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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.
Prep Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easter Cupcake Ideas
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Author: Jill

Ingredients

Chicks Supplies:

Bunnies Supplies:

Lambs Supplies:

Carrots Supplies:

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.