Easter Cupcakes

Guide Note

Easter cupcakes are festively decorated treats made to resemble Easter eggs and bunnies. They can be any flavor and often incorporate candies of season, including jelly beans, Peeps and chocolate bunnies.

Fast Facts

1. Variants: Eggs, bunnies and baskets
2. Often served in individual tins

Easter Cupcake Designs

Easter cupcakes come in a variety of shapes and designs. The Jelly Belly website explains how to make a Spring basket cupcake. First, frost the cupcake, bend one licorice stick in half and stick each in end the cupcake. Then, add a little green coconut and jelly beans to the middle of the cupcake. The end result should look like a spring basket full of eggs and grass.¹

RecipeZaar has its own take on Easter basket cupcakes. Instead of using tins, the recipe suggests incorporating waffle ice cream bowls to bake the batter in. Use the licorice and coconut in the same manner, but the effect is much more dramatic because the "baskets" are significantly larger. These can be used as centerpieces or individual treats.²