With Easter fast approaching, you're going to need plenty of treats that everybody (and every-bunny) will love. We're not just talking candy, either (although we're filling our baskets with as much Easter candy as we can grab this year). Why stop at just offering up Peeps, Reese's Eggs, or Cadbury Eggs? Which is why we had to make even more holiday-perfect cakes, candies, and cupcakes to round out your Easter brunch, lunch or dinner table. And with recipes like our jelly bean-decorated bunny cake, you can have your candy (and cake) and eat it too!
There couldn't be anything more Easter-y than one of our favorite candies, Robin's Eggs. A crisp pastel outer shell enclosing a creamy center, these bite-sized candies are just begging to be turned into a host of different Easter treats. We've put it in Robin's Egg ice cream, Robin's Egg brownies, and even Robin's Egg cheesecake. You could say we're a little obsessed, and you'd be right.
Want even more ideas for what to do with all that Easter candy? If you're lucky to have any, that is. We love using leftover Peeps for Peeps s'mores brownies, Peeps Rice Krispies, and Peeps skillet s'mores. Cadbury Eggs and jelly beans are also perfect for decorating any post-Easter cakes and brownies (like our carrot patch brownies and cheesecake) too!
If you're looking for treats of the grown-up variety, you can even add a variety of Easter candies to your cocktails, because of course you can. Adding Peeps to vodka for a creamy infused vodka that's reminiscent of marshmallow vodka. We also love infusing vodka with Reese's Pieces for our Drunken Peanut Butter Cup cocktail, and you know we had to create a recipe for a Cadbury Creme Egg martini too.
Bunny Cake
Want to take your Easter dessert table to the next level? This impressive bunny cake looks like it came from a bakery, but is actually so straightforward to make. It starts with a super-moist carrot cake (what else?), creatively cut, frosted, and decorated with Easter candy to look like an adorable bunny. Allow yourself the time to really follow the steps and have fun with the decorations—you and your holiday guests will be so “hoppy” you did!
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Easter Bunny Twists
Here at Delish, we love celebrating special occasions with easy-to-make holiday treats, and our Easter bunny twists are no exception. Made with store-bought puff pastry and a quick cinnamon sugar filling, these adorable bunny-shaped pastries will delight everyone at the Easter dessert buffet. Oh, and did we mention the cream cheese frosting bunny tails?
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Easter Chick Cupcakes
Easter desserts are some of the cutest to make, and these little chick cupcakes are so fun! Make homemade vanilla cupcakes with our recipe, or save some time and use your favorite boxed cake mix. You can always make chocolate cupcakes or whatever your favorite flavor is instead! These are simple enough for kids to help decorate, but cute enough to still be the star of Easter dinner.
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Paska Bread
Ukrainian paska stems from a line of bread that's similar to brioche. It’s an enriched yeast bread made with butter, eggs and egg yolks, milk, and sugar. It’s heavy and delightful, the exact thing you want to wake up to in the morning and smear butter all over. It might be tall or short and stout with braids or other symbolic ornaments molded on top. People bring their paska to Easter mass for a blessing before anyone can try to devour them.
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Carrot Patch Brownies
While we used store-bought brownie mix here so we could focus on these mega-cute toppings, feel free to use our favorite homemade brownie recipe. Carrots have never looked so adorable.
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Easter Egg Oreo Truffles
These are the perfect treat to have an egg decorating contest around! Want even more fun, egg-decorating treats? Try our Jell-O Easter eggs.
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Easter Bunny Popcorn Bars
These easy, customizable popcorn bars are perfect for any and all of your favorite Easter candy mix-ins. We love Cadbury eggs for the creamy milk chocolate, while Robin's Eggs provide some malted crunch.
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Peep's S'mores
The perfect dessert for Peeps season. We just might swap Peeps for regular marshmallows all year round.
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Easter Bread
Easter bread is an Italian and Greek tradition. It's a sweetened, yeasted dough, similar to brioche, with colored eggs baked right into the dough (but don't eat the purely-for-decoration eggs!).
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Easter Lamb Cake
Don't be intimidated by the cuteness—this is the easiest Easter cake you'll ever make. This sweet lil' cake is almost too good to eat. Key word: almost.
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Peepsie Treats
Peeps + Rice Krispies Treats = match made in heaven. Add Robin's Eggs or any of your favorite mini Easter candies to make this treat even more festive.
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Carrot Patch Cheesecake
Robin's Egg candies and chocolate-covered "carrot" strawberries make the best finishing touches on this cheesecake version of our super-cute carrot patch brownies.
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Robin's Egg No-Bake Cheesecake
'Tis the season for Robin's Eggs, one of our favorite Easter candies, and this no-bake cheesecake couldn't be an easier way to celebrate
Bunny Hug Cookies
You just might find us hugging about a dozen of these adorable cookies this Easter. This just might be our favorite use of our gingerbread cookie cutter!
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Confetti Squares
Rainbow marshmallows make for an extra fun, pastel pop of color, but if you have regular mini marshmallows on hand, those work just as great!
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Brigadeiros
Chocolate sprinkles are traditional for these Brazilian chewy truffles, but you can use anything from nonpareils to your favorite nuts.
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Funfetti Dip
It’s time to channel your inner big kid for this this truly fun dip. If you love it as much as we do, it’s time to switch it up and try a quicker, simpler version of funfetti in dip form—because why not! It packs in all the flavor of white cake laced with confetti sprinkles and goes super well with wafer cookies.
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Robin's Egg Malt Fudge
Meet our favorite new way to use up Robin's Eggs. The secret to how we made a fudge with a creamy texture and an amazing crunch? Ovaltine.
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Peeps S'mores Brownies
These marshmallow fluff-laced brownies come with a side of Peeps. We love broiling the Peeps for a minute or two to get that special s'mores char flavor.
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Mini No-Bake White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecakes
These cheesecakes will have you saying "aww" immediately followed by "mmm."
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Mackenzie Filson is a food writer and contributing digital food producer at Delish. Her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate-pine and if wine was an astrological sign she'd be a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. She's never met a bag of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos she didn't eat in one sitting.
