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The Easter Desserts I’m Making This Year

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These easy Easter desserts are here to save your holiday table. No complicated steps, no specialty ingredients, and definitely no nine-layer cakes. We’re keeping it simple, cute, and colorful!

Easter board topped with Easter candy and cookies.


 
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Easter is basically a hall pass to eat dessert for breakfast, justify buying three bags of Reese’s Eggs, and call carrot cake a vegetable. I’m here for all of it.

This roundup is built for the way most of us actually celebrate: a little festive, a little low-key, and definitely not trying to pull off a complicated cake on a Sunday.

Everything here is simple, looks great on the table, and travels well if you’ve got a family gathering to feed. A few of these come together in under 30 minutes, and more than a few are kid-friendly enough to make together.

1
Easter cookies on baking sheet.
Easter Cookies
My reader-favorite chocolate chip cookie dough, dressed up with colorful Easter candy. They bake up soft, thick, and chewy in about 20 minutes. No extra steps, just a festive twist on a classic. This is the first recipe I reach for when I want something fun without fuss.
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2
Loaf of carrot cake bread topped with cream cheese frosting.
Carrot Cake Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
All the warm, cinnamon-spiced, cream cheese goodness of carrot cake baked into one simple loaf. No layers, no drama. Just a pan you can slice into and call breakfast if you want to. (You want to.)
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3
Colorful m&m's in a blondie piece.
Easter Blondies
Five ingredients, no mixer, and a pan full of chewy blondies loaded with pastel candies. These are almost suspiciously easy for how good they turn out. Wrap the pan in foil and bring them wherever. They travel well and disappear fast.
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4
Lemon blueberry dump cake on spoon in baking dish.
Lemon Blueberry Dump Cake
Three ingredients, five minutes of prep, and a warm bubbly dessert that looks like way more effort than it is. Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you've got an Easter table showstopper that you didn't stress over. That's the goal.
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5
A square slice of carrot cake on a baking sheet.
Carrot Cake Bars
Everything great about carrot cake in easy-to-serve bar form, topped with creamy cream cheese frosting. Serve them at room temp or cold straight from the fridge. Either way, they won't last long.
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6
marshmallow cereal bars in glass baking dish with sprinkles
Easter Crunch Bars
Sweet, sticky, loaded with pastel candy, and simple enough to make with the kids. These come together fast and hit that Easter candy craving in the best possible way. If you've already worked through more than your share of Reese's Eggs this season, consider this a productive outlet.
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7
lemon lush dessert in glass pan
Lemon Lush
Light, creamy, and layered with bright lemon flavor, this one looks way more impressive than it is to make. It's practically no-bake and comes together easily. Bring it to Easter Sunday and let people think you spent all day on it. That's your secret to keep.
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8
Easter candies piled on board.
Easter Charcuterie Board
No baking required, maximum wow factor. A board piled with colorful candies, cookies, and chocolates that basically styles itself into a showstopper. Set it out and watch it go fast. Make sure you grab your favorites first.
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About Karly Campbell

Karly is the founder and recipe developer of Buns In My Oven. She is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of 2, and lifelong lover of good food! She creates recipes and content for her 3 blogs, sharing recipes and bits of life with her community of over 5 million readers each month. As a seasoned recipe creator, she enjoys sharing recipes that are simple, approachable, and family friendly.

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