These Vegan Easter Bunny Millionaires Shortbread Bars are sweet, buttery and delicious! A buttery, ‘melt in the mouth’ shortbread is topped with gooey caramel, dairy-free white chocolate and vegan marshmallow bunnies. Perfect for Spring / Easter celebrations!
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Vegan Easter Bunny Millionaires Shortbread
If you’re looking for the ultimate treat that’s as delicious as it is adorable, these Vegan Bunny Millionaire’s Shortbread Bars are your new go-to. With a buttery shortbread base, a luscious layer of creamy caramel, and a rich chocolate topping, each bar is finished with the cutest little marshmallow bunny detail that makes them perfect for springtime, Easter, or just whenever you need a sweet (yet very cute) pick-me-up. They’re entirely vegan / plant-based, easy to make, and guaranteed to hop straight into your list of favourite desserts.
Looking for more Easter recipes? Check out my:
- Easter Puff Pastry Bunnies
- Vegan Easter Madeleines
- Viral Vegan Easter Nest Puff Pastries
- No-Bake Oreo Easter Egg Cheesecake
- Easy Vegan Easter Loaf Cake
- Vegan Easter Linzer Cookies
Why you’ll love these easter bunny millionaires shortbread
- Adorable – Topped with vegan marshmallow bunnies and coloured white chocolate details, these bars are an instant Easter showstopper.
- Decadent layers – Buttery shortbread, rich caramel, and a creamy white chocolate finish, what’s not to love?
- 100% Vegan – Fully dairy-free, egg-free, and cruelty-free, without sacrificing flavour or texture.
- Great for gifting – Wrap them up and give them as sweet little treats in Easter baskets or springtime goodie bags.
- Nostalgic – Like a grown-up version of your favourite childhood treat, with a fun, festive bunny twist.
- Delicious – The perfect balance of chewy, crunchy, and melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness.
Layers to these millionaires bars
These decadent vegan easter bunny millionaires bars are a dreamy, layered treat perfect for springtime indulgence.
- Base: The base is a rich, crumbly and buttery shortbread made with flour, butter and maple syrup. I use my favourite vegan butter for this recipe Vitalite Dairy-free Spread. It has a tasty buttery flavour and makes each layer taste buttery smooth and melt in the mouth. Highly recommend!
- Caramel: On top of the base sits a luscious chewy caramel layer that melts in your mouth. Made with vegan butter, sugar and condensed milk… its truly a delicious caramel which tastes identical in texture and flavour to the classic millionaires shortbread…. simply cruelty-free!
- Chocolate: No millionaires shortbread is complete without a thick layer of chocolate. In this case, i opted for a dairy-free white chocolate, but you’re more than welcome to use a dairy-free milk or dark chocolate. It simply depends on your taste and preference.
- Decoration: The real magic comes with the final flourish, fluffy, pastel vegan marshmallow bunnies nestled gently on top, giving each slice a playful, festive easter charm. Each bite is a perfect harmony of sweet, salty, and soft textures, making them a delightful centrepiece for any Easter celebration.
Recipe tips and tricks
- Make sure you line your baking tin with grease proof paper and allow an overhang so it’s easy to lift out the slab.
- Only bake the shortbread until it’s a light golden colour, if you over-bake it.. it will become too hard and will crumble when it’s sliced into bars / servings.
- A sugar thermometer is a really really helpful tool for making caramel, linked here.
- When making the caramel make sure to stir it constantly with a heat proof spatula so it doesn’t burn on the bottom of the pan.
- Make sure to chill the caramel layer before adding the chocolate or there is a chance they will mix together and it wont result in clean neat layers.
- To help cut through the bars neatly, heat up a large sharp knife in some warm water, wipe dry with some kitchen paper / tea towel and slice the bars. The heat will melt through the caramel and chocolate perfectly.
- Store the bars in an air-tight / sealed container in the fridge and allow to come to room temperature before enjoying (as this allows the butter and chocolate to soften).
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Vegan Easter Millionaires Shortbread
- Total Time: Overnight
- Yield: 8–10 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Fun and festive Vegan Easter Bunny Millionaires Shortbread are sure to impress this Easter! Layers of buttery shortbread, chewy caramel topped with white chocolate and a marshmallow bunny. Vegan, No-Egg & No-Dairy!
Ingredients
Ingredients for the shortbread base
- 230g of plain / all purpose flour (you can use gluten-free)
- 60g of dairy-free butter ( I use Vitalite Spread)
- 30ml of maple syrup
Ingredients for the Caramel
- 110g of dairy-free butter
- 320g (1 can) of vegan condensed milk
- 200g of light brown sugar
- 60ml of golden syrup
Ingredients for the chocolate
- 150g of dairy-free white chocolate
- 20g of desiccated coconut
- 10g of dairy-free dark chocolate
- Pink food gel
- Vegan vanilla marshmallows
Instructions
Method (shortbread base)
- Preheat your oven to 180°C fan and line a 8×8 inch, loose base square tin with grease proof paper.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, dairy-free butter and maple syrup until the ingredients stick together to form a dough.
- Press the dough into the base of the tin and smooth it out with a spatula or back of a spoon until even. Prick the dough with a fork several times, this will release any steam.
- Bake the shortbread for 15 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden in colour. Remove from the oven then allow to cool to room temperature before adding on the caramel.
Method (caramel filling)
- In a medium sized saucepan, add in the butter, condensed milk, light brown sugar and golden syrup.
- Place the pan on the hob over a medium heat and stir until melted and combined. Continue whisking over the heat while the caramel bubbles away and darkens in colour. Use a candy thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature of the caramel. You want the caramel to reach 225F. The caramel should become thicker and should start to pull away from the edges of the saucepan.
- As the caramel is very hot, carefully pour over the the shortbread base, smoothing out using an off-set spatula or back of a spoon until it’s a flat layer.
- Place into the fridge overnight to set. The caramel will be very gooey while hot, but as it chills, it’ll thicken up.
- Once the caramel has set, remove from the fridge and add in the chocolate layer and marshmallow decorations.
Method (chocolate)
- Place the white chocolate into a heat-proof bowl. Fill a small saucepan 1/4 with water and place over the hob on a low / medium heat. Place the bowl on-top to create a bain-marie. Melt the chocolate, leave a-little melted white chocolate for the pink bunny decorations.
- Pour the melted white chocolate over the top of the caramel, use a spoon or off set spatula to spread it out.
- While the chocolate is wet, add on the marshmallow decorations. I used large vegan marshmallows to create fun bunnies.
- Colour the remaining melted white chocolate with a tiny drop of pink food gel. Transfer into a piping bag and snip off the tip. Pipe on the bunny nose and ears. Melt the dark chocolate then add on 2 dark chocolate dots for the bunny eyes.
- Optional: sprinkle some desiccated coconut over the white chocolate.
- Place into the fridge for 15-20 minutes to set the chocolate.
- Slice the bars into squares and serve. TIP: Heat a knife in some hot water before cutting to prevent the chocolate from cracking.
Notes
To store: Store the millionaires shortbread bars in an airtight / sealed container in the fridge for up to 1 week. This keeps the chocolate firm and the caramel set.
Tip: Let them sit at room temp for 5–10 minutes before serving for the best texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: bars
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
