Funfetti Bunny Butt Cheese Ball

Funfetti Bunny Butt Cheese Ball is sweet, creamy and so fun to make.  It’s a perfect dessert and looks so cute on your Easter dessert table.

I don’t know about you but my daughter always gets excited about cake batter.  When we make a trip to an ice cream shop she wants a scoop of cake batter ice cream.  It’s her go to dessert.   I wanted to make a fun dessert for Easter that I knew she would eat, so I took her favorite cake batter cheese ball and turned it into a bunny butt shaped Easter dessert. 

Frequently Asked Questions About Funfetti Bunny Butt Cheese ball

What do I dip into the cheese ball

• graham crackers
• biscoff cookies
• waffle cone pieces
• pretzels
• shortbread cookies
• vanilla wafers
• Cinnamon sugar pita chips
• animal crackers
• apples

Can I pasteurizing the flour first

 If you want to pasteurize your raw flour before consuming I have two different steps for you to do so without compromising this recipe. 

1. Place flour or cake mix in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave until the flour or cake mix reaches a temperature of 165 degrees.  It takes about one minutes to achieve this temperature but can take as long as three minutes depending on your microwave wattage.
2. The second way to pasteurize your flour is to heat in the oven.  Add your flour or cake mix to a baking sheet.  Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and bake for about 10 minutes.  You will want your flour or cake mix to reach the temperature of 165 degrees.  Be very careful when baking it in the oven as you don’t want your flour or cake mix to brown as that will change the taste of your cheeseball.  

How to Store Funfetti Bunny Butt Cheese Ball

You can make your cheese ball up to 24 hours in advance. However, I don’t recommend making it more than that. You don’t want moisture to soften your cheese ball too much; it won’t hold it’s shape.  Be sure to keep your cheese ball in the fridge until you are ready to soften it to serve.  Keep your cheese ball tightly covered and sealed until ready to serve.

 

Funfetti Bunny Butt Cheese ball

For the cheese ball:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

½ cup unsalted butter, softened

1 ½ cups funfetti cake mix

3 tablespoons sugar

½ cup powdered sugar

For the bunny butt decorations:

12 Golden Oreos

¼ cup powdered sugar

2 jumbo campfire marshmallows

2 tablespoons water

5 pink jelly beans

How To Make 

1. Beat the ingredients for the cheese ball together until well blended. Shape into a bowl and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.

2. Place the oreos and powdered sugar in a food processor. Pulse until the oreos become a fine sand.

3. Remove the plastic wrap from the cheese ball. Roll the cheese ball in the crushed oreos. Place on a serving dish.

4. Cut 3 jelly beans in half.

5. To create the bunny paws, cut one jumbo marshmallow in half. Press one whole and three half jelly beans into the sticky side of each marshmallow.

6. Lightly dip or brush marshmallows in water and then roll in remaining oreo crumbs. Allow to dry completely.

7. Using toothpicks, attach the uncut marshmallow to the cheese ball as the tail and the two paws.

8. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with assorted cookies.

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