21 Easter Dessert Ideas to Satisfy Every Craving

Easter is the perfect holiday to practice your cooking skills; even if you aren’t a fan of the complicated side of cooking, you can throw a perfectly delightful event with the simpler stuff. Today, I am sharing with you my 21 all-time favorites in the Easter dessert department. Take a look at the awesome ideas below and make your Easter even more special!

Classic Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is an Easter classic. Its moist consistency, soft and gooey texture, and vibrant colors will delight you and your guests, making your Easter even warmer.

Classic carrot cake recipe

Perfect a classic with our next level carrot cake recipe. It’s been meticulously tested so you can bake the best version of this traditional cake

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Easter Egg Cheesecake Bites

A twist of the classic cheesecake, these Easter egg cheesecake bites are an easy and creative way to impress your guests.

Mini Egg Easter Cheesecake Bites

Easy Mini egg Easter Cheesecake bites are a perfect family-friendly recipe. As they are no bake cheesecakes is the perfect fun and tasty Easter activity to do with the kids.

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Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Lemon lavender shortbread cookies are a delightful, zesty option that brings a whiff of spring to your already-inspired Easter table. 

Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

These Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies are rich and buttery with a little hint of spring and summer! They’ve got a delicious balance of lemon and lavender flavor!

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Chocolate Bunny Silhouettes

These whimsical sweets will bring out the Easter spring spirit in your guests of all ages. Simple and elegant, it will quickly become the start of your gathering.

Homemade Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Bunnies

These homemade chocolate-covered marshmallow bunnies are the perfect treat for Easter. Your children will love those bunny silhouettes with their marshmallow cottontails. They are easy to make and even easier to eat!

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Hot Cross Buns

No Easter table is complete without these traditional and wholesome buns. Easy to make and very delicious, ensure you have some extra ones because your guests will definitely be reaching for seconds. 

Hot Cross Buns Recipe

Fluffy, fragrant, homemade Hot Cross Buns recipe. With my quick video recipe and some cheeky but effective tips, these take time but are easy to make!

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Peeps S’mores

Incorporate your favorite Easter candies in these sweet delights and impress your guests with both flavor and form. 

Peeps S’mores Skillet

It only takes 10 minutes.

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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

You will be amazed at how well raspberry and almond pair together. These cookies say Easter loud and clear!

Almond-Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, these raspberry-jam-filled almond thumbprint cookies are the perfect teatime snack.

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Mini Egg Brownies

Chocolate eggs and brownies are simply a match made in heaven. These mini egg brownies are fudgy, rich, and packed with Easter candy, making them the perfect dessert if you have little ones around your table.

Mini Egg Brownies!

Deliciously chocolate mini egg brownies with a thick fudge brownie, stuffed with mini eggs and chocolate chips, topped with even more! – Jane’s Patisserie

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Lemon Meringue Pie

Refreshing, delicious, and with a vibrant yellow color, this pie is one of the best Easter desserts you can serve. With a bit of creativity, you can add floral details, making it the delight of the season.

Lemon Meringue Pie

My lemon meringue pie recipe yields a perfectly set filling and billowy meringue that won’t weep. 100% from scratch with just 10 ingredients!

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Simnel Cake

If you plan on hosting a wholesome and traditional Easter cake with marzipan and dried fruits, this Simnel cake will add warmth and flavor to your gathering. 

Simnel Cake

Originally, this cake was made for Mothering Sunday, but it has for a long, long time been an essential Easter confection, the marzipan balls on top representing the apostles: eleven in total as, for understandable reasons, Judas is persona non grata.

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Easter Bunny Cake

An old Eater classic, this cake is among my favorites. This is your Easter dessert if you want to add cheer and vibrancy to your table. 

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe

An easy Easter Bunny Cake topped with coconut and jelly beans. This fun recipe is the perfect Easter dessert!

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Chocolate Nest Cakes

If you are looking for a no-bake option, these chocolate nest cakes are perfect for you. 

Easter Nests

Easy Four Ingredient No-Bake Easter Nests topped with your favourite Easter Chocolates! The best and easiest way to have fun this Easter!

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Pavlova with Mixed Berries

Pavlova cake works wonders on a regular Tuesday, let alone a special day like Easter. To capture the spring Easter spirit, decorate it with mixed berries to add more color to this ballerina of a cake. 

Berry pavlova

Light and fluffy pavlova topped with seasonal berries is the ultimate Christmas dessert.

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Creme Egg Cupcakes

Combine Creme Eggs’ joy with cupcakes’ delight in this Easter dessert. They’re fun to bake and even more fun to eat!

Creme Egg Cupcakes

These Creme Egg Cupcakes are a winning combination of chocolate brownie sponge, marshmallow icing and a hidden mini creme egg.

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Italian Easter Bread

Traditional and delicious, this Italian Easter bread is a work of art. Sweetened with a hint of sugar and decorated with colored eggs, it will add both class and wholesomeness to your table. 

Italian Easter Bread

Italian Easter bread is a fluffy, soft bread, braided around dyed eggs and seasoned with lemon or orange zest or vanilla extract.

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Layered Peeps Rice Krispie Treats

This twist to classic Rice Krispie treats is easy to make and incredibly fun for an Easter gathering.

Layered Peeps Crispy Rice Treats

Rice Krispie Treats with a twist – they’re made with marshmallow Peeps and layered for a beautiful, colorful Easter treat!

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Strawberry Shortcake

If you are looking for a light and refreshing dessert that perfectly complements any Easter table, this is the dessert you have been looking for! 

Strawberry Shortcake (The Best)

Looking for the best strawberry shortcake? This is the only recipe you’ll ever need!

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Vegan Chocolate Cake

I hosted the most spectacular Easter gathering a few years ago, but I forgot about my vegan friend. After seeing her empty-plated during dessert, I swore to make this cake a mandatory element of my future Easter feasts. 

The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake- A quick and easy recipe, made in 1 bowl! This really is the best chocolate cake ever, vegan or otherwise.

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Greek Easter Cookies (Koulourakia)

Buttery, crispy, wholesome, and featuring a delightful hint of orange, these cookies could be the soul of your gathering.

Easy Easter Greek Cookies: Koulourakia Recipe

Traditional Greek Cookies, Koulourakia, are often associated with Greek Easter. They are slightly sweet and crunchy with a soft inside.

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Blueberry Lemon Trifle

Blueberry lemon trifle is a gorgeous, layered dessert that’s both easy to assemble and delicious. If you don’t feel like going too far, yet you want something extraordinary, this trifle is the golden overlap between easy and fancy.

Blueberry and Lemon Trifle

Blueberry and Lemon Trifle. This is just sublime! Layers of fresh Lemon Cake, Creamy Custard and Whipped Cream and of course a generous sprinkling of blueberries throughout.

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Salted Caramel Easter Popcorn

This irresistible salted caramel Easter popcorn is an easy, snackable dessert that’s perfect for munching on throughout the holiday weekend.

Salted Caramel Popcorn Recipe

Salted caramel marshmallow popcorn with pretzel pieces and Pretzel M&M’s. This sweet and salty popcorn treat is perfect for Easter and spring time snacking!

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