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These are the cutest Easter Cupcake Ideas and so easy to make! Take your pick of a bunny, a lamb, a bird’s nest, a chick, or a carrot. These are adorable and will wow all of your Easter guests.
Simple Easter Cupcake Ideas
To get started with these you’ll need some cupcakes. Use your favorite boxed or homemade recipe or one of ours. We’ve got a lot of great ones like Lemon Cupcakes and Carrot Cake.
Pick which character you’d like to make and grab your supplies. If you’d like to start with the simplest of the Easter cupcake ideas, scroll down to the bird’s nest. It’s easy and super cute!
Cupcake making is one of my favorite things to do in the kitchen. For me, it’s like a little art project. The ones here are my newest creation, but in the past, I have adored the Cadbury Egg Cupcakes, Peeps Cupcakes, and Bunny Butt Cupcakes. We have tons of Easter Cupcakes on our site to choose from.
Easter Chick Cupcakes
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- Frosting
- Yellow, Orange, and Green food coloring
- Orange Candy Melts
- Daisy Sprinkles
- Black sprinkles
- Disposable Decorator Bag with a small, medium, and large round tip
Bunny Cupcakes
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- White Frosting
- Coconut
- White Candy Melts
- Pink Sprinkles
- Large Heart Sprinkles
- Pink Jimmie Sprinkles
- Mini M&M candies
- Plastic Squeeze Bottle
- Dry Spaghetti or Black Jimmie Sprinkles
- Black food coloring OR a black edible food marker
Lamb Cupcakes
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- Frosting
- Pink Sprinkles
- Small Heart Sprinkles
- Black sprinkles
- Mini Marshmallows
- Disposable Decorator Bag with a #2 and #10 round tip
Carrot Cupcakes
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- Frosting
- Orange food coloring
- Green gummy candy
- #10 Round Tip
- Knife
Bird Nest Cupcake
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- Frosting
- Green food coloring
- Candy Eggs
- Sprinkles
How To Make Easter Cupcakes
Follow along with the specific cupcake instructions for the one you’ve chosen to make by reading the recipe card below. For Easter this year, I plan to make one big double batch of cupcakes and make an assortment of all of these! Our family will be able to pick which one they want from the dessert table.
My favorite is the sweet spring chick – tell me in the comments, what’s yours?
Variations For These Easter Cupcake Ideas
You can use some of the suggestions below to alter each or one of these recipes to your liking. Each one of the options can be used to change each recipe.
- Every recipe uses a certain color of food coloring, but feel free to use any colors you prefer.
- You can use any type of store-bought icing or make your own homemade recipes.
- If you want, you can add additional sprinkles or candies on top of each cupcake to make the theme.
- Use any kind of batter you want for the cupcakes; chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, carrot, funfetti, etc
Tips & Tricks
- All cupcakes should be stored in an airtight container for the best storage method.
- You can leave them at room temperature or store in the fridge to last up to a week.
- If you want to make them ahead of time, you can prepare the cupcakes, then add the frosting decorations just before you want to serve them.
- I love using cute, themed cupcake liners, but regular white or solid colors will do just fine.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use a Ziplock bag with the corner snipped off. Just place the shaped tip inside the bag to the corner before adding the frosting.
More Easter Desserts:
- Easter Dirt Cake (No-Bake)
- Easter Puppy Chow
- Easter Whoopie Pies
- Frosted Easter Blondies
- Easter Egg Oreo Balls
Easy Easter Cupcake Ideas
These are the cutest Easter Cupcake Ideas and so easy to make! Take your pick of a bunny, a lamb, a bird's nest, a chick, or a carrot. These are adorable and will wow all of your Easter guests.
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Lemon Cupcakes
Chicks Supplies:
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Yellow, Orange and Green Food Coloring
- Orange Candy Melts
- Daisy Sprinkles
- black sprinkles for eyes
- Disposable Decorating Bag
- Large Round Tip
- Medium Round Tip
- Small Round Tip
Bunnies Supplies:
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Coconut cut into small pieces
- White Candy Melts
- Pink Nonpareil Sprinkles
- Large Heart Sprinkles
- Pink Jimmie Sprinkles
- M&M candies Mini
- Plastic Squeeze Bottle
- Dry Spaghetti or Black Jimmie Sprinkles
- Black food coloring or black edible food marker – the marker is less messy to use
Lambs Supplies:
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Pink Nonpareil Sprinkles
- Small Heart Sprinkles
- Black Sprinkles For eyes
- Marshmallows Mini
- Disposable Decorator Bag
- #10 Round Tip
- #2 Round Tip
Carrots Supplies:
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Orange Food Coloring
- Green gummi candy I used Haribo Sour Streamers, Gum Drops would also work
- #10 Round Tip
- Knife for cutting candy
Bird Nest Supplies:
Instructions
Chick Instructions:
- Color frosting
- Fit a #4 small round tip in a disposable decorator bag
- Add a small amount of orange candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating 20 seconds at a time until chocolate is almost melted. Stir until completely melted. Carefully add to decorator bag
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pipe out the legs with feet for the chicks. Let set at least 10 minutes to harden
- Frost cupcake with green frosting, or any color you like. Fit a #1A large round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with yellow frosting. Fit a #12 medium round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with yellow frosting.
- Pipe on a large mound of frosting with the large tip, then a smaller mound on top of the large mound. Add beak and eyes.
- Fit a #3 small round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with dark yellow or orange frosting. Fit a #2 small round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with another shade of yellow frosting.
- Pipe on feathers. Remove legs from parchment paper and add under chick body
Bunny Instructions:
- Cut coconut into smaller pieces and place in bowl. Add a white candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating 20 seconds at a time until chocolate is almost melted. Stir until completely melted.
- Carefully add to plastic squeeze bottle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Squeeze out the chocolate to form an ears. Immediately add pink nonpareil sprinkles. Set aside to harden
- Lightly covered spaghetti with black food coloring and set aside to dry. Frost cupcake with white frosting. Dip into coconut to completely cover. Add eyes, face and ears. Cut pieces of spaghetti for the whiskers and gently push into the cupcake
Lamb Instructions:
- Thinly frost cupcake with white frosting. Color small amount of frosting pink. Fit a #2 small round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with pink frosting. Fit a #10 medium round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with white frosting
- Add oval mound of frosting for the face. Add small round circles of frosting to cover the whole cupcake. If you have spikes on the frosting, dip your finger in water, shake off excess and gently push down the spike
- Cut marshmallow in half and immediately dip cut side into pink nonpareil sprinkles. Add ears to head. Pipe on mouth with pink frosting. Add heart sprinkle for nose and eyes. Add 3 more circles of white frosting on top of head.
Carrot Instructions:
- Fit a #10 medium round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with orange frosting. Frost cupcake with white frosting.
- Pipe on carrot using circle motion. Cut carrot top from candy into triangle, add to top of carrot.
Bird Nest Instructions:
- Frost cupcake with green frosting or color of your choice. Fit a #10 medium round tip in a disposable decorator bag and fill with green frosting.
- Pipe around the edge of cupcake and smooth with an offset spatula. Immediately dip into sprinkles. Add eggs to top.
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