Easter is the perfect time to celebrate with sweet treats that delight the eyes and the taste buds! Planning a festive family gathering? A springtime party? Or do you simply want to brighten someone’s day? Easter cookies are a must-have. From cute bunny shapes to elegant floral designs, these cookies bring the joy of the season to your table. Packed with pastel colors, creative decorations, and delicious flavors, this list of Easter cookie ideas will inspire your baking adventures. Get ready to whip up treats that are as beautiful as they are tasty—perfect for sharing or keeping all to yourself!
Oh, and I’ve made sure to include lots of lemon and spring-inspired cookies in this list for those who are lucky enough to celebrate Easter in the Spring!
Speckled Easter Eggs
These speckled egg cookies are great to decorate with the kiddos and make super cute Easter basket gifts. The sugar cookie dough is easy to roll out and holds its shape when baked. They’re easily adaptable – you can add in your favorite spices, extracts, herbs, and more.
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
What could be more comforting than a spicy Cinnamon roll inspired easter cookie? These are the best cinnamon roll cookies! They are super chewy cookies, with pockets of cinnamon roll filling, rolled in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with cream cheese frosting. These easy cinnamon roll cookies are the perfect cookie for any cinnamon roll lover!
Bunny But Cookies
Easter Bunny Butt Cookies are just as fun to make as they are to eat! These adorable frosted cookies feature little bunny paws made with marshmallows and a little white marshmallow tail. Kids will love this Easter treat idea and ask to make them year after year!
Italian Ricotta Easter Cookies
Moist and soft Italian Ricotta Cookies that have a texture similar to cake. Glazed with a simple silky smooth vanilla glaze, and decorated with colorful sprinkles, you will love these delicious cookies! They look especially sweet at the centre of your Easter hhigh tea table decor!
Lemon Cheesecake Cookies
These are the best lemon cheesecake cookies! They are super chewy lemon cookies, stuffed with creamy lemon cheesecake filling and rolled in lemon sugar. They’re the perfect treat and lemon lovers will adore these delicious cookies for an Easter treat!
Sugar Cookie Blossoms
Sugar cookie blossoms are soft, chewy sugar cookies rolled in sugarand topped with a creamy chocolate kiss. This family favorite cookie is easy to make with simple pantry staples and a must-bake for the Easter holidays.
Chocolate Dipped Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
These delicious chocolate dipped Easter bunny sugar cookies complete with sprinkles that are the perfect addition to your Easter dessert table. I love that the sprinkles are both inside the cookie and on top, as a garnish! They look super delectable.
Lemon Curd Cookies
Easter Egg Sprinkle Cookies
These Easter Egg Sprinkle Cookies are easy to make with rainbow nonpareils. Bake up a batch for Easter basket treats, and have fun with your children decorating them.
Easter Egg Sugar Cookies
These decorated Easter egg sugar cookies have soft, buttery cutout vanilla sugar cookies that hold their shape perfectly, frosted with speckled robins egg blue buttercream, and decorated with crushed Cadbury mini eggs. You don’t need royal icing or any special skills to make the prettiest, frosted Easter cookies!
Italian Easter Cookies
These festive Easter holiday cookies may soon become an annual tradition. Italian Easter Cookies are cake-like, buttery and soft lightly sweetened sugar cookie frosted with a decadent almond glaze and colorful sprinkles.
Lemon Lavender Sugar Cookies
These are the best lemon lavender cookies! They are chewy, buttery, soft sugar cookies with floral notes of lavender and zesty notes of lemon, drizzled with a lemon glaze. They’re the perfect cookie for spring and lemon lovers will adore them!
Daisy Sandwich Cookies
These lemon curd cookies are every Easter dessert lover’s dream. Delicious homemade lemon curd and creamy buttercream are sandwiched between gluten free lemon cookies covered with lemon icing – and to top it all off, these daisy sandwich cookies couldn’t be prettier if they tried!
Pressed Flower Cookies
If you are bursting with questions about baking cookies with edible flowers: which edible flowers taste best, where to find flowers, how to press them, etc, this post will give you all of the tools and confidence to make the most beautiful pressed flower cookies at home! Wouldn’t they look perfect with a cup of tea from a vintage cup?
3 Pro Tips for making perfect Easter Cookies
1. Master Royal Icing for Beautiful Decorations
Mix royal icing to the right consistency for decorating:
- Piping Consistency: Thick enough to hold its shape for outlining.
- Flooding Consistency: Slightly thinned with water for filling in shapes.
Use pastel colors to create soft Easter vibes, and experiment with bunny ears, eggs, and floral designs. Let the icing dry completely before layering details to prevent smudging.
2. Chill the Dough for Crisp Shapes
Before cutting out your cookie shapes, chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. This prevents spreading during baking, keeping your Easter bunnies and egg shapes crisp and defined.
3. Infuse Festive Flavors
Enhance your cookie dough with spring-inspired flavors like lemon zest, orange extract, or almond essence. These light and bright flavors pair beautifully with sweet icing and elevate your Easter treats.
