70 Fun Easter Baking Ideas to Sweeten Your Holiday Celebration
Easy Easter baking ideas! These fun Easter desserts are fun to serve at your holiday celebration, or to share at a potluck, party, or bake sale.
One of the easiest ways to make a holiday more festive is to make a cute, themed dessert!
No party or gathering is complete without a little something sweet …
… and desserts are always a crowd-pleaser.
With Easter coming up quick, I thought I’d put together a list of the best Easter baking ideas!
These delicious Easter desserts will give you tons of inspiration for sweet treats to make and serve at your celebration.
This list of irresistible Easter baking ideas includes recipes for:
- Festive cookies
- Easy, festive treats
- Cute cakes and cupcakes
- Unique brownies, cheesecakes, and baked goods
- Kid-friendly recipes
You’ll have so many fun ideas for desserts to make for your Easter dinner, brunch, or potluck.
There’s something for everyone – yep, even if you think you “can’t bake.”
Okay, let’s dive into these amazing Easter baked goods!
(🐣 Looking for more delicious Easter food ideas? Try one of these festive spring charcuterie boards, or add a unique potato side dish, amazing vegetable side dish, or mouthwatering Easter appetizer to your menu!)
Best Easter Baking Ideas
Easter Brownies
Easter Brownies are the perfect festive treats to elevate any Easter celebration or springtime party.
Chocolate brownies are covered with swirled dark chocolate bark and dotted with adorable candy eggs, they’re pretty, fun to make, and incredibly delicious!
Sour Cream Easter Sugar Cookies
Are you looking for a recipe that’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and some sweetness to your taste buds? Well, you’re in luck!
These sour cream Easter sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting are so fun to make and delicious to eat.
Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Carrot Cake Cheesecake makes for an incredible Easter dessert!
Imagine moist carrot cake with a hint of pineapple, coconut, raisins, and walnuts wrapped in a delicious cheesecake and then topped off with a perfect cream cheese frosting.
Cadbury Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cadbury Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best Easter dessert! They’re chewy and loaded with chocolate chips and the iconic pastel Cadbury mini eggs.
They require no chilling time and whip up in just minutes!
Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Adorable Easter Bunny Cupcakes are made with a soft and moist coconut infused cake batter and a fluffy coconut marshmallow white frosting.
They have easy-to-make marshmallow and coconut ears, and a super cute pink nose for the bunny’s face.
Easter Egg Cake
This pretty Easter Egg Cake can be made with a homemade carrot cake or store bought cake.
You just need a few simple elements for decor and can create a show stopping dessert!
Mini Egg Cheesecake Cookie Bars
Mini Egg Cookie Bars include a Cadbury mini egg-filled cookie layer followed by a cheesecake layer, and then topped with even more cookie.
Colorful, delicious and only 15 minutes to prep!
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Carrot Cake is a tall, four layer cake, with a moist crumb. It’s filled with Buttermilk Cream Cheese Frosting and finished with toasted pecans.
Top each piece with a tiny marzipan carrot for a show-stopping dessert.
Mini Easter Egg Fruit Pizzas
Mini Easter Egg Fruit Pizzas are made with a sugar cookie crust, a layer of cream cheese frosting, and a variety of fresh fruit.
The cookies are shaped like Easter eggs, and the fruit is arranged in a colorful design, just like decorated Easter eggs!
Lemon Bunny Cookies
Crunchy lemon Bunny Cookies are almost too cute to eat. Colorful candy melt decorations make it easy to create adorable decorated Easter cookies.
Cadbury Egg Stuffed Cupcakes
Cadbury Egg Cupcakes are giant vanilla cupcakes stuffed with delicious Cadbury creme eggs and topped with a creme egg laced buttercream frosting.
Storebought cake mix makes them super easy. The ultimate Easter cupcake!
Lemon Dream Cake
Lemon Dream Cake is a gorgeous moist layer cake drizzled with sweet vanilla icing.
The bright lemon flavor pairs wonderfully with the earthy vanilla extract. You’ll want to make it again and again!
Brown Butter Easter Blondies
Soft and chewy Brown Butter Easter Blondies, with big chunks of white chocolate and milk chocolate Easter eggs, are made with brown butter, which gives them a nutty and very special flavor.
Southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Southern Cream Cheese Pound Cake is an old-fashioned recipe that yields a big, beautiful moist cake, perfect for special occasions.
Simple ingredients come together quickly for an easy cake batter, and best of all, this bakes up with an easy two-step method.
