The Top 25 Best Easter Candies to Buy in 2024
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The hunt is on! Stores are now officially stocked with your favorite Easter candy including chocolates, jelly beans, and Easter treats to make your Easter baskets even sweeter. But which Easter candy should you choose? We've rounded up some adorable picks for filling eggs or doubling as special Easter gifts. Whether you're a traditionalist who prefers classic candy like chocolate bunnies and pastel-colored M&M's, or looking for something new like Starburst Jelly Beans or a fun twist on Peeps, this list has the best Easter candy to buy in 2024.
Not only does Easter candy taste delicious as a sweet snack throughout the spring season, but these adorable and pretty confections make beautiful Easter decorations: Put out candy dishes of wrapped chocolate eggs for a simple and attractive table centerpiece. Or just serve them up for your Easter dessert! And if you need another excuse to buy Easter candy, they're also great for baking into treats! Candy-laden desserts like Ree Drummond's Rice Krispies Treat Easter Eggs or peanut butter Easter eggs will surely be a hit. So go ahead and treat your family by ordering these Easter candies before it's too late. Hop to it!
Lindt Chocolate Carrots
This high-quality chocolatier has been making smooth, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate since 1949! You may know their classic truffles or gold-wrapped bunnies, but this new confection is the cutest one yet! The milk chocolate hazelnut candy comes wrapped in orange foil that's made to look like mini carrots. It even has a green top and handle for holding!
Vosges Magical Flop-Eared Chocolate Bunny
This is not your average bunny! The playful spirit and floppy ears make it a whimsical addition to your Easter baskets. Plus, it's made from a deep milk chocolate with a hint of pink Himalayan sea salt for a unique flavor and bit of crunch.
Dylan's Candy Bar Sweetness of Spring Tackle Box
This sweet bundle includes two specially curated boxes filled with pastel candies and seasonal treats from Dylan's Candy Bar. Candies include gummy swirl eggs, foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies, and yogurt-covered pretzels. They're great for gifting and you can even repurpose the box after the holidays are over.
Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Polka Dot Bunny
Cookies 'n' Creme fans will love this Easter-themed twist on the Hershey's classic. The 4.25-ounce bunny is decorated with an adorable polka dot design that'll match perfectly with the pastel colors of your Easter baskets.
German Chocolate Egg Truffles
These beautiful chocolate truffles have European charm thanks to their pastel speckled candy coating and illustrated gift box decorated with a pretty spring scene. Each oval box comes with 24 eggs so it looks impressive, too!
Peeps Individually Wrapped Lollipops
Kids will love finding these adorable chick-shaped lollipop rings in their Easter baskets this year! They're individually wrapped in an assortment of blue, yellow, and pink colors. But best of all—they have that classic marshmallow flavor!
See's Candies Easter Friends Box
This family-owned candy company started back in 1921, so they know a thing or two about the sweet stuff. In this seasonal gift box decorated with an adorable bunny and chick, you'll find an assortment of different treats, like sour jelly beans, butterscotch lollipops, and milk chocolate eggs.
Mars Assorted Easter Basket Candy
If your kiddos are big on chocolate and chewy candy stuffers, this mega mix has everything they'll love! Pack them in your little one's lunchbox for a sweet treat all season long.
Cadbury Creme Egg (Pack of 5)
It's just not Easter if there's not at least one Cadbury egg in each basket. You might as well get at least a pack of five like this to make sure everyone gets one or two.
Brach's Classic Jelly Bird Eggs
Little rainbow bird eggs—is there anything more Easter-themed? These eggs are perfect for decorating baked goods, or just popping them in your mouth! They come in lime, cherry, grape, raspberry, pineapple, licorice, lemon, and orange.
SweeTARTS Chicks, Ducks & Bunnies
Who doesn't love melt-in-your-mouth sugary SweeTARTS? Their shapes―chicks, ducks, and bunnies―are the sