These easy easter desserts are sure to sweeten up and brighten up your season. Filled with treats decorated like bunnies and chicks to flavors of carrot cake and lemon, you are sure to find the perfect sweet treat to add to your celebrations.
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- No Bake Easter Desserts
- Peeps Rice Krispie Treats
- Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats
- Spring Rice Krispie Treats
- Pink or Yellow Rice Krispie Treats
- Easter Cookies
- Bunny Sugar Cookies
- Lemon Meringue Cookies
- Carrot Cake Cookies
- Birds Nest Cookies
- Easter Cakes & Cupcakes
- Easter Poke Cake
- Carrot Cake Cupcakes
- Raspberry Cupcakes
- Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
- Peeps Cupcakes
Easter is a time for festive celebrations and large get togethers. Everyone looks forward to the sweet Easter desserts that come with these celebrations.
We have carefully selected the very BEST, easy Easter desserts based on: ease of making, seasonal flavor/decoration and ease of scaling for a crowd. So, keep on scrolling to find your next Easter treat.
No Bake Easter Desserts
These no bake easter desserts are perfect for when you are short on time. All of these can be ready in about 20 minutes, require no baking and use limited ingredients.
Peeps Rice Krispie Treats
These fun, colorful layered peeps rice krispie treats are perfect for Easter. They use the classic rice krispie treat recipe, but replace regular marshmallows with Peeps.
Why they're good: they are fun and colorful with yellows, pink, purple and blue. You can make them layered or a swirl pattern whichever you prefer.
Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats
These fun easter egg rice krispie treats are perfect to make with the kids. They use a basic rice krispie treat recipe, but then are formed into small eggs and decorated however you want.
Why they're good: a fun food craft to make with kids during Easter time. They are fully customizable as you can decorate them any way you like.
Spring Rice Krispie Treats
Spring rice krispie treats are filled with colorful mini egg candies. They have melty chocolate and crispy candy shells spread throughout the ooey, gooey marshmallow treats.
Why they're good: with only 4 ingredients, you can easily mix these up in 20 minutes or less. They are easy to make as a big batch for large get togethers.
Pink or Yellow Rice Krispie Treats
One fun thing about rice krispie treats is that they are easy to color for different occasions. Try pink rice krispie treats or yellow rice krispie treats as they are some of the dominant colors for this holiday season.
Why they're good: both colors use just 4 simple ingredients. They are super fast and easy to make.
Easter Cookies
Who doesn't love a good cookie? From soft, decorated sugar cookies to flavors like lemon meringue and carrot cake, you are sure to find a few you will love.
Bunny Sugar Cookies
It doesn't get much cuter than these adorable bunny sugar cookies. With an easy to make sugar cookie base, cut into bunny shapes with a cookie cutter and then decorated with your creativity.
Why they're good: super fast and easy to make dough. You can have fun and be creative decorating them how you like.
Lemon Meringue Cookies
Why leave the sweet, tart lemon flavor and light, but slightly crisp texture of lemon meringue just for pie? These lemon meringue cookies are a bite sized version of the pie flavor we all know and love.
Why they're good: these cookies are light and delicious. They are delicate and fancy looking - perfect to add on a dessert table.
Carrot Cake Cookies
Carrot cake cookies are all the flavor you know and love from carrot cake, but in soft, chewy cookie form. Dress them up with cream cheese frosting and a cute icing carrot.
Why they're good: great if you are looking for carrot cake flavor, but want individual servings. They are easy to customize with nuts, icing and frosting.
Birds Nest Cookies
Birds Nest Cookies are a fun and easy no bake cookie. With flavors of chocolate, peanut butter and butterscotch, they are so delicious and cute to boot!
Why they're good: these are a no bake cookie that take less than 20 minutes to make. Fun and colorful with the mini eggs added to the center of the cookie "nest".
Easter Cakes & Cupcakes
Looking for some Easter themed baked goods that aren't cookies? Here you will find a variety of colorful and flavorful cakes and cupcakes.
Easter Poke Cake
This wild and colorful Easter poke cake looks elaborate to make, but is relatively simple. The vanilla cake base is moist and fluffy as well.
Why it's good: perfect if you want a pop of color at your Easter celebration. Easily customize the colors, frosting and sprinkles.
Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Carrot cake cupcakes are everything a full carrot cake is only made as individual servings. Moist, fluffy and filled with sweet carrot flavor - these are a can't miss dessert.
Why they're good: customize them by adding different frosting, nuts, or a carrot icing decoration on top. They are perfect if you want hand held individual desserts.
Raspberry Cupcakes
Light, bright and fruity - these raspberry cupcakes are everything that spring and Easter embody. With a pop of pink and a fresh fruit and vanilla flavor, these cupcakes are super yummy.
Why they're good: easy to customize with fresh or frozen berries. You can also add raspberry filling and change up the frosting if desired.
Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
Pack your pie flavor into individual servings with these lemon meringue cupcakes. Sweet, tart lemon cupcakes with a beautiful meringue frosting on top.
Why they're good: they look fancy, but aren't too difficult to make. Full of lemon flavor which is a standout at Easter time.
Peeps Cupcakes
These adorable and festive peeps cupcakes are so fun. A sweet, colorful vanilla cupcake topped with festive frosting and a peep.
Why they're good: this uses a vanilla cake mix as the cupcake base, so you can focus on decorating. Customize the colors and decorations as you want.
