Let’s put some big fun in your Easter celebration this year! Grab the kids (or the grandkids) and get ready for some egg-citing kitchen adventures with your favorite little chefs. We’re whipping up some egg-cellent treats this Easter from stunning Easter bark and carrot cake whoopie pies to bunny butt cupcakes and Easter egg cookie dough truffles. It’s time to get messy and bake some sweet memories together. Have fun!
Chick and Egg Cupcakes
These adorable Easter cupcakes from Food Network Kitchen look like they came straight from a professional bakery, but they’re so easy to make! Make some cupcakes, pop on a Peep, and use white Air Heads candy for the eggshell. The eggs are candied malt balls, and the Easter grass is just shredded coconut, dyed green. You could also use ready-made white fondant icing for the shell and jellybeans for the eggs.
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Carrot cake is a must for Easter, but making a layered carrot cake can take a lot of time and most of us don’t have time to spare around any given holiday. Instead of laboring over a layer cake, try these delicious carrot cake whoopie pies from Sweet Pea’s Kitchen. They take much less time, and they taste just like the real thing!
Easter Bunny Circus Animal Cookies
Circus Animal cookies have been around since 1914 – and they’re still a favorite among people of all ages more than 100 years later. These homemade nostalgia-inducing cookies from Happiness is Homemade are just like the real thing. Serve them up on a tray or use them as ol’ fashioned cupcake toppers.
White Chocolate Easter Bark
White chocolate is having a moment right now. The white chocolate industry is expected to grow by more than $9 billion by 2027. Join the white chocolate wave with this beautiful Easter bark from The Gracious Wife. Candy melts, Easter sprinkles, pastel M&Ms, and Easter nonpareils – that’s all you need for this festive bark.
Easter Egg Cookie Dough Truffles
Raw cookie dough is one of the seven wonders of the world. OK, maybe not, but it should be! Get your cookie dough fix with these pretty Easter egg truffles from Simple Joy. This recipe calls for a handful of simple ingredients, along with some colorful candy melts for the coating. There’s no egg in the recipe of course, which is why these raw cookie dough treats are safe to eat. Yum!
Easter Brownies
Everyone loves fudgy brownies but they’re usually not the most beautiful dessert on the table, are they? Well, it’s time to change that. These art-inspired brownies from The Forked Spoon are topped with pink and white swirled chocolate for a stunning presentation. These are almost too pretty to eat!
Bunny Butt Cupcakes
These sweet bunny butt cupcakes from Amanda’s Cookin’ will delight kids and adults alike. You can shorten the time it takes to make these by using a box chocolate cake mix for the cupcakes. Then put your time into decorating. The bunny “butts” are made by rolling marshmallows in melted white chocolate and then coating them in shredded coconut. The feet are made with melted white chocolate too, but you could also cut feet from white fondant. Cute!
Springtime Marshmallow Wands
You and the kids or grandkids can whip up these impressive springtime treats in no time at all! These Easter “wands” from Two Sisters Crafting are just three puffy marshmallows stacked on a stick, dipped in chocolate, and decorated with pastel-colored candy melts and festive sprinkles.
Easter Rice Krispie Treats
Jazz up Rice Krispie treats with this playful recipe from Inside BruCrew Life. More marshmallows and less cereal make these softer and chewier than traditional Rice Krispie treats. Adding in whole mini marshmallows at the end give pops of gooey goodness while the colorful sprinkles add to the Easter vibe.
No-Bake Butterscotch and Peanut Butter Bird’s Nest Cookies
We love anything that’s labeled “no-bake.” While we DO love baking at Goodtaste, if there’s a tasty treat you can whip up without turning on an oven, we’re here for it. These yummy no-bake butterscotch and peanut butter bird’s nest cookies from Ahead of Thyme only call for four ingredients: chow mein noodles, peanut butter, butterscotch chips, and Cadbury chocolate mini eggs. Easy and delicious!
Easter Carrot Chocolate Covered Strawberries
You can never go wrong with chocolate-covered strawberries, but have you ever seen them like this? We love these plump Easter carrots from Lil’ Luna! Melt some orange candy melts, dip in some strawberries (tops on, of course) and voila! Carrots! You can even pop them onto little cups of “dirt” pudding to look like they’re in a garden. Fun!
Easy Easter Pretzel Rods
These sweet and salty snacks from Desserts on a Dime are fun to eat, but they’re also a great way to decorate your Easter table. Melt up a few pastel-colored candy melts, coat the pretzels, and decorate the rods with your favorite Easter sprinkles and candies. Set them up in tall jars or wrap them up as Easter brunch party favors!
8 Ways to Decorate Easter Bunny Cakes
When it comes to cake decorating, Wilton takes the cake, so what better place to find a cute Easter bunny cake that everyone will love? These Easter bunny cake tutorials from Wilton are ears and tails above the rest and there’s something to suit everyone’s style!
Easter Peeps Cake
If you’re short on time, try this Easter Peeps cake from Mommy’s Fabulous Finds. Make a cake, cover it in green “grass” frosting and line up colorful Peeps around the edge. Pop some jellybeans on top and you’ve got an Instagram-worthy dessert! This cake is a great option when little hands want in on the action.
Easter Cupcakes in a Jar
Everything is better in a jar, and it doesn’t get much prettier than this Easter cupcake perfectly layered in a mason jar. This recipe from Two Sisters Crafting is just one box of white cake mix batter, divided into four one-cup portions. Dye each portion a pretty pastel color (the exact directions on how to get these hues are included in this recipe) and then layer baked, crumbled cake clusters with creamy buttercream frosting. Keep this one in your party rotation and customize the colors to work with any celebration or holiday.
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