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Traditional Easter Desserts

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These classic Traditional Easter Desserts are just as delicious as they were when you were a child. Included in this list are everyone's favorite pies, cakes, cheesecake and cupcakes that are all perfect for the season.

No holiday celebration is complete without something sweet! Take a look at this collection of Easter desserts that will be a delicious ending to your holiday celebration.


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Easter is all about spending cherished moments with family, celebrating the joy of Christ's resurrection. Of course, the day wouldn't be complete without a fun Easter egg hunt in the backyard followed by dessert!

Whether it's a classic carrot cake, or a fruit tart, the sweet finale is what makes Easter truly complete.

Check out the recipes included in this collection to find something new but still traditional to serve for your celebration!

Favorite Easter Desserts

Easter wouldn't be complete without our family's traditional Italian Rice Pie. But cheesecake cupcakes always makes an appearance too!

Chocolate lovers will will love my recipe for Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs. If you're looking for a fruit dessert, try my Easter Egg Fruit Pizza Dessert.

Whether you prefer traditional recipes or something new like my Easter Pudding Cups, Easter deserves to end with a sweet treat!

Why do we color eggs on Easter?

Coloring eggs on Easter has been a part of celebrations for centuries. It actually started as drawing designs in wax on the eggs.

The practice of decorating eggs with color goes back at least 2,500 years. Although colored eggs didn't become treats for children until the late 1800s due to the Victorians.

The practice of coloring eggs, egg hunts and other traditions followed soon after here in America when the White House began hosting the annual Easter Egg Roll.

Looking for help with Easter Preparation?

Click here now to check out my Let's Do Brunch Easter Celebration Digital Cookbook! prepare for a delicious celebration!

It's the ultimate guide to crafting your dream Easter brunch featuring 11 easy-to-make recipes, Prep-Ahead Tips, Planning Checklists, and Fun Kid's Activities!

What is a Traditional Easter Dessert?

Some favorites include spiced carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, Italian Easter Bread recipe and sweet hot cross buns.

Coconut cake is light and fluffy, while lemon bars offer a burst of citrus flavor. Strawberry shortcake celebrates springtime flavors, and Italian Rice Pie adds a creamy, citrusy touch.

Don't forget the playful Rice Krispie Nests filled with colorful candies! Or, for those seeking a rich and creamy delight, cheesecake is a classic choice.

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Homemade Cream Puffs
Cream Puffs are one of those traditional recipes everyone needs to have in the recipe box. Easy to make and fill your favorite pudding or pastry cream.
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Vanilla Pudding Cheesecake
A simple no-bake cheesecake recipe full of flavor.
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Italian Easter Cookies
My mother's famous Italian cookies!
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Fresh Strawberry Cake
I used to make this fresh strawberry cake often for custom cake customers, and it was wildly popular in the summer months.
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Carrot Cake Cheesecake - The Girl Who Ate Everything
Carrot Cake Cheesecake has a layer of carrot cake topped with a layer of cheesecake for the ultimate dessert. This is a copycat Cheesecake Factory recipe. Great for Easter!
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Easy Coconut Cream Pie From Scratch
This old-fashioned Coconut Cream Pie is the stuff dreams are made of. Flaky, buttery crust filled with a creamy, homemade custard and topped with lots of whipped cream and toasted coconut! It's heaven for coconut lovers.
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Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake | Easy and Moist Lemon Cake Recipe
This Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake is about to make you the most popular guest at the party. Once your friends take a bite of this sunshine-bright, supremely moist, and oh-so-second (and third)-sliceable beauty of a bundt, they will absolutely insist. I promise you won’t mind.
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Chocolate Chess Pie Recipe
Decadent and delicious classic chocolate chess pie. This pie is a Southern staple, and it is absolutely incredible!
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Easy Hummingbird Cake Recipe - Perfect Easter Dessert Idea!
This Hummingbird Cake is tender, moist and delicious! An easy cake recipe full of banana, pineapple, pecans and spices, then covered in cream cheese frosting.
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Banana Cream Pie: fresh bananas & fluffy custard -Baking a Moment
This Banana Cream Pie is such a treat! It's made with fluffy custard filling, and sweet whipped cream, nestled into a flaky, and buttery crust.
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Bird's Nest Easter Cupcakes
These easy Bird’s Nest Easter Cupcakes take a simple cupcake recipe and turns it into a special dessert for your table.
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake (VIDEO)
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake is soft, moist, simple to make and loaded with fresh lemon flavor.
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Chocolate Easter Nest Cake
This Easter cake became a tradition in our family. Everyone LOVES a moist and super chocolatey chocolate cake especially when it’s paired with coconut.
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Easy Key Lime Pie Recipe {Only 6 Ingredients & No Bake!}
This Key Lime Pie recipe is sweet, tangy, and silky smooth. Only requiring 6 ingredients and no bake, it’s perfect for summer or anytime throughout the year!
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Best Ever Coconut Layer Cake
This Coconut Layer Cake could not be more perfect! Supremely moist and soft with a fluffy, tender crumb and a yummy coconut buttercream frosting topped with lightly toasted coconut to really drive home the coconut flavor!
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The best Strawberry Shortcake you'll ever make!
Biscuit-like cake layers combined with sweet macerated strawberries and fresh whipped cream make this beautiful dessert a true show stopper.
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Classic Lemon Meringue Pie
There’s nothing quite like perfect, from-scratch lemon meringue pie. Made with a flaky butter pie crust, a creamy, slightly tart homemade lemon filling, and piled high with sweet, fluffy meringue, this is a pie lover’s dream come true.
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Classic Carrot Cake
This carrot cake is moist and delicious, with just the right amount of spice, and it’s paved with a thick tangy cream cheese frosting.
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About Lois

Originally from Queens, NY, Lois is the voice behind Walking on Sunshine Recipes, where she shares easy, family-friendly meals made with simple ingredients. She believes dinner doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious and offers practical recipes, monthly meal plans, and free printables to help busy families cook with less stress and more joy. When she’s not in the kitchen, Lois enjoys time with her family, gardening and sharing inspiration from her home in rural Pennsylvania.

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