Easter Recipes to Brighten Your Holiday Table

As Easter hops around the corner, it’s time to transform your kitchen into a springtime haven with some deliciously simple recipes. This article is your go-to guide for bringing Easter flavors to your table without the stress. From savory brunch ideas to sweet treats that’ll have the Easter Bunny jealous, we’ve got a lineup that caters to every palate. No need for complicated culinary acrobatics or a pantry overhaul – just grab your apron, some basic ingredients, and let’s turn your Easter celebration into a tasty adventure. Whether you’re hosting a family gathering or just want to add a sprinkle of Easter magic to your meals, these recipes are here to make your holiday a delicious success. Let’s dive into the egg-citement of Easter cooking!

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

This chocolate raspberry cake is a three layer chocolate cake that is super moist. Full of raspberry frosting that has both reduced raspberry puree and grounded freeze-dried raspberries.

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Lemon Brownies

Lemon Brownies are soft and sweet, topped with a tangy citrus glaze. This lemon brownies recipe is easy to make from a lemon cake mix!

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Strawberry Sugar Cookies

These Strawberry Sugar Cookies are are soft and chewy eggless pink sugar cookies that are made with real strawberries! They’re soft and chewy in the middle and crunchy on the edges; the perfect combo!

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Cutest Easter Trifle Dessert

This Easter Trifle dessert recipe is delicious! It’s a colorful mix of cake, cool whip and pudding, then topped with edible Easter decor.
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Dijon Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb

This Dijon herb crusted rack of lamb is an easy, yet impressive dinner for two. Roasted to succulent, juicy perfection, this restaurant quality rack of lamb is perfect for a special dinner date night.

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Lemon Blueberry Cake

Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Cake is a deliciously light and subtly sweet treat with juicy blueberries in every bite. Coated with sumptuous cream cheese frosting, this cake is moist, soft, and perfect for holidays, weekends, or just because.
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Carrot Patch Pudding Cups: Easter Snack For Kids

Adorable Carrot Patch Pudding Cups are the perfect Easter snack for kids! They’re made with pretzels, candy dips, pudding and cookies.
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Dutch Oven Ham

This Dutch oven spiral ham is a holiday main dish that can be made over your campfire or on your stovetop at home. It is juicy and tender, thanks to a brown sugar, mustard, and orange glaze that coats each slice.

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Easter Funfetti Cake Recipe From Box

Easy Funfetti cake from a box mix with a few variations to make it taste like homemade – easy and sensational cake recipe.
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Hot Cross Bun Bread And Butter Pudding

Indulge in the ultimate comfort dessert! Try our hot cross bun bread and butter pudding recipe with a custardy centre and golden caramel top.
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Pork Loin Roast with Gravy

Pork loin is coated in a garlic-herb paste, roasted to tender perfection, and served with the most luscious gravy. This Pork Loin Roast with Gravy is a special meal that’s worthy of a holiday menu.

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Carrot Cake Cheesecake

Delicious carrot cake base with a no-bake cheesecake layer on top: a delicious and easy recipe for all dessert lovers!
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Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb

Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb is easy to make, tender and flavorful. Stuffed with garlic and fresh rosemary, served with roasted vegetables. 

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Easter Cakesicles

These Easter cakesicles include an Easter bunny, chickens, and carrots, and are an adorable addition to your spring or Easter celebration!
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Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Muffins

These Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Muffins are moist, fluffy, and packed with flavor! A fun, tasty variation of the classic Carrot Cake Muffin!
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Lemon Ricotta Crepes

Savor Lemon Ricotta Crepes, light, tender pancakes with creamy lemon-ricotta filling. Perfect for brunch, desserts, or a special breakfast!
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Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Homemade Easter bunny cupcakes are the cutest little spring treat! And all you need are vanilla cupcakes and a few basic pantry items!
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Cadbury Egg Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies with Cadbury Mini Eggs are full of delicious milk chocolate in every bite! These mini egg cookies have the texture of a classic homemade chocolate chip cookie – slightly thick and chewy in the center with the perfect balance of sweet and salty and golden, crispy edges. This recipe is perfect for Spring or Easter. 

