Funfetti Easter Bunny Cheese Ball is an Easter Bunny-shaped cheese ball made with Funfetti cake mix, cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. This easy-to-make and Easter cheese ball can be eaten as an Easter fruit dip, Easter cookie dip, or added to an Easter charcuterie dessert board.
Funfetti Easter Bunny Cheese Ball is a cake batter cheese ball dip that is delicious. Think of it as an Easter Dunkaroo dip and is paired perfectly with nilla wafers for that Dunkaroo taste.
What is a Cheese Ball
Traditionally cheese balls are made more on the savory side with cream cheese, chives, spices, and other ingredients, but they can also be made sweet for a dessert cheese ball. The main ingredient in a cheese ball is cream cheese and then you add spices, fruit, nuts, cheeses, or even meats. Cheese balls are then served with crackers, chips, bread, or veggies. They’re the perfect easy appetizer for parties and can be made with whatever your heart desires.
How to Store a Cheese Ball
A cheese ball can be stored in an air-tight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. However, depending on the ingredients used in your cheese ball it could be shorter. If you’re adding fresh fruit, veggies, or items that will spoil quicker to your cheese ball the store time will probably only be 2-3 days.
Can I make a Cheese Ball ahead of time?
You can make a cheese ball a few days in advance. Store it in the fridge in an air-tight container and don’t add the outside toppings on until the day you’re ready to serve your cheese ball.
How to Make a Funfetti Cheese Ball
Our Easter Bunny cheese ball is so easy to make. To get the bunny shape I used an Easter Bunny silicone mold, but you could place your cheese ball mixture in saran wrap and shape it yourself. I just didn’t feel that confident in my sculpting skills. I got my Easter Bunny mold for $1.25 at the dollar tree.
Funfetti Cheese Ball Ingredients
- Funfetti Cake Mix – You can use any type of Funfetti cake mix. Either the classic kind, holiday kind, or even the flavored ones.
- Cream Cheese – This is the base layer for the cheese ball
- Butter – Another key ingredient for the cheese ball.
- Vanilla – For more flavor
- Powdered Sugar – For sweetness
- Sprinkles – To decorate the outside of the cheese ball
- Cookies, Crackers, or Fruit
Additional Items for Cheese Ball
- Saran Wrap
- Easter Bunny Mold
How to make an Easter Cheese Ball
Place your Funfetti cake mix in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute and 30 seconds. You cannot eat raw flour since it could have bacteria in it so this helps to kill anything off.
Place your room temp cream cheese, room temp butter, and vanilla in a bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
Add the powdered sugar and Funfetti cake mix.
Mix until everything is well combined.
Place a large piece of saran wrap over your baking mold. Add in your cheese ball mix and press it into the mold, filling it up. Place the side of the saran wrap over the cheese ball.
Place the cheese ball in the freezer for 15-30 minutes.
Remove the cheese ball from the freezer and remove it from the baking mold. Keep the saran wrap on it.
Reshape your bunny as needed and then remove the saran wrap.
Cover your cheese ball with rainbow sprinkles of your choice.
Enjoy your Easter Bunny cheese ball with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels, or Nilla wafers.
Funfetti Easter Bunny Cheese Ball
Funfetti Easter Bunny Cheese ball is an easy and delicious cake batter cheese ball.
Ingredients
- 1 box of Funfetti Cake Mix
- 8 oz room temp Cream Cheese
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) room temp Butter
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Place your Funfetti cake mix in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute and 30 seconds. You cannot eat raw flour since it could have bacteria in it so this helps to kill anything off.
- Place your room temp cream cheese, room temp butter, and vanilla in a bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar and Funfetti cake mix.
- Mix until everything is well combined.
- Place a large piece of saran wrap over your baking mold.
- Add in your cheese ball mix and press it into the mold, filling it up.
- Place the side of the saran wrap over the cheese ball.
- Place the cheese ball in the freezer for 15-30 minutes.
- Remove the cheese ball from the freezer and remove it from the baking mold. Keep the saran wrap on it.
- Reshape your bunny as needed and then remove the saran wrap.
- Cover your cheese ball with rainbow sprinkles of your choice.
- Enjoy your Easter Bunny cheese ball with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels, or Nilla wafers.