Easter is a Christian holiday that’s been celebrated for centuries, with many traditions developing over time. Today, there are many religious and secular Easter traditions and celebrations surrounding the Easter holiday, from Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, and Lent, to coloring Easter eggs, visits from the Easter bunny, Easter egg hunts, and Easter baskets filled with tasty treats.
Many families celebrate Easter with a delicious feast, complete with delectable desserts. And with many Easter themes to touch on, there are plenty of cute Easter dessert ideas to choose from, such as cross-shaped cakes, egg-shaped cookies, desserts that look like bunnies, and more.
Want a delicious done-for-you Easter dessert that doesn’t require hours in the kitchen to prepare? Choose a mouth-watering arrangement from Edible Arrangements®, such as a delightful arrangement of fresh fruit favorites and strawberries dipped in cake batter-flavored white chocolate and rolled in mini sequin sprinkles. It serves double-duty as a beautiful table centerpiece while providing a tasty dessert that satisfies kids and adults alike.
If you’re feeding a large group, consider a platter filled with decadent Easter desserts such as mini cheesecakes topped with chocolate dipped fruits, chocolate dipped strawberries, and chocolate covered graham crackers, chocolate sandwich cookies, and Bavarian pretzels. Or, for a truly scrumptious selection of treats, a platter filled with red velvet, chocolate, and vanilla cupcakes is sure to hit the spot. And with a dozen chocolate dipped strawberries topped with swirls of white chocolate Swizzle® in the center, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!
For more delicious and cute Easter dessert ideas you might want to try, we put out a call for ideas and curated responses below. (Note: Edible Arrangements® is not endorsing any of the companies or ideas discussed below, but we asked for suggestions to get some different perspectives.) Keep reading to find out what the contributors who responded to our query had to say about their favorite cute Easter dessert ideas.
Morshed Alam
Morshed Alam is the Founder & Editor at Savvy Programmer.
“My favorite Easter dessert idea is a nest cake. You can either make a chocolate cake and cover it with melted chocolate and then use your hands to create the nest shape, or you can buy an already-made chocolate cake at the store and skip that step. Then, take some coarsely chopped hazelnuts or walnuts and press them into the top of the cake to resemble tree branches. Finally, add some mini egg candies as eggs in the nest!”
Lisa Grant
Lisa Grant is a cookbook author and writer of the blog Jersey Girl Cooks.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert idea is Easter Rice Krispie Treats.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- ½ package 10 oz marshmallows
- 3 cups crispy rice cereal
- 1 can green frosting
- 16 ounces jelly beans
Instructions:
- Melt butter and stir in marshmallow until completely melted.
- Stir in the crisped rice cereal.
- Using wet hands, scoop the marshmallow and cereal mixture into mini muffin cups and allow to cool.
- Remove the Easter nests from the muffin tin and top with frosting and jelly beans. Serve immediately.”
Ja-ne de Abreu
Ja-ne de Abreu is the author of the award-winning books Sassy Food and Chasing the Surge. She loves to share fun tips about gardening and cooking. Her exciting metaphysical fiction, The Energy Inside Valsin’s Choices, was published in February 2022.
“An easy and fun Easter dessert is to make (or buy) a basic carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Dye shredded coconut green and add it on top of the cake as grass. Add chocolate eggs and bunnies along with egg-shaped jelly beans and carrot-shaped candy to create a wonderland. Attach multi-colored chick and/or rabbit Peeps on the sides of the cake for extra pizazz!”
Lisa Richards
Lisa Richards is a nutritionist and author of The Candida Diet. She has been featured on Today, US News, Women’s Health magazine, Huffington Post, Healthline, the San Francisco Chronicle, Reader’s Digest, Lifehack, Insider, and Well+Good, among others. Through her website, thecandidadiet.com, she explains the benefits of a low-sugar, anti-inflammatory diet.
“The food you offer while entertaining this Easter doesn’t have to be difficult, and meeting everyone’s dietary needs is possible.
My Lemon Coconut Cookies are a great item to offer this Easter, and their fresh lemon taste helps bring in the spring season. These lemon-coconut cookies are full of antifungal coconut milk and shredded coconut. They are low in carbohydrates and will have very little impact on your blood sugar, even though they taste sweet.
