31 Easter Cakes and Dessert Recipes

How to make easy Easter desserts that are perfect treats to serve your family on Easter Sunday. These Easter dessert recipes include Easter cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and yummy Easter treats like recipes for kids and baking recipes. Your family and friends will love celebrating the Easter holiday with these yummy treats that remind them of Spring time and Easter. Why not throw a party?! {{wink}}

The Tip Junkie creative community has almost 400 Easter tutorials complete with pictured instructions on how to make. You’ll love the step-by-step tutorials on topics like 22 Uses For Plastic Easter Eggs and 70 Free Easter Basket Templates for Kids to name a couple. {wink}

Easter Cakes

1. Donut Easter Bunny ~ A sweet little Easter Bunny made from powdered donuts.

2. Jelly Bean Carrot Cake ~ This adorable jelly bean covered carrot is actually a cake. And it is the cutest Easter dessert for your family. You can get the printable instructions HERE.

Easy Easter Desserts

3. Homemade Gumdrops ~ These homemade gumdrops are a fun food the kids can help you make. They will love rolling them in the sugar and then packaging them up using the free printable gift tag. These would also make a fun addition to any Easter basket.

4. Rainbow Jello Eggs {Easter Desserts} ~ These rainbow Easter eggs are a fun and colorful dessert that guests young and old will enjoy.

Easter Dessert Recipes for Kids

5. Easter Peep S’Mores {Easter Dessert} ~ Make the traditional s’mores Easter themed by replacing plain marshmallows with your favorite marshmallow Easter treat.

6. Easter Lamb Marshmallow Pops {How-To} ~ These sweet little lambs would make a perfect Easter treat. You could use them as basket stuffers, or since there’s no baking required, let the kids make some to pass out to their friends.

7. Baa Baa Black and White Sheep Treats {recipe how to} ~ Make your own adorable sheep for Easter baskets or a children’s table.

Easter Cupcakes

8. Easter Cupcake Toppers & Baskets ~ Here are some darling chevron striped cupcake toppers and wrappers that look like little Easter basket. You can print them in yellow, blue, and pink.

9. Edible Easter Basket Cupcakes ~ What’s better than an Easter basket filled with yummy things to eat? An Easter basket that IS a yummy thing to eat. These are super cute and sure to be super delicious too – a fun treat for the kids to help make and give to their friends.

10. Bunny Cupcakes ~ Adorable Easter bunny cupcakes that have fondant ears and M&M noses.

11. Banana Cupcakes as a Nest {recipe} ~ Darling banana cupcakes all decorated for Easter as a nest with little candy eggs.

Easter Cakes

12. Easter Nest Cake {Easter Desserts} ~ Julie took a regular bunt cake and turned it into a festive Easter Dessert. With the help of some frosting and a few egg shaped Easter candies, the bunt was transformed into a spring nest. This dessert is easy to decorate and can even be made with all store bought ingredients to save time.

13. Polka Dot Easter Egg Cake ~ This little Easter cake is adorable, and looks so fun to make. The kids could easily help with the white chocolate polka dots. Plus, this fab dessert can double as the centerpiece for an Easter gathering.

14. Carrot Cake Supreme ~ This carrot cake will be the hit of your Easter dinner. Forget the chocolate candies that the Easter bunny left behind, you will be wanting to search for an extra slice of this dessert. Coconut, pecans, and pineapple help to make this carrot cake a one of a kind Easter treat.

15. Garden Cake Tutorial ~ This cake is fantastic for a summer garden party or darling as a Peter Rabbit cake for Easter. The cute colorful marzipan vegetables against the black Oreo cookie dirt simply delight the eye. If you can work with Play-Doh you can make these little vegetables, and you’ll have this great tutorial to help you every step of the way.

Easter Bunny Cake

16. Easter Bunny Cake ~ Easy to make and almost too cute to eat, this Easter Bunny cake is a fun treat to celebrate the special day.

17. Bunny Cake ~ Check out Melissa’s version of the old school bunny cake that’s a tradition in her family and a little history on the original design. This fun Easter dessert doesn’t take a special cake pan. You can create your own bunny cake using two regular round cake pans and the tutorial provided.

18. Easter Bunny Cake Pops {Easter Bunny} ~ Bakerella walks you through her latest cute cake pop creation, this time a bunny just in time for Easter. These cute Easter bunny cake pops will be enjoyed by guests young and old at your Easter celebration.

Easter Cookies

19. Bird’s Nest Cookies {Easy & Kids Friendly} - Spring is already here! Can you believe it?! These adorable no bake Bird’s Nest Cookies will be a fun project to enlist your child’s help with. All you need is 3 ingredients.

20. How to Make a Bunny Cookie Lolly {recipe how to} ~ They can be made in other colors than brown and I think that they would work just as good for a bunny themed baby shower, beside being a sweet Easter treat.

21. Easter Bunny Macaroons ~ These little bunnies would be a darling addition to any Easter basket, and are sure to taste better than the nasty old Peeps. And I dare say, they may even look cuter from the back side {giggle}.

22. Bunny and Lamb Easter Sugar Cookies {How-To} ~ These springtime cookies are so adorable. She shows you how to decorate your own little flock, and also has some great tips and suggestions in her comments for how to freeze and re-use leftover royal icing.

Easter Treats

23. Carrot Cake Pops ~ These carrots are a fun Easter take on the cake pop. Both made from carrot cake and formed in the shape of carrots, they are truly carrot cake pops. Your little bunnies will love them.

24. DIY Reese Peanut Butter Eggs {Easter Candy} ~ If you love Reese Peanut Butter Eggs, this homemade version with dark chocolate should be on your to make list for Easter.

25. Baby Bird Nest Pretzels ~ The detail on these treats are amazing, but the are actually bite-sized goodies. A great treat for Easter, but these would also be so fun at a baby shower. You could even do little pink birdies if it’s a girl {giggle}.

26. Jelly Bean Bark {How-To} ~ Check out this tutorial on making your own jelly bean bark. With two simple ingredients, you can make a tasty snack that is perfect to hand out to friends on Easter weekend our to serve at your family gathering.

Peeps

27. Cotton Candy Easter Treats ~ Here is a quick treat for Easter: cotton candy cupcakes. No recipe needed, just put some cotton candy inside cupcake wrappers, add some M&M’s and Peeps and you’ve got a quick and cute alternative to cupcakes.

28. Easter Peeps Cupcakes {And A Free Printable} ~ These sweet little peep cupcakes are fun and festive. Follow the tutorial to make your own little hippity-hoppity cupcakes, and then print out the free “hop with me” flags to add some flair.

29. Peep Cupcake Push Pops {Easter Ideas} ~ What a fun and colorful way to combine peeps, cupcakes and push pops!

30. Tuxedo Peeps {Easter Candy} ~ Don’t let your family be the only one’s in the Easter best! Dress up your peeps too!

31. DIY Homemade Marshmallow Peeps ~ Easter is a perfect excuse to indulge in sweets! Follow the recipe to make homemade marshmallow peeps.

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