What’s inside: a fun hack for making Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies using M&Ms, these Easter M&M Cookies are a cute Easter dessert to make with kids when you’re pressed for time but still want to let them make something they will be proud of!

Easter Bunny Cookie Recipe

While I am no stranger to ambitious kitchen projects and enjoy whipping up elaborate desserts for the holidays, I’m also a huge fan of quick and easy recipes that come in handy when you’re pressed for time or your plan A didn’t work out.

These Easter Bunny Cookies can be made using your favorite from-scratch sugar cookie dough or simple pre-made sugar cookie dough – whichever you prefer.

Kids can help with this recipe, though you’ll want to wait until the cookies are just warm to the touch and not hot from the oven – maybe do the majority on your own and leave a few for them to help with at the end, to ensure that you don’t run out of time affixing the M&Ms to the warm cookies.

If (despite your best efforts) the cookies cool before you get all the M&Ms in place, you can use some melted chocolate or frosting to secure them.

I hope your kids love these super simple Easter cookies as much as mine did!

— Jennifer

Easter Bunny Cookie Ingredients

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• Sugar Cookie Dough
• Easter M&Ms

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Baking Sheets
• Spatula
• Cookie Scoop

How to Make Easter Bunny Cookies

To Prep: Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats and preheat oven according to package directions.

1. Prepare and bake the sugar cookie dough according to the package directions.
2. While cookies are still warm from the oven, press M&Ms onto each cookie to form a bunny shape (one flat M&M as the face, two M&Ms on their sides at the top forming the ears).
3. Let cookies cool completely so the M&Ms set in place before packaging or serving.

Video Demo

Prep Tips

• Work fast after baking. The cookies need to be hot so the M&Ms adhere properly; once they cool, they won’t stick without melting.
• Have your M&Ms sorted and ready. Lay them out by color and bunny shape before the cookies go in the oven so you’re not scrambling to find matching colors.
• Don’t press too hard. Gently nestle the M&Ms into the surface. Pressing too firmly can crack the cookie or cause spreading.
• Storage tip. Store cookies in a single layer or with parchment between layers so the candy decorations don’t pop off.

More Easy Easter Recipes

• Easter Egg Fruit Pizzas
• Easter Egg Cookies
• Easter Bunny Butt Cookies
• Bunny Paw Cookies
• Devilled Egg Chicks
• Carrot Cake Cookies
• Candy-Coated Easter Strawberries

Easter M&M Sugar Cookie Recipe (Printable Recipe Card)

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