97 Easter Desserts So Good, the Easter Bunny Might Steal Your Plate

If you’ve ever panicked about what to serve for Easter dessert, welcome home, sugar—I’ve got you covered. This massive collection of 91 Easter dessert recipes is freshly updated for 2025 and divided into easy-to-browse categories, including traditional favorites, cute Easter treats, keto and gluten-free options, and even a few show-stopping stunners that’ll have your guests thinking you spent way more time in the kitchen than you actually did. (Your secret’s safe with me.)

Gluten free and keto Easter desserts have their links colored in green.

First published February 12, 2018. Last updated February 19, 2025 to fix broken links, and add more desserts and ideas.

Be sure to check out my favorite strawberry recipes, too.

Table of Contents

• 🍰 Southern Sweets (Because We Like Our Desserts Like We Like Our Tea—Sweet & Strong)
• Expert tip
• 🍽️ Easy Easter Desserts (Because You’ve Got Enough to Worry About)
• 🐣 Cute Easter Desserts (Because If It’s Adorable, It Tastes Better)
• 🎂 Decorated Desserts (For When You Want to Show Off a Little)
• 🍫 Chocolate Easter Desserts (Because Easter Without Chocolate? Blasphemy.)
• 🥧 Easter Pie Recipes (Because Pie Is Never Wrong)
• Traditional Easter desserts
• 🥑 Keto & Gluten-Free Easter Desserts (Because Everyone Deserves a Treat)
• 🌟 Easter Desserts You Won’t Find in Grandma’s Recipe Box (But She’ll Wish She Had) 🌟
• 🥂 Sweet Treats for Easter Brunch (Because Dessert Before Noon Is Totally Acceptable)
• 🍰 The Easter Dessert Table: Where the Real Celebration Happens
• 🐰 Pin This Post! (Because You’ll Need It Again Next Year.
• Pin this now!
• 💬 Comments

🐰 Need an easy, no-bake dessert? Got it.
🍓 Looking for something fruity and fresh? Oh, honey, there’s plenty.
🍫 Want a rich, chocolatey masterpiece? Say no more.

Whether you're throwing an Easter brunch, a big family dinner, or just need a good excuse to eat cake before noon, there’s something here for everyone. And in case you’re wondering—yes, there’s zero judgment if you make two or three. (Easter calories don’t count, right?)

🍰 Southern Sweets (Because We Like Our Desserts Like We Like Our Tea—Sweet & Strong)

If there's one thing the South knows how to do, it’s dessert. And no, our sugar-loving hearts do not apologize for it. Whether you're looking for layers of buttery cake, rich custard, or desserts so sweet they make your teeth tingle, you'll find something here that speaks to your soul.

💛 Vintage Orange Layer Cake – Soft, citrusy, and stacked higher than Aunt Carol’s hair on Easter Sunday.
🍊 Easy Pig Pickin’ Cake – A pineapple-mandarin dream that’s so creamy, it practically melts in your mouth.
🍋 Lemon Icebox Pie – A no-bake Southern classic that’s refreshingly tart and dangerously addictive.

(Full list of Southern desserts below—because we don’t do anything small around here.)

Easter is a time for celebration, whatever your personal beliefs and every great celebration deserves a little something sweet to end with.

Whether you're planning an Easter Sunday brunch or a full-on party, you'll find treats ranging from bunnies to desserts filled with Spring fruit.

Quick and easy? I've got you. Cute Easter bunny dessert ideas? I've got those, too.

I've tried to include everything I could find that I would consider for my table from cookies to pies and pretty much everything else. I hope you'll pin this post so you can find it easily later.

🍽️ Easy Easter Desserts (Because You’ve Got Enough to Worry About)

We’re talking low effort, high reward—desserts that come together in minutes and still make you look like you have your life together. (Spoiler: You do, because you’re making dessert.)

