Do you always buy chocolate bunnies for Easter? Why not make your own! These White Chocolate Easter Bunnies were so simple to make and I stuffed them with a little surprise inside – Jellybeans! You can stuff your Easy White Chocolate Easter Bunnies with any treat your kids love – Reeces pieces, licorice, malt ball eggs, peanut butter …the ideas are endless! Of course if you are not fans of white chocolate milk or dark chocolate can be substituted. You can add a little food color to your white chocolate as well, for a beautiful pastel chocolate bunny. Seriously there are lots of possibilities here.
I thought chocolate was going to be hard to work with , it wasn't. In just a little over an hour I had my homemade chocolate Easter bunny done. If I had purchased a few more molds I could have completed the entire project in that same amount of time. Do pay attention that your molds are very clean and very dry when you pour your chocolate so that the Easter bunnies come cleanly out of the plastic molds.
Homemade White Chocolate Easter Bunnies with a surprise inside are fun to give to and make with your kids as well. Making your own chocolates to share with family and friends at Easter is a great way to get the kids excited about the holiday ( as if they weren't already) It can also be a great project to occupy the kids over Spring Break as well. Have fun with these homemade Easter Bunnies and let us know what surprises you hid inside yours! Oh and tag us in pictures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram if you made our White Chocolate Easter Bunnies – we'd love to see them!
- Time: 1 hour & 15 minutes
- Servings: 1
- Add 1 cup white chocolate baking chips to medium microwavable mixing bowl.
- Heat in microwave for 1 minute.
- Remove and stir with small spoon. Microwave for another minute or until completely melted, but make sure the chocolate does not burn.
- Remove and stir until chocolate is completely smooth and silky.
- Be certain that your plastic bunny mold has been cleaned and dried completely. If there are water or debris in the mold this will ruin the appearance of the chocolate bunny.
- Slowly pour, or spoon in, the white chocolate into front and back molds. Do not fill the mold to top, because you want to leave room for jelly beans. Remember, you are creating a hollow bunny!
- Tap the mold against your countertop to ensure any visible air bubbles at front of each mold are eliminated. Lift mold above your head to check for air bubbles.
- Once air bubbles are removed, tilt mold back and forth in order to allow chocolate to spread evenly and along sides. Next, take small spoon or unused paintbrush to spread chocolate onto sides and edges. Ensure sides are not too thin or they will break upon removal from mold.
- Place plastic bunny mold in freezer for approximately 30 minutes. Remove fromfreezer. Wear candy making gloves if you have them (to keep from leaving fingerprints on chocolate). Touch inside of mold to ensure it is solid.
- Place on countertop and gently pop front and back molds from plastic. Place on baking sheet or large plate.
- Add jelly beans to hollow center of front or back mold (do not fill both sides).
- Add ½ cup white chocolate baking chips to small microwavable mixing bowl. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir with small spoon. If needed, microwave for another 30 seconds or until completely melted, but, again, make sure the chocolate does not burn.
- Remove and stir until chocolate is completely smooth and silky.
- Take small spoon or paintbrush and gently place small amounts of chocolate along the edges of front and back bunny molds.
- Take the side that is not filled with jellybeans and press it onto the other side, ensuring that edges match perfectly.
- Carefully place jelly bean filled bunny onto a plate and place into freezer for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from freezer. Touch edges to ensure mold is securely sealed.
- If you have a bumpy seam, take a small, sharp knife and gently etch away at the bumps along the edges. Be sure not to press too firmly or etch away at the chocolate too much or holes will form.
- Lightly dampen a paper towel and wipe away chocolate flakes at seam. You’ve done it – you have created a molded white chocolate Easter bunny filled with delightful jelly beans!
Ingredients
- • 1½ Cup White Chocolate Baking Chips
- • ½ Cup Jelly Beans
- • 1 Medium Two-Sided Plastic Bunny Mold
Instructions
- Add 1 cup white chocolate baking chips to medium microwavable mixing bowl.
