Pop Tart Bunny House for Easter

Why I Like This Recipe

• Made from Pop Tarts. Pop Tarts are easy to work with, hold together beautifully, and come in so many fun flavor combinations! Pop Tarts are a lot easier to work with than graham crackers. Give them a try and you'll see!
• Inexpensive. Making a pop tart house is cheaper than purchasing a boxed house kit. I highly recommend using a generic store brand vs. name brand Pop Tarts. Not only are they more affordable, but they are thicker, too.
• Fun for groups. My sister has a pop tart house decorating party every year with friends. She said they worked well with such a large group! Nursing homes and libraries have also reached out to me and shared photos of pop tart houses that they made in a group setting.

What Others Are Saying

Made Pop Tart houses for Christmas and came back to make an Easter version. Really fun for the kids. We use Peeps marshmallows for our bunnies 🙂 ---Marsha on FB.

This is a cute and original idea! Thank you!-atnumber29

Tips and Tricks

• Best icing for Pop Tart houses. I like making a simple royal icing out of powdered sugar and water. It dries hard and works well. You can also use a store-bought tub of vanilla icing/frosting. Works great, too! 
• Pink pop tarts. We don't eat our Pop Tart houses, but many people do, so find a flavor that you love and go from there! I wanted something pink, so I used Strawberry Milkshake Pop Tarts. Did you even know those existed? The color is perfect for spring! Cherry pop tarts would be perfect as well.
• Hold in place. Add a bead of icing to the Pop-Tarts and use your hands to hold the 4 walls in place for a minute or two. After that, the icing is tacky and will hold on its own. Repeat for the roof, holding it in place for a minute or so before letting go.
• Let set. These houses are pretty sturdy once the royal icing has had a chance to set. This takes about 15-20 minutes, but waiting at least 30 minutes before decorating is recommended.
• Assemble in advance. For even sturdier houses, assemble them the day before you plan on decorating them to allow the pop tarts to dry out a bit. If you do this, you shouldn't have any issues with your house falling apart.
• Adding heavier candies. To add heavier candies to the trim (see M&Ms in the photo), add a bead of royal icing to the house, then let it sit for a couple of minutes before adding the candy. This allows the icing to become tacky. Add the candy, then adjust as necessary if you see any drooping. The icing will harden and hold everything after about 10 minutes.

Ingredients

• Pop Tarts. You can use name-brand or store-brand. Often, the store brands work better and are easier to work with.
• Candy: I found so many fun Easter candies at Target and Walmart. This divided tray works great for making several houses at a time. I use it during every holiday season. Place it in the center of the table and cover it with the lid when you are done!
• Bunnies: Peeps marshmallow bunnies or chocolate bunnies are an adorable detail to add to the front of the bunny house.
• Frosting/Royal Icing: My recipe is at the end of the post, but you can use store-bought vanilla frosting as well.
• Details and decor: edible grass, jelly beans, mini marshmallows, bunny graham crackers, fruit snacks, Cadbury Mini Eggs, Necco Wafers, white chocolate chips, etc.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How To Make a Pop Tart Bunny House

Step 1: Squeeze icing onto 4 Pop-Tarts.

Note: You can also add icing to the bottom of each Pop-Tart to better secure the bottom of the house to your plate/platter if you'd like.

Step 2: Gently press them together to create the 4 walls.

Step 3: Add more icing around the top edge and add a 5th Pop Tart for a roof.

Step 4: Let the house dry for 30 minutes before decorating. 

Step 5: Decorate the house with candy and colored coconut for grass.

Note: Since we were going for a more bunny-hut theme, we didn't make a pitched roof like we did for our gingerbread or haunted house versions. If you'd like to do that, you can follow my pop tart gingerbread house tutorial for assembling the house.

And just for kicks, here are our old-school bunny houses the kids made in 2010 using square sugar cookies! 🙂 If using sugar cookies, bake them longer than usual so they are crunchy rather than soft, and easier to build with.

Pop Tart Easter House FAQs

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