Bunny Face Cookies
Adorable Bunny Face Cookies are easy to make and so cute for Easter or spring. This cake mix cookie recipe is frosted, decorated with marshmallows and sprinkles and turn into cute Bunny Cookies!
These bakery-quality homemade Easter cookies are so tasty and absolutely adorable! I love making fun Easter desserts like these bunny face cookies and Easter Nest Haystacks.
Making themed desserts just makes a holiday extra fun! Try out these tasty cookies and make them the star of the show at your Easter brunch.
Why You’ll Love Bunny Face Cookies
- Bunny face cookies make a great gift around Easter! Make a large batch, and wrap individual cookies in cute cellophane Easter bags to hand out to friends and family.
- This simple bunny cookie recipe is perfect for the whole family. Your kids can help in the baking process and decorating the cookies!
- These Easter bunny cookies are really easy to make and will only take about an hour to complete.
Ingredients for Bunny Face Sugar Cookies
- Cake Mix – I used white cake mix, but you can use any cake mix you would like!
- Vegetable Oil – You can use avocado oil, olive oil, or canola oil in place of vegetable oil if you prefer.
- Eggs – Let you eggs come to room temperature before adding them to your cookie dough mixture, they’ll mix better that way!
- Butter – You can use salted or unsalted butter, whichever you prefer.
- Powdered Sugar – Powdered sugar will act as the base for your homemade frosting.
- Milk – You can use whole milk, 2% milk, or any other kind you prefer.
- Vanilla Extract – A little splash of vanilla extract in the icing for your cookies will taste delicious!
- Large Marshmallows – These large marshmallows will act as the ears for your bunny cookies.
- Salt – Use a pinch of kosher salt in your frosting to help balance out the sweetness.
- Mini Marshmallows – You’ll need mini marshmallows to help create the face on your bunny sugar cookies
- Pink Sanding Sugar – You can find this on the baking aisle of your local grocery.
- Pearl Sprinkles – If your local grocery store doesn’t have these, you local hobby store will likely have them in stock.
- Heart Sprinkles – These can be found in abundance around Valentine’s Day! So grab some then and hang onto them until Easter.
Helpful Tools
- Mixing Bowls
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Kitchen Shears or Sharp Knife
- Baking Sheet
- Cooling Rack
- Measuring Spoons and Cups
- Piping Bag
How to Make Bunny Face Cookies
Preheat the oven and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, then set them aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, and oil until thoroughly combined. Using a cookie scoop, drop the cookies onto the parchment lined baking sheets.
Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until they just start turning golden brown.
After the cookies finish baking, allow them to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, and then transfer them to a cooling rack to fully cool.
How to make the Frosting
Beat the butter with in a medium mixing bowl with a stand mixer or hand mixer until it’s light and fluffy.
Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and milk to the butter and beat until thoroughly combined.
Add some more milk, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, until the frosting is easy to spread but still retains its shape.
Assemble Your Cookies
After the cookies have fully cooled, they are ready to be decorated. Begin by cutting large marshmallows in half at a diagonal. Then dip each half into the pink sanding sugar to create cute little bunny ears.
Cut mini marshmallows in half to create the little cheeks for your bunny.
Frost each cookie and while the frosting is still wet, place the bunny ears, mini marshmallows, heart sprinkle nose, and pearl sprinkle eyes on each cookies.
Allow the frosting to set and then serve!
How to Store Bunny Face Cookies
You can store leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to three days. Either store them as a single layer, or put a sheet of parchment paper in between layers if you have to stack them.
What else can I use as a bunny nose if I can’t find heart sprinkles?
If you can’t find heart sprinkles, you can use jelly beans, M&M’s, or any other small candy as the nose for your Easter bunny cookies.
Can I use Store-Bought Cookie Dough and Frosting?
Absolutely! If you need a way to make these bunny face sugar cookies quickly, feel free to grab some pre-made cookie dough and a can of frosting.
Pro-Tips for the Best Bunny Face Cookies
- Frosting your cookies with a silicone spatula or a knife without a serrated edge for best results.
- Feel free to change up the color of your frosting! This bunny cookie recipe is very adaptable. You can make colorful bunnies or the simple white bunnies, whatever your heart desires!
- Be sure you decorate each cookie while the frosting is still wet so that all of the decorations will stick.
I hope you love these precious cookies as much as I do! Happy Easter!
More Easter Recipes and Activities You’ll Love
- Fill out your Easter dessert table with these super cute Easter Basket Cupcakes!
- If you just can’t get enough of bunny desserts, you’ll love these Twinkie Bunny Cars.
- These Sheep Cupcakes are just as cute as can be and are, of course, delicious!
- Learn How to Dye Easter Eggs with Fabric for extra cool and adventurous Easter eggs.
Bunny Face Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 15.25 ounces vanilla or white cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Frosting
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature (1 ½ sticks)
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-4 Tablespoons milk
Decorations
- 16 regular marshmallows
- 2 Tablespoons pink sanding sugar
- 16 mini marshmallows
- 16 large heart sprinkles
- 32 black pearl sprinkles
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two cookies sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add cake mix, eggs and oil to a medium sized mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
- Using a medium cookie scoop drop the cookie dough onto the parchment lined cookies sheets leaving at least 2 inches between scoops.
- Place baking sheets in preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are just starting to turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Frosting
- Add the butter to a medium mixing bowl and beat with hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Then add the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and 1 Tablespoon of milk to the bowl with butter. Beat until well combined. Add more milk, 1/2 Tablespoon at a time, until the frosting reaches a consistency where it can be easily spread, but still retains it's shape.
Assembly
- When the cookies are cooled, cut the large marshmallows in half diagonally with a sharp kitchen shears or chef's knife. Place the pink sanding sugar into a bowl and dip the freshly cut side of the marshmallow into the pink sugar to create the bunny ears.
- Cut each mini marshmallow in half crosswise to create a bunny muzzle.
- Frost each completely cooled cookie.
- Immediately, while frosting is still wet, place a heart shaped sprinkle in the center of the bottom 1/2 of the cookie. This will create the nose on the cookie.
- Then add two of the mini marshmallow halves directly below the heart to create the bunny muzzle.
- After that, place two of the large marshmallow halves at the top of each cookie to create the ears.
- Then place two black pearl sprinkles between the ears and nose to create the bunny eyes.
- Allow frosting to set before serving the cookies.
Notes
- You can store leftover cookies in an airtight container for up to three days. Either store them as a single layer, or put a sheet of parchment paper in between layers if you have to stack them.
- If you can’t find heart sprinkles, you can use jelly beans, M&M’s, or any other small candy as the nose for your Easter bunny cookies.
- If you need a way to make these bunny face sugar cookies quickly, feel free to grab some pre-made cookie dough and a can of frosting.
- Be sure you decorate each cookie while the frosting is still wet so that all of the decorations will stick.
