29 Sweet Treats and Desserts for Easter

Celebrate Easter with Desserts made with the fresh fruity flavors of spring, must-make treats like creamy lemony bars and various cakes, and a few fun, colorful desserts that kids will love.

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Easter is celebrated by millions of families every year. After a special service and a fun hide-and-seek game for kids with colorful Easter eggs, friends and families often gather together to share a festive meal together. One thing is always common: the desserts are remarkable! And here I’ve gathered a winning list of cakes, bars, and other sweet things made with lemon, berry, or carrot to really bring the spring flavors to your spread! Be sure to check out my old-fashioned Hot Cross Buns recipe, which is a traditional sweet bread made with raisins and a sweet glaze. Happy Easter!

Easter Desserts

These are the best Easter desserts to make and bake this spring!

Cupcakes and Cakes for Easter

Find spring themed cupcakes, showstopping desserts, and simple cakes with seasonal flavors here.

Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes ready to serve
Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes
Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes are the perfect treat for your spring celebrations with tender vanilla cakes, creamy frosting, and cute candy eggs.
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slice of orange veggie dessert on a white plate with sweet jam in between
Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe
Ultimate Carrot Cake with Carrot Cake Jam is a moist, tender, nut-free showstopper dessert layered with creamy frosting. Everyone will enjoy!
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Side view of whole decorated cake
Easter Cake
Easter Cake is the perfect fancy spring dessert with a spongy lemon cake, rich cream cheese frosting, and a festive candy nest topping.
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Carrot Cheesecake Bundt Cake with slices removed on cake stand 1x1
Carrot Cheesecake Bundt Cake
Carrot Cheesecake Bundt Cake is a tender, flavorful, and moist carrot cake from scratch with a creamy cheesecake filling and cream cheese glaze.
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Carrot Cupcakes on cake stand
Carrot Cupcakes
Easy Carrot Cupcakes are sweet and moist spice cupcakes made with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, and chopped walnuts with fluffy cream cheese frosting.
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Cupcakes on cutting board with blueberry frosting
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes Recipe
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes are a delightful treat that combines the bright flavor of lemon with the sweet burst of blueberries. Try them today!
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Bundt Cake on serving stand 1x1
Lemon Bundt Cake Recipe
Lemon Bundt Cake is the perfect, bright, citrus cake with lemon syrup to make it extra moist and topped with a simple icing with lemon zest.
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Almond Bundt Cake Recipe
Almond Bundt Cake is a rich, buttery pound cake with a soft texture and almond flavor, finished with a delicate dusting of powdered sugar.
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Lemon Cake Roll Recipe
Lemon Cake Roll is a delicious, bright, tasty dessert that is super easy to make. Perfect for serving at Easter brunch or dinner. Try it soon!
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Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe
Carrot Sheet Cake is the easiest cake you will ever make! You can have it baked, frosted, and ready to serve at the party in just one hour!
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Easter Themed Treats

What dessert collection would be complete without colorful fun and festive treats?

Easter Egg Chocolate Oreos dipped oreos with sprinkles in a white paper container. Plastic eggs next to container. 4x3
Easter Chocolate Oreos
Easter Egg Chocolate Oreos are a no-fuss no-bake treat made with Lemon Oreos and lemon-flavored white chocolate. Easy to make with the kids!
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Decorated chocolate peanut butter eggs on platter
Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
Peanut Butter Easter Eggs are the perfect easy homemade candy recipe with rich, creamy peanut butter at the center of a chocolate shell.
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Magic Easter Layer Bars on a plate
Magic Easter Layer Bars
Magic Easter Layer Bars are the perfect holiday dessert to brighten up your table. Made with pastel M&M's, coconut, and chocolate chips!
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Lofthouse Sugar Cookies with white frosting and colorful sprinkles on plate
Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
Lofthouse Sugar Cookies are soft and tender, topped with a sweet frosting just like the ones you love at the grocery store!
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Sprinkle cookies stacked on top of each other with a bite taken out of the top cookie.
Funfetti Cookies Recipe
Funfetti Cookies are the perfect chewy, buttery cookies to bring to a party or serve on a birthday with rainbow sprinkles throughout.
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Sweet Easter Brunch Recipes

Finish off a special holiday brunch with these spring inspired baked treats!

