Around our house, a bunny is not called a bunny. It is not called a rabbit. It is not called a hare or the lesser known cony. Instead this furry, long-eared, bushy-tailed, burrowing animal is fondly known as a “Hoppy”. My middle child, Emily Jane, started out calling all animals not by their names but by their sound. A bunny doesn’t really have a sound. But it does hop! So “Hoppy” was the name she assigned to it. Her favorite animal she likes to cuddle with at bedtime happens to be a bunny, and she lovingly refers to it as ‘Hoppy’ too. Other animals she now calls by their actual names for the most part, but a bunny is still a “hoppy”… and I think it will remain that way for quite some time. Maybe forever. I would have called this recipe “Berry Hoppy Yogurt Bites” but “Berry Bunny Yogurt Bites” sounds a little better since berry, bunny, and bites are all “B” words. So I forsook the family name for little cotton-tail and went with the cuter-sounding version. Call it what you will… these are DELICIOUS! I found these “Mini Phyllo Shells” in the store on clearance and thought they would ...
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