What is there to do on a rainy afternoon when you’re home alone? Baking-that’s what! This afternoon was a dreary day, so I checked my pantry to see what ingredients I could find to bake something, preferably something chocolate. I found everything I needed to make chocolate muffins with cream cheese frosting. Since my grandson is arriving for his spring break tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to make them Easter Muffins.
Gloria is the cake decorator in the family, but since she was busy working, I was left to try something on my own. The one thing I realized that I didn’t have after I had everything else ready was something to use for the whiskers.
So, I improvised. My bunnies have short, stubby, light whiskers!
The ears are made from a large marshmallow. I sliced it with a wet knife and then cut the slice in half. The ears are nestled between the muffin and an extra cup cake liner.
I frosted the muffins with cream cheese frosting, added a little coconut and used jelly beans and M&Ms for the face. The whiskers? They are Cheerios that I cut in half! I wasn’t going out in the rain to buy something just for the whiskers, so stubby whiskers it is!
A few of the muffins are sprinkled with coconut with some jelly beans on top. Since most of my family does not like coconut, I frosted most of the muffins with cream cheese and just added some sprinkles on top.
Chocolate Muffins:
Recipe Source: Food Network
I followed the recipe on Food Network, but I only filled the cupcake liners a little over half full and baked for 15 minutes. I wanted to leave lots of room for frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 eight ounce package of cream cheese, softened
- 1 box confectioner’s sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops of food coloring as desired
Allow butter and cream cheese to soften
Sift confectioner’s sugar
Cream butter and cream cheese
Add sugar, 1/2 cup at at time, continue to mix
Add vanilla extract, stir
I divided the frosting into smaller bowls and added various food coloring gel to each bowl.
It makes for a plate full of fun Easter Muffins and they are very tasty!
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Laurie says
Aww, so cute! I bet your grandson will love them! Genius how you solved the problem with the whiskers! And the marshmellow ears? I would have never thought of that. You amaze me 🙂 I hope you enjoy your time with your grandson this week!
Beverly Roderick says
Thanks! He’s already jumped on them and pronounced them really good, so yay! The whisker idea was just a matter of being determined to find something in my pantry to use! Glad you like it.