Here are 36 adorable Easter treats you’ll love making to make with your kids. From whimsical bunny cookies to intricately decorated eggs, each recipe is easy to prepare and work through with your little one. Let’s celebrate the magic of Easter with our children through these delicious creations.
Traditional Easter Treats
1. Easter Egg Cookies
Mini egg Easter cookies are crispy on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside. Just how the perfect chocolate chip cookie should be. These festive Easter Treats are perfect to make with kids, because they are so easy to make – under 10 minutes of prep, no chill time, and just 10 minutes to bake.
2. Hot Cross Buns
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns are spicy, sweet, and soft. A healthier version of the Easter classic, and super delicious. The passionfruit glaze and icing are utterly divine! This is a great Easter treat to make with older kids who like the science and chemistry of bread rising!
3. Simnel Cake
Bake this classic Easter simnel cake with your children to tell the story of Jesus’ crucifixion. Top with 11 balls of marzipan, to represent 11 of Jesus’s disciples (leaving off Judas, of course).
4. Bunny Sugar Cookies
No fancy decorating skills needed to make these adorable bunny sugar cookies, making them the perfect easter treat to make with your kids. Simply make your favorite cut out sugar cookies and top with mini chocolate chips & dots of pink frosting!
5. Chocolate Easter Nests
These Chocolate Nests are a fun Easter treat, featuring crunchy rice Krispies and shredded coconut, with rich chocolate and topped off with cute mini chocolate eggs. Super easy to make, and a fun Easter activity for children (and adults!).
Egg-cellent Treats
6. Easter Deviled Eggs
Just one simple step (and a few extra minutes of waiting!) can take a holiday favorite and elevate it. These colorful Easter Deviled Eggs are super cute… and tasty! Kids will love making these colourful Easter treats.
7. Easter Cake Pops
These Easter cake pops are simply adorable, super tasty, and easy to whip up. Perfect for a fun Easter-themed activity with the kids. A bouquet of Easter-themed cake pops would make an adorable centerpiece for an Easter Celebration.
8. Hard-Boiled Egg Chicks
Hard Boiled Chicks are such a cute addition to your Easter brunch. Plus, they are so easy to make, and you only need 3 ingredients! Kids will love decorating them, and enjoy eating them as well!
9 . Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats
Rice Krispie Treats are transformed into colorful Rice Krispie Easter Eggs treats that both kids and adults will love.
10. Shortbread Easter Egg Cookies
These cute and easy shortbread Easter egg cookies are perfect for homemade Easter gifts or fun Easter baking with kids!
Bunny-themed Treats
11. Bunny Butt Cupcakes
Bunny Butt Cupcakes have been a favorite Easter treat for years. These kid-friendly cupcakes are frosted, dipped in cookie crumbs and topped with the most adorable little bunny tooshies. They’re easy to make, can be used to decorate your table and everyone loves them!
12. Bunny Pancakes
These bunny-shaped pancakes are wonderful for an Easter morning treat when you have little ones. The adorable little fluffy bunny tail is incredibly easy to make and you don’t even need any special tools to shape the pancakes!
13. Bunny Pretzels
These adorable Bunny Pretzels are the perfect Easter treat, made with white chocolate almond bark, pretzel twists, and food coloring.
14. Bunny Tail Truffles
These no-bake Easter truffles are just the sweetest Easter treat for kids of all ages. They’re a delicious cream cheese truffle rolled in sweetened coconut flakes to resemble a cute little bunny tail!
15. Easter Bunny Cheese Ball
This Easter Bunny Cheese ball is made with cream cheese and freshly grated white cheddar cheese and seasonings. Prep this Easter Treat the night before and then in the morning, fluff him up with some fine shredded Italian blend cheese for his fur, olive eyes, cucumber whiskers, and his sweet radish nose. Kids will love helping you with this!
Chick-inspired Treats
16. Peep Rice Krispie Treats
Use pink, yellow, blue, and purple Peeps marshmallow chicks and bunnies to make multi-colored Peeps Rice Krispie Treats for Easter or any day. These gooey marshmallow cereal bars are so colorful and fun. Kids of all ages will love them.
17. Chick-shaped Cheese Balls
It’s so easy to make these adorably cute Baby Chick Cheese Balls for Easter. Each fuzzy-looking cheese ball appetizer is coated in shredded cheddar cheese and is decorated with olive eyes and cheese wings, beaks, and feet.
18. Chick Cupcakes
Your Easter festivities are sure to be every bit as sweet as they are bright with these easy Easter chick cupcakes. With a moist vanilla cupcake topped with a rich vanilla buttercream, these cupcakes are sure to be a delight for even the pickiest little eater.
