If you’d like to do this as a project with kids then here’s my advice: use candy melts so you don’t have to worry about the chocolate temperature and then depending on their age you can make the tails, mix and chill the dough ahead of time and even pre-bake cookies.
how to make bunny cookies
- Cream butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs, flour, cornstarch, salt and vanilla. Chill for 1 hour.
- Roll to ¼-inch thickness. Cut out circles.
- Roll white balls of fondant. Dip in water, then roll in white sanding sugar and set aside
- Melt chocolate to 114°F -118°F and add the chopped chocolate.
- Mix and let it cool to 95°F-100°F
- Dip cookies in chocolate.
- Transfer chocolate to a piping bag. Pipe a bunny shape.
- Pipe an extra bit at the base to help the cookie attach.
- Attach cookies and allow chocolate to set.
These cookies are a great addition to an easter basket and are pretty tasty! Use a chocolate you like or go ahead and use candy melts to save the time it takes to temper the chocolate. Candy melts are a chocolate-like substance you can easily melt in the microwave and use for dipping and piping, they won’t seize and you can dye them.
Here’s the sketch I made to guide my piping. Just place it under a sheet of parchment or wax paper and pipe your chocolate or candy melt bunny heads then assemble immediately. Feel free to print out and use. SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
