77 Easter Desserts That Everyone Will Love

If there’s one thing we love about Easter it’s the fact that there are so many sweet treats to be enjoyed all day long. You can start your day with cup of tea and an icing-topped hot cross bun before the egg hunt, you can nibble on Easter cookies in the afternoon while you whip up a few fun treats with the kids and then you can indulge in a celebratory cake or cupcakes after dinner—and no one will even question it! Best of all, you don’t have to a pro baker or decorator to make something festive. Just take this cake, for example. Strawberries are easily transformed into adorable bunnies and carrots. Set atop a delicious cake, they make for an Easter dessert that everyone will be *hopping* to eat.

These lemony Italian cookies are traditional treats in the southern part of the country but are also often found at Italian-American bakeries around Easter time. While they have several different Italian names you will most likely see them labeled "lemon drops” in the States. They are light, not too sweet and have a tender, buttery crumb. Dipped in a thin lemony glaze and decorated with holiday-inspired sprinkles, they are the perfect festive addition to any table.

Each slice of this spiced, jelly roll-inspired cake comes with a creamy spiral of cream cheese frosting. Topped with cute frosting carrots, it's an extra-special dessert for Easter or any springtime celebration.

These delicate macarons are piped into charming egg shapes and sandwiched with a sweet combination of buttercream and jam for a festive spring treat.

This show-stopping pie pairs a classic apple-and-strawberry filling with an intricately decorated crust designed to look like an Easter basket, complete with woven lattice, pastel eggs, and bunny accents. As impressive as it is delicious, it’s a festive centerpiece that combines traditional fruit pie flavors with playful, edible artistry.

Crushed pineapple in the batter gives this cake a dense pound cake-like texture, which is helpful when anchoring the cupcakes and decorating. The cakes and cupcakes can be made a day ahead and wrapped in plastic wrap. Don't worry if you're frosting job doesn't look perfect -- covering the cake with coconut hides every flaw.

Sometimes it’s fun to go all-out for holidays, and these Easter cinnamon rolls fit the bill. We pulled out all the stops by tinting the sweet-roll dough with festive colors, then topping the rolls with luscious cream cheese frosting and a vivid green “grass” made with shredded coconut. Adorable marshmallow bunnies and pastel-colored chocolate eggs take it over the top.

We took our best sugar cookie recipe and made these festive versions for Easter. They look like they have been dip-dyed just like a classic Easter egg. By tinting a simple royal icing with your choice of colors, you can create an array of beautifully swirled cookies.

Forget dying Easter eggs — try making homemade chocolate eggs instead. Pick up a plastic or silicone egg mold and some pretty ribbon to make these springtime treats totally giftable.

Leftover Easter candy transforms crispy rice treats into a colorful snack that's super fun to eat. With loads of different textures and flavors at play, every bite is a surprise.

This no-bake dessert is the perfect way to hop into spring! White melting wafers and mini marshmallows transform these cookies-and-cream bites into impressive bunnies that are sure to be a hit all season long.

All it takes is two layers of chocolate cake, buttercream frosting and a couple handfuls of pretty colored candies for this festive Easter dessert.

You'll never have to choose between carrot cake and cheesecake for springtime gatherings again. This mashup starts with a spiced shortbread crust, continues with a carrot juice curd filling that tastes just like carrot cake and finishes with a no-bake cheesecake on top. These colorful, layered bars are topped off with a quick walnut crumble made right in the microwave!

These cute bunnies are so easy to put together. They make a fun party favor or Easter-basket treat when wrapped in clear cellophane bags and tied with a pastel ribbon.

These fun and easy treats will have everybody smiling. The cones can be assembled earlier in the day and frozen until party time.

Kids will love customizing and decorating these adorable chick-in-egg cookies.

A classic carrot cake will complete your Easter spread. Since this recipe requires a fair amount of preparation, we suggest making it ahead of time and storing in the refrigerator until you're ready to serve for stress-free hosting.

Turn store-bought cookie dough into an adorable and subtly spiced Easter treat.

Michael has been watching his mom make baklava since he was 4. We can't imagine that you'll have leftovers of this delightfully sticky treat, but if you do, you can freeze them (once the syrup is absorbed) for up to a month, then just thaw at room temperature.

Be sure to grab one of these little cuties for yourself before you set them out for your guests — something tells us these cupcakes are going to quickly "fly" off your table.