Offer this Savory Zucchini and Pesto Bread as an appetizer or side item for your Easter meal. This Savory Zucchini and Pesto Bread is made from three non-glutinous flours: millet, buckwheat, and almond. These help to create a tender texture.
As it bakes, the pesto melts into the bread, keeping it moist. It’s full of the flavors of a summer garden, of zucchini and freshly made pesto, with a divine aroma.”
Katie Clark
Katie Clark is the Owner and Creator of Clarks Condensed.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert is one that is SO easy to put together, even kids can help with it. Easter Pudding Cups just require pudding cups, chocolate eggs, Nilla Wafers, marshmallow bunnies, and green pudding. It takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish!”
Reda Elmardi
Reda Elmardi is a Registered Dietician, certified
nutritionist, certified strength and conditioning specialist Personal Trainer, and owner of TheGymGoat.com.
“Here are my top two favorite Easter desserts:
1. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake
This cake is a delicious treat that can be enjoyed any time of year. It’s easy to make and requires only a few ingredients!
Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (any flavor)
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
2. Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Peanut butter cup cookies are a classic treat that everyone loves! They’re easy to make and can be customized to fit any occasion. You’ll need:
- 1/4 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
And here are a few more Easter dessert ideas:
1. Peanut Butter Chocolate Egg Cups
Peanut butter chocolate eggs are a fun way to celebrate Easter! They’re also easy to make and can be customized to fit any occasion. Simply mix peanut butter with melted chocolate chips and pour into cupcake liners. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Let cool completely before filling. Top with sprinkles and enjoy!
2. Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These cookies are perfect for Easter! Just mix peanut butter with powdered sugar and bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. Once cooled, top with mini Reese’s Pieces.
3. Peanut Butter M&M Eggs
This recipe is great if you want to get creative with your Easter treats! Mix peanut butter with milk chocolate chips and sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Then roll them in colored candy melts. Place on parchment paper and let harden overnight. Enjoy!”
Charmaine Allen
Charmaine is a self-confessed foodie and editor at LuvMeKitchen, a food blog. When she is not experimenting in the kitchen, she enjoys traveling, running, sailing, and just spending time with family and friends.
“My favorite Easter dessert is bunny cupcakes. Not only are these cupcakes cute and adorable, but they are also delicious. Just the thought of these for Easter brunch brings a smile to my face. These cupcakes are made with cake mix and a cream cheese frosting. The bunny ears are made out of marshmallows with pink sprinkles on them.”
James Green
James Green is the Owner of Build A Head Big Heads.
“A great, easy, and fun recipe to make for Easter is saltine toffee. Bonus points: it’s kid-friendly to make and definitely kid-approved. You can buy Easter-themed sprinkles so the kids can decorate the top. Everyone loves toffee, and saltine toffee is relatively easy to make, with only 5-6 ingredients needed to make the sweet and salty treat.”
Heather Johnson
Heather Johnson is the Owner and writer of The Food Hussy, a blog that covers restaurants, recipes, and road trips.
“My favorite Easter dessert is Easter Cookie Fudge. This cookie fudge is so much fun – it’s blooming with Easter colors and treats! There are 4 layers to this amazing dessert: Oreo cookie base + peanut butter fudge layer + caramel layer + candy topping!
Makes 15 servings
Prep time: 30 minutes
Refrigeration time: 2 hours
Ingredients:
Base:
- 1 package Double Stuf Oreos – separated cookies/filling
- 1/3 cup caramel creamer
Peanut Butter Layer:
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- Oreo fillings
Caramel Layer:
- 20 caramel creams
- 2 Tbsp caramel creamer
Topping:
- Easter M&M’s
- Colorful marshmallows from cereal
- Sprinkles
- Peanuts
- 2 mini cow tales – cut with scissors into little bites”
David Angotti
David Angotti is the CEO of HawaiianIslands.com.
“My absolute favorite Easter dessert to make is Spring Animal Cupcakes. These are super easy to make and they always are a major hit at Easter dinner (or any time during the spring!). Simply make a batch of cupcakes of your preferred flavor, then decide which animals you want to make.
