After 40 days of abstinence and fasting, the Easter feasting table might look a bit indulgent. As a celebration of new life and Jesus’ Ressurection, Easter eggs represent Jesus, the yolk breaking out of the tomb, the white. So on this day that we spend with loved ones, here’s how to make amazing Easter egg desserts and savory Easter eggs that are just adorable.
1. How to make Almond Marzipan Easter Eggs
Traditional East Indian Almond Marzipan Easter Eggs are a delightful way of celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ at Easter! They may take some time to make but they’re delicious and a good treat to both kids and grown-ups.
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2. Easter Eggs Cake Pops – Vibrant Guide
These super cute, easy to make cake pops will be the hit at the Easter table! With a sweet vanilla base, and a chocolatey coat, children and adults alike will not be able to put them down!
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3. Cashewnut Marzipan Easter Eggs
East Indians traditionally make marzipan Easter eggs to celebrate the joy of Christ's resurrection. This recipe shows you how to make marzipan Easter eggs at home with cashewnut paste.
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4. Easter Nest Sugar Cookie Cups
Need a fun treat to make for an Easter get together? Make these darling Easter Nest Sugar Cookie Cups! Sugar cookie dough cooked in a muffin tin, filled with vanilla frosting, topped with green-tinted coconut and M&M eggs – so cute and great for spring!
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5. Ma’s Blancmange Easter Eggs Or Party Dessert
My ma's colourful blancmange-filled eggs are a delightful childhood treat. Cooling eggs are perfect for hot summer days!
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6. Birds Nest Cookies (paleo, vegan)
These birds nest cookies are super easy to make and just require 7 ingredients! They can easily be made paleo or vegan. This Easter cookie recipe is also an easy one for kids to help with and uses pantry ingredients.
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7. Easter Egg Hot Chocolate Bombs
A twist on the Hot Chocolate Bombs that have taken the internet by storm, these colorful Easter Egg Chocolate Bombs are easy to make at home in just 15 minutes!
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8. Easy Coconut Birds Nest Cookies
These coconut birds nest cookies are such an easy and fun treat to make for Easter! Try our coconut bird nest recipe and fill them with your favorite Easter treats!
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9. Mini Easter Pavlovas
These Mini Easter Pavlovas have a chocolate swirled pavlova base and are topped with coconut whipped cream, shredded coconut, and Cadbury Mini Eggs. They make for a fun and delicious Easter dessert, but the mini pavlova base can be made any time of year!
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10. Gluten -free Mini Easter Bundt Cakes
These Mini Easter Bundt Cakes are a delicious gluten-free cake, decorated with some cute Easter Eggs. They’re light, flavoursome and you would never know they were gluten-free.
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11. Easter Candy Cake
A delicious chocolate layer cake topped with all your favorite Easter candy. This year I wanted to go all-out with our Easter cake. And what better way to decorate our Easter cake than with all of our favorite Easter candy?
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12. How to make Chocolate Marzipan Easter eggs
Delicious and soft Chocolate Marzipan Easter Eggs are a mix of cocoa and marzipan, the perfect Easter dessert!
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13. Vegan Dark Chocolate Easter Eggs (Gluten-free)
These decadent vegan dark chocolate Easter eggs are filled with a silky chocolate peanut butter dessert hummus! Trust me, Kids and adults (vegan or not!) will all love this special Easter treat! The dark chocolate eggs are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and free of refined sugar.
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14. Easter Eggs Chocolate Truffles – Easy Easter Desserts
These amazing Easter Egg Truffles are really simple to make! In just a few minutes, you can make these amazingly delicious, colorful chocolate candy.
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15. Easter egg cheesecake
Why have cheesecake when you can have Easter Egg cheesecake?! This is a chocolate Easter egg half, filled with a creamy chocolate cheesecake filling, hiding a crumbly biscuit base below, and drizzle chocolate on top. It’s heavenly!
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16. Vegan Glutenfree Marzipan Easter Eggs
Eggless Marzipan Easter Eggs are a delicious and soft treat for Easter time! Celebrate Christs' resurrection with these delightful vegan and gluten free Paschal Eggs.
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17. Cheesecake Filled Easter Eggs
These Cheesecake Filled Easter Eggs are a fun Easter treat that are easy to make! Made wirh cheesecake and apricot jam, they look just like a real egg in the chocolate casing.
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18. Easter Egg Fruit Tart
Looking for a chocolate-free Easter dessert idea? Try this fun egg fruit tart! A super simple dessert that is easy to customize. It’s a bit healthier than all the heavy Easter chocolate desserts around, and involves minimal ingredients and effort.
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19. Mango Coconut Mousse in Chocolate Easter Eggs
Mango Coconut Mousse in Easter eggs is a smooth, silky, melt in the mouth creamy mousse with a subtle flavour of coconut; served in Chocolate Easter Eggs makes it a perfect dessert for your Easter lunch. The bonus part is that it needs just 3 ingredients to make this.
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20. Vegan Creme Egg Cheesecake
This delicious no bake vegan creme egg cheesecake pulls out all the stops! With a creamy tangy dairy-free vanilla filling on a cookie crust, stuffed with butterscotch sauce and topped with homemade vegan creme eggs. This is the ULTIMATE Easter dessert!
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21. Vegan Easter Egg Dessert
Looking for a fun and unique vegan dessert to serve this Easter? This chocolate Easter egg dessert is just the thing to please both young and old alike!
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22. Cadbury Mini Egg Cake
Learn how to make this gorgeous Cadbury mini egg cake. This cute Easter dessert is a chocolate cake filled with Cadbury mini eggs and decorated with flowers, bunnies, sprinkles and more Easter eggs. Best of all, you can whip this one up at home with a few simple tools.
