Collegedale, Tenn.—Want to get your family together to make a cute marshmallow Easter bunny with almond ears?

EASTER PUFF BUNNIES

To make pink bunnies, add 3 to 4 drops of red food coloring to powdered sugar mixture. Embellish the bunnies with candies, sprinkles or other edible decorations.

16 whole natural almonds
10 jumbo marshmallows
1 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons whipping cream
One 9-ounce package Little Debbie Marshmallow Easter Puffs

1. Square off round ends of almonds; set aside.
2. Cut 2 marshmallows in half; crosswise; cut each half in half again to form 8 semicircle-shaped pieces.
3. Place powdered sugar in bowl: stir in whipping cream, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Lay the Easter Puff with its flat end facing down. The Easter Puff will be the bunny’s middle section. Decide what rounded edge on that middle section will be the head of the bunny, which is where its whole marshmallow will be attached. Use sugar mixture to stick or adhere 1 whole marshmallow on that “top” edge of each Easter Puff, pressing gently into place. Use sugar mixture to stick 1 marshmallow quarter to the other side of each Easter Puff to form the tail.
4. Use sugar mixture to adhere 2 almonds on top of each whole marshmallow head to form 2 ears on each bunny. Let stand 30 minutes or until set.
5. Remove 2 to 3 tablespoons remaining frosting mixture from bowl; add 1 to 2 drops blue food color. Stir until well combined. Scrape blue frosting mixture into a small zip-top bag with a plastic spatula, pressing frosting to one corner of bag. Make a tiny snip in corner of bag with a pair of kitchen scissors. Place 2 small blue dots on the front of each marshmallow bunny head to form 2 eyes on each.
6. Stir black food color in remaining frosting mixture, stirring until well combined. (If frosting is too thin, stir in another 1 to 2 tablespoons powdered sugar until frosting reaches desired consistency.) Scrape black frosting mixture into a small zip-top bag with a plastic spatula, pressing frosting to one corner of bag. Make a tiny snip in corner of bag with a pair of kitchen scissors. Place a small triangle in the center of each marshmallow head, just below blue eyes to form a nose on each bunny. Draw a mouth and whiskers on each bunny.  Allow bunnies to stand until frosting is set.

Makes 8 bunnies.

About the Little Debbie Brand

McKee Foods’ Little Debbie brand is America’s No. 1 selling snack cake. Little Debbie has sold more than 150 billion individual snack cakes since 1960. There are more than 75 varieties of Little Debbie snack cakes sold throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and on U.S. military bases throughout the world. For more information, visit www.littledebbie.com.

McKee Foods, with annual sales of over $1 billion, is a privately held company based in Collegedale, Tenn. The company makes such popular brands as Little Debbie Snacks, Sunbelt Snacks & Cereals, Heartland Granola Cereal, and Blinks — the first cereal to be eaten right from the bag. Production facilities are located in Collegedale, Tenn.; Gentry, Ark.; and Stuarts Draft, Va. McKee Foods employs 6,000 people. For more information about the company, visit www.mckeefoods.com.