12 Easy Easter Desserts & Sweet Treats for Kids and Family
As soon as spring arrives each year, our pantry turns into a candy wonderland. It’s filled with chocolate eggs, Easter Peeps, pastel-colored M&M’s, bunny grahams, and many other seasonal goodies. We use them to make all sorts of sweet treats like no-bake pudding cups, snack mixes for movie nights, s’mores dips, or carrot cake-inspired recipes like overnight oats for the Easter bunny.
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While our daughter is more than happy to go through all the chocolate possible, my husband and I sometimes need an escape from all the Easter eggs. When that happens, we turn to bright lemon, tart raspberries, and fresh strawberries to still welcome spring but with a slightly fruitier twist that goes beyond dessert. Lemonade mocktails, banana muffins, and lemon blueberry cookies are high on our list of springtime favorites.
Whichever stage of Easter you’re in, whether fresh into all the chocolate goodies or ready to put them on hold, these 12 Easter-themed recipes are an easy, flavorful way to bring your loved ones together during one of my favorite seasons.
Get recipe here: Easter Mini Cheesecake Cups
These creamy cheesecakes with a crumbly graham cracker crust are the perfect bite-sized treat to get you in the Easter spirit! Topped with mini chocolate eggs and toasted coconut, they are an easy-to-share dessert packed with spring colors. Plus, they’re way easier to make than a full-sized cheesecake for less fuss in the kitchen.
Get recipe here: Strawberry Lemonade Mocktail
Bright, refreshing, and naturally pink, this lemonade-inspired mocktail blends sweet strawberries, tangy lemons, and sparkling water for a fizzy sip that’ll quench your thirst after an Easter egg hunt. My daughter and I always prep a batch before she goes out into the garden, and is thrilled to come back to a nice, cold drink once her basket is full. She calls it “spring sunshine” in a glass.
Get recipe here: Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
If the Easter bunny had a favorite breakfast, it would definitely be these spiced carrot cake overnight oats. They’re packed with dates, Greek yogurt for protein, and hearty oats for a satisfying start to the day. Best of all, they can be made in advance if you’re usually in a rush to hide Easter eggs or get to work in the morning. We love them!
Get recipe here: Lemon Blueberry Cookies
Something about lemons and fresh blueberries together just makes me think of spring, my favorite time of year. That’s what inspired these cookies. For a tart, bright flavor, though, I use a secret ingredient: instant lemon pudding mix. It’s quick, convenient, and keeps me from spending a long time in the kitchen. The result? Soft, buttery cookies with crisp, golden edges. That’s my kind of recipe!
Get recipe here: Easter Bunny Bait Snack Mix
Springtime movie-nights in our home come with bowls of this no-bake bunny bait snack mix. It’s sweet, crumbly, crunchy, and sometimes slightly savory depending on the popcorn we decide to use that day. Made with Chex cereal, M&M’s, Bunny Grahams, and white chocolate, any leftovers never make it past midnight. There’s always a mysterious “Easter bunny” that makes it disappear.
Get recipe here: Banana Raspberry Muffins
When chocolate is overflowing in the house, these fluffy banana raspberry muffins are a nice break from all the candy. Overripe bananas provide a lot of natural sweetness, and my favorite yellow cake mix does the rest. They’re extremely simple to whip up for breakfast, Easter brunch, or any of my daughter’s school events when you want to give pastel-colored sweets a break.
Get recipe here: Pastel Easter Chocolate Bark
This dreamy Easter bark with light pink, blue, and yellow white chocolate swirls is one of my go-to recipes when I need a quick, easy-to-share dessert but I’m low on time. The microwave-melting method is a life-saver. From how adorable it looks with seasonal M&M’s, bunny grahams, and Easter-themed sprinkles, you’d never guess this chocolate bark takes 35 minutes from start to finish. Then, all you have to do is snap it into pieces and dig in!
Get recipe here: Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars
These thick, buttery sugar cookie bars with a lemon twist taste like sunshine in bar form. They’re tangy, perfect for sharing, and packed with citrusy flavor. Since I’m usually super busy on weekdays but still love to bake with my daughter, this recipe uses sugar cookie mix and lemon pudding mix to cut some corners. Frosted with velvety lemon buttercream, every bite is a taste of spring.
Get recipe here: Easter Pistachio Dirt Pudding Cups
With spring finally here, these cute pistachio-chocolate dirt pudding cups are my signal to get to work on my spring garden. With each layer representing grass or Oreo “dirt”, a bunny Peep and mini chocolate eggs are the extra motivation I need to dig in (and get the shovel out)! Once again, instant pudding mix saves the day, except this time it’s pistachio-flavored.
Get recipe here: Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Occasionally my husband and I get tired of all the Easter egg desserts, and that’s when I make a batch of these tender lemon poppy seed muffins. They’re our chocolate-escape treat when we’ve had our share of candy and need a lighter spring flavor. Even my daughter loves them! They’re perfect for breakfast, brunch, or an afternoon tea. And I made them specifically with a crunchy almond topping so they don’t even need frosting!
Get recipe here: Easter Peeps S'mores Dip
When I’m craving a good bonfire with friends but want to stay inside, this Peeps s’mores dip with shredded coconut is my Easter twist on a classic s’mores dip. Lots of melty semi-sweet chocolate, bunny marshmallows, and crumbly graham crackers make this an irresistible, 10-minute treat for sharing and staying on-theme with spring.
Get recipe here: Carrot Cake Muffins With Cheesecake Filling
These cozy, pecan-carrot cake muffins with walnut streusel are my take on a classic dessert. Since I’m all about saving time, I decided to fill them with tangy cream cheese instead of frosting them and it was an absolute hit. They’re my go-to Easter recipe when we have gatherings but I’m not really feeling like chocolate.
These 12 recipes are our family’s favorite ways to encourage the Easter bunny to leave more chocolate eggs in the garden and bring more joy into our home. With a mix of bake, no-bake, no-cook, and overnight options, I’m sure you’ll find something here that you’ll make multiple times throughout spring.
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12 Easy Easter Desserts & Sweet Treats for Kids and Family
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