The ultimate guide to Easter dessert recipes including fun and festive treats like a lemon meringue tart, cake balls and peanut butter eggs!
These amazing recipes will take your Easter dinner to the next level. You can enjoy cupcakes, cookies, candies, pies, cakes and more! There’s an Easter dessert idea for every gathering, big or small.
Do you plan a big meal for Easter? I love a big Easter spread. It’s great to have a succulent ham like my Easter ham or my honey baked ham. I also enjoy some of my favorite sides such as cream cheese mashed potatoes and candied carrots. Finally, I always make a lot of desserts. Dessert is not just for kids. The truth is that as much as I love Easter dinner, I love Easter desserts even more!
Easter is my favorite time of the year for sweets. Those special Easter candies are in all the stores and fresh fruit starts getting ripe in spring. There are so many amazing flavors for Easter desserts.
I love incorporating candy into my desserts. Try some of my favorites like Jelly Belly Easter cookies, a mini eggs brownie parfait, mini egg cookies or an Easter dirt cake with bunny Peeps. I can’t get enough of those marshmallow treats!
You can enjoy the first berries of the season for Easter. Try recipes like berry cheesecake salad, fresh strawberry pie or blueberry shortcake to put those berries to good use.
Don’t forget the chocolate and make your own decadent chocolate desserts. You can make chocolate truffles or chocolate peanut butter eggs that are better than anything you’ll find in the store!
Make your dessert spread so good that everyone will be dreaming about it until next Easter with these 30 Easter dessert recipes. Let me know which ones you try and if you have any other amazing dessert ideas in the comments below! Looking for more Easter ideas? Be sure to check out my list of 20 Easter Recipes and 22 Easter Peeps Recipes!
30 Easter Dessert Recipes
Berry Chantilly Cake
This recipe for berry chantilly cake is a light and yellow cake with plenty of fresh berries and a unique fluffy whipped cream frosting. The perfect cake for a celebration!
This recipe for blueberry shortcake is vanilla ice cream and homemade blueberry sauce sandwiched between lemon shortcake and finished off with whipped cream. This easy and elegant dessert is perfect for any occasion!
These no bake birds nest cookies are made with chocolate, butterscotch and chow mein noodles, then finished off with candy eggs. The perfect easy Easter dessert!
This brownie pizza is a chocolate crust topped with cream cheese frosting and plenty of fresh berries. A unique dessert pizza that’s perfect for entertaining!
A recipe for cake balls that uses cake mix, frosting and candy melts to create fun and festive bites. Cake balls are perfect for gift giving and they’re easy to turn into cake pops!
These chocolate truffles are made with a dark chocolate ganache that's shaped into balls and rolled in an assortment of toppings. Homemade truffles are easy to prepare and make for a super impressive dessert option for any event.
These cute little carrot patch cupcakes are perfect for spring! They’ve got a chocolate base, buttercream frosting, cookie “dirt” and a strawberry “carrot” on top.
These cheesecake stuffed strawberries are fresh berries that are hollowed out, then filled with sweetened cream cheese and topped with crushed graham crackers. A simple no-bake treat that always get rave reviews!
This classic carrot cake is one you’ll want to add to your recipe collection! A moist and delicious cake paired with a not-too-sweet cream cheese frosting.
This recipe for Greek yogurt cheesecakes is mini cheesecakes that have been lightened up with Greek yogurt and topped with fresh berries. A quick and easy sweet treat!
This fruit pizza is a sugar cookie crust topped with cream cheese frosting and a variety of fresh fruit. A fun and easy dessert option that’s perfect for feeding a crowd!
These pops are a cute and easy Easter dessert that even the kids can help with! Chocolate cake, frosting and chocolate rocks are layered in push pop containers, then topped with adorable chocolate bunny ears, carrots, and bunny butts.
This fresh strawberry pie recipe is a no bake delight that’s made with a graham cracker crust, loads of fresh strawberries and a sweet glaze. Top it with whipped cream for a show stopping finish to any meal!
These adorable Easter basket cookie cups are almost too fun to eat! An Easter dessert recipe filled with buttercream frosting, chocolate bunnies and eggs.
This recipe for a classic lemon bundt cake with cream cheese frosting is a simple yet elegant cake that’s full of sweet-tart lemon flavor – perfect for a birthday or any other special occasion!