1. Lemon Icebox Cake - This no-bake Lemon Icebox Cake is layer after layer of lemony, creamy, Oreo-filled bliss—so easy, the hardest part is waiting for it to chill before grabbing a fork! 🍋🍰✨
2. Three Minute Easter Fluff - Think ambrosia, but even easier. Pineapple, coconut, pastel marshmallows... and exactly zero stress. (don't make more than a few hours ahead of time)
3. Chocolate Chip Cookie Delight - Imagine layers of whipped cream, chocolate pudding, and creamy cheesecake supported on a layer of crunchy chocolate chip cookie. Yep - just like that.
4. Pineapple Pretzel Fluff is similar but even easier AND has a salty-sweet combination of flavors.
5. Flower Pretzel Bites - white chocolate, pretzels, and pastel m&ms make a pretty flower sweet and salty snack.
6. Bunny Tail Mix- m&m's and more goodies are mixed to create a cute snack.
7. 15 Minute Sunflower Peeps Cake - A round layer is covered with chocolate frosting, Peeps, and chocolate chips to look like a sunflower.
8. Spring Confetti Bars -Sugar cookies bars made with sprinkles and pastel m&ms.
9. Carrot Cake Poke Cake - Moist carrot cake soaked in caramel and topped with whipped cream frosting. No notes. Perfection.
10. Easter Sugar Cookie Cake Bake a sugar cookie with pastel m&ms stirred in right in a cake pan
11. Spring Pudding Cups - Chocolate pudding, little frosting carrots, and a "garden" scene so cute it hurts. (Because sometimes, you just need a dessert that doesn’t require a pastry degree.)
12. Strawberry Filled Angel Food Cake - Purchased or homemade angel food is filled with whipped cream and fresh berries ( Don't make more than a day ahead of time). Strawberry desserts are perfect for Easter!
13. Pig Pickin' Cake has a creamy mandarin orange and pineapple topping. It's quick and easy, make ahead, and perfect for feeding a crowd!
14. 2 Ingredient lemon fudge is pretty AND delicious! It takes just minutes.
15. Easter Danish rolls are easy to make with refrigerated crescent roll dough.
16. These easy, Nutter Butter Easter chicks are SO darn cute with their adorable candy eyes and little flowers!
17. We love these pretty pastel cookies that melt in your mouth.

🐣 Cute Easter Desserts (Because If It’s Adorable, It Tastes Better)

There’s something about Easter desserts shaped like bunnies, chicks, and eggs that just makes them irresistible. Whether you’re baking with kids or just want a dessert that looks as good as it tastes, these recipes will have everyone oohing and aahing before they even take a bite.

(Brace yourself for an overload of cuteness.)

18. Decorated Egg Sugar Cookies (gluten free) - Gluten free sugar cookies cut in Easter egg shapes and decorated
19. Rice Krispy Eggs - Rice Krispie Treats are colored pastel and formed into egg shapes
20. Bunny Booty Pretzels - Don’t ask me why bunny butts are cute, but they just are. These easy pretzel treats will have everyone giggling.
21. Swimming Peeps Jello Cups - Peeps floating on blue Jello. Enough said.
22. Layered Peeps Crispy Rice Cereal Treats - Brightly colored Rice Krispie Treats on a stick—because food is more fun when it’s on a stick.
23. Easter Egg Nests, or haystack cookies, are a no bake treat that the kids can make on their own. Easter cookies just don't get easier than this!

🎂 Decorated Desserts (For When You Want to Show Off a Little)

Some of these require a bit more effort, but if you’re feeling ambitious (or just want to make something Pinterest-worthy), these are for you.

(No judgment if you make one of these just for the Instagram moment.)

