Bunny Cream Puffs
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 Land O Lakes Eggs
- 1 (3.3-ounce) package white chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 1 1/4 cups cold milk
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, whipped
- Large marshmallows
- Decorator sugar
- Toothpicks
- Vanilla-flavored candy-coating (almond bark), melted
- Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Black string licorice, cut into thin 3/4-inch strips
- Small round pink candies, such as mini candy-covered chocolate pieces
- Powdered sugar, if desired
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Combine water and butter in 2-quart saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat 4-7 minutes or until mixture comes to a full boil.
- Reduce heat to low; stir in flour vigorously until mixture leaves sides of pan and forms a ball.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat in 1 egg at a time until mixture is smooth.
- Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 3 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
- Pierce each puff gently with fork to allow steam to escape.
- Cool completely.
- Prepare pudding mix, using 1 1/4 cups milk, as directed on package.
- After pudding is set, gently stir in whipped cream.
- Cover; refrigerate up to 4 hours or until serving time.
- Create bunnies by cutting off cream puff tops.
- Cut large marshmallows crosswise into 3 pieces.
- Dip cut-sides into decorator sugar for ears.
- Using toothpicks, attach sugared marshmallows into top of cream puff for ears.
- Use melted candy coating to attach chocolate chips for eyes.
- Fill bottom half of cream puff with 1/3 cup filling just before serving.
- Press licorice strips for whiskers and pink candies for nose into filling.
- Place decorated cream puff top over filling.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
water, butter, flour, o lakes eggs, cold milk, cream, marshmallows, sugar, toothpicks, vanillaflavored, semisweet chocolate chips, black string licorice, pink, powdered sugar
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3091/bunny-cream-puffs (may not work)