No Bake Bunny Print Cookies

The Easter bunny seems to have left his paw prints on these cookies! Everyone will love these cute bunny print cookies. They are sweet and delicious!

Perhaps to start Easter morning with unicorn toast. These carrot cake bunny tails are another Easter themed treat, and sweet Italian ricotta pie is always good.

Why You’ll Love It

Easy to make: There’s no baking involved in this recipe and prep time is minimal. You simply need to decorate sugar cookies with frosting and dry ingredients to make them into these gorgeous little treats.
Soft and sweet: The flavor and texture of the cookies is really special, which is why they’re among the most popular recipes. As they’re made using sugar cookies, you can expect a soft, crumbly texture, and they’re flavored with vanilla and coconut for a fantastic flavor.
Customizable: You can choose any colors you want to make these, change what you use for the toppings and even swap the sugar cookies for another kind.

No Bake Easter Cookies Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Sugar cookies: You can either make your own sugar cookies or buy them.
Food coloring: Take your pick from any food colors you want. Pastel shades and light colors are associated with Easter so just add a couple of drops and check the color. You can always add more.
Shredded coconut: You can use either sweetened or unsweetened coconut flakes, as you prefer.
Vanilla frosting: Vanilla pairs well with the coconut flavor but you can always use another flavor. The store-bought kind is fine to use.
Candy melts and chocolate chips: For making the paw prints. White chocolate looks cute but you can use milk chocolate if you don’t like white, or even use melted chocolate or icing for freestyle paw prints.

How to Make Easter Bunny Paws

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Color the coconut:  Divide up the shredded coconut and color each portion in a different color using a food processor or stand mixer on low speed. If you have neither, a medium bowl and a wooden spoon will work.
Frost the cookies: Lay the cookies on a parchment paper covered baking sheet and frost with the vanilla frosting.
Add the colored coconut: Next dip each cookie, frosted side down, into the coconut flakes.
The finishing touches: Add sprinkles to each paw print cookie and then add a candy wafer and three chocolate chips to each one for the bunny’s toes.

Substitutions and Variations

Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version, you can use gluten-free cookies instead of sugar cookies or make your own with gluten-free flour, and check the other ingredients for gluten, as this can depend on the brand used.
Different cookies: The soft crumbly texture of sugar cookies makes them great for making bunny paw thumbprint cookies but you can use any other round cookies you want or make your own cookie dough.
Swap the chocolate: Use any kind of round white candies for the paw prints and toes or use frosting if you prefer.
Add another flavor: You might like to add a few drops of almond extract or another flavor to customize the cookies, or even some vanilla extract to make the vanilla flavor bolder.

Serving Suggestions

Breakfast: You might like to begin your Easter Sunday with a festive bagel breakfast bake casserole to keep you full while enjoying Easter activities!
Main dish: Later in the day, consider honey-glazed ham as a delicious Easter option. Or perhaps you would prefer a simple sheet pan ham dinner which is a whole meal on one sheet pan. Pizza giana rustica is a wonderful savory Easter pie from Italy.
Dessert: Gluten-free Easter bunny cookies are another popular Easter treat you can serve along with these bunny pawprint cookies, or you could whip up lemon curd berry pavlova. Watermelon boba popsicles are also great.
Drinks: Treat yourself to a lavender lemon drop vodka martini!

How to Store Easter Cookies

Store: Keep the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature and eat them within 3 days.
Freeze: They would come out soggy if you froze them, so enjoy the cookies fresh instead.