Glazed baked buns on plate
Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns are traditional Easter treats you can easily make at home. Step-by-step recipe for fresh spiced raisin buns with sweet glaze.
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Easter Bread Recipe
Easter Bread is a classic recipe for the sweet festive braided wreath of yeast bread baked with colorful Easter eggs nestled in the dough!
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Rhubarb muffin with bite taken out of it.
Rhubarb Muffins
Rhubarb Muffins are sweet, tender, and fluffy, with a lightly tart taste and an easy streusel topping. The perfect weekend breakfast!
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Blueberry Muffin Bread cross section
Blueberry Muffin Bread
Blueberry Muffin Bread is an easy summer quick bread with a bakery-style sweet crunchy crumb crust and fresh blueberries. Perfect for breakfast on the go!
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Sliced bread with walnuts
Carrot Bread Recipe
Carrot Bread is a simple twist on the classic carrot cake, baked into a soft and flavorful loaf that's perfect for brunch, dessert or gifting!
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Glazed lemon curd sticky roll
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls are easy to make with buttery dough, lemon curd and lemony butter-sugar filling, and cream cheese frosting!
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Carrot Cake Monkey Bread cross-section on cake stand
Carrot Cake Monkey Bread
Carrot Cake Monkey Bread is the ultimate gooey pull-apart bread with fresh flavor from carrots and pineapples. It's a fantastic shareable party treat!
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serving of French toast on plate with syrup
Orange Marmalade French Toast Bake Recipe
Orange Marmalade French Toast Bake is a delicious fluffy breakfast. Perfect for Holiday brunch or serving a large crowd. Try it today!
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Baked Desserts for Easter

Show off your baking skills with cheesecake bars, decadent pies, cookies and more.

Lemon Pie finished pie with whipped cream and lemon slice garnishes around edge
Lemon Pie
Fresh Lemon Pie recipe is a refreshing dessert with a creamy filling full of lemon flavor! Sour cream lemon pie in a graham cracker crust.
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Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars in stack
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars are two tasty desserts in one bite. Easy homemade carrot cake with walnuts and a creamy cheesecake swirl, ready in just an hour!
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Baked Strawberry Pie
This Baked Strawberry Pie is an easy all-American classic pie bursting with fresh strawberries, sweetened with sugar and cinnamon, baked in a double crust.
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dessert square on plate with powdered sugar topping
Easy Lemon Bars Recipe
These lemon bars are tangy, buttery, sweet, and effortlessly bakery-worthy. Perfect squares for a quick, bright, delicious treat anytime.
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Plated Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake square
Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars made on a buttery graham cracker crust are creamy, sweet, and tart with lemon zest and fresh blueberries.
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Pavlova prepared on cake stand with slice removed, 1x1
Pavlova
Strawberry Pavlova is a beautiful and romantic dessert with a meringue base, homemade whipped cream, and delicious strawberry topping.
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Yellow cookie with powdered sugar
Lemon Cookies Recipe
Lemon Cookies are soft, sweet, and perfect for tea time with friends! Perfect to make them ahead of time and bake them off when your ready!
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Crisp in a white bowl with whipped cream, ready to serve.
Blueberry Crisp Recipe
This Blueberry Crisp is the easiest summer dessert for blueberry season! Fresh, juicy berries are baked with a golden-brown crumble on top.
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Stack of Coconut Brownie squares
Coconut Macaroon Brownies Recipe
Coconut Macaroon Brownies are the perfect, irresistible combination of gooey chocolate brownies and golden coconut flakes in one dessert.
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Coconut Cheesecake slice on a plate
Coconut Cheesecake
Coconut Cheesecake is a perfect dessert for coconut lovers with a rich, creamy filling full of coconut flavor and topped with toasted coconut.
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To plan your meal, be sure to check out my Easter Recipe Collection, which include a bunch of Easter brunch and dinner ideas, as well as ideas to use extra leftover ham too. With all of these Easter recipes, it will be hard for you to pick a favorite, but let me know in the comments what you tried for this special day. If you are looking for more holiday recipes, check out 50+ Valentine’s Day Dinners, St. Patrick’s Day Recipes, and Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes for more ideas!

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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