PEANUT BUTTER BUNNYCAKES

*Easter Collection*

Who can resist these??

PREP TIME: 1 HR 15 min * START TO FINISH: 3 HRS * YIELD: 24 Cupcakes

1 Pkg SuperMoist Yellow Cake Mix

+ Water, Vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1-1/4 cups (13-oz jar) Chocolate Spread or with Almond or Hazelnut

24 Peanut Butter Eggs

+ Add in Flaked Coconut, Jet-Puffed Marshmallows, Jet-Puffed Minature Marshmallows, decorative icing, candy pieces and tinted sugar for decorating

CUPCAKES: 

1. Prepare peanut butter BUNNYCAKES.

2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper or foil bake cups.

3. Prepare cake mix following package directions. Spoon batter into prepared cups, filling about 2/3 full.

4. Bake 15-20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Frost with about 1 TB chocolate spread. Sprinkle coconut over spread and garnish with peanut butter BUNNYCAKES.Makes about 24 cupcakes.

PEANUT BUTTER BUNNYCAKES

1. For each BUNNYCAKES, unwrap Peanut Butter Egg. Using sharp knife, cut away about 1/4 inch of the top curved egg section, creating a level edge. (This will be the top of the bunny.) Do the same thing for the bottom of the egg if planning to attach to hard surface such as a cookie.

2. Using icing and decorative candy pieces, add facial features to BUNNYCAKES. Allow features to harden slightly before continuing.

3. To make bunny ears, cut large Jet-Puffed Marshmallows into 4 to 5 sections.

4. Take each section and, using wet knife, cut through center to within 1/4 inch of edge; separate and shape to look like bunny ears.Press one side of ears into pink sugar and if the other side is sticky, press that side into untinted sugar. Attach ears to the top of bunny with frosting. Allow frosting to harden slightly before finishing bunny.

5. Attach a Jet-Puffed Minature Marshmallow to backside of bunny for tail and to help bunny stand up on cupcake or cookie base. Press bunny into cupcake frosting or glue with frosting to cookie base.

(Source: The Hershey Company & photo also-courtesy of EVANA :)