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Spring is in the air, and that means it’s time for bright, cheerful treats to celebrate Easter time! Whether you’re planning an Easter brunch, a festive egg hunt, or just want to whip up something special with the kids, these easy Easter desserts are sure to be a hit with the whole family.
From cute Easter desserts featuring pastel colors and candy eggs to classic favorites like carrot cake muffins and Easter dirt cake, there’s something for everyone!
There’s just something about Easter that begs for fun treats. Any of these treats are a great way to add more fun to any Easter gathering or just to add to your dessert table after you enjoy a little glazed ham and glazed carrots for Easter dinner!
And while we are trying new desserts – and since eggs are so expensive this year, why not change things up and try a new egg treat with a fun egg squishmallow!
No-Bake Recipes
Easter Dirt Cake
This fun and festive take on dirt cake is made with crushed chocolate cookies, creamy pudding, and layers of whipped topping. Top it with chocolate eggs, Peeps, and a sprinkle of edible grass (green coconut) for an adorable Easter-themed treat!
Dirt Cake for Easter and Halloween
4.67 from 9 votes
Dirt Cake is a fun dessert to serve up on Halloween, Easter or any other holiday for kids and adults. It is a quick and easy no bake recipe that is so tasty!
Give classic Rice Krispies treats an Easter upgrade by topping them with colorful Peeps! These marshmallow-filled bars are easy to make and perfect for little hands to help with.
Peeps Rice Krispies Treats
5 from 1 vote
Are you a fan of Peeps and Rice Krispie treats? If so, you're in for a treat! Peeps Rice Krispie Treats are a fun and delicious twist on the classic marshmallow and cereal dessert. These colorful and festive treats are perfect for Easter or any time you want to add a pop of color to your dessert table.
Easter Egg Rice Krispies Treats with surprise candy filling! They are shaped like an Easter Egg and have a delicious treat inside.
Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats
5 from 2 votes
Rice Krispie treats shaped into Easter eggs make an easy and favorite dessert. With the addition of M&M's inside of each egg, you won't be able to stop at just one!
Shape Rice Krispies treats into little nests and fill them with Cadbury Mini Eggs or jelly beans for a cute, festive Easter dessert that’s crunchy and delicious!
Easter Rice Krispie Nests
Easy Easter Rice Krispie Nests recipe that takes minutes to make. The perfect easy Easter dessert recipe that is no-bake and tastes amazing.
Melt white chocolate and milk chocolate and swirl in pastel-colored candy melts. (Pink and yellow!) Sprinkle the chocolate bark with chocolate eggs, sprinkles, and crushed Oreo cookies for a fun, break-apart Easter treat.
Easter Candy Chocolate Bark
Snag this fun seasonal recipe for Easter candy chocolate bark plus see variations for Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays, too!
Easter Oreo Bark is a festive, simple and delicious treat that only takes 5 minutes to put together! It includes vanilla candy coating, Easter m&m’s, oreos, and sprinkles!
Make no-bake mini cheesecake bites topped with Cadbury mini eggs for an adorable and delicious Easter treat.
Cadbury Mini Eggs Cheesecake
This Easter dessert is easy to make and great for parties! Mini Cadbury Egg cheesecake bites topped with ganache, toasted coconut, and Cadbury mini eggs.
These chocolate-covered Easter Oreos are the perfect addition to any Easter dessert spread! Oreos get turned into cute Easter bunnies, chicks, and Easter eggs with just a little bit of help from white chocolate and pastel colors of candy melts! This no-bake recipe is perfect for kids to help out with!
Easter Oreos
These adorable chocolate covered Easter Oreos are easy to make and the cutest addition to your Easter celebration ever!
Dip marshmallow bunny peeps in melted chocolate and decorate them with sprinkles for a simple but delicious treat.
Marshmallow Easter Pops
Repeat as above, but put them on a stick! Dip marshmallow bunnies in melted chocolate and decorate with sprinkles for an easy, festive treat – chocolate bunnies on a stick!
Chocolate Covered Peeps Pops
Chocolate covered Peeps are way better than regular Peeps! Serve these Peeps pops as an Easter treat or give away as Easter favors!
If you have any extra peeps, you can make them into s’mores!
Peeps S’mores Easter Treat
These Peeps S’mores Easter treats are a fun and festive way to celebrate spring! With Easter Bunny Peeps, gooey chocolate, and graham crackers, they’re the perfect nostalgic Easter dessert for kids and adults alike. Make a batch for your Easter baskets or holiday dessert table!
Make individual dirt cups by layering chocolate pudding and crushed cookies with layers of whipped topping, then decorate withjelly beans, gummy worms, or Peeps for a kid-friendly treat.
Easter Dirt Cups
These Easter dirt cups are made up or Oreo dirt crumbs, layers of pudding, and edible Easter decorations! The cutest Easter treat!
A fun twist on classic puppy chow—coat cereal in white chocolate, toss with pastel-colored candy, and dust with powdered sugar for an addictively sweet snack.
Bunny Bait – Spring Snack Mix!
Sweet and Salty Snack Mixes are so addicting, plus quick and easy to make! It’s perfect for Easter celebrations or spring parties.
This festive Bunny Bait is the perfect easy treat for Easter! Sweet and salty, this Easter snack mix is great for Easter baskets, movie nights, and more!
Dip pretzel rods in melted white chocolate, then drizzle with pastel-colored candy melts and sprinkles. I use my chocolate pretzel rod recipe and use white chocolate instead!
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods
5 from 2 votes
Quick and Easy Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods are a sweet and salty treat that is so delicious. Salty Pretzel Rods are so fun to decorate for any holiday.
Dip strawberries in pastel-colored candy melts and decorate with drizzle or sprinkles for a simple yet elegant Easter dessert.
Homemade Peanut Butter Eggs
These homemade peanut butter eggs taste just like the Reese’s peanut butter eggs you find in Easter baskets, and they’re so easy to make!
It’s as simple as combining a few ingredients together and then dipping them in chocolate to finish off these yummy Easter treats! This homemade version of the classic treats everyone loves at Easter is even better than the store-bought ones!
Homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
Homemade Reese’s Eggs are the perfect balance of sweet, creamy peanut butter and melted chocolate. They are so fun to make and they are so cute!
Bake a batch of fudgy brownies or blondies and press mini Reese’s peanut butter eggs into the warm brownies for a chocolate peanut butter twist that everyone will love.
Reese’s Egg Cookie Bars
These soft, chewy, peanut butter cookie bars are perfect for Easter and can be made in under 30 minutes! Simply press the dough in a 9×13 pan and press in Reese's Eggs!
Use bunny-shaped cookie cutters to make sugar cookies, then let the kids decorate with colorful icing, sprinkles, and candy eyes!
Easter Bunny Cut Out Sugar Cookies – Beyond the Butter®
These Easter Bunny Cut Out Sugar Cookies are buttery soft and tender on the inside with a slightly crisp outside and topped with marshmallow buttercream frosting and sparkling sugar.
No fancy decorating skills needed to make these adorable Easter bunny sugar cookies! Simply make your favorite cut out sugar cookies (my recipe is below!) and top with mini chocolate chips & dots of pink frosting!
These no-chill Mini Egg Cookies are loaded with colorful candy-coated eggs and chocolate chips. They’re chewy, buttery, quick, easy, & perfect for Easter!
Make cookie dough cups and fill them with frosting, buttercream, or pudding, then top with jelly beans or candy eggs and shape a licorice handle to make mini Easter baskets.
Easter Basket Cookie Cups
These adorable Easter Basket Cookie Cups are almost too fun to eat! They are filled with buttercream frosting, chocolate bunnies, and eggs.
These carrot cake muffins are packed with warm spices, shredded carrots, and a hint of cinnamon. Top with a light icing for the perfect Easter treat!
Easy Carrot Cake Muffins with Sweet Glaze
4.67 from 3 votes
These scrumptious Carrot Cake Muffins are sure to be a hit with carrot cake lovers! Whether you're looking for a tasty breakfast, brunch, or dessert option, these muffins are quick and effortless to whip up.
Top your favorite cupcakes with fluffy buttercream frosting and decorate them with marshmallow bunny tails and candy feet for a super cute Easter dessert.
Easy Bunny Cupcakes
How to make Bunny Cupcakes perfect for Easter or Spring Parties. These Easy bunny cupcakes take minutes to prepare and look super cute!
This adorable Easter cupcake features a bunny digging into the frosting, with mini marshmallow feet!
Bunny Butt Cupcakes
These Bunny Butt Cupcakes are the perfect Easter treat! A moist chocolate cupcake with a marshmallow and coconut flake bunny diving into buttercream grass.
Robin’s Egg Mini Bundt Cakes – Easy Spring Dessert!
These Robin’s Egg Mini Bundt Cakes are a delicious and pretty springtime treat. A moist vanilla cake is flavored with a bit of lemon and topped with a sweet glaze decorated to look like a robin’s egg!
A soft vanilla cake loaded with colorful sprinkles and topped with pastel buttercream frosting makes for a fun and festive Easter dessert.
Easter Confetti Cake
This homemade Easter Confetti Cake will be the highlight at your Easter table. Have fun and switch up the sprinkles for some unique color combinations!
Layer cake cubes or crumbles, pudding, and whipped cream in small cups, then top with chocolate eggs, Peeps, jelly beans for a cute individual treat.
Mini Easter Trifles
This delicious Easter Trifle is an easy layered dessert made with cake, pudding, shredded coconut, and whipped cream, topped with your favorite Easter candies.
As horrifying as they are, an Easter brunch is never complete without a creepy lamb cake. Make sure to order your lamb cake mold in time for Easter! Use a cake mix and your favorite vanilla frosting and try to keep it from looking too horrific!
Lamb Cakes: An Easter Tradition or a Nightmare?
Lamb Cakes are an Easter tradition, but they can also be terrifying. There are so many different ways to make them – lemon cake, pound cake, cannoli cake, and more.
And, for something fun for kids to do while the adults are eating, kids can play with homemade playdough. It’s edible and non-toxic. (And it’s cheaper than eggs!)
Homemade Kool Aid Playdough!
Learn how to make homemade playdough with Kool-Aid packets for a fun and easy craft idea with the kids!
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