24. Easy Easter Dirt Cake - Chocolatey, creamy, and topped with frosting carrots. No actual gardening required.
    Gluten free option included!
25. Spring Chicks Cupcakes - Cupcakes piled high with fluffy yellow frosting to look like baby chicks. Too cute to eat? Almost.
26. Chocolate Bunny Cake - An Easter bunny sits in an edible grass nest atop a layer cake. (note- this recipe uses the edible grass but I'd color coconut and use that, myself.)
27. Chocolate Tulip Cake - This is just gorgeous! A layer cake with pink frosting and white chocolate tulips - even if you're not going to make it click through and take a look at this gorgeous Easter cake.
28. Polka Dot Cake - A layer cake filled with pastel polka dots INSIDE. Yes, it’s as impressive as it sounds.
29. Chick Cupcakes - Ok, these look easy! A scoop of buttercream on a cupcake - a little colored coconut...voila! Check it out!
30. Chicks in Nests Cupcakes - You could also change the color of the buttercream and have bluebirds in nests. It would be cute!
31. Flower Cupcakes - You'll need Russian Piping Tips for these but they are beautiful!
32. Speckled Easter Cupcakes - Pastel and pretty with speckles on them!
33. Easter Basket Cupcakes -Pretty cupcakes look like little baskets filled with eggs.
34. Buttercream Daisy - Learn to pipe a buttercream daisy with this tutorial.
35. Pastel Checkerboard Cake - When you cut into this you'll see pastel squares of different colors. Pretty!
36. Strawberry Lemonade Cake - Pink with pink buttercream ruffles.
37. Bunny Cake - No need for a special pan for this one! Cute bunny cut from 2 round layers and then frosted.
38. Pastel Confetti Cake - Gorgeous inside and out! Several layers of Spring colors with edible confetti on the outside.
39. Gluten Free Coconut Cake- Dairy-free and gluten-free coconut cake with a creamy buttercream.

🍫 Chocolate Easter Desserts (Because Easter Without Chocolate? Blasphemy.)

Easter candy is great, but let’s be real—we want actual desserts. These recipes take chocolate to next-level status.

(Because no one has ever complained about too much chocolate.)

40. White Chocolate Oreo Bark -Easy Oreo bark with white chocolate and pastel m&ms
41. Homemade Peanut Butter Eggs - Like the Reese’s ones, but better.
42. Cadbury Egg Brownies - Fudgy brownies stuffed with that big, gooey Cadbury egg filling everyone fights over.
43. Easter Peeps S'mores Dip - Made with two kinds of chocolate and Peeps toasted into an ooey gooey Easter dessert dip.
44. Cadbury Cream Egg Chocolate Lava Cakes - Lava cake but with a melty center of  Cadbury Cream Eggs.
45. German Chocolate Brownie Birds' Nest  Bites - Round brownies topped with coconut-pecan frosting and candy eggs.
46. Carrot Strawberries -Whole strawberries dipped in orange candy to look like little carrots. Adorable, easy, and perfect for decorating cakes. ( Make the same day as serving or the night before)
47. Lavender White Chocolate Truffles - Creamy white chocolate truffles flavored with lavender. Pretty!
48. White Chocolate Raspberry Bunny Fluff Trifle - Y'all take a look at this - it's so unique and beautiful!
49. Easter Crack - White chocolate toffee with pastel sprinkles - easy and it looks yummy!
50. This brownie trifle is gorgeous to look at and it's full of layered chocolatey goodness from the dark chocolate brownies in it.

🥧 Easter Pie Recipes (Because Pie Is Never Wrong)

Pie is always right, no matter what the occasion. You can call any kind of pie an Easter recipe but these are some of my family favorites. Any of these can be made at least 2 days ahead of time.

Whether you like creamy, fruity, or decadent—there’s an Easter pie for you. (Because pie is basically a universal crowd-pleaser.)

