Easter Bunny Cookies

  • Prep 1 hr15 min
  • Total1 hr15 min
  • Ingredients9
  • Servings28

This Easter treat your guests with these bunny cookies that are made using Pillsbury® sugar cookies – a creative holiday dessert.

Ingredients

  • 1
    roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated sugar cookies

  • 3/4cup all-purpose flour
  • 28round chewy caramels in milk chocolate (from 12-oz bag), unwrapped
  • 1cup creamy white ready-to-spread frosting
  • 2 1/2cups flaked coconut
  • 1teaspoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 12large marshmallows
  • Heart-shaped candy sprinkles
  • 28pastel-colored miniature marshmallows (from 10-oz bag)
  • Steps

    • 1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in flour until well blended; dough will be stiff. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) For each rounded tablespoonful of dough, place 1 caramel in center, forming dough into ball around caramel. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
    • 2Bake 12 to 16 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
    • 3In microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on High about 10 seconds or until of dipping consistency. Dip each cookie ball into frosting. Sprinkle with coconut; place on cooking parchment paper.
    • 4To make bunnies: Pipe small dollop frosting onto miniature chocolate chips for eyes and heart-shaped sprinkle for mouth; press into coconut. Cut large marshmallows in half crosswise; cut each in half again for bunny ears. Dip one end of each bunny ear into frosting; place ears on sides of head. Pipe small dollop of frosting on pink miniature marshmallows for tail.

    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size: 1 Cookie
    Calories
    210
    Calories from Fat
    80
    % Daily Value
    Total Fat
    9g
    13%
    Saturated Fat
    6g
    29%
    Trans Fat
    1g
    Dietary Fiber
    0g
    0%
    Sugars
    23g
    % Daily Value*:
    Vitamin A
    0%
    0%
    Vitamin C
    0%
    0%
    Calcium
    0%
    0%
    Iron
    4%
    4%
    Exchanges:

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