Brownie Bunny Butts

Brownie Bunny Butts – white chocolate-dipped brownies with marshmallow tails and white chocolate bunny feet; a perfectly adorable spring and Easter sweet treat.

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I love Easter candy. There is something about your favorite sweet tarts, peanut butter cups, and malted milk balls being shaped like bunnies and chicks that make them even more irresistible. I love Easter-baked goodies for the same reason. They're just SO cute I want to eat them up as if I need more of a reason to eat candy and baked treats. It's a good thing I run, actually, that's part of the reason I run.

It appears I am not alone in my love for Easter sweets as Pinterest is hopping with bunny and chick recipes. There also seems to be quite the LOVE for bunny butts. Everywhere I look there are bunny tails, bunny bottoms, bunny bums, and bunny butts recipes. There is no shortage of them; they’re multiplying like bunnies! I share my own love for bunny butts with today’s Brownie Bunny Butts.

Today’s Easter recipe is adapted from the lovely Rose Bakes. She made too cute Bunny Tail Cake Balls and inspired me to make Brownie Bunny Butts.

Brownie Bunny Butts Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1 | Brownies

The bunny butt itself brownies rolled up into a ball. I used a boxed brownie mix. You could also use a from-scratch brownie recipe. I opted for the boxed brownie mix because there are a lot of details in these Brownie Bunny Butts and I wanted to streamline the process aka it is quicker.

Once you’ve baked your brownies and they’ve cooled you’ll need to cut off the edges because they're too crunchy for your Brownie Bunny Butts. The edges of brownies are the best part, so I was happy to take care of this problem, and by take care I mean I ate them.

Next, you’ll need to fluff the brownies with a fork because this makes them easier to form into balls.

Step 2 | Scoop + Dip

You'll now be scooping and forming your brownies into balls. I used my #50 Disher, but anything tablespoon in size is sufficient. Once you’ve scooped and rolled your brownie balls place them on a parchment/waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Place in the freezer for 15 minutes while you are melting your white chocolate.

Melt 2 cups of white chocolate, adding paramount crystals are optional {instructions on melting chocolate}. If you find working with chocolate to be finicky, The Art of Melting Chocolate is a helpful tool. Remove brownie balls from the freezer, stick them with a toothpick (the toothpick makes for easy dipping), and dip them into melted white chocolate. Lightly tap to remove excess chocolate and place back onto parchment/waxed paper-lined baking sheet to harden.

It is easier to remove the toothpick from your brownie balls after your chocolate has hardened. It will leave a hole as you can see from my picture, but you will be covering it up with a marshmallow bunny tail.

Step 3 | Marshmallow Bunny Tails

You’ll need mini marshmallows and white nonpareils for the bunny tails. You’ll also need melted white chocolate to use as your glue. I used the previously melted white chocolate for the whole Brownie Bunny Butts project and just re-melted it when it got thick/hard.

Dip one end of your mini marshmallows into white chocolate and then into white nonpareils. Allow bunny tails to dry. I cut a portion of the undipped marshmallow off once the tails were dry so they wouldn’t sit so high on my bunny butts, but that is a personal perfectionist preference.

Next, you’ll use white chocolate to glue your marshmallow bunny tails to your Brownie Bunny Butts over the toothpick holes. You may need to hold it in place for a few seconds. Once all the marshmallow bunny tails are attached, place them in the freezer for a few minutes to harden the white chocolate holding the bunny tails in place.

Step 4 | Bunny Feet

The bunny feet are piped white chocolate and pink candy coating. I even have nifty bunny feet printable you can use to help you with those bunny feet, just print it and cover it with parchment/waxed paper and you’re good to go. You could also make the bunny feet from marshmallow fondant or royal icing.

Using a pastry bag or a plastic sandwich bag with a very small corner snipped off, pipe melted white chocolate onto the parchment-covered bunny feet printable in the shapes of the bunny feet. Place in the fridge for a few minutes to harden.

For the pink bunny toes/pads either use pink candy coating or color your white chocolate with pink candy color. Do not use food coloring that is water-based or it will seize your chocolate.

Remove white bunny feet from the fridge and now pipe the pink bunny toes/pads onto the white. You won’t be able to see where they are on the printable, but you can look at the printable for guidance and just wing it. Place in the fridge for a few minutes to harden.

To attach the bunny feet use white chocolate to glue the bunny feet to your Brownie Bunny Butts.

What are you doing for Easter this year? I hope you have a Hoppy Easter!