This decadent cake is an edible display for your Easter candy too. Candy eggs fill the "nest" made of entirely of chocolate-flavored cake, frosting and cereal coating. Your guests will be dying to dig in.

Just when you thought there was nothing else to fry, we found the best new thing. This fried candy treat has a warm, oozy center and a crisp, golden crust.

Decked out in pretty Easter-inspired pastel colors, these sweet, swirled treats are perfect for snacking. Plus, you can assemble and refrigerate the cupcakes a day or two ahead.

Carrot cake lovers rejoice: your favorite cake has been transformed into a cookie. You'll get the same cinnamon-spiced cake slathered with tangy-sweet cream cheese frosting—but in portable and sharable cookie form. These treats are big, fluffy, tender and chewy, and they're about to become your new go-to dessert.

Marshmallow is a springy, sticky treat worthy of being eaten all year. But when that marshmallow is molded in the cheery shapes of pink bunnies and yellow chicks, it screams springtime and Easter baskets. These are softer marshmallow creatures than classic Peeps, but that's their charm: They give and squish, and their colored-sugar coating is crunchy in all the best ways.

This festive treat is made with round cakes (no fancy cake pan needed) and decorated with shredded coconut fur and candy features—making it completely doable, especially with our recipe and how-to video.

There's a bounty of cupcakes hiding under this lovely sunflower, making it the perfect centerpiece for a springtime party. The adorable marshmallow chicks on top add a bit of whimsy too.

Here's an easy and adorable way to dress up plain cake doughnuts for Easter that requires no special tools or techniques. It's best to start with non-sugared plain doughnuts so all of the bunny parts stick.

Don’t mistake this for a hollow chocolate bunny: It’s solid cake inside! To make the jumbo treat, we baked a chocolate cake in a 3D bunny pan and covered the whole thing with a shiny ganache. To complete the look we served the bunny on a bed of green-tinted coconut.

Whole wheat flour and Greek yogurt keep these cakes flavorful and moist while adding fiber and protein. Each cake gets 1 teaspoon of sweet cream cheese glaze-far fewer calories than the multiple tablespoons of frosting piled onto your typical cupcake.

Moist chocolate cake is frosted with an easy, fluffy buttercream and topped with a chocolate nest for this festive Easter dessert. The nest is made from fried rice vermicelli, lightly salted and coated in chocolate for a crispy treat.

Package these mini cupcakes in egg cartons as a hostess gift for your Easter celebration.

These yummy cookies are fun to make — and easy enough that the whole family can help. Older kids can help measure, mix and bake. The little ones can help pipe the filling and decorate with jelly bean “eggs”.

This heavenly cake is piled high with layers of dreamy coconut cream and shredded coconut.

Buddy says, "This is a real showstopper that almost turns a cake into an Easter basket with basket-weave piping on the sides, grass on top, and Easter candies, jelly beans (representing eggs) and chocolates filling the basket on top. I've got to be honest with you, this cake isn't a walk in the park: The basket-weave piping takes real skill and precision, so this is for more advanced cake decorators. However, if you have some experience with a pastry bag and turntable, or are a quick study, go for it and make this for your next Easter celebration. It's a fun, festive, unforgettable cake that might become a tradition for your family, as it has for mine."

Transform cupcakes into characters with our instructions to make tiny lambs from mini-marshmallows. Each little critter has jellybean ears and feet, a jujube nose and candy eyes.

French macarons take some TLC, but these pastel cookies are worth the effort.

This fun and beautiful Easter treat is deceptively easy to make. Fill sweet meringues with a tart homemade lemon curd. To get the most volume when making your meringues, make sure the beaters and bowl are super clean.

These blueberry-filled cupcakes are inspired by breakfast muffins. Add a dollop of cream cheese frosting to each and decorate with lemon peel, blueberries and a mint leaf.

No special occasion in spring is complete without a slice of bright and tangy key lime pie. This classic version sits in a graham cracker crust and is topped with lightly-sweetened whipped cream.

Top this dense carrot cake with homemade cream cheese frosting — a classic crowd-pleaser!

Giada dresses up boxed brownie mix with espresso powder and chocolate chips before topping it all with an espresso-infused glaze.

Trisha Yearwood shares her grandmother's recipe for a moist coconut cake topped with a zesty lemon glaze.