21 Easter Desserts that Everyone will Grab for First

I’ve put together 21 Easter Desserts that Everyone will Grab for First. It’s almost Easter and now is the time to wow your family and friends with these dessert recipes. I know I’m not the only one who gets all warm and fuzzy inside when someone enjoys your food. This is a curated list that will do just that. Pick one of these dessert recipes and whip it up for your family’s Easter gathering!

Carrot Cake Bars

A close-up of layered dessert bars with a creamy, marbled top and a dense, crumbly bottom, stacked together—perfect treats for Easter or other festive desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Carrot Cake Bars are so moist and delicious! They have a sprinkle of cinnamon and a swirl of cheesecake sandwiched between the carrot cake batter. They have been made thousands of times and make a great Easter dessert.

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German Chocolate Cheesecake

A slice of chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate crust and creamy topping on a white plate—perfect for holiday desserts or as a sweet addition to your Easter desserts spread. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This German Chocolate Cheesecake has an Oreo crust, a thin layer of coconut filling that’s topped with a chocolate cheesecake and finished with more of that famous caramel coconut topping. I highly recommend making it!

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Coconut Cream Dip

A hand dips a rectangular cracker into a bowl of creamy dip topped with colorful sprinkles—an irresistible treat perfect for Easter desserts; pretzels and more crackers are nearby. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This is the best Coconut Cream Dip! It’s so much easier than making coconut cream pie and can be enjoyed immediately after making it. It is a velvety smooth cream cheese based dip flavored with caramel sauce and coconut extract. Top with a little toasted coconut for crunch and pair with your favorite dippers.

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Peanut Butter Eggs

Three chocolate-covered oval-shaped candies are stacked on a small white plate, with a yellow surface underneath—perfect for adding to your Easter desserts spread. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Peanut Butter Eggs are a homemade version of Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs. They’re filled with sweet and salty peanut butter and coated with milk chocolate. They’re so smooth, creamy, and the perfect Easter candy!

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Carrot Cake Cheesecake

A slice of layered cake with cream cheese frosting, swirled cheesecake filling, and topped with pecans on a white plate—a perfect addition to your collection of Easter desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Carrot Cake Cheesecake consists of carrot cake and cheesecake baked together into the perfect swirled cheesecake. It’s topped off with a silky smooth cream cheese frosting. If you want a fun spin on the classic carrot cake, this is the dessert for you.

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Malted Milk Cookies

Sugar cookies topped with green frosting, candy eggs, and small colorful decorations arranged on a white plate—perfect for Easter desserts or other festive holiday desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Malted Milk Cookies are packed full of malted milk flavor. They’re so soft and chewy, you can’t eat just one.

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Peeps Marshmallow Cheesecake

A slice of rainbow-colored cheesecake with a graham cracker crust and multicolored whipped cream on top—perfect for Easter desserts or other festive holiday desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Peeps Marshmallow Cheesecake is a pastel rainbow cheesecake flavored with Peeps coffee creamer and marshmallow creme. It tastes like the tasty sugar coated peeps with the texture of a creamy cheesecake.

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Copycat Cadbury Creme Egg Candy

A chocolate egg with a creamy white and yellow filling oozing out, decorated with small colorful candy pieces, sits on a white plate—the perfect centerpiece for Easter desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Copycat Creme Eggs are so fun to make and taste just like the Cadbury eggs. They’re the perfect candy for Easter.

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German Chocolate Cake

Close-up of a slice of chocolate cake with two layers, chocolate frosting, and a creamy filling in between—perfect for Easter desserts or holiday desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This German Chocolate Cake has two moist chocolate cake layers with a generous amount of coconut pecan frosting and chocolate frosting sandwiched in the middle and on top!

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Coconut Chocolate Bars

Close-up of dessert bars with a crumbly base, coconut filling, and thick chocolate topping, stacked on top of each other—perfect for adding to your collection of delicious Easter desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

Coconut Chocolate Bars have a buttery graham cracker crust layered with a sweet coconut filling and then topped with a rich chocolate layer. Slice into these Coconut Candy Bars for a sweet treat on Easter.