Easter Meringue Nests
Easy-to-make Easter Meringue Nests are a delicious and festive treat that everyone will love.
With a sweetened cream cheese filling and a light and airy texture, these meringues are the perfect addition to your holiday dessert table.
Toasted Coconut Easter Cupcakes
These Easter cupcakes with toasted coconut bird’s nests make a festive dessert for any spring brunch.
A light coconut almond cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting with a hint of almond are topped with toasted coconut and mini bird eggs.
Easter Egg Mini Cheesecakes
Easter Egg Mini Cheesecakes are adorable mini cheesecakes topped with shredded coconut and mini egg candies for a super cute Easter dessert.
You don’t even need a special pan! You can bake your mini cheesecakes up right in your muffin pan.
Easter Bunny & Carrot Sugar Cookies
These Buttercream Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies and carrot cookies are so cute, everyone will want one!
Old Fashioned Hummingbird Cake
Old Fashioned Hummingbird Cake recipe is essentially ‘banana bread meets canned pineapple’ and is the most popular of all Southern cakes.
It’s similar to carrot cake in that it boasts warm spices like cinnamon and vanilla, but with a touch of sweet banana flavor.
Birds Nest Cookies
Celebrate Easter with these easy and quick Bird Nest Cookies.
Made with Easter chocolate eggs, chow mein noodles, dark chocolate and peanut butter, they make the perfect family-friendly Easter treat!
Funfetti Blondies
Funfetti Blondies are filled with sprinkles, vanilla and notes of butterscotch and toffee flavors from the brown sugar.
They have the perfect fudgy texture of a brownie, with the color and flavor of your favorite funfetti cookies or cake.
Double Chocolate Easter Cookies
Ooey-gooey Double Chocolate Easter Cookies are thick and soft, with chocolate chips and Chocolate easter eggs for extra crunch.
gThey have amazing chocolate flavor, are super easy to make, and can be done in under 30 minutes.
Bunny Butt Cone Cakes
Bunny Butt Cone Cakes are a fun way to transform a traditional Easter cake into an adorable sweet treat that looks like a bunny burrowing down into a rabbit hole.
Simply bake your batter and then build your bunny butt with a pastel-colored tail and little paws.
Mixed Berry Cheesecake
With a beautiful medley of fresh blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, this delicious Mixed Berry Cheesecake will soon become your family’s favorite spring and summer dessert.
Pair the delectable graham cracker crust and rich creamy cheesecake and you have yourself quite a treat!
Easy Bunny Cake
One cake mix, two round cakes, a little cutting, and you can create an adorable Bunny Cake!
Thorough directions are included, so it feels quite doable, if you want to try your hand at a really festive Easter cake.
Easter Egg Cookies
These cute Easter Egg Cookies are easy to make using a sugar cookie mix shortcut and colorful fondant.
Decorated Easter egg cookies are a fun activity for the holiday week, a cute gift idea for family and friends, or you could even make a batch to leave for the Easter Bunny!
Cream Cheese Filled Carrot Muffins
For a healthier twist on cake, these Cream Cheese Filled Carrot Muffins are hearty and filling with all those familiar warm spices. Perfect to serve at Easter brunch!
Easter Poke Cake
Extra creamy and colorful Easter poke cake is made with vanilla pudding and whipped cream.
This easy recipe takes minutes to make, even for beginner bakers!
Honey Ricotta Pie
Honey Ricotta Pie is a delicious sweet dessert filled with honey orange-zest flavored creamy ricotta cheese and a sweet pie dough with a perfect hint of vanilla tasting notes.
Traditionally served on Easter Sunday, this creamy pie is so easy to make with its 5 minutes no-roll crust.
Blue Ribbon Carrot Sheet Cake
Blue Ribbon Carrot Sheet Cake is a super moist carrot sheet cake recipe, perfect for a crowd. It’s topped with both a buttermilk glaze and rich cream cheese frosting for maximum flavor!
Robin's Egg Easter Donuts
Robin's Egg Easter donuts are super special! These vanilla baked donuts are made in the oven, not deep-fried in fat.
For a festive spring look, they boast a luscious, speckled-blue “robin’s egg” buttercream frosting.
Strawberry Brownies
Strawberry Brownies are made from cake mix and a fun and colorful dessert that is SO simple to make.
All you need is 3 ingredients to make these chewy and moist pink brownies.
Easter Chick Cupcakes
These cute Easter Chick Cupcakes are a quick & easy Easter dessert, fit to feed a crowd!
