Celebrate spring with these cute critters that our home economists created from a cake mix, frosting and marshmallows. Cookies form the ears while candy gives the rapid rabbits their funny faces.
Recipe is quick
Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
Yield: 24 Servings
Ingredients
•1 package (18-1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix
•1 can (16 ounces) cream cheese frosting, divided
•8 drops green food coloring
•12 large marshmallows
•3/4 cup flaked coconut, chopped
•24 miniature pink jelly beans
•12 miniature red jelly beans
•24 miniature white jelly beans
•Red shoestring licorice
•1 to 2 drops red food coloring
•48 small oval sugar cookies
Directions
•Prepare and bake cupcake according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool on wire racks.
• In a small bowl, combine 1 cup frosting and green food coloring; frost cupcake. Set remaining frosting aside. Cut marshmallows in half; immediately dip cut ends into coconut. Place coconut side up on cupcakes to form heads.
• Cut pink and red jelly beans in half widthwise. Cut white jelly beans in half lengthwise. With a toothpick, dab reserved frosting onto cut sides of pink jelly bean halves; attach to marshmallows for eyes. Attach red jelly beans for noses and white jelly beans for teeth.
• For whiskers, cut licorice into 1-in. pieces; attach four pieces to each cupcake. Tint remaining frosting pink. Cut a small hole in corner of a resealable plastic bag; add pink frosting. For ears, pipe an oval outline toward center of each cookie; insert two ears into each cupcake. Yield: 2 dozen.
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