For a chick, frost the cupcake with yellow buttercream, roll in yellow sprinkles, then use the buttercream to attach 2 brown mini M&M eyes and an orange Cry Baby Tears beak. Create the wings with 2 yellow Necco wafers and press them into the cupcakes.
For a lamb, frost the cupcake with white buttercream, then roll in white nonpareils to cover. Take the cookie part of an Oreo to make a tapered head and another cookie portion to make ears. As with the chick, add the M&M eyes and use small buttercream dots for wool.
For a rabbit, frost the cupcake with plain buttercream, roll in desiccated coconut to cover, then snip a marshmallow to make ears and attach them with pretzel sticks. Use a jellybean for the nose and chocolate sprinkles for whiskers, then M&M’s for eyes.
For a pig, frost with pink buttercream, then roll in bright pink sanding sugar to coat. Add the M&M eyes, a pink Necco wafer for the snout, and small brown buttercream lines for nostrils. You can also use a pink marshmallow for ears.”
Christina Russo
Christina Russo is the Creative Director of The Kitchen Community, one of the world’s most respected digital culinary hubs. The Kitchen Community attracts an audience of over 3 million visitors a month and is solely dedicated to food, health, cooking, and wellness.
“While Easter is traditionally regarded as a celebration of faith and belief, you don’t have to be particularly enamored by the thought of a higher power or a divine guiding hand to celebrate the holiday with a little sweet-toothed indulgence. And what could be more indulgent than a Sugar Cookie S’more?
The best thing about them, apart from the way they taste, of course, is that they’re easy to make and simple to rustle up. If you’re tempted to throw caution to the wind and spend Easter in the company of a super sugary s’more or five, you can find the recipe for them here.”
Liz Mincin
Liz is an American food blogger at Waiting for Blancmange and recipe developer living in the UK. She specializes in desserts and believes every day should start with cake.
“Chocolate nest cakes are a typical springtime treat in the UK and so cute for Easter! I love to make these with cereal – shredded wheat gives the best nest-like texture – with chocolate, marshmallows, and some pretzels for a touch of salt. Fill with candy chocolate eggs for the full effect. I share my recipe here.”
Megan Weimer
Megan Weimer is a food photographer, recipe developer, and blogger at Meg and Matcha. She creates and shares nostalgic, easy dessert recipes with a healthy twist.
“My cute Easter dessert idea is Lemon Lavender Cupcakes. If you’re looking for a taste of Spring, you’ve found it! The cupcakes feature a gluten-free lemon cake with luscious lavender buttercream. The pastel purple buttercream is reminiscent of dyed Easter eggs and springtime flowers. You could top the cupcakes with lavender petals, Cadbury eggs, or a coconut nest!”
Wilhelmina “Billie” Zeelen
Wilhelmina “Billie” Zeelen is a chemist and the owner of Bzice. She’s been fascinated by the idea of what foods can and can’t be frozen since she was a child and decided to turn her obsession into the ultimate online freezing resource: Bzice, the one-stop internet guide to what you can and can’t freeze at home.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert idea is bunny-shaped cookies. They are such a fun and easy option to bake and take no time to prepare. As long as you purchase a bunny-shaped cookie cutter, you can easily create this dessert. All you need to do is use your favorite cookie recipe.
When the cookies have been baked and given a chance to cool down, they can then be decorated with a bunny face. This is where the fun of creating the cookies really comes into its own, and you can allow your creativity to flow.
If you have children, this can be a fun Easter activity to do together, and you can then serve the bunny cookies to friends and family. While the recipe is simple, the decoration process is great fun, and the result is a cute Easter dessert idea.”
Dominic Harper
Dominic Harper is the founder of Debt Bombshell.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert idea is Easter Surprise Cupcakes. It’s basically a very simple cupcake with frosting, but it’s topped and filled with chocolate eggs with certain surprise treats in the center. What I love most about these cupcakes is that you can even bake them with your family members and treat this activity as one of your Easter bonding sessions. You can even use your own cupcake recipe to do this, and colored frosting will make it more Easter-y. Also, you can toss in some clues at the bottom of your liner so the Easter cupcakes will mimic an Easter egg too.”