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Best Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake

The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake recipe you’ll ever make! Moist, perfectly spiced & sweet; made in 1 bowl, super easy, & allergy-free!
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Deviled Egg Chicks For Easter

Take your classic deviled eggs to a whole new level this Easter with these super-cute Deviled Egg Chicks. You can tell they’re freshly hatched by the tell-tale Van Dyke cut of their “shells”. This simple recipe uses a classic deviled egg filling and simple ingredients to garnish your Easter deviled eggs like baby chicks. 

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Spring Salad

This Spring salad is loaded with delicious seasonal ingredients including asparagus, snap peas, prosciutto and cheese. Topped with a deviled egg dressing, it’s perfect as an Easter salad or for Mother’s Day brunch.

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Easter Egg Cheesecake

Easter Egg Cheesecake is a delicious Easter dessert that’s fun, festive, and easy to make, with a cookie crust and creamy filling.
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Mini Carrot Cake

The best mini carrot cake recipe with pineapple and pecans! This 6 inch carrot cake recipe shows you how to make a mini carrot cake!
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Vegan Easter Egg Cupcakes (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

Adorable Easter Egg Cupcakes are a fun egg-free Easter alternative! Kids will love decorating these gluten-free cupcakes that are vegan & allergy-free!
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Easter No-Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake

No bake Mini Egg Cheesecake combines a rich, smooth cream cheese filling loaded with crushed mini eggs within a buttery biscuit base.
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Air Fryer Asparagus

This flavourful and healthy air fryer asparagus side dish recipe is ready in just 15 minutes. Topped with Parmesan, it is sure to be a hit!

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Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

Traditional Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns are soft & fluffy yeast buns for Easter. Sweet & spiced with pops of fruit, vegan & allergy-free!
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Ricotta Cheesecake

This fabulous cheesecake uses cream cheese and ricotta to create a lighter but creamy texture. It has a crumb crust and keeps very well.
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Maple Glazed Oven Roasted Carrots

Elevate whole carrots with this easy maple glazed roasted carrots recipe!  The combination of roasted carrots with a maple syrup glaze brings a whole new level of sweet caramelization to carrots.

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Crock Pot Ham With Brown Sugar Glaze

This crock pot ham is a spiral cut ham topped with a 3 ingredient glaze, then slow cooked to perfection. This is the BEST way to make your holiday ham!
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Italian Ricotta Pie

This Italian ricotta pie recipe has a delicately flavored creamy ricotta filling beautifully encased in a sweet pie dough that’s buttery, light and flaky. It’s a classic dessert in Italian households, especially during Easter and the holiday season. 

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Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Homemade Easter bunny cupcakes are the cutest little spring treat! And all you need are vanilla cupcakes and a few basic pantry items!
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Sourdough Dinner Rolls with Rosemary

These soft pull-apart Sourdough Dinner Rolls with Rosemary are so fluffy and buttery! The brioche rolls are the perfect Thanksgiving or weeknight dinner side.

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Easter Brownies

Easter brownies are a rich, chocolatey holiday treat! Top them with your favourite seasonal goodies like fondant eggs, or Easter marshmallows.
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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!
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Carrot Cake Cookies

Carrot cake cookies are a tasty, old-fashioned cookie filled with warming spices, hearty oats, crunchy walnuts, and sweet raisins.
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Easy Instant Pot Pork Roast with Gravy

This Instant Pot pork roast gives you tender pork in just a fraction of the time it would take in the oven. (Plus slow cooker instructions!)
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Slow Roasted Leg Of Lamb (With Gravy)

Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb is a fantastic holiday centerpiece and easier to make than you might think. Serve it in its own juices with gravy.
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Rack Of Lamb With Red Bell Pepper Butter Sauce (Oven, Air Fryer Or Bbq)

Rack of lamb with red bell pepper butter sauce is one of the tastiest ways to prepare lamb. You can even roast the lamb in an air fryer!
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Easter Cake (Italian Pigna Di Pasqua)

Easter cake is a perfect treat for children and adults. Serve it at breakfast, in the afternoon with a cup of coffee, or for Easter dessert!
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