Bunny Butt Cookies

5 from 4 votes

Bunny Butt Cookies: Adorable cake mix cookies, decorated to look like bunny butts with mini marshmallows as the bunny tail and large marshmallows to look like bunny paws.

Prep Time20

Cook Time8

Total Time28

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 436kcal

Author: Jessica Burgess

Ingredients

Cookies

1 15.25 ounce box 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
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
2-4 Tablespoons milk

Decorations

⅔ cups shredded sweetened coconut
16 regular marshmallows for feet
16 mini marshmallows for tails
¼ cup light pink candy melts

Instructions

Bake the Cookies

Preheat. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F., line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, and set them aside.
Make cookie dough. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add the eggs, cake mix, and oil. Then, mix it all together until combined.
Scoop cookie dough. Drop the cookie dough onto the parchment-lined cookie sheets using a medium scoop, making sure to leave at least 2 inches between the cookie dough scoops.
Bake. Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to turn a golden brown.
Cool Cookies. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

How to Make the Frosting

Beat butter. In a medium bowl, beat the butter with a hand mixer or stand mixer until it's light and fluffy.
Make the fluffy frosting. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and 1 tablespoon of milk to the whipped butter, and beat until well combined. Then, add more milk, about ½ tablespoon at a time, until the frosting reaches a consistency where it can easily be spread, but still holds its shape.

Assembly of the Bunny Butt Cookies

Reserve some frosting. Set aside 2-3 tablespoons of the frosting. This will be used to stick the feet and tail to the cookies after they have been dipped in the coconut.
Prep the marshmallow feet. Cut the large marshmallows in half, crosswise, to create the bunny feet, and then set them aside.
Frost cookies. When the cookies have completely cooled, frost them with a layer of frosting.
Dip in coconut. Dip the frosted side of the cookies in the coconut to create the bunny fur.
Secure the tail. Spread a small of frosting on the bottom of the mini marshmallow, and stick it into the center of a coconut-covered cookie to create the tail. Repeat with the rest of the cookies.
Secure the feet. Place a small amount of frosting on the cut side of the larger marshmallows and stick them side by side on the bottom of the cookie to create the feet.
Finish the feet with candy melts. Melt the candy melts according to the package directions and pour in to a small piping bag. Pipe an oval shape in the middle of the marshmallow feet to create the pad of the feet. Pipe three small dots below each oval to create the toes.
Allow the frosting to set before serving the cookies.

Notes

TIPS:

When frosting the cookies, the easiest way to frost the cookies is with a small offset spatula or butter knife (a knife with no serrations).
No piping bag is required! If you do not have a piping bag available, you can use a sandwich-size Ziploc bag with a small cut in the corner.

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