- Heat in microwave for 1 minute.
- Remove and stir with small spoon. Microwave for another
- minute or until completely melted, but make sure the chocolate does not burn.
- Remove and stir until chocolate is completely smooth and silky.
- Be certain that your plastic bunny mold has been cleaned and dried completely. If
- there are water or debris in the mold this will ruin the appearance of the chocolate
- bunny.
- Slowly pour, or spoon in, the white chocolate into front and back molds. Do not fill the
- mold to top, because you want to leave room for jelly beans. Remember, you are
- creating a hollow bunny!
- Tap the mold against your countertop to ensure any visible air bubbles at front of each
- mold are eliminated. Lift mold above your head to check for air bubbles.
- Once air bubbles are removed, tilt mold back and forth in order to allow chocolate to
- spread evenly and along sides. Next, take small spoon or unused paintbrush to
- spread chocolate onto sides and edges. Ensure sides are not too thin or they will
- break upon removal from mold.
- Place plastic bunny mold in freezer for approximately 30 minutes. Remove from
- freezer. Wear candy making gloves if you have them (to keep from leaving
- fingerprints on chocolate). Touch inside of mold to ensure it is solid.
- Place on countertop and gently pop front and back molds from plastic. Place on baking sheet
- or large plate.
- Add jelly beans to hollow center of front or back mold (do not fill both sides).
- Add ½ cup white chocolate baking chips to small microwavable mixing bowl. Heat in
- microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir with small spoon. If needed, microwave
- for another 30 seconds or until completely melted, but, again, make sure the
- chocolate does not burn.
- Remove and stir until chocolate is completely smooth and
- silky.
- Take small spoon or paintbrush and gently place small amounts of chocolate along
- the edges of front and back bunny molds.
- Take the side that is not filled with jellybeans and press it onto the other side, ensuring that edges match perfectly.
- Carefully place jelly bean filled bunny onto a plate and place into freezer for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from freezer. Touch edges to ensure mold is securely sealed.
- If you have a bumpy seam, take a small, sharp knife and gently etch away at the
- bumps along the edges. Be sure not to press too firmly or etch away at the chocolate
- too much or holes will form.
- Lightly dampen a paper towel and wipe away chocolate
- flakes at seam. You’ve done it – you have created a molded white chocolate Easter
- bunny filled with delightful jelly beans!
10 Comments
Adelynn Lovellette
March 26, 2015 at 1:02 AMOMG, this is AMAZING! Where can I get a mold?
Daisy Teh
March 29, 2015 at 11:55 PMWe got this mold from Amazon, You can also get them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby
Mai T.
March 26, 2015 at 1:08 AMThis looks like fun! And lovely, too! Could be a gift to my kids. Thanks for sharing.
natalie nichols
March 26, 2015 at 8:41 PMWhat a cute idea!! I love it. Now, if I could find a dairy free, peanut free, meltable chocolate. lol
Ronald Gagnon
March 27, 2015 at 11:06 AMThank you so much for this idea…we always just buy treats, but they are nothing like this…but I know we will have to increase your recipe…because you didn’t know there were guys like me out there…and besides they look like fun
Emily Endrizzi
March 27, 2015 at 10:54 PMWow! I would have never thought you could make these at home! So cute! I love the idea of filling them with jellybeans too!
Sue E
March 27, 2015 at 11:51 PMI just had to pin & share this very cool idea!! My daughter is having Easter at her house & I know she would love making these for the family. She always tries something new for each occasion. The kids will not only love the bunny, but they will love the fact that they are getting 2 different candies in one – without knowing it until that first bite!!
Holly Thomas
March 29, 2015 at 12:19 PMThis would be perfect for my niece, she loves white chocolate!
Mai T.
April 6, 2015 at 5:55 AMThis bunny looks delicious! I feel so guilty saying that.
anita
April 8, 2015 at 1:19 AMThis is such a great idea! And i love how detailed and simple your instructions are!