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published on March 24, 2021
Easter Desserts are an important part of the holiday menu. Cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, and some Easter candy desserts that are super easy to make!
We’ve rounded up some our favorite Easter dessert recipes to make your menu planning a little easier this year. We’ve got cakes, cupcakes, pies, cookies, and brownies in classic spring flavors of lemon and strawberry, as well as coconut, and chocolate.
It’s a little something for everyone. Make one of each and save the leftovers for round two!
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Cakes
Classic cake recipes like hummingbird cake and coconut cake always make an appearance at my Easter dinner. We’ve also included a few other simple cakes such as a strawberry-filled angel food cake and some delicious pound cakes.
Best Coconut Cake Recipe with Fresh Coconut
This is hands down the BEST Coconut Cake recipe you'll ever make. This classic coconut cake recipe uses fresh coconut and a secret ingredient to make the coconut cake extra moist!
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Instant Pot Easter Egg Cheesecake
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Coconut Sheet Cake
Coconut sheet cake is a moist, sweet and easy dessert for any occasion. This semi homemade treat gets finished off with fluffy coconut cream cheese icing to make a decadent coconut dessert that everyone will love.
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Hummingbird Cake
This delicious Hummingbird Cake recipe is a classic southern cake originally found in Southern Living magazine that is filled with bananas, pineapple, and pecans, and frosted with an amazing cream cheese frosting.
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Strawberry Angel Food Cake
This light and airy Strawberry Angel Food Cake is an amazing summer dessert filled with a sweet strawberry jam and frosted with a delicious homemade whipped cream.
Lemon Pound Cake
This Lemon Pound Cake is a Starbucks copycat recipe that doubles as a great easy dessert recipe and a simple brunch recipe.
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Sour Cream Pound Cake
This sweet, buttery Sour Cream Pound Cake is an easy cake recipe made with simple ingredients. Serve it with fresh fruit as a simple summer dessert.
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Pistachio Cake
Pistachio cake is super moist cake made with pistachio pudding and cake mix. It’s soft green color makes it a great holiday dessert for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, and Christmas.
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Cupcakes
Easter cupcakes are a great way to make individual servings of cake. We’re sharing a few of our favorites along with some pretty decorations that make these cupcakes extra special for the holiday.
Bird’s Nest Easter Cupcakes
These easy Bird's Nest Easter Cupcakes take a simple cupcake recipe and turns it into a special dessert for your Easter table.
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Keto Carrot Cake Cupcakes
These Keto Carrot Cake Cupcakes are a moist, delicious, keto dessert packed with carrots and pecans, and topped with keto cream cheese frosting!
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Lemon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream frosting are moist cupcakes with a delicate, tender crumb. Make these baked treats for a perfect finish to any occasion!
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Coconut Mango Cupcakes
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Pies
If you don’t want to bake a big cake how about a pie? Warm pies, cold pies, flaky crust or graham cracker crust. These easy pies are bursting with flavor and totally delicious. Make them ahead of time so you spend less time in the kitchen and more time with family!
Lemon Chess Pie
Lemon Chess Pie is an easy and delicious southern dessert you won’t soon forget. The filling is similar to lemon custard, while the crust is flaky and baked to perfection. This simple lemon pie is ideal for all occasions!
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Lemon Icebox Pie
A creamy lemon filling baked into a graham cracker crust and topped with some fresh whipped cream make this Lemon Icebox Pie is one of the best summer pies you’ll ever make!
Chocolate Chess Pie
Chocolate Chess Pie is a classic southern pie recipe made with just a few simple ingredients that bake up into a rich, delicious chocolate dessert that is perfect for the holidays!
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Cookies & Brownies
You can never go wrong with cookies and brownies. Bake them ahead of time and serve on a big platter for a casual dessert that people can nibble on throughout the day. Lemon cookies, carrot cake cookies, and our #1 most popular dessert recipe…Pecan Pie Brownies!
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
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Carrot Cake Mix Cookies
Carrot cake mix cookies only require three simple ingredients to make easy cake batter cookies. It’s a delicious treat any day of the week and a perfect addition to your Easter dessert menu!
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Cream Cheese Cookies
These easy Cream Cheese Cookies are soft, delicate cookies made with a blend of shortening and cream cheese for perfectly tender cookies every time.
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Lemon Meringue Cookies
These easy Lemon Meringue Cookies are made from egg whites whisked into a stiff meringue and baked until they are slightly crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle.
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Pecan Pie Brownies
Pecan Pie Brownies are a rich, chocolate and pecan pie Thanksgiving dessert recipe that you’re going to want all year long!
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Easter Candy Desserts
These easy Easter dessert use some of your favorite Easter candy to make a delicious treat that you can enjoy on Easter day, or make after the holidays are over to use up the last of the candy!
Easter Candy Blondies
This easy blondie recipe uses Peeps along with all of your other favorite Easter candy to make Easter Candy Blondies.
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Easter Peeps S’mores Dip
This easy Easter dessert recipe is made with 2 kinds of chocolate, and bunny rabbit peeps, toasted up into an ooey gooey s’mores dip.
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18 comments on “Easter Dessert Recipes You Need To Make!”
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Jerri — March 14, 2015 @ 3:24 am Reply
Great round up! Everything looks delicious. I’d love for you to come over and link up with me for Friday Favorites.
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Kim@The Baking ChocolaTess — March 15, 2015 @ 12:04 pm Reply
Love the round-up of Easter desserts! I am going to have to make a couple of those for sure! Pinning and visiting from Bewitchin’ Projects Block Party! 🙂
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Kat — March 15, 2015 @ 1:01 pm Reply
Thanks Kim, I’m definitely going to have to wear my stretchy pants this year! Lol
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aimee fauci — March 15, 2015 @ 8:24 pm Reply
Oh the creativity is amazing me. Love love love! Linking up from Marvelous Monday.
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heidi — March 16, 2015 @ 2:20 am Reply
All of these look so good. And those Easter Egg Truffles are something that would be perfect for Easter Baskets.
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Catherine Holt — March 16, 2015 @ 6:50 am Reply
Oh yum. Easter is always filled with chocolate treats and now I have some more to add to the collection!
Thanks for linking up to Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning.
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Maria — March 16, 2015 @ 8:35 am Reply
These all look so good! It’s hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner now!
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Lara — March 16, 2015 @ 3:11 pm Reply
uuuummm everything looks amazing! great collection there! Wish i wasn’t trying to watch what i eat right now….booo! well, I’ll be dreaming about that Cadbury cheesecake i just saw. Holy Mackerel! I’ll have to Pin for later
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Valerie — March 16, 2015 @ 9:50 pm Reply
Too many amazing choices but that Cadbury cheesecake is definitely calling my name!
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Cathy — March 16, 2015 @ 10:50 pm Reply
I love Easter brunch, and dinner, and Easter candy, and the weather and the family and well I just love all of it! This is a great round up of Easter sweet treats! I would love for you to share this over at my new link party Making Memories Mondays going on now!
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Amy@Europe's Calling — March 18, 2015 @ 12:00 pm Reply
These look scrum-diddly-umptious! How fun. Thanks for sharing!
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Brenda — March 18, 2015 @ 10:26 pm Reply
All of the recipes look delicious. I never thought of baking anything with Cadbury eggs on it before. The one I think I’d like to try the most is the Mini Lemon Spring Bundt Cakes. I’m here from the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.
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Pam@over50feeling40 — March 19, 2015 @ 11:52 am Reply
I am going to think about the cheesecake and the carrot cupcakes drizzled in caramel all day! Thanks for sharing all of them with the Thursday Blog Hop!
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Kat — March 19, 2015 @ 12:10 pm Reply
I know what you mean Pam, I may have to rethink my Easter menu!
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Gentle Joy — March 19, 2015 @ 8:32 pm Reply
Lots of great looking desserts!!! 🙂 Pretty… and yummy looking. 🙂
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Jacqueline — March 19, 2015 @ 10:24 pm Reply
Oh, how to decide! I want one of every one of them! We are doing it this Sunday as some will be out of town! Kids would love the dirt cups and adults would love the cheesecake! Super yum!
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Kimberly — March 21, 2015 @ 2:54 pm Reply
Everything looks incredible! I’m drooling right now. Pinned and tweeted. We are so thrilled to have you at our party. Please stop by on Monday at 7, so we can see your amazing projects. Lou Lou Girls
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Bobbi — March 23, 2015 @ 10:11 am Reply
Hello!! Just wanted to let you know I will be using this in a round up (posting soon) from the Teach Me Tuesday party! Very much appreciate you linking up with us 😉