Great for a holiday gathering or as a fun activity to do with kids.
Easy Key Lime Bars
Easy Key Lime Bars are a delicious blend of sweet and sour. The buttery graham cracker crust adds just the right amount of sweetness and crunch.
Greek Easter Orange Cookies
Hand-shaped Koulourakia cookies are traditional at Greek Easter and delightful with tea or coffee.
They have a delightful orange, buttery flavor and a fun shape make them a fun holiday treat to share.
Mini Biscoff Cheesecakes
Mini Biscoff Cheesecakes have the rich layer of creamy cheesecake you know and love, but with a whole new take on a typical graham cracker crust.
Biscoff cookies give the crust a wonderful cinnamon and spice flavor that are perfect with cheesecake!
Italian Easter Cookies
Festive Italian Easter Cookies may soon become your new annual spring cookie tradition!
They’re a cake-like, buttery and soft, lightly sweetened sugar cookie frosted with a decadent almond glaze and colorful sprinkles.
Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes
Delicious Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes are covered with rich cream cheese frosting and strawberry crunch crumble topping.
Bursting with flavors reminiscent of our favorite childhood strawberry shortcake bars, these homemade cupcakes are the ultimate springtime dessert recipe!
Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Nests
Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Nests are a spring twist on a classic coconut treat, featuring a chewy coconut cookie dipped in chocolate and topped with Cadbury Mini Eggs.
These easy cookies are perfect to make for your Easter and spring celebrations!
Pear And Ricotta Cheesecake
Pear and Ricotta Cheesecake is a symphony of sweet and creamy perfection.
Velvety ricotta meets luscious pears, and a delicate, buttery crust provides the perfect stage for this show stopping dessert.
Lemon Blueberry Cookies
Lemon Blueberry Cookies are soft, chewy, and delightfully tangy!
Make them in just one bowl using either fresh or frozen blueberries and finish them off with an optional (but recommended!) lemon glaze.
Brown Sugar Sponge Cake With Berries
Brown Sugar Sponge Cake with fresh fruits and cream is a super moist sponge cake bursting with flavors and beautiful colors.
The combination of the rich and caramel-like flavor of brown sugar, coupled with velvety luscious cream and refreshing fruits, creates a truly delightful harmony.
Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
Homemade Sprinkle Sugar Cookies are fun, colorful, and yummy thanks to being covered in crunchy little nonpareils.
The classic chewy sugar cookie with the colors of the rainbow has never tasted better.
Lemon Poppyseed Scones
Easy Lemon Poppyseed Scones are just perfect for a spring or Easter brunch! They're packed with bright lemon flavor and are ready in half an hour.
Robin's Egg Cupcakes
Robin’s Egg Easter cupcakes are just so adorable! The vanilla cake is fluffy and tender with the perfect crumb.
Luscious blue-speckled frosting is swirled in the shape of a nest with mini Cadbury eggs.
Ricotta Cheesecake
This fabulous Ricotta Cheesecake uses a combination of cream cheese and ricotta to create a lighter, but slightly rustic texture than regular cheesecakes.
A creamy, sweet, and barely tangy filling is poured into a buttery graham cracker crust and baked until golden and set.
Lemon Blueberry Blondies
Lemon Blueberry Blondies are made with fresh lemon zest, juicy blueberries, and topped with sweet lemon icing, each bite is like blueberry lemon heaven.
They’re so easy to make - no mixer required!
Easy Easter Sugar Cookies
Are you super busy but still want to create fun Easter memories?
These easy Easter Sugar Cookies use Pillsbury sugar cookie dough. Baking doesn’t need to be time-consuming or complicated!
Italian Easter Ricotta Pie
A traditional Italian Easter dessert, this creamy, citrusy Ricotta Cheesecake is studded with candied citron and mini chocolate chips.
Bunny Butt Easter Cupcakes
Bunny Butt cupcakes are the cutest Easter cupcakes around! Little Bunny tooshies adorably adorn frosted chocolate cupcakes for a fun treat that everyone will love.
Raspberry Clafoutis
Raspberry Clafoutis is an easy dessert recipe that looks fancy. It's a delicious, custardy treat that pairs raspberry with a touch of almond flavor.
Easy Punch Bowl Cake
Easy Punch Bowl Cake is an old fashioned dessert that’s assembled in a punch bowl or trifle dish.
With layers of cake, vanilla custard, fruit, and whipped cream, it’s super simple to make with a few shortcut ingredients.
