Frosted Chocolate Bunny Cookies
These frosted chocolate bunny cookies look just like chocolate bunnies! Shortbread cookies with fudge frosting, topped with chocolate bows.
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 200kcal
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups flour
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-4 Tbsp. milk
Chocolate Bows
- melting chocolate wafers
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine ingredients in a large bowl using an electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
- The dough will resemble coarse sand. Just keep mixing and it will come together! You can even turn the mixer off and form the dough into a ball with your hands. What first looked like coarse sand will end up forming a beautiful dough.
- Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface. Dough should be about 1/2″ thick.
- Cut out into small bunny shapes and place on an uncreased baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cool completely.
Frosting
- Mix melted butter and cocoa powder together. Add vanilla and powdered sugar.
- Add milk 1 Tbsp at a time, while beating frosting with an electric mixer, until desired consistency is achieved.
- Beat frosting an additional 2 minutes.
- Spoon frosting into a pastry bag and pipe frosting onto cooled cookies (or spread with a butter knife). I prefer a #12 tip for piping the cookies.
Chocolate Bows
- Place melting chocolate wafers in a small microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Stir. Heat in additional 10-15 second increments if needed until melted and smooth.Spoon chocolate into a small sandwich baggie. Clip corner. Pipe melted chocolate into chocolate molds. Tap mold against work surface to spread evenly.Chill until hardened.Carefully remove bows from mold and press into frosted cookies.
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Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container or cover the cookie sheets with plastic wrap for up to 3-5 days.
Melting chocolates: you can use a variety of colored melting chocolates or buy a bag of white melting chocolates and tint them with candy coloring (specifically made for that).
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal