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Easter is a fun time to make cute and delicious treat with your kids. This Easter cookie cake is perfect to bake with kids and comes together easily using ready-made cookie dough, frosting and chocolate candies shaped into cute bunnies!
Easter is the perfect occasion for some family baking, and what could be more delightful than making a colorful Easter cookie cake with your kids? This adorable Easter treat is a simple baking with kids project that will add festive cheer to your Easter celebrations. My 6 year old @DashBakesTheGreats had a fantastic time baking up this cheery Easter dessert!
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Easter Cookie Cake – Ingredients:
- 2 packages of Nestle store-bought chocolate chip cookie dough (16 oz each)
- Your favorite frosting (we used store bought in yellow and white but you can make your own and color)
- Easter-themed sprinkles
- Pastel-colored M&Ms
- Piping bags and piping tips (we used start tips)
Check out all of DashBakesTheGreats recipes here.
How to make an Easter Cookie Cake
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Grease a 12″ skillet pan or round baking pan
- Let your cookie dough defrost for 15-20 minutes outside the refrigerator. Then combine the dough into the pan, pressing down evenly all around.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
- Allow to cool completely before decorating. You can remove the cookie cake from the pan or keep it inside like we did before decorating
- Frost a layer around the edges as we did in yellow. Then a smaller inner layer of frosting as we did in white. It doesn’t matter what piping tip you use you can use what you have on hand!
- Take your pastel M&Ms and make bunnies. You will need 3 of the same color for one bunny. Press two standing up for the ears. The one flat side down for the head. If your cookie cake is too cooled you can add a dab of frosting using a toothpick to make the M&Ms adhere.
How to switch up your Easter dessert
- Feel free to experiment with different flavor cookie flavors like sugar cookie or a brownie cake!
- Use various colored sprinkles and colored frostings
- Buy premade Easter edible decorations instead of the M&Ms
- Press chocolate bunnies on the cookie dough.
Check out all of DashBakesTheGreats recipes here.
Final Thoughts
This Easter cookie cake isn’t just a treat, it’s a fun thing to do with your kids. It’s all about having a good time: squishing the dough, decorating with frosting, and having fun as you add M&M bunnies. Just have fun with it and don’t stress about making it look perfect. The best part is the fun memories you’ll create. Happy Easter baking!
Easter Cookie Cake
Ingredients
- 2 packages of Nestle store-bought chocolate chip cookie dough (16 oz each)
- Your favorite frosting (we used store bought in yellow and white but you can make your own and color)
- Easter-themed sprinkles
- Pastel-colored M&Ms
- Piping bags and piping tips (we used start tips)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 12" skillet pan or round baking panLet your cookie dough defrost for 15-20 minutes outside the refrigerator. Then combine the dough into the pan, pressing down evenly all around.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until the edges start to brown. Allow to cool completely before decorating. You can remove the cookie cake from the pan or keep it inside like we did before decorating.
- Frost a layer around the edges as we did in yellow. Then a smaller inner layer of frosting as we did in white. It doesn't matter what piping tip you use you can use what you have on hand!
- Take your pastel M&Ms and make bunnies. You will need 3 of the same color for one bunny. Press two standing up for the ears. The one flat side down for the head. If your cookie cake is too cooled you can add a dab of frosting using a toothpick to make the M&Ms adhere.
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Agnes Hsu is a mom of three and has been inspiring parents and kids to get creative with easy activities and family friendly recipes for over 10 years. She shares her love for creative play and kids food to her 2MM+ followers online. Agnes' commitment to playful learning and kindness has not only raised funds for charity but also earned features in prestigious nationwide publications.