50 Easter Cookie Recipes For All The Bakers Out There This Spring

Though we’re all about hunting for jelly bean-stuffed eggs on a field or bunny-sized chocolates on the shelves at our local drugstores, there’s more to Easter than just candy: these 50 Easter cookies are proof! We’ve got everything here from cookies inspired by (or stuffed with) other sweet treats to ones bursting with fruity spring flavor, with some extra adorable options sprinkled throughout. The best part? Cookies have an exceptionally fast bake time—what's better than making some fun, colorful cookies to spring you forward?

Truly one of the best parts about spring is the influx of fresh fruits and vegetables after a long winter, so we’re celebrating by filling these recipes with all the produce we can. For some—like our carrot cake cookies, our banana pudding cookies, or our strawberry shortcake cookies—we’re taking notes from classic spring desserts and turning them into cookies that are way easier to make than their full-size counterparts. For others, we’re making fruit the star ingredient that turns average cookies into something special. Check out our blueberry cream cheese cookies, our ube crinkle cookies, or our cherry chocolate chip cookies to see what we mean. A warning: adding fresh fruit to cookies can get a little messy, but we say lean in—trust us, it’s WAY easier than dyeing eggs.

And don’t worry, store-bought cookie and candy fiends—a number of these recipes feature your faves, and are easily adapted to incorporate Easter specifics (Peeps, we’re looking at you). If you can’t resist a seasonal store-bought sandwich cookie (those Oreo eggs are SO cute), try turning them into our Easter egg Oreo truffles or our Nutter Butter chicks. More of a candy fan? Use mini cadbury eggs, Peeps, or Reese’s pieces eggs for our bunny hug cookies (also the best-ever use of a gingerbread man cookie cutter), our Easter trash cookies, our s’mores stuffed cookies, or our Reese’s chip cookies. Feel free to get creative too—Easter candy gets weirder and wilder every year, so try adding it ALL to your favorite cookie recipes.

For all those over-achieving hosts out there—you know better than anybody you can't just serve sweet stuff. We have tons of Easter appetizers, sides, and dinner options (mmm, ham) to make sure that your holiday is on theme and memorable (even if those memories involve finally finding that last Easter egg next fall 😉).