Bunny Bottom Chocolate Dirt Cup Desserts
It's basically impossible not to love these bunny bottom dirt cup desserts.
Ingredients
For the Dirt:
- 13 chocolate sandwich cookies crème filling removed and discarded
- 2-1/4 cups prepared chocolate pudding
For the Bunny Tail:
- 6 miniature marshmallows an additional 1-1/2 marshmallows may be needed depending on the brand used
- White sanding sugar or another type of sugar with large clear crystals; or white nonpareil candy sprinkles
For the Bunny Bottoms:
- 2 large marshmallows
- 1/4 cup white candy melts
For the Bunny Feet:
- 2 tablespoons (heaping) bright pink candy melts
For the Decorations Around the Bunny Bottoms:
- 1/2 cup jelly beans
- Shredded green candy sprinkles* for the grass
* For the grass, if green shredded candy sprinkles aren't available, shredded coconut mixed with a small amount of green food coloring works nicely too. See how to make shredded coconut Easter grass in the post on this site "Easter Krispie Treats".
Equipment
- 3 clear plastic tumbler cups (9-ounces per cup)
- parchment or wax paper
- 2 snack-size zip-close plastic bags
- small food processor
Instructions
For the Dirt:
- Scrape off the crème filling from each cookie using the dull end of a dinner knife or a spatula. Discard the filling. To a food processor, add the cookies and grind until just crumbs are left. Set aside for a moment.
- Fill each cup with pudding leaving 1 inch to 1-1/2 inches of empty space at the top.
- Top the pudding with cookie crumbs, reserving some of the cookie crumbs to make a "mound" in each cup where the bunny bottom will be placed. If making these ahead of time, don't add the cookie crumbs until just before serving because they tend to get soggy from the moisture in the pudding. Set aside.
For the Bunny Tail:
- Squeeze 2 miniature marshmallows together and roll them into a ball. Depending on the brand of marshmallows, an additional half marshmallow may be needed for each tail so that they look proportional.
- Right after rolling the marshmallows into a ball (while they're still sticky), roll them in sanding sugar (or another sugar with large white/clear crystals). In place of rolling them in sugar, they can be rolled in white nonpareil candy sprinkles. Set aside on a plate.
For the Bunny Bottoms:
- Using kitchen scissors that are used for food, cut the large marshmallows in half widthwise. Lay them on a plate sticky side up, and set aside.
For the Bunny Feet:
- For the Bottom Flat White Part of the Foot - On a flat plate, lay a piece of parchment or wax paper.
- Melt the white candy melts according to the package instructions. In one corner of a snack-size zipper plastic bag, spoon in the melted candy. In the corner of the bag where the candy is, snip a very small hole. Pipe the melted candy from the bag on to the parchment/wax paper to form the bunny feet.
- Use the flat side of a toothpick to spread the top of the candy feet as flat as possible because after these are cooled, they'll be turned over; the smooth bottom part that's on the wax paper will be where the bunny pads and toes are added. So the flatter that the feet lay when turned over, the better for piping on the pink pads and toes.
- Chill in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes or until they're set.
- When the bunny feet are set, turn them over smooth-side up (this is where the bunny pads and toes will be added).
- For the Pink Pads on the Feet - Melt the pink candy melts according to the package instructions. Spoon the pink candy in a snack-size plastic bag just like it was done for the white candy melts. Only this time, make an ultra super tiny snip in the corner where the pink candy is.
- Pipe the melted pink candy on to the white candy feet to form the pads (try not to hold on to the white part of the feet because the candy melts super quick when touched).
- For the Pink Toes - To make the toes, use a toothpick (dipped in the melted pink candy) rather than piping the candy from the bag. Dip the toothpick in the melted pink candy and place 3 pink dots above the pads on the foot. Chill the feet in the refrigerator for about 5 minutes or until the pink pads and toes are set.
For Assembly of the Bunny Bottom, Tail and Feet:
- Lay a piece of parchment or wax paper on a plate. On the paper, lay a bunny bottom marshmallow sticky-side down.
- Attaching the Tail - Using a toothpick, dab melted white candy on to the top side of the large marshmallow and lay the tail on top of it.
- Attaching the Feet - Under the tail, dab melted white candy where the left foot will go and lay a candy foot on top of it. Then dab melted white candy where the right foot will go and lay the other candy foot on top of it. It's best to add melted candy for one foot at a time so that the melted candy doesn't start to set. Set aside for a moment.
- With the remaining cookie crumbs, make a small "mound" in the middle of the dirt. Lay the bunny bottom in the mound.
- Decorating Around the Bunny Bottom - Add candy grass sprinkles, jelly beans, and/or candy sprinkles in the dirt just outside of the "mound" where the bunny is.
- Repeat for the remaining desserts. Cover and store in the refrigerator. These are best when served right away when the colors are most brilliant.
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Notes
TIPS:
- If making these ahead of time, don't add the cookie crumbs until just before serving because they'll get soggy from the moisture in the pudding.
- When attaching the feet to the bunny bottom, it's best to add the melted candy to attach one foot at a time on to the marshmallow so that the melted candy doesn't start to set before each foot can be attached.