These Easter desserts are perfect for brunch or dinner! Choose from Easter dessert recipes like cakes, cheesecake, bars, cupcakes, cookies . . . cute, easy, and delicious.
I’ll be absolutely honest – I’m a sugar-holic. This is not new to anyone that knows me. But it’s not just sugar. I like to have a balance.
Rewinding back to the early 80s, I was a huge fan of brussel sprouts. I’ve always loved vegetables, but I’ve always loved candy too. Actually who am I kidding – I’ve always loved all desserts!
Whether it be cookies, cupcakes, cheesecake, pudding, pies, cups, bars . . . I’m probably in. And if you’re like me, you know that one of the best things about holidays is that it’s a time to celebrate. With something sweet.
No one judges you when you consume large amounts of dessert for holidays. They expect it. It’s the perfect situation for a sweet-a-holic!
With Easter right around the corner, I’m pleased to share a bunch of Easter dessert ideas with you. Join me, won’t you, in celebrating the upcoming holiday by making one or more of these treats. Most of them are super easy recipes to make, and all of them are delicious.
Some of these Easter desserts are holiday themed, with bunnies and eggs and such. Others are beautiful simply with the frosting or fruit that are part of the recipe.
One thing is for certain: I would make and eat any of these. And I wouldn’t be embarrassed about it. After all – like I said – it’s the holidays!
If you’re all about making something sweet for Easter brunch or dinner, you’ll find something on this list.
Pick a recipe and let me know that you’ve made it. I can’t wait to hear what you’re going to try! Keep reading to get the Easter dessert ideas below.
Easter Desserts
Not sure what to eat after Easter brunch? Check out these 50 Easter dessert recipes! You'll find some colorful or tasty (or both) in this list.
Berry Creme Brulee
This creme brulee recipe is creamy and delicious, with rich custard on the bottom and hard caramel on top. The berries on top make it perfect for summer!
Vanilla Ombre Cake with Macarons
It's the colors of this cake that get me! They are so perfect for spring and especially Easter. Make macarons to go on top (check out the Easter bunny ones also in this list).
Carrot Cake
This exceptional carrot cake recipe is a delightful treat for Easter. It's easy to make, and it's spicy and moist with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
Lemon Blueberry Mini Bundt Cakes
These lemon blueberry mini bundt cakes are perfect for an Easter brunch, picnic, or even just a Sunday morning with the family! Get the recipe as well as my tips to make your bundt cakes (small or big!) successful. Includes video!
Easter Mini Lemon Tarts
These mini lemon tarts are the most refreshing little bite of something sweet and delicious. Such a simple, quick, and easy dessert for Easter and/or spring.
Speckled Egg Cake
Inspired by the gorgeous color and texture of robins’ eggs, this cake is super easy and incredibly fun. Make the cake flavor of your choice with a buttercream icing - the rest is simple!
Blueberry Crisp
This lemon blueberry crisp is perfect for spring or summer! Make these individual pies in mason jar lids. These are so cute and are great for parties.
Easter Cupcakes with Cadbury Eggs
Make delicious Easter cupcakes using a secret ingredient - cake mix! Add cute Cadbury eggs on top for a festive, fun bird's nest effect.
Cadbury Mini Eggs Layer Cake
Make a beautiful Cadbury mini eggs layer cake for Easter and spring celebrations. This cake has three pastel layers, buttercream frosting, and pastel chocolate eggs.
Mini Cheesecake Bites
Want to make a small dessert that's going to be a hit? This mini cheesecake recipe is perfect - easy to make, and they won't last long!
Funfetti Mini Cakes
Make mini cakes the easy way. These cute desserts are perfect for Easter parties, spring weddings, and baby showers. Get the mini cake recipe and see a video of how to do it!
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
This carrot cake whoopie pie recipe is perfect for spring or Easter! You'll love the tasty frosting filling.
Easter No-Bake Mini Cheesecakes
Looking for an easy Easter dessert? These Easter no-bake mini cheesecakes are perfect! They’re cute pastel striped cheesecakes that are simple to make, no baking required.
Banana Pudding
This is the ultimate easy banana pudding recipe! This pudding uses basic ingredients, but is far from basic-tasting. It is sure to be a hit for your next gathering!
Mini Fruit Pies
Follow this recipe to make these easy, delicious, and super cute fresh peach and raspberry mini pies for your next get-together! Perfect for Easter breakfast or after brunch.
Easter Swiss Roll
A simple and colorful swiss roll filled with crushed candies and a cream cheese frosting. The colors make it perfect for Easter or spring.
Tasty Lemon Bars
This deliciously easy lemon squares recipe is the most perfect combination of chewy cookie and creamy citrus - they will melt in your mouth!
Honey Cupcakes
Learn how to make a tasty, sweet honey cupcake recipe that is perfect for spring and Easter parties! Finished off with a honey buttercream icing.
Homemade Strawberry Bundt Cake
This Easter cake is made with fresh strawberry puree and topped with a fresh strawberry glaze. Whether you’re looking for a fun spring treat or a stunning dessert, this recipe is the perfect choice.
Lemon Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Make EASY, soft lemon cookies with the most delicious cream cheese frosting you've ever had! Shortcut with a cake mix or cookie mix. SO good!
Mini Easter Egg Cakes
Creating these adorable little speckled Easter egg cakes is easy to do and beyond fun! If you want to make sure your holiday celebration is packed with wonderfully bright color.
Peeps Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie
Kids will love helping decorate this fun and playful giant cookie, complete with Peeps marshmallow chicks and bunnies. Perfect for a spring gathering or Easter party.
Lemon Glazed Banana Bread
Make this delicious coconut bread recipe with tasty lemon glaze - it's moist and yummy and perfect for any occasion, especially in spring.