Lemon Vanilla Cupcakes
Lemon Vanilla Cupcakes have a light and fluffy crumb with a bright punch of lemon flavor.
Made from scratch and topped with creamy vanilla and lemon buttercream frosting, they’re the quintessential spring dessert.
Fresh Strawberry Crumb Cake
Fresh strawberry cake encompasses everything that’s right about cake. The simple layers of goodness meld together into the fresh strawberry cake your family will devour.
Easter M&M Blondie Bars
If you love M&Ms and blondies, get ready for the best of both worlds with Easter M&M Blondie Bars.
Imagine a gooey, sticky, chewy brown sugar blondie loaded with crunchy pastel M&Ms. All of your favorite Easter dessert flavors in one delicious treat.
Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake
This Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake is slightly denser than the classic version as it takes on more of the bundt cake texture while still keeping the fruity, golden crust on top as we all know and love.
Colorful Easter Sugar Cookies
These super easy decorated and colorful Easter Sugar cookies are topped with a delicious lemon glaze and look so pretty.
With minimal ingredients and prep work required, there’s no need to mess with fancy cutouts or fussy decorating techniques.
Homemade Lemon Meringue Cookie Peeps
Instead of the classic marshmallow storebought treat, make these festive Lemon Meringue Cookie Peeps. They’re so cute, and will totally surprise all your guests!
Cherry Chip Cake with Real Cherries
Bursting with the sweet flavors of real cherries and a generous sprinkle of chocolate chips, this Cherry Chip Cake is a true crowd-pleaser.
Each moist and tender bite of this fluffy cake has just the right amount of cherry flavor and a delightful hint of chocolate.
Mini Pavlova Nests
Crispy on the outside, soft and pillowy inside, Mini Pavlova Nests are filled with sweet cream and lemon curd, and topped with fresh strawberries and mint leaves.
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Homemade Lemon Poppyseed Cake features a moist and tender lemon cake studded with poppy seeds.
It’s topped with a simple lemon glaze and homemade lemon cream cheese frosting. Light, refreshing, and bursting with lemon flavor!
Bunny Tail Easter Cookies
Soft Easter Bunny Tail Sugar cookies are easy and fun, and perfect for Easter parties.
Grab your bunny cookie cutter and make these cookies with adorable marshmallow bunny tails!
Lemon Meringue Tartlets
These adorable Lemon Meringue Tartlets are the perfect combo of sweet and tangy.
They are made with a layer of pie crust, a silky smooth lemon curd filling, and topped with a fluffy layer of lightly toasted meringue.
White Chocolate Raspberry Blondies
White Chocolate Raspberry Blondies are irresistibly indulgent dessert bars that combine the creamy sweetness of white chocolate with the tangy burst of raspberries.
They boast a soft and chewy texture, complemented by the contrasting flavors of the rich white chocolate and the bright, fruity notes of raspberries.
Iced Blueberry Lemon Cake
Sunshiney lemon and juicy blueberries nestle up perfectly in this cake's slightly nutty, almond-y base.
Sour cream keeps everything super moist and gives the cake just enough tang for balance.
Strawberry Lemonade Bars
Strawberry Lemonade Bars combine the fruity flavors of lemon and strawberry in a smooth filling, layered on top of a buttery shortbread cookie base.
Best of all, they are 100% homemade with fresh ingredients and have no artificial flavors.
Italian Easter Cake
If you’ve ever had a panettone for Christmas, or even an angel food cake, you’ll be familiar with the light texture of this cake.
An Italian tradition, it’s normally made in a bundt style, iced with plain white icing and covered in sprinkles. The icing makes up for the fact that there’s not much sugar in the cake.
Easter Magic Cookie Bars
Easter Magic Cookie Bars are a simple dump and spread cookie bars with many layers, but super easy to make.
It's a festive twist on those classic magic cookie bars we all love.
Stained Glass Easter Cookies
Stained Glass Easter Cookies look fancy, but they’re easy enough for the whole family to help.
So pretty, they’ll be a lovely addition to your Easter holiday table!
Peeps Sunflower Cake
An easy and fun Easter dessert idea, this Peeps Sunflower Cake can come together fast if you use a storebought chocolate bakery cake.
Add on some festive Peeps, and you have an adorable cake that looks just like a sunflower.
Ready to try some new Easter desserts?
I hope this list of fabulous Easter baking recipes has given you tons of inspiration for sweet treats to share with your family and friends this season.
There’s truly something for every kind of event, and every “baking skill level!”
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