Recipe Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup M&M’S Milk Chocolate Pastels, divided
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp + 2 tsp granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup low-fat buttermilk, at room temperature
• 2 tbsp canola oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 6 marshmallows
• 1/4 cup pink candy melts, melted

Directions:

Prep Time: 40 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes (+ 20 minutes standing time)

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Grease or spray a 12-cavity mini donut pan. Reserve 12 M&M’S Milk Chocolate Pastels; set aside. Finely chop remaining M&M’S; set aside.
2. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt until combined.
3. In medium bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in reserved chopped M&M’S.
4. Divide batter evenly among prepared donut mold. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until tester inserted in center of donut comes out clean. Transfer pan to rack; let cool for 5 minutes. Reinforce donut holes with handle of wooden spoon, if necessary.
5. In another medium bowl, add icing sugar. Toss donuts in icing sugar until coated. Transfer to parchment paper–lined baking sheet.
6. Cut each marshmallow into an “X” shape, resulting in quarters. Transfer melted pink candy melts to small piping bag with snipped tip. Pipe a pink log onto center of each marshmallow quarter to resemble the inner pink part of bunny ears.
7. Pipe remaining melted pink candy melts on the ends of one side of each ear and glue 2 ears on top of each donut. Let stand until melted pink candy melts are firm and set, about 15 to 20 minutes.
8. Decorate the center of each donut with 1 whole M&M Milk Chocolate Pastel to resemble bunny noses.

Tips:

• Substitute mini donut pan with mini muffin cups.
• Substitute pink candy melts with store-bought tube of pink frosting.

Nutrition Facts Per 1 donut

• Calories 120
• Fat 4.5g
• Saturated Fat 1.5g
• Cholesterol 15mg
• Sodium 110mg
• Carbohydrate 17g
• Fiber 0g
• Sugars 12g
• Protein 2g