The ultimate guide to Easter Desserts! Whether you want candy, cookies, cake, or bars we’ve got you covered!
What is the most popular easter candy?
In the United States, the absolute most popular Easter candy is Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Eggs! If you’re a fan of this chocolate peanut butter candy like I am, you know the disappointment that comes with the end of “Easter season.” No more Reese’s chocolate eggs… Well, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered!
Better than Reese's Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs
These Better than Reese’s Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs are a fun and easy Easter treat! A homemade version of one of my favorite candies!
What are the best easter desserts?
I think the best Easter desserts are the homemade ones! Store-bought Easter candy is fine but, let’s be honest, the peeps, jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, and Cadbury eggs don’t always cut it. NOTHING really beats homemade sweets. Whether it’s candy, cookies, or cake, these Easter sweets are delicious for adults and kiddos alike!
Easter candy
If peanut butter chocolate eggs aren’t your thing, I’ve got plenty of other delicious candy recipes!
Crockpot Candy
Crockpot Candy is sweet, salty, and crunchy! This easy holiday candy is made with almond bark, chocolate, peanut butter, and roasted, salted peanuts right in your slow cooker!
Pro tip
Use pastel-colored sprinkles for a festive, colorful twist!
Peanut Brittle
This Peanut Brittle is a classic holiday candy that's surprisingly easy to make. Roasted peanuts are folded into a homemade toffee-like mixture to create the perfect sweet, salty, and crunchy candy.
Heath Bars
These homemade Heath Bars are sweet, salty, and crunchy. Crispy toffee is layered with creamy milk chocolate and topped with roasted almonds.
Oreo Balls
These No-Bake Oreo Balls are made with Oreos, cream cheese, vanilla, salt, and chocolate. They make the perfect quick and easy treat for any occasion! I've also listed different cookies, extracts, and chocolates below for fun variations!
Pro tip
Dip your Oreo Balls in chocolate or almond bark and decorate them like Easter eggs!
Easter cookies
Chocolate Cadbury Egg Cookies
Chocolate Cadbury Egg Cookies. A chewy double chocolate cookie loaded with Cadbury Mini Eggs and Easter M&Ms! A quick and easy festive treat for Easter or spring!
Fruity Pebbles Cookies
These Fruity Pebbles Cookies are colorful, chewy, and loaded with vanilla pudding mix, fruity pebbles cereal, and white chocolate chips!
Carrot Cake Cookies with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
These Carrot Cake Cookies are made from boxed carrot cake mix for easy prep, loaded with white chocolate chips, and topped with a creamy and tangy toasted coconut cream cheese frosting!
Healthy Fruit Pizza Cookies
A healthier twist on a classic, you're going to LOVE these healthy fruit pizza cookies. A reduced sugar, whole wheat sugar cookie crust topped with a greek yogurt, honey sweetened "frosting", and all your favorite seasonal fresh fruit.
Cut Out Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These Cut out Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are a holiday favorite! They're crisp and golden on the outside, but soft and fluffy in the middle. Topped with the BEST cream cheese frosting.
Lemon Crinkle Cookies
A spring twist on a chocolate classic, these lemon crinkle cookies are bright, lemon-y, and perfectly sweet! My secret ingredient? Lemon pudding mix and white chocolate!
Vegan Sugar Cookies
These Vegan Sugar Cookies are soft, chewy, SO flavorful, and topped with the creamiest homemade vegan buttercream frosting!
Almond Joy Cookies
These Almond Joy Cookies are like your favorite candy bar in cookie form! Ultra chewy and packed with coconut, almonds, and chocolate chips!
Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are buttery soft peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with melty peanut butter cups. This holiday classic is SO easy to make!
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies. Cookies made with strawberry cake mix, strawberry jello, butter, eggs, and your choice of chocolate chips: dark, milk, or white! Quick, easy, delicious! 5 ingredients and 10 minute prep!
Easter cake
Carrot Poke Cake Recipe
Cake mix kicked up a notch to make this Carrot Poke Cake Recipe! Carrot cake is drizzled with cream of coconut then smothered in a homemade caramel cheesecake cool whip frosting.
Lighter Lemon Walnut No Bake Cheesecakes
Lighter Lemon Walnut No Bake Cheesecakes. A naturally sweetened walnut date crust topped with a creamy coconut yogurt, cream cheese, honey, lemon filling!
Healthy Zucchini Cake Recipe
This Healthy Zucchini Cake is vegan, gluten free, flourless, and loaded with almond butter, dark chocolate, and zucchini!
Lemon Lava Cake Recipe
An ultra tender cake with slightly crisp edges and a perfectly white chocolate lemon-y molten lava gooey center, this Lemon Lava Cake is surprisingly easy and so decadent!
Vegan Lemon Pound Cake Cupcakes Recipe
These Vegan Lemon Pound Cake Cupcakes are dense, moist, perfectly lemony, and smothered in the most delicious two ingredient glaze! A great dessert for warmer weather.
Coconut Cake
This is the best Coconut Cake recipe! Coconut pudding mix and toasted coconut flakes are baked into this moist cake mix cake then topped with a coconut cream cheese frosting.
Easy Slow Cooker Carrot Cake
This Slow Cooker Carrot Cake Recipe is quick, easy, and so decadent! Spice cake is layered with cheesecake pudding, pecans, coconut, and carrots, drizzled with caramel, then finished off with a crunchy streusel topping.
Easter Brownies, bars, pie, and More
Lemon Bars
This Lemon Bars Recipe is the perfect Summer dessert! A buttery shortbread crust is topped with a sweet, citrusy, and perfectly gooey lemon curd filling.
Peach Crisp
This Peach Crisp is a classic summer comfort food! Frozen peaches are baked into a gooey filling and topped with a crispy oat, pecan, and brown sugar streusel.
Key Lime Pie
This Key Lime Pie Recipe has a shortbread cookie and pistachio crust and a bright, yet creamy filling made with sour cream and condensed milk!
Strawberry Brownies
These Strawberry Brownies are made with strawberry cake mix AND strawberry jello mix to form this fruity, ooey-gooey dessert.
Peach Cobbler
This Peach Cobbler is loaded with gooey, sweet peaches and topped with a crispy crumbly topping. Made using frozen peaches, this summer classic is prepped in just 15 minutes.
Coconut Custard Pie
This Coconut Custard Pie is thick, creamy and absolutely packed with coconut flavor! Bonus: it's insanely easy to make!
