This list of easy Easter desserts contains all of my favorite recipes to make for your Easter celebration! With so many delicious treats to choose from, it’s impossible to pick just one!
Easter is such a special holiday for me. Growing up, my family always had a lot of traditions for this time of the year and most of them revolved around baking!
From hiding eggs, making Easter brunch, visiting the Easter bunny, and enjoying the wonderful Spring weather that accompanies the brisk winter, this special holiday is a time filled with wonderful memories and even better recipes!
Today I’ve rounded up my favorite Easter desserts to make each year. From Cadbury egg desserts, lemon treats, traditional cake and cupcakes, and fun decorative treats for kids, this list brings recipes that will make your friends and family swoon!
My Favorite Easter Dessert Ideas
These Easter dessert ideas below are easy, quick, kid-friendly, decorative and oh so delicious. There’s a little bit of everything on this list, whether you’re craving chocolate, lemon, cookies, cakes or bars. There are even some super cute Easter desserts that you can decorate together with the kids!
Easy Carrot Cake Recipe
This carrot cake is easy to make in an 8×8 pan for a smaller batch single layer cake. It's loaded with grated carrots and topped with a fluffy homemade cream cheese frosting.
These Easter cake pops are simply adorable, super tasty, and easy to whip up in time for this year's Easter celebrations! A bouquet of cake pops would make an adorable centerpiece and an easy way for guests to grab one to go!
This lemon poke cake is easy to make with lemon cake mix and lemon jello then topped with whipped cream. It's moist, refreshing and flavorful for spring or summer!
Cadbury Egg Easter cupcakes with a rich chocolate cupcake base filled with Cadbury eggs, creamy caramel frosting and a chocolate Easter egg candy on top.
This layered Easter cake is made with three layers of vanilla cake topped with whipped buttercream and decorated with toasted coconut and mini Cadbury eggs.
These chocolate egg nest treats are made with chocolate, butterscotch and chow mein noodles then topped with mini Cadbury eggs. An adorable Easter dessert for spring!
These carrot cake cupcakesare made from scratch with grated carrots and a soft, fluffy and moist texture. Top with the best cream cheese frosting for a simple Easter treat!
Each bite of this fresh fruit tart is a mix of crumbly sweet crust, smooth and decadent custard and juicy fresh berries! This is the perfect refreshing treat for warmer weather!
These lemon bars are easy to make in a 9×13 pan with a buttery shortbread crust and vibrant lemon custard filling. A classic recipe with sweet and tart taste!
A cake pop bouquet is a simple and fun way to make an edible arrangement everyone will love! Cake pops are an easy no-bake dessert to make and the whole family can get involved in the kitchen!
Total Time:1 hourhour
Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes
These lemon raspberry cupcakes are easy to make with a fluffy, light and moist texture then topped with a raspberry buttercream frosting.
Easy coconut macaroon Easter nests are easy to make for a festive spring dessert! The nests are dipped in chocolate then decorated with chocolate eggs for an adorable treat.
These lemon poppy seed cupcakes are light and fluffy, perfectly sweetened and full of flavor from the lemon zest and poppy seeds. Then topped with a light cream cheese frosting that tastes amazing!
Delicious mini fruit tarts made with a buttery shortbread crust, creamy vanilla custard and topped with fresh fruit. The perfect bite-sized sweet treat for spring and summer!
These lemon coconut bars are the ultimate Spring dessert made with layers of buttery shortbread crust, tangy lemon filling and toasted coconut, they are perfection!
Moist and fluffy, these coconut cupcakes have light coconut flavor from coconut extract and coconut milk! A cream cheese coconut frosting makes them the perfect sweet treat.
This rainbow jello is a bright and colorful layered jello dessert! Everyone loves this fun finger jello that tastes like the rainbow and is a crowd-pleasing treat at parties!
Thank you SO much for featuring my recipe. You are amazing and I love your blog and this roundup. =) <3
Thanks for your comment Sarah! Hope you had a great Easter! :)
These all look incredibly delicious, The bunny coconut cake looks fantastic :)
What a delicious collection of recipes! Can’t wait to try some of them. Thanks for including our Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars!
Thanks so much for including my Skittles fudge! What an awesome roundup!!