Giant Speckled Egg Cake
Within the icing of this giant egg lies a very delicious chocolate devil's food cake! If my birthday were on or around Easter, you can bet this would be my request.
Funfetti Cookies from a Cake Mix
These easy funfetti cookies are made from a cake mix and super simple to make but they taste amazing. Bright and colorful, these whoopie pies are sandwiched with buttercream frosting and are a fun dessert!
Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake
This no-bake layered strawberry lemon vegan cheesecake is beautiful and easy to make! Thick, creamy, and sweet with a delicious chewy crust.
Cheesecake Filled Easter Eggs
Even if you don't like Cadbury eggs, hear me out. This is cheesecake filling, my friends. With the outer chocolate egg shell (you can make with an egg mold), this is a dessert that both adults and kids are going to love.
Thumbprint Cookies with Blueberry Lemon Jam
These thumbprint cookies are filled with decadent blueberry jam. This thumbprint cookie recipe is the perfect combo of shortbread and sweet!
Celebrate Easter Cake
Dazzle friends and family with this over-the-top candy cake. You won't believe it's made with a cake mix - color the frosting in bright spring shades of your choosing.
Peach Cobbler Bread
Making this peach cobbler bread recipe is a fun twist on a spring staple - it combines all the best parts of cobbler into a moist, rich dessert perfect for Easter.
MMs Loaded Easter Cookies
These delicious Easter cookies are loaded with M&Ms, and are the perfectly chewy, peanut buttery, oat-y, chocolatey way to celebrate the upcoming holiday!
Layered Easter Egg Cake
A colorful vanilla cake topped with whipped buttercream and decorated with toasted coconut and mini Cadbury eggs. This layered Easter egg cake is the perfect showstopper for your Easter celebration!
Apple Peach Crisp
Make a delicious apple-peach crisp recipe in under an hour. Serve with ice cream or on its own - either way, it's delicious!
Bird’s Nest Mini Cheesecakes
These adorable bird’s nest mini cheesecakes will be a hit at your Easter brunch or dinner and are so easy to make! They are topped with toasted coconut and mini egg candies for a cute and festive dessert.
Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Pineapple Icing
These awesome carrot cake cupcakes feature a delicious pineapple cream cheese frosting! Get the carrot cupcakes recipe here, with tips.
Easter Poke Cake
Serve up this incredible Easter egg poke cake recipe for all your holiday entertaining needs. You have a moist cake with vanilla pudding poked throughout and topped with sweet whipped topping!
Strawberry Macarons
These amazing strawberry macarons recipe not only tastes good but it looks good, too! You're going to love these tasty treats - perfect for parties and weddings.
Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Carrot cake and cheesecake are swirled together and baked into layers of absolute decadence, creating one of my most favorite desserts ever!
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies
Sometimes the best desserts are the most simple! If you're looking for something easy, cute, and tasty, these sugar cookies with mini eggs are top are going to be a winner for Easter.
Egg Cookie Dough Truffles
Open one of these bad boys and you'll find the most delicious cookie dough filling. And who doesn't like cookie dough? Great for an Easter dessert display and kids will have fun making too.
Best Homemade Hot Cross Buns
What is like a roll but way sweeter? Hot cross buns! I feel like you can't have a proper Easter brunch without these on the table!
Mini Egg Chocolate Loaf Cake
Loaf cakes are so easy to put together and relatively hassle free. For Easter, Kat created this chocolate loaf cake - a chocolate sponge cake with vanilla buttercream to match the mini eggs on top.
Easter Bunny Macarons
Normal macarons are cute to me - so finding Easter themed macs is just about the cutest thing in the world. Especially when they have ears and a bunny tush! Use them alone or add them to another dessert idea (like a cake).
Lemon Meringue Pie Bites
Lemon meringue pie bites are wonderfully light, refreshingly tart, and absolutely satisfying. Don’t let the fanciness fool you- these little bites of perfection are surprisingly easy to make.
Mini Eggs Easter Brownie Parfaits
These Easter brownie parfaits are the perfect easy-to-make holiday treat that everyone will love! Delicious chocolate cream, fudgy, chewy brownies, and everyone’s favourite Easter treat: mini eggs.
Carrot Cake Bars
These carrot cake bars are so moist and delicious! They have a sprinkle of cinnamon and a cheesecake swirl in them. They make a great Easter dessert.
Lemon Poppy Seed Easter Cookies
You don't need drawing skills to make these beautiful cookies - you'll be surprised at how easy the watercolor technique is to accomplish. The tasty icing works so well with the delicious poppy seed cookies below.
Pistachio Pudding Dessert Parfaits
Pistachio is an interesting flavor, and I love it for an Easter dessert! These parfaits are so cute and perfect for parties - for kids or adults. Top with a white chocolate bunny.
Easter Pinwheel Cookies
Easter pinwheel cookies are soft and chewy sugar cookies with a festive holiday spin. They're incredibly easy to make; this simple recipe will have you enjoying these tasty treats in no time!
Easter Bunny Circus Animal Cookies
I absolutely love circus animal cookies, and to see them in Easter bunny shapes makes my heart happy! Perfect for a holiday dessert display or charcuterie board.
Chocolate Easter Bunny Cake
You're going to need a cake - either store bought or homemade - and the rest is so simple. If you've never had edible Easter grass, it's a fun addition to this simple dessert idea.
Easter Pastel Brownie Dessert
There isn't nearly enough chocolate in Easter desserts, so I had to share this brownie dessert loaded with chocolate and other goodies. Melissa knocked it out of the park with this one.
Which of these Easter dessert recipes would you try? I’d love to know in the comments! I’d also love for you to check out these other recipe posts: