok to store them on the counter for a day or 2 but after that they should be stored in the fridge.
If you are storing them unfrosted you can store them in an airtight container or a plastic bag. If you are storing them with frosting on top I suggest using a cupcake storage container.
Easter Bunny Peeps Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- 1 batch Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups sweetened Coconut
- 15-20 drops Green food coloring
- 24 Peeps Bunnies
- Mini Chocolate Easter eggs (optional)
How to Make Easter Peeps Cupcakes
Make cupcakes and allow them to cool completely.
Make the buttercream frosting.
Place coconut into a bowl and add a few drops of food coloring. Mix it up and add more food coloring if you would like a darker color grass.
Fill a piping bag with buttercream and a large icing tip. Take your butter cream and pipe it onto the cupcake.
Then dip each cupcake into the green coconut and press it into the buttercream.
With your thumb press a small spot for the peep to sit and pipe a little buttercream in that spot, this will act as your glue.
Stick the peep into the buttercream.
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Easter Bunny Peeps Cupcakes
Ingredients
Easter Bunny Peeps Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- 1 batch Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups sweetened Coconut
- 15-20 drops Green food coloring
- 24 Peeps Bunnies
Vanilla Cupcakes Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Butter
- 1.5 cups Shortening
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 3 pounds Confectioners sugar
- 2 1/4 tablespoons hot water
Recipe Video
Instructions
How to Make Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pans with your choose of cupcake wrappers.
- Place your self-rising flour, cake flour, and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together for a minute or two until they are well combined.
- Cut your butter into tablespoon pieces. Slowly add your butter into the flour mixture one piece at a time continue mixing until you have reached the texture of sand.
- Pour half of your milk into the flour mixture and mix just until the milk is incorporated. Use your rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of your bowl. Add your remaining milk and the vanilla to your batter and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in one egg at a time to the cake batter, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next egg.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the cake pans so the pan that was on the top rack is now on the bottom and the pan that was on the bottom is now on the top rack. Continue to bake for another 10-13 minute until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
- Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack until they have reached room temperature.
- While the cupcakes are cooling make your frosting.
How to Make Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Bring the butter to room temperature. Do NOT put it in the microwave to soften, put it on the kitchen counter and soften.
- Add the butter and the shortening to the bowl of the stand mixer bowl. Using the paddle handle on the mixer to combine the two on medium speed.
- Once butter and shortening are combined slowly add in the confectioners sugar and mix it little bit little until the sugar is incorporated into the butter/shortening mixture then add in the Vanilla Extract and let the mixer whip the frosting for 10 minutes to bring it to fluffy frosting.
- If the frosting is thick add a little water a little bit at a time until you get to the consistency you are wanting.
- Set the frosting aside until the cupcakes are done cooling.
Color the Coconut Green
- Place coconut into a bowl and add a few drops of food coloring. Mix it up and add more food coloring if you would like a darker color grass.
How to Assemble Peeps Cupcakes
- Fill a piping bag with buttercream and a large icing tip. Take your butter cream and pipe it onto the cupcake.
- Then dip each cupcake into the green coconut and press it into the buttercream.
- With your thumb press a small spot for the peep to sit and pipe a little buttercream in that spot, this will act as your glue.
- Stick the peep into the buttercream.
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