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Easy Easter Dessert Idea: “Bunny in the Hole” Cake Donuts – Such a cute and creative recipe idea to make instead of cupcakes and cookies.
You’ll also love these animal circus cookie donuts if you’re hosting a donut food bar.
Looking for more Easter ideas? You’ll love these similar bunny butt cookies too!
Easy Easter Dessert Idea: “Bunny in the Hole” Cake Donuts
First, you can’t go wrong with chocolate cake. (I’ll go ahead and admit right now that I ate a few of these for breakfast the next morning. Because wait until you see what I put inside them.)
Full recipe below, but let me walk you through with photos in case you’re a “visual,” like myself…
While the M&M® cake donuts are baking, it’s a great time to assemble the little bunnies and create your “grass,” out of green food coloring and coconut. (NOTE: Wait to color your coconut and icing, until your bunnies are assembled.)
The “pink,” Starburst® Jelly Beans turned out to be the PERFECT shade, and shape to create the “feet,” for our little bunny.
Bunny Tutorial
Full recipe & tutorial below, but I’ll go ahead and fill you in here too.
• Use a little white frosting and coconut before coloring it green, to coat the little marshmallows, and to secure the jelly beans and marshmallows.
• Using a thin layer of frosting, cover part or most of the small marshmallows with frosting, and then dip in to the white coconut. (This will give the marshmallow more of a “bunny tail,” look. Not necessary, but super cute, don’t you think?)
• Pressing down on two other miniature marshmallows, secure a pink Jelly Bean to each, using the white frosting.
• Secure the “bunny tail,” to the end of a big marshmallow. Set bunny pieces aside, and allow donuts to finish baking/cooling before assembling.
Donut Grass
While the donuts are baking, and you’re finished creating your “bunnies,” dye your coconut and leftover frosting, with green food coloring.
This is when I have to test my patience and refrain from eating this entire pan.
Allow the donuts to completely cool, so the frosting will not melt when applied.
When completely cooled, frost with the green icing.
Next, grab a bit of “grass” and apply it to the icing, so it sticks. (When the icing hardens, it will “lock in” the grass a little more, so it will stay in place better.)
Next, place the large marshmallow in the center of the donuts.
And then press the small marshmallows down on the bottom of the donut, underneath the bunny “tail”.
Didn’t those turn out so stinking cute? I just love easy ways to make a little something for holidays.
The inside of the donuts have delicious candies for the perfect bite!
I so hope you enjoy this dessert idea for Easter! Remember, if it’s not easy, I’m not making it. So you can always count on easy recipes around here!
📖 Recipe
Easy Easter Dessert Idea: “Bunny in the Hole” Cake Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix mixed according to package directions
- 1/4 cup M&M’S® Milk Chocolate
- 1/4 cup M&M’S® White Chocolate
- 12 pink Starburst® Jelly Beans
- 1 16-ounce container white frosting
- 1 bag shredded sweetened coconut divided
- green food coloring
- 12 large marshmallows
- 36 small marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
- Spray nonstick cooking spray into donut pan.
- Sprinkle a portion of M&M’S® Milk Chocolate and M&M’S® White Chocolate into the batter, reserving the remainder for the additional donuts to bake if applicable.
- Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven and place donuts on a cooling rack.
- While cake donuts are cooling, arrange bunnies.
Bunny Assembly:
- Take the pink Starburst® Jelly Beans, secure one to a small marshmallow, using frosting as the “glue.” Repeat for 24 mini marshmallows
- With the 12 remaining mini marshmallows, spread a thin layer of frosting on them, and dip into white coconut flakes to create a “fuzzy” bunny tail.
- Then secure the “bunny tails” to the large marshmallows. Set “bunnies” aside.
- Tint the remaining coconut and frosting with the green food coloring.
Donut Assembly:
- Once donuts have cooled, spread green frosting on top of each donut. (Leaving a little to use to secure the bunny feet to the donut.)
- Sprinkle green coconut on top of the frosting, gently pressing down to secure the “grass.”
- Using a dab of frosting, secure the bunny “feet” to the grass.
- Place large marshmallow/bunny tail in the hole of the donut.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Kelly says
These are absolutely adorable. what a creative idea for the donuts. #client
Jessica says
Thank you so much Kelly!