Make the Easter Bunny jealous this year with marbled Easter egg truffles! White chocolate truffles and pastel swirls make these the perfect Easter candy.
These hydrangea cakes are gorgeous miniature cakes that look like hydrangea flowers! You’ll be surprised to learn how easy it is to make the pretty, colorful blossom design on the outside.
These Mini Eggs Easter brownie parfaits are the easiest Easter dessert! Made with everyone’s favorite candy-coated Easter eggs, fudgy brownies and cream!
When I was younger, our church had an Easter activity that I loved! There were games and so much food. But just like the festive Christmas season, may we be reminded of the real meaning of Easter – about Jesus’ death and resurrection to save everyone from eternal condemnation.
Cheesecakes are my favorite. I like this bite-sized version. The addition of candy eggs will make it perfect to serve for Easter! Thanks for the recipe.
I am so excited that Easter is near. We are hosting the family Easter dinner and I am always on the hunt for some fab dishes to wow my family. I’m thinking those Skinny Easter Egg Cake Balls may make an appearance on our dinner table. Thanks for sharing all these great recipes.
I cannot believe we’re gearing up for Easter! Time flew by, without a doubt. I think these desserts are perfect for celebrating Easter. I would love to make a couple.
I will be in the hospital on easter but looking at all of these has me excited! I can’t wait to get home and have a lovely easter dinner and hopefully include desserts like these!
I see several there which would be fun to try, especially for Easter weekend. Or really, I could eat most at any time. I love spring and having a new season to celebrate.
Cheesecake (including minis) is my favorite dessert in the world. This is a great list with lots of ideas, and I love that so many have lovely spring colors too.
Easter is my favorite holiday (next to Christmas) and I always have a crowd over for brunch and then we have the big egg hunt. You’ve got so many great Easter dessert ideas. I’m looking forward to trying a few!
Dessert is my favorite meal of the day and this post is over the top. I’m in heaven!
So many wonderful options! Can’t wait to get the holiday goodies started!
Those are all awesome treats for Easter, any of these Would make my son happy. Thank you for the recipe.
Oh my gosh!!! There are so many cute Easter ideas here–love them all!
Sweets are always good for any occasion. Especially on one like easter.
I’m In dessert heaven! Oh how we love our sweets over here. I see a few must try desserts here for this Easter.
When I was younger, our church had an Easter activity that I loved! There were games and so much food. But just like the festive Christmas season, may we be reminded of the real meaning of Easter – about Jesus’ death and resurrection to save everyone from eternal condemnation.
I love these Easter dessert recipes! So many options. My fave is probably the carrot cake cupcakes. So fun and festive.
Wow, you’ve rounded up some really cute ideas! Some of them are totally elegant as well. I’ve got my eyes on a few I’d like to try.
These are all really great ideas! I love the Easter dessert lists.
Cheesecakes are my favorite. I like this bite-sized version. The addition of candy eggs will make it perfect to serve for Easter! Thanks for the recipe.
I am so excited that Easter is near. We are hosting the family Easter dinner and I am always on the hunt for some fab dishes to wow my family. I’m thinking those Skinny Easter Egg Cake Balls may make an appearance on our dinner table. Thanks for sharing all these great recipes.
I cannot believe we’re gearing up for Easter! Time flew by, without a doubt. I think these desserts are perfect for celebrating Easter. I would love to make a couple.
I will be in the hospital on easter but looking at all of these has me excited! I can’t wait to get home and have a lovely easter dinner and hopefully include desserts like these!
I see several there which would be fun to try, especially for Easter weekend. Or really, I could eat most at any time. I love spring and having a new season to celebrate.
I was searching for a dessert to make and I saw so many I liked. Mini cheesecakes sound like a winner to me.
These are the cutest recipes. My daughter will want to try them all. I think we’ll have to make a bunny cake for sure.
I might be able to find one or two things to make. Just kidding. How am I suppose to choose which ones to start with.
Cheesecake (including minis) is my favorite dessert in the world. This is a great list with lots of ideas, and I love that so many have lovely spring colors too.
Easter is my favorite holiday (next to Christmas) and I always have a crowd over for brunch and then we have the big egg hunt. You’ve got so many great Easter dessert ideas. I’m looking forward to trying a few!