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German Chocolate Truffles

A hand holding a chocolate truffle with a bite taken out, revealing a dense chocolate and nut filling topped with coconut flakes—an irresistible addition to your collection of Easter desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

German Chocolate Truffles have the signature carameling filling with toasted coconut and pecans inside of them! German chocolate is melted into the mixture to help firm them up into truffles.

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Easter Cookie Bars

Three stacked cookie bars with pastel-colored candy-coated chocolates and chocolate chips on a light surface—perfect Easter desserts for your holiday celebrations. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Easter Cookie Bars are so simple to make, chewy, and loaded with pastel M&M candies.

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Bunny Tail Munch

A bowl filled with green powdered snack pieces, orange candy-coated chocolates, and small round white-frosted treats makes a fun addition to your Easter desserts spread. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Bunny Tail Munch is an Easter chex mix full of sweet and salty treats! There are cheerios and pretzels filled with white chocolate and dipped in sanding sugar for puffy bunny tails, Reese’s pieces candy, and green candy coated corn chex!

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Marshmallow Cream Eggs

A hand holding a cross-section of a chocolate-coated confection with a creamy white filling and colorful top layer—perfect for holiday desserts or as a delightful addition to your favorite Easter recipes. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Marshmallow Eggs are a fantastic Easter treat to whip up. They are made from a homemade sweet marshmallow cream shaped like an egg and dipped in chocolate. These chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs are festive, colorful, and delicious to the last bite.

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Mini Egg Marshmallow Cheesecake Bars

A close-up of cheesecake bars with a crumbly base, studded with chocolate pieces, topped with whipped cream and colorful candy eggs—perfect for Easter desserts or holiday desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Easter Egg Marshmallow Cheesecake Bars have a vanilla wafer crust, a delicious vanilla marshmallow fluff cheesecake filling with chopped mini Cadbury eggs. These are the perfect Cheesecake Bars to serve for dessert on Easter!

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Carrot Cake with Caramel Buttercream Frosting

Round cake with caramel glaze dripping over the sides, topped with piped swirls of frosting and pecan halves—an elegant choice for Easter desserts—presented on a white cake stand. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Carrot Cake with Caramel Buttercream Frosting is so moist, tender, and spiced up with some cinnamon and nutmeg too. The frosting is a swiss meringue buttercream with a caramel sauce added to it.

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Malted Milk Blondies

Close-up of several pieces of golden brown shortbread stacked on a white surface. The texture appears crumbly and dense—perfect for Easter desserts or adding a festive touch to your desserts table. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Malted Milk Blondies are delicious blondie brownies made with malted milk powder and other pantry staples. They’re chewy, and are reminiscent of malted milk balls.

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Cream Cheese Carrot Cake Cake Pops

Close-up of carrot cake bites, perfect for Easter desserts, some coated with white chocolate and orange sprinkles, one partially bitten to show the moist interior, with uncoated bites in the background. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Cream Cheese Carrot Cake Cake Pops taste like you’re eating a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting! Learn how to make these cake pops with a homemade carrot cake and a cream cheese frosting made from scratch.

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Easter Truffle Bark

White and dark chocolate bark pieces on a plate, decorated with colorful candy eggs, sprinkles, and pastel swirling patterns—perfect for festive Easter desserts or as a sweet addition to your favorite holiday desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Easter Truffle Bark is loaded with the fun pastel colors that are perfect for Easter along with festive candies. The center is a rich, creamy ganache that’s firm enough to hold together, but still has the perfect creamy consistency.

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Coconut Chocolate Chip Pecan Bars

A close-up of pecan bars cut into squares, placed on parchment paper with crumbs scattered around—perfect as holiday treats or for adding to your collection of Easter desserts. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

These Coconut Chocolate Chip Pecan Bars are made with a flaky pie crust topped with a delicious pecan pie filling loaded with chocolate chips and coconut. It’s the perfect bar for a holiday get-together.

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Easy Lemon Pie

A slice of creamy pie with a graham cracker crust and a thick layer of whipped topping on a white plate—perfect for holiday desserts or as one of your favorite Easter recipes. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

This Homemade Lemon Pie has buttery graham cracker crust filled with a creamy lemon pie filling made with fresh lemon juice, zest, and sweetened condensed milk. It’s baked to perfection and then topped with homemade whipped cream.

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