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23. Easter sugar cookies
These pretty Easter sugar cookies are gently flavoured with vanilla, baked to perfect and then topped with sugar paste in perfectly marbled pastel shades.
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24. Chocolate Nests For Easter
Try this easy to follow chocolate Easter nest recipe! Made with only 4 basic ingredients, these simple chocolate birds’ nests make a fun kids Easter cooking activity and the perfect no-bake dessert!
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25. Vegan Easter Egg Cupcakes
These adorable Easter Egg Cupcakes are a fun and egg-free decorating idea for Easter! Kids will love decorating these gluten-free egg-shaped cupcakes that are completely vegan and allergy-free! A simple and easy vanilla cake with naturally colored frosting and sprinkles to decorate, these mini cakes will be a new Easter tradition!
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26. No Bake Mini Egg Cadbury Cheesecake Cups
With spring in the are that means the stores have lots of Carbury items. This No Bake Mini Egg Cadbury Cheesecake Cups is such an easy and tasty treat to whip up in just minutes.
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27. Easter Egg Cheesecake
This no bake Easter Egg cheesecake is a decadent and surprisingly easy Easter dessert. With luscious cheesecake and biscuity base wrapped in a creamy chocolate shell.
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28. Homemade Healthy Peanut Butter Eggs
These healthy peanut butter eggs are a delicious and easy homemade treat. If you enjoy Reese’s eggs at Easter time, then you have to try this low sugar, gluten free recipe!
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29. Chocolate Pretzel Easter Nests
Have fun making these Chocolate Pretzel Easter Nests. They are not only colourful and cheerful in appearance, they are also very easy to make.
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30. Easter Egg Nests
These Easter Egg Nests are the cutest little Easter dessert, or fun spring-themed dessert. They have just 5 ingredients and are no bake! The perfect dessert to make with kids.
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31. Homemade Healthy Reese’s Mini Eggs (Vegan)
These copycat homemade mini Reese’s Easter eggs are healthy, vegan, and such a fun no-bake dessert. Each little candy egg has a creamy peanut butter center and a crunchy chocolate shell.
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32. How to Naturally Dye Easter Eggs with Superfood Powders
These easy naturally dyed eggs are colored with the power of natural dyes made from powdered superfoods such as beet and turmeric, and are decorated with nature imprints from plants, flowers, stems, herbs, leaves, and feathers.
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33. Vegan Easter Egg Cheesecake
vegan Easter egg cheesecake is no-bake…looks super cute! A chocolate egg shell filled with a biscuit base and mini-egg cheesecake filling.
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34. Vegan Creme Eggs
With just 5 ingredients, these no-bake vegan Creme Eggs make the perfect Easter treat… just like the Cadbury’s and great for kids.
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35. DIY Breakable Chocolate Easter Egg
I am going to show you how to make a breakable chocolate Easter egg to add to Easter baskets this year! They are really easy to make! All you need are the molds, candy to add to it, and really good chocolate!
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36. Oreo Easter Egg Truffles | A Taste of Madness
Easy Oreo Easter Egg Truffles recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this treat makes the perfect last minute dessert idea.
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37. Instant Pot Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
These Instant Pot Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs are sweet peanut butter eggs dipped into chocolate. These peanut butter eggs are so delicious you will no longer want to go out and buy Reese’s eggs. I have always loved Reese’s peanut butter eggs. Every year I count down the days until Easter because I…
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38. Marshmallow Easter Eggs
These homemade marshmallow Easter eggs are so cute and a surprisingly easy treat for your Easter basket or brunch!
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39. How to Make Hollow Chocolate Surprise Eggs!
How to make chocolate surprise eggs at home! Fill hollow chocolate eggs with small candies with the excitement when everything spills out.
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40. Milk Chocolate Mousse Easter Eggs
Simple to make, Easy Milk Chocolate Mousse Easter Eggs are the perfect Easter dessert! 3 ingredients and no eggs – except the chocolate ones!
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41. Easy Deviled Egg Chicks For Easter
These cute deviled egg chicks are perfect for Spring celebrations and these “just hatched” Easter deviled eggs are a big hit with kids.
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42. Amazing Easter Deviled Eggs
These Easter Deviled Eggs are a fun twist on this appetizer and a kid favorite! Colorful & delicious, they will brighten your Easter feast!
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43. Galaxy Easter Egg Tutorial
Galaxy Easter Egg Tutorial is a great way to make a creative Easter Egg without the dye!
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44. Peanut Butter Eggs
These homemade peanut butter eggs are a copycat recipe that taste even better than the Reese’s eggs you buy at the store! Delight the peanut butter cup lovers in your life with these decadent and delicious peanut butter Easter eggs. They’re so easy to make that you’ll never go back to store bought.
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45. Edible Dyed Easter Eggs with Red Cabbage
It’s easy Dyeing Easter Eggs with Red Cabbage – making beautiful blue Easter eggs, naturally dyed without harsh chemicals. No need for a Easter egg dye kit!
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46. Spinach Salad with Beet Pickled Eggs
Brighten up your dinner table with this vibrant Spring Spinach Salad. It features fresh baby spinach greens, pickled eggs and beets.
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47. DIY Natural Easter Eggs
DIY Natural Easter Eggs – Use vegetables and fruits to make these Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs! It’s so easy and children have a blast seeing their food turn into fun Easter eggs!
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48. How To Naturally Dye Easter Eggs
Learn how naturally dye Easter eggs using beet juice (red), paprika spice (orange), turmeric spice (yellow), red onions (green), red cabbage (blue) and grape juice (purple).
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