51. Coconut Praline Pie - Creamy coconut custard over a layer of pecan praline - topped with whipped cream is the perfect Easter dessert as far as I'm concerned.
52. Traditional Swiss Easter Rice Tart - A creamy rice custard in a sweet tart shell - one of the more unique Easter dessert ideas!
53. Coconut Pie - This coconut pie comes from one of my very old cookbooks and it's more like a pecan pie filling but with coconut.
54. Lemon Ice Box Pie - No bake so you can make it and take it! This one can be made ahead and frozen. Use a store bought graham cracker pie crust to keep it easy.
55. No Bake Lemon Cheesecake - remember that luscious, light cheesecake you used to be able to get at Woolworth's? Well I've recreated it, just for you! You can make this one 2 days ahead of time.
56. Millionaire Pie - A no-bake classic that’s fluffy, fruity, and perfectly pink.
57. Fresh Strawberry Pie is a Shoney's copycat! No bake filling is bright and full of fresh berry flavor.
58. No Bake Hershey's Pie is so quick and easy that it's unbelievable plus it's got all that great Hershey bar flavor! There's no better way to make a chocolate lover happy!

Traditional Easter desserts

Citrus flavors seem to find their way to the dessert table more than most other flavors. Maybe it's because we're close to Spring and ready to taste some of those bright, light flavors.

These traditional desserts are the perfect ending for Easter brunch, lunch, or dinner.

59. Carrot Cake Cupcakes - Moist and spicy carrot cake in cupcake form.
60. This sweet tea bundt cake starts with a lemon cake mix. It's unusual and so yummy.
61. Strawberry Sheet Cake is made with fresh berries and it's SO delicious - and easy!
62. Pinza Triestina (Sweet Italian Easter Bread)- Sweet orange flavored yeast bread and a sweet story to go with it! Would be great for brunch.
63. Lemon Bundt Cake - Tangy sweet lemon bundt is packed with lemon flavor. One of my favorites.
64. Carrot Roll - Moist and yummy carrot cake rolled around cream cheese frosting
65. Coconut Cake - 3 layers of coconut cake filled with coconut butter cream and raspberry jam. It's a showstopper!
66. Banana Pudding - In the south if you don't have banana pudding on the table it's not a celebration.
67. Southern Banana Pudding with Sweetened Condensed Milk is another version that's made with cream cheese and pudding mix instead of totally from scratch.
68. Nutter Butter Banana Pudding has peanut buttery cookies in place of the 'Nilla Wafers. Watch your peanut butter lovers go "nuts".
69. Hummingbird Cake - I used to think this was made with hummingbirds and was relieved to find out it wasn't when I was about 6 years old. Pineapple, pecans, bananas.... everything good in this delicious cake.
70. Ricotta Pie - a traditional Italian sweet for Easter, this one is made with orange and chocolate flavors.
71. Orange Layer Cake - This is full of bright orange flavor.
72. Coconut Ice Box Cake - You'll want to make this scrumptious layer cake 2 to 3 days ahead of time so that the sour cream and coconut milk have time to soak in - oh my!

🥑 Keto & Gluten-Free Easter Desserts (Because Everyone Deserves a Treat)

No carbs? No gluten? No problem. These desserts are as indulgent as the real thing.

(Easter treats for everyone, no matter what they eat! 🐣✨)

73. Walnut toffee is buttery and sweet and has just 2 net carbs per serving.
74. Choconut Birds' Nests are so cute and perfect for a low carb Easter treat.
75. Cookie Dough Chocolate Easter Eggs have 5 net carbs each!
76. These no bake chocolate bunnies because everyone deserves an Easter bunny in their basket.
77. White Chocolate Truffles are always a good idea!
78. This Keto Fruit Tart pretty, fresh, and almost too gorgeous to eat. (Almost.)
79. Cherry Salad can be considered a side dish but it also works as a delicious dessert.
80. This Low Carb Layered Peanut Butter Dessert is irresistible! Creamy, dreamy, and completely keto-friendly.
81. Here are 50 more gluten free Easter Desserts if you still haven't found what you're looking for!

🌟 Easter Desserts You Won’t Find in Grandma’s Recipe Box (But She’ll Wish She Had) 🌟

These Easter treats are too unique, too extra, or just too downright delicious to fit neatly into a category—so they’re living their best life right here. Punch Bowl cakes, trifles, pastel perfection, and a few showstoppers that’ll steal the spotlight? Yep, they’re all here, ready to make your dessert table the talk of the holiday. 🐰🍰✨

82. Easter Kabobs are super cute and would be especially fun at a cookout if it's warm enough where you are.
83. Pink Velvet Cheesecake Trifle - Around here we call it a Punch Bowl Cake! Layers of pink velvet cake, cheesecake mousse...and Peeps. Perfect for Easter dessert bars!
84. Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake - It's called a trifle in some places - this one is strawberries and cream - real easy if you start with a bought pound cake!
85. Resurrection Rolls - Ok, this is a stretch because they are more like a sweet dinner roll but... you've gotta make them at Easter with your kiddos! You put a marshmallow inside and it disappears during baking - symbolizes the empty tomb on Easter Morning!
86. Lemon Cream Cake -This lemon cream cake bakes in a 13x 9 inch pan and has an easy (and I mean EASY) whipped frosting.
87. S'mores Stuffed French Toast blurs the line between brunch and dessert.
88. No Bake German Chocolate Pie is for experienced chocoholics only!
89. Strawberry Pavlova is so pretty for Easter or Mother's Day!
90. This strawberry shortcake crunch ice cream cake can be held for weeks in the freezer. It's a show-stopping dessert that tastes just like the Good Humor ice cream treat!

🥂 Sweet Treats for Easter Brunch (Because Dessert Before Noon Is Totally Acceptable)

Easter brunch isn’t just about the ham and eggs—it’s about treating yourself to something sweet while pretending it’s still breakfast. These light, fluffy, and oh-so-pretty desserts are perfect for pairing with coffee, mimosas, and your best attempt at polite small talk with family members you see twice a year. 🍰🐣✨

91. Hot cross buns for people who don't like dried fruit. These are filled with white chocolate chips, instead.
92. Lightly Sweet Italian Easter bread is so pretty on the brunch table.
93. These are the cutest little Bunny sweet rolls from a vintage 1950s recipe.
94. It doesn't get easier than these pretty Sweet rolls made with crescent rolls.
95. This tropical Hawaiian banana bread is a delicious update to the vintage favorite.
96. No one can resist these blueberry white chocolate muffins.
97. This cherry cream cheese bubble up is super easy and SO decadent!

Find even more ideas in this 50 Easy Potluck Desserts. AND - if you love Easter as much as I do... here's my Pinterest board with ABSOLUTELY everything Easter from decor to dinner!

🍰 The Easter Dessert Table: Where the Real Celebration Happens

If you’re hosting a big Easter gathering or potluck, the dessert table is where the real magic happens. It’s a pastel-colored paradise where cakes, cookies, and pies all come together in one glorious, sugar-filled display. Let’s be honest—people may show up for the ham, but they stay for the dessert. 🐰🍰✨

• Throw a pastel sheet over a card table and make big bows for the corners with pastel tulle. Attach with safety pins.
• Use pastel-colored sprinkles to add a layer of color and fun to the table. Just sprinkle them over the sheet. When it's time to clean up, fold up the sheet with the sprinkles inside and take it outdoors to give it a shake.
• Use cake plates of different heights to hold the desserts. This adds visual interest.
• No cake plates? Use pretty vintage plates sitting on top of sturdy glasses.
• Terra cotta flower pots, lined with pastel tissue paper, can be filled with small desserts like cookies or candies.
• Fill vintage tea cups with mints, pastel M&Ms, and Jordan almonds to fill in spaces between the desserts.

🐰 Pin This Post! (Because You’ll Need It Again Next Year.

This list has every Easter dessert you could ever need, from quick and easy to jaw-dropping showstoppers. So, grab a whisk, pick your favorite, and let’s make Easter 2024 the sweetest one yet!

👉 Pin now, bake later! 🐣🍰🍫