Jeremy Yamaguchi
Jeremy Yamaguchi is the CEO of Lawn Love, a company that’s bringing high-tech solutions to the lawn care industry.
“I think a fun idea that’s always a crowd-pleaser is decorated sugar cookies. Specifically, cookies that are shaped like eggs. A lot of families will decorate actual eggs with their kids for Easter, but that can make a huge mess and can stain clothes/fabric, so decorating sugar cookie eggs instead is a much less messy option (plus you get to eat them!). Get a group of people together, bring out all the sprinkles, gel pens, and colorful frosting you can find, then get creative and make as many individualized designs as you can think of.”
Tasha Holland-Kornegay
Dr. Tasha Holland-Kornegay is a wellness expert for Nike, professor, entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. As a Licensed Mental Health Clinician, Dr. Holland-Kornegay has a background in family counseling and is the founder and owner of Our Treatment Center, PLLC. Her life as a health professional and a businesswoman are linked together by her passion for helping families thrive.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert is Pretzel Bunny Egg Lollipops. Celebrate this special day with these yummy homemade lollipops.
Ingredients & Materials:
- Bag of mini pretzels
- Pink, blue, or yellow candy melts
- Confetti sprinkles
- Lollipop sticks
- Wax paper
- Fork or small tongs
Directions:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe dish.
- Add a ¼ teaspoon of butter to help soften the candy.
- Dip each pretzel into the colored chocolate with a fork or small tongs.
- Cover the pretzels completely or let the excess chocolate drip off.
- Arrange the pretzels on wax paper.
- Place your stick on top of the pretzels and drizzle more chocolate to seal.
- Set for several minutes.
- Decorate with colorful sprinkles.
- Let harden before eating.”
Katie Lyon
Katie Lyon is the co-founder of Allegiance Flag Supply. Her experience in business development has been key to defining Allegiance’s brand.
“Make a delicious coconut cake in the shape of a bunny. It’s simple. Purchase yellow cake mix, flaked coconut, vanilla frosting (or make your own!), jelly beans, and licorice. Bake two, nine-inch round cakes. Use one cake for the head and then cut the other cake into two ears for the bunny, along with a bowtie. Frost the entire bunny and cover it with the flaked coconut. Use the jelly beans to decorate and licorice to make the whiskers. It’s both cute and tasty!”
Aysegul Sanford
Aysegul Sanford is a food blogger and owner of Foolproof Living.
“My favorite Easter dessert is Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes. When I think Easter, I think chocolate. These adorable chocolate cupcakes are the perfect Easter treat. Made in bite-size servings for easy sharing, each one is finished with a glob of rich chocolate icing and sweet freshly sliced strawberry. They are gluten-free and sweetened with maple syrup so they can be enjoyed by everyone, even those with more restrictive dietary requirements.”
Becky Brown
Becky Brown is the CEO and Co-Founder at ShoppingKim.
“One of my favorite Easter dessert ideas is sugar bunny cookies. These quick and easy-to-make cookies will serve you as a perfect springtime treat.
Ingredients:
- Cookie dough (bought or home-made if you have a special recipe)
- Royal Icing (I use 3-ounce egg whites, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 4 cups of icing sugar)
- Bunny cookie cutters
- White/black nonpareils for eyes/tails
- Your favorite food coloring (pink, blue, red, etc.)
Prepare your cookie dough and fill up the bunny cutters. Divide the icing among 5 bowls and add food coloring to your liking. Add a few drops of water to the mix, and flood the cookie cutters. While the bunnies are still wet, add white nonpareils for tails and black for each pair of eyes. As for the ears, you can use different colored icing to mark cute bunny ears.”
David Adler
David Adler is the Founder and CEO of The Travel Secret. David is a seasoned entrepreneur who has had extensive experience in travel, e-commerce, marketing, HR, and international business.
