Easter Bunny Cookie Cups

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cool Foods available at Publix. The opinions and text are mine. I hope you enjoy these Easter Bunny Cookie Cups.

These Easter Bunny Cookie Cups will be the cutest thing on the table at your Easter celebration. And it will be our little secret how easy they were to make.

Everyone has their favorite treat, and mine are cookies. I’ve just never been a big cake fan, so as cute as cupcakes are — I just don’t love cake. (I know, gasp!) That’s why cookie cups are perfect because I can have my cookies and decorate them as cute as a cupcake.

Easter Bunny Cookie Cups Ingredients At Publix

To make these Easter Bunny Cookie Cups even easier, I start with Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough from the refrigerator section at Publix. It makes delicious cookies (or cookie cups) and helps me pull of the cutest cookies in under an hour — including cooling time.

I love to keep my fridge stocked with Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough so I can whip up a quick batch of cookies anytime. (Very handy when kids announce they need cookies for something the next morning at 8 pm.) I try to keep my eye out for promotions like the Cool Savings promotion happening 3/16/19 – 3/29/19 at Publix. It’s the perfect time to stock up on your favorite cool products – like Nestlé cookie dough. This cookie dough is 2/$5 during the promotion.

Easter Bunny Cookie Cups

My favorite part of making these cookie cups was snipping the marshmallows. It’s really quite fun.

Bunny Cookie Cup Ingredients

• Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough*
• Butter or cooking spray
• Large marshmallows
• Pink sugar sprinkles

*I used chocolate chip cookie dough, but you can use your favorite flavor.

Buttercream Frosting Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 3-4 tbsp. milk 
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

In a greased mini muffin pan, place one piece of cookie dough in each muffin spot. Use your thumb to press cookie dough in the form of a bowl shape.

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10-11 minutes.

While cookies are cooling, make your frosting.

Beat the butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, allowing it to become well combined before adding the next 1/2 cup.

Once all of the powdered sugar has been added, add vanilla and milk. Continue beating until well combined and fluffy.

If frosting seems too thick, add an additional tablespoon of milk.

I know someone is going to ask if they can use store bought frosting. The answer is yes. You can use any frosting you like. I enjoy adding a bit of homemade and really like this easy buttercream frosting. So I recommend this. 

When cookies are completely cooled, remove from the muffin tin.

Snip marshmallows in half on the diagonal. Dip snipped edges in a shallow bowl of pink sugar sprinkles.

Tip – I recommend dipping the marshmallows in the sprinkles as you go. Otherwise, they end up sticking to each other and you create a sticky mess. 

Pipe frosting onto the cookie cups.

Place the decorated marshmallow halves on top of the frosting like bunny ears.

Aren’t they the cutest?! They are just as tasty as they look too.

Hop on into Publix during the Cool Savings promotion and pick up everything you need to make these Easter Bunny Cookie Cups. And be sure to check out the rest of the promotion to see what else you need to stock up on while it’s on sale.