Easy Easter Desserts: 35 Simple & Festive Recipes for Spring

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If you're looking for easy Easter desserts, these simple recipes are festive, quick to make, and perfect for celebrating the season without spending all day in the kitchen.

From no-bake treats and quick cakes to cute Easter desserts, these recipes are designed to help you enjoy the day-whether you're hosting brunch or dinner. Browse all our Easter desserts for even more ideas.

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These easy Easter desserts include everything from carrot cake and cupcakes to pudding cakes, cookies, and festive treats-many with simple ingredients and minimal prep.

Whether you're planning ahead or need something last-minute, there's a recipe here for every table, whether you're serving an Easter dinner, Easter brunch, or hosting an Easter Tea Party.

What You'll Find in These Easy Easter Desserts

From quick no-bake treats to simple cakes and festive spring desserts, these recipes are designed to be easy, approachable, and perfect for celebrating without extra fuss.

You'll find:

No-bake Easter desserts for quick prep
Easy cakes and cupcakes for spring gatherings
Cute and festive treats for Easter baskets and brunch tables

A bowl brimming with colorful candies and a chocolate egg rests on a pink napkin, set against a white surface. Behind, a decorative wicker nest and rabbit figurine subtly evoke Easter cheer, while perhaps inspiring sweet holiday treats like Christmas crack.

Easter Snack Mix Recipe

This quick and easy Easter Snack Mix (also known as Easter Crack) is a sweet and salty treat made with cereal, pretzels, white chocolate, and festive Easter candy. It comes together in minutes and is perfect for Easter entertaining, gifting, or filling holiday baskets.

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A carrot cake cupcake with white frosting and a charming carrot-shaped decoration on top sits on a white plate. More of these delightful carrot cake cupcakes are displayed on a tiered stand in the background, complemented by a striped cloth and wooden surface setting.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Soft and moist carrot cake cupcakes made with warm spices, brown sugar, and freshly grated carrots, then topped with a rich and tangy cream cheese frosting.

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A slice of lemon lush dessert topped with whipped cream, a lemon slice, and a small flower sits elegantly on a decorative white plate. Behind it are two glasses of refreshing lemon water and a vase with flowers on a white and yellow patterned cloth.

Lemon Lush Dessert Recipe

This easy Lemon Lush dessert features layers of shortbread, sweetened cream cheese, lemon pudding, and fresh whipped cream!

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Lemon Cut Out Sugar Cookies

It's spring, and Easter is nearly here! Make a batch of these Lemon Cut Out Sugar Cookies! They are delicious, buttery, sunny and bright with lemon flavor, and super easy to make in any shape you want.

Lemon Cutout Cookies

Side view of Easter Basket puff pastry tarts on a white plate with more in the background on a mini teal cake stand for teatime.

Simple Easter Basket Tarts (Puff Pastry Recipe)

Make your Easter extra special with these adorable Easter Basket Tarts. A simple puff pastry recipe with delicious fillings and festive decorations.

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Mini Chocolate Easter Brownie Bites

Chocolate Easter Brownie Bites are tiny bites of dense, fudgy, rich chocolate brownies. Topped with a layer of decadent chocolate buttercream shaped into nests, they are filled with Easter egg candies. Cute and easy, and perfect for Easter.

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Four layered dessert trifle cups with whipped cream, lemon slices, and mint leaves rest on a silver tray. The base of cake or biscuit layers adds depth to each cup, set elegantly on a lace doily. A blurred background reveals glasses and a green bottle.

Lemon Dessert Trifle Recipe

Bright, fresh, and irresistibly creamy, this lemon dessert trifle with Chantilly cream is the perfect make-ahead treat for spring and summer gatherings. Easy to serve in individual glasses or a classic trifle dish!

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Five Easter M&M Cookies topped with pastel-colored candy-coated chocolates, arranged on a white oval plate.

Easter M&M Cookies Recipe

These Easter M&M Cookies are deliciously soft and chewy, bright with the pastel colors of Easter. With a vanilla sugar cookie base, they're easy to bake, no chilling, and perfect for Easter!

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Slice of Lemon Curd Tart with whole tart on a cake stand

Simple Lemon Curd Tart Recipe

This French Lemon Curd Tart is inspired by Tarte au Citron, or French Lemon Tart. It's a creamy, slightly tangy lemon custard filling baked in a crisp, buttery shortbread crust. It's incredibly simple to make, and utterly delicious!

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Egg Nest Easter Cupcakes

For a quick and easy Easter treat that's fun and whimsical and spring-like, try these Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes with our Simple Vanilla Cupcakes recipe posted here.

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A delightful lemon cake, featuring a delicate white lace pattern of powdered sugar, sits elegantly on a white plate. It's surrounded by vibrant yellow flowers, greenery, and fresh lemons on a white marble surface, complemented by a gold-colored cake server.

Anytime Lemon Cake Recipe

Indulge in the moist and tender goodness of this homemade Lemon Cake Recipe. Easy to make with bright citrus flavors, it's the perfect treat for tea or coffee.

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Easy Carrot Cake Loaf

This Carrot Cake Loaf is packed with flavor and grated carrots. Warm spices make it incredibly delicious, topped generously with cream cheese frosting!

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Front side view of sliced Orange Cake with citrus icing and orange slices on a white serving platter.

Easy Citrus Iced Orange Cake Recipe

This simple Orange Cake is soft, moist, and delicious with bright citrus flavors. It's easy to make without a mixer and is perfect for your Easter table.

Orange Cake

Side view of Strawberry No Bake Mini Cheesecake on a blue and pink plate with a sliced strawberry on the side.

15 Minute Strawberry No Bake Mini Cheesecakes

These Strawberry No Bake Mini Cheesecakes are adorable and utterly creamy and delicious. Easy to make in about 15 minutes, plus chilling time, they're filled with simple ingredients like cream cheese, whipping cream, and fresh strawberries. Effortless treats that are festive and perfect for special occasions.

Mini No Bake Strawberry Cheesecakes

Top view of no bake lemon pie with graham cracker crust with dollops of whipped cream and quartered lemon slices.

10 Minute No Bake Lemon Pie

This delicious 10-Minute No Bake Lemon Pie recipe has 4 ingredients, a silky smooth texture, bright citrus flavor, and a ready-made crust!

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Side view of Strawberry Trifle on white linen covered table with a bowl of fresh strawberries in a wooden bowl

Simple Strawberry Trifle Recipe

A summer celebration isn't complete without a delicious dessert. This no-bake Strawberry Trifle is incredibly delicious, effortless, and ready in minutes!

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Top closeup view of unsliced Coconut Cream Pie in a glass pie plate

Easy Coconut Cream Pie

This Coconut Cream Pie recipe is a thick, incredibly delicious creamy pie with high mounds of sweetened whipped cream and toasted coconut.

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Front side view of 10 minute easy no-bake cheesecake topped with blueberry sauce, and fresh mint, with a bite missing on a white plate.

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10 Minute No Bake Cheesecake

This No Bake Cheesecake is a 10-minute, no-bake, foolproof way to make cheesecake, the easy way. And, it's utterly delicious. Change up the topping in any way you like!

No Bake Cheesecake

Strawberry Baked Donuts

This incredibly delicious, super easy Baked Strawberry Donut recipe is packed with fresh strawberries, dipped in strawberry glaze, and so tender and moist they almost melt in your mouth.

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Slice of pie next to the whole pie on a white covered table.

Zesty Lemon Icebox Pie

A silken, old fashioned Zesty Lemon Icebox Pie is a quintessential spring dessert perfect for Easter.

Lemon Icebox Pie

Side view of Coconut Cream Pie Bite on a white plate with more in the background

Coconut Cream Pie Bites

Coconut Cream pie is a perennial favorite dessert at Easter. These mini versions are super simple and super quick!

Coconut Cream Bites

Closeup Lemon Pudding Cake with a Spoon and Blueberries

Mini Lemon Pudding Cakes

Mini Lemon Pudding Cakes are a refreshing, melt-in-your-mouth, lemony dream. Simple and quick to make, this dessert magically forms two layers when baked. A light and airy cake on top with a lemon pudding custard on the bottom.

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Shortbread Tea Cookies with Lemon Curd

Shortbread Tea Cookies with Lemon Curd, topped with fresh blueberries, are tiny bites of perfection. Petit and perfectly sized for afternoon tea, they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.

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Lemon Poppy Seed Yogurt Cake

This Lemon Poppy Seed Yogurt Cake is deliciously bright, ultra-soft, and moist. Both sweet and slightly tangy, it's a delightful anytime cake. Made with yogurt, it's a bit healthier without sacrificing the lemon poppy seed flavors we love.

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Lavender Tea Bread

This Lavender Tea Bread is a moist and sweet tea loaf, perfect for afternoon tea or simply to celebrate when the lavender blooms. Delightfully rich with butter and lavender cream, and unforgettable with the vanilla flavoring.

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Top view of unsliced ricotta cheesecake with whipping cream and lime slices for garnish.

No-Bake Ricotta Cheesecake

This no-bake ricotta cheesecake is smooth, lightly sweetened, and gently flavored with fresh lime. Made with a blend of ricotta and cream cheese, it sets beautifully in the refrigerator and is an ideal make-ahead dessert for entertaining.

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A lemon drizzle loaf cake topped with lemon slices, placed on an ornate white rectangular plate. One slice is cut and positioned in front of the loaf. The plate is set on a marble surface, with a fern and flowers partially visible in the background.

Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe

This easy Lemon Drizzle Cake is a beautiful recipe, perfect for days when you're craving a decadently tender dessert with abundant lemon flavoring. Or when you're looking for a traditional tea cake you know everyone will love.

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Lemon Crinkle Cookies are sweet and soft and pillowy… and utterly delicious. Made with fresh lemon juice and zest, and then tossed in powdered sugar that "crinkles" as they bake, these cookies are a favorite. And perfect for Easter!

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Vertical closeup of a plate of Lemon Sugar Cookies

Easy Lemon Cookies

Easy Lemon Sugar Cookies are a soft and chewy cookie to fall in love with. Old fashioned, homemade, zesty with fresh lemon, and oh-so-wonderful.

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Two clear glasses filled with layers of honey-sweetened whipped cream, yogurt, and chopped strawberries, garnished with a mint leaf, with extra strawberries and mint on the table-a delicious twist on classic strawberry fool.

Honey-Sweetened Strawberry Fool with Yogurt

This Honey-Sweetened Strawberry Fool is a light, elegant dessert made with fresh strawberries, Greek yogurt, and honey. Naturally sweetened and easy to prepare, it's a lovely way to enjoy strawberries without turning on the oven.

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Easy Key Lime Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

A vibrantly sweet pie made simply and beautifully. All in our favorite shades of Easter.

Key Lime Pie

Three floral-patterned plates hold Strawberry Napoleon pastry stacks with cream and strawberries, garnished with mint leaves. The desserts rest on a lace cloth, creating a vintage and elegant presentation.

Strawberry Napoleon Dessert

A stress-free easy Easter dessert with 4 ingredients made in minutes!

Strawberry Napoleon

Three madeleines dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate, with a tray of more madeleines and a cup of tea in the background-perfect inspiration for trying your own madeleines recipe at home.

Lemon Madeleines Recipe

Delicate lemon madeleines with a buttery crumb and golden shell shape. These classic French tea cakes are simple to make and perfect for teatime or dessert.

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Top view of a slice of Lemon Custard Tart sprinkled with powdered sugar on a white scalloped plate sits near the rest of the tart on a white cake stand and a white and gold teacup filled with tea.

Lemon Custard Tart Recipe

This Lemon Custard Tart is the perfect balance of sweet and tart, and it's surprisingly easy to whip up. So grab your apron and your whisk, and let's get baking!

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A slice of lemon pudding dessert topped with whipped cream is served on a white plate, with two whole lemons blurred in the background.

Baked Lemon Pudding

Baked Lemon Pudding is a delicious, irresistibly light and airy dessert with Irish origins. A sweet, effortless treat you don't want to miss.

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