19. Chick Cake Pops
These adorable chick cake pops are perfect for Easter or a new baby shower. Cake pops are a great way of using up any leftover cake you may have kicking around, and kids will love messing around with the melted chocolate!
20. Chick Pretzel Bites
These Chick Pretzel Bites make such a cute Easter treat, or even just a treat to celebrate spring, once the long, cold winter is over!
Springtime Treats
21. Flower Sugar Cookies
These spring flower sugar cookies are made with a rose water sugar cookie base, and topped with rose water glaze and edible flowers! Forage with your kids for the flowers, and let them decorate these delightful cookies – they will have so much fun (and it’s a bit neater than sprinkles!)
22. Springtime Rice Krispie Easter Cake
This Spring Rice Krispie Treat Cake is a show-stopping Easter dessert that kids can easily help with (and thoroughly enjoy eating, too!).
23. Easter Chocolate Bark
Easter Bark is a simple, festive, spring treat featuring two kinds of chocolate swirled together and topped with mini chocolate eggs, pretzels, and pastel sprinkles!
24. Rainbow Fruit Skewers
Kids love these adorable Easter Peeps Rainbow Fruit Skewers, which are healthy, delicious and fun to eat all at once.
25. Springtime Muddy Buddies
Easter Muddy Buddies are a sweet and salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Try this delicious snack at your next Easter or Springtime gathering!
Easter-themed Drinks
26. Easter Bunny Hot Chocolate Bombs
Easter Hot Chocolate Bombs are white chocolate eggs filled with chocolate malted milk powder and marshmallows that are put into a mug with hot milk for a delicious cup of hot cocoa.
27. Easter Choc Whiz Smoothie
I had to feature at least one healthy recipe on this Easter Treats list! This Choc Whiz Easter Smoothie is chocolately and decadent, without leaving you with the sugar rush you’ve come to expect on Easter morning. Banana, whipped coconut cream, and dreamy dark chocolate is topped with a brain-boosting muesli. This decadent smoothie will have you hopping through the day with a smile on your face.
28. Carrot Orange Juice
Packed full of Vitamins A and C, this Carrot & Orange Juice makes a really nutritious drink for kids! And will help to balance out all that chocolate they’re sure to eat this Easter!
29. Easter Milkshakes
With just a handful of ingredients, these kid-friendly Easter Peeps Milkshakes come together in just minutes and are perfect for dessert easy entertaining!
30. Strawberry Lemon Easter Brunch Punch
This Strawberry Lemonade is a refreshing, colorful, perfectly pink Springtime punch that goes perfectly with Easter brunch. A scoop of ice cream and fizzy lemonade, and you’ve got a refreshing drink that kids will go wild for!
Easter Bunny Snacks
31. Bunny Trail Mix:
Easter Bunny Tail Trail Mix is one of the easiest treats to assemble. No baking required and can be shared as an after school snack or a holiday dessert.
32. Watermelon Bunny Skewers:
These Easter Bunny Watermelon Skewers are a simple and fun way to celebrate Easter. Healthy, but with a little treat marshmallow bunny tail, these Watermelon Bunny Skewers are party perfect. Plus, anything on a skewer is easy to eat and kid approved!
33. Easter Bunny Twists:
These cinnamon sugar Easter bunny twists are a fun, easy Easter treat you can make with your kids with just five ingredients!
34. Bunny Sandwiches:
Use bunny-shaped cookie cutters to cut sandwiches into cute bunny shapes. Fill with favorite sandwich fillings like peanut butter and jelly or cream cheese and cucumber slices.
35. Bunny Rice Cakes:
Spread rice cakes with cream cheese or peanut butter and decorate with sliced fruit and vegetables to create bunny faces. Use banana slices for ears, blueberries for eyes, and a strawberry slice for the nose.
36. Bunny Veggie Cups:
Fill small cups with ranch dip and arrange baby carrots, celery sticks, and cucumber slices to resemble bunny ears sticking out of the cup. Add a cherry tomato or olive for the bunny nose.
Conclusion
Celebrating Easter with kids is such a joyous and memorable experience, especially with recipes like these to create together. Whether you’re baking bunny-shaped cookies, crafting colorful Easter eggs, or enjoying a snack-filled Easter egg hunt, the time spent together creating and indulging in these delightful treats strengthens bonds and creates lasting memories. So, gather your little ones, roll up your sleeves, and dive into the wonderful world of Easter treats! May your Easter be filled with sweetness, love, and endless fun with your loved ones. Happy Easter!
