75 Easy Easter Desserts to Celebrate in the Sweetest Way
Everything from traditional treats to cute bunny cookies and more!
Celebrate Easter with a sweet treat (or two!). We've gone through our triple-tested recipes to find the best Easter desserts for any celebration. From gorgeous Easter cakes to tasty cookies, these Easter treats elevate any springtime gathering. They make the most of seasonal ingredients like lavender, lemon, and even carrot. If you ask us, they're even better than the Easter candies that are sure to fill your kids' Easter baskets by the end of the day.
If you're baking for a crowd, consider something like Easter cupcakes or Easter pies that can scale up or down to serve as many people as you need. These dessert recipes are also ideal for Mother's Day brunches, birthday parties, and other spring and summer celebrations.
Macaroon "Nests"
These treats are almost too cute to eat. You'll need sweetened flaked coconut, chocolate eggs, and sweetened condensed milk to make them.
Get the Macaroon "Nests" recipe.
Lavender Shortbread Wedges
This sweet shortbread dessert is perfect for sharing! Slice into wedges and sprinkle some lavender on top for the ultimate spring touch.
Get the Lavender Shortbread Wedges recipe.
Maritozzi
Make store-bought brioche buns extra special by filling them with sweet whipped cream and sprinkling with your favorite toppings to finish it off. We suggest chopped pistachios, toasted cacao nibs or freeze dried strawberries.
Get the Maritozzi recipe.
Ring Cake
Everyone at the Easter table will be reaching for this treat! Each piece has a beautiful cinnamon-sugar swirl inside; plus it's topped with a sour cream glaze — yum!
Get the Ring Cake recipe.
Lemon Layer Cake With Flower Petals
This gorgeous Easter dessert is a true showstopper. The gorgeous petals on top of the cake are easier to make than you might think; you'll just need white chocolate and coconut oil.
Sugared Lavender Cupcakes
Few things spell springtime like fresh lavender, and these little cakes look and smell like a bouquet of the stuff. Sugared lavender sprigs give them a super professional finish.
Get the Sugared Lavender Cupcakes recipe.
Meyer Lemon Madeleines
Dainty and shell-shaped, these little sponge cakes are perfect for teatime or dessert. Meyer lemons are a little harder to find than regular lemons, but their sweeter, more complex profile really kicks these up a notch.
Get the Meyer Lemon Madeleines recipe.
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Carrot-Pineapple Cupcakes
Earthy carrot and sweet, juicy pineapple are a fabulous pairing, and they really sing in these carrot cake-like cupcakes.
Get the Carrot-Pineapple Cupcakes recipe.
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Meyer Lemon Bunny Cookies
These bunny cookies are almost too adorable to eat. But little tails made of shredded coconut, who can resist?
Get the Meyer Lemon Bunny Cookies recipe.
Coconut Cream Pie
Coconut can feel pretty summery, but when it's mounded with pillowy whipped cream and golden coconut flakes, it's exactly what we want for an Easter luncheon or dinner.
Get the Coconut Cream Pie recipe.
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Lemon and Buttercream Sandwich Cookies
The "yolk" in these egg-shaped little cookies is actually a dollop of lemon curd. With buttercream frosting and a dusting of sugar, these would make a great addition to any Easter spread.
Waffle Cookies with Strawberry Buttercream
Use good-quality butter waffle cookies to make these easy, semi-homemade bites into something special.
Get the Waffle Cookies with Strawberry Buttercream recipe.
Tiramisu Dip
Why settle for a slice of tiramisu when you can have a big bowl of tiramisu dip? You'll want to have plenty of ladyfingers for dipping, along with mascarpone, Kahlua, and instant espresso powder.
Get the Tiramisu Dip recipe.
Rainbow Meringue Sandwiches
What better way to celebrate Easter than with these colorful desserts? Dainty meringues and thick cream cheese frosting are a perfect match.
Get the Rainbow Meringue Sandwiches recipe.
Homemade Marshmallows
Homemade marshmallows are surprisingly easy to make, and they taste worlds better than store bought. You also get to customize them with your choice of food dye: we love a nice bright pink for Easter.
Get the Homemade Marshmallows recipe.
Roasted Strawberry Tart
This elegant Easter dessert is made with flaky puff pastry, creamy Greek yogurt, homemade whipped cream and plenty of fresh strawberries. It makes eight servings.
Get the Roasted Strawberry Tart recipe.
White Chocolate-Dipped Madeleines
These elegant cookies don't take long to make: just dip store-bought madeleines into white chocolate and sprinkle chopped cranberries and pistachios on top.
Blondies
Brown sugar is the star of the show in this recipe. These vanilla, toffee-like baked treats come together quickly and can be topped with seasonal sprinkles or chocolate chips.
Get the Blondies recipe.
Cocoa Bunny Cookies
Decorate bunny-shaped chocolate sugar cookies with icing and, before it's set, sprinkle on shredded-coconut for the tails.
Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Freeze-dried strawberries go a long way in adding color and sweet flavor to the buttercream frosting on these lemony cupcakes. These also make for great treats for birthday parties, 4th of July gatherings, and other celebrations.
Samantha (she/her) is the Senior Editor at Delish, where she edits the most-talked-about food news and features on the internet. In her previous role as Assistant Editor in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, she taste-tested hundreds of products and recipes (tough job!). A graduate of Fordham University, she considers the kitchen to be her happiest place.
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