“My favorite cute Easter dessert idea is Bunny Butt Sundae Cones. With loads of different textures and flavors at play, every bite is a surprise. Place a scoop of vanilla (or flavor of your choice) ice cream in a flat-bottomed cake cone to just touch the rim. Place another scoop of ice cream on top. Cut a marshmallow in half crosswise and stretch to form an oval paw. Draw bunny paw pads on the smooth sides of the marshmallows and stick them to the ice cream. Top with a quarter-sized dollop of whipped cream between the feet for a tail. Insert two small oval-shaped sandwich cookies into the top of the ice cream scoop as ears. I love this Easter dessert recipe.”
Michael Baldicana
Michael Baldicana is the Web Content Specialist at Stayyy, a community for dog lovers and people who are looking to train their dogs.
“My favorite Easter dessert idea is bunny ears. You can use any type of cookie dough, or even just a premade pie crust. Roll the dough into two long logs and then cut them in half lengthwise to create two long, skinny pieces of dough. Place one piece of dough on the cookie sheet so that it is parallel with the edges, and then place the second piece of dough on top so that it overlaps the first piece by about one inch at each end. Press down lightly at the overlapped area to seal the two pieces together. Cut off any excess dough from around each ear to create a clean edge for your bunny.”
Brent Hale
Brent Hale is the Chief Content Strategist at Tech Guided, where they aim to help consumers find the information they need on tech products and services.
“Here are a few of my favorite Easter dessert ideas:
- Southern Blueberry Bread Pudding: It’s delicious and eye-catching. You just might want to go directly to dessert.
- Marshmallow Easter Eggs: These sweet eggs are a hit with everyone who loves marshmallows.
- Shortbread Lemon Tart: For a change from common lemon bars, try adding an orange strip to both the outside layer and filling, transforming the formula into a tart.”
Beth Schubert
Beth Schubert is a media specialist, the co-founder of Own The Grill, and a life-long culinary fanatic.
“Chocolate Hot Cross Buns are my favorite cute Easter dessert idea. My mom loves to bake, and it’s a passion that she’s passed down to me. As she’s English, the thing that she loves to make more than anything else is a traditional dessert from her homeland: hot cross buns. And every Easter, she always bakes chocolate hot cross buns which adds a touch of decadence to this already rich after-dinner treat. As much as I’d love to share my mom’s recipe for them with the world, I fear that she might send me to Coventry (it’s an English thing) if I blabbed about her chocolate bun secrets. So, in lieu of that, I’ve found this one from the BBC, and even though it isn’t as good as my mom’s, it still makes a pretty delicious bun.”
Kyle Kroeger
Kyle Kroeger is the Founder of ViaTravelers. After working more than 10 years in finance and private equity, Kyle quit his job to travel and explore the world following the pandemic.
“I love German Fried Egg Cake or Spiegeleierkuchen. It’s not at all fried and in fact, it’s very easy to make. Instead of a fried egg on toast, you make a chocolate tray bake cake and cover it with white chocolate frosting. Apricot halves take the place of the egg yolks. Dark chocolate sprinkles and lime zest replace your seasoning.
See if you can trick your friends and family members when serving this to them for breakfast on a busy morning when they are distracted! Watch their faces change when they realize what they are really eating.”
Jaymee Messler
Jaymee Messler is an entrepreneur and sports business executive with an extensive background in the sports and media industries. In June 2021, she partnered with NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett to create Gaming Society, a platform that democratizes sports betting.
“Chocolate is a staple of Easter of course, but I prefer something a little lighter. I love fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth desserts. One option is meringue nests for your tiny Easter eggs to rest in – meringue has that perfectly sweet crunch on the outside while staying soft and airy on the inside.
The second, and my personal favorite, is homemade marshmallows. Store-bought are okay, but homemade marshmallows are the perfect combination of gooey and fluffy without being overly saccharine. If you’re looking for a showstopper at the potluck, homemade marshmallows can be made into molds of classic Easter icons, but if you’re just in it for the
sweets, you can eat this delicious fluff straight from the bowl!”
Planning an elaborate Easter dinner can be a lot of work. Make it easier by choosing a delicious done-for-you Easter dessert from Edible Arrangements®. With an extensive collection of decadent desserts and treats for kids and adults alike, you can take care of Easter dessert and Easter gifts for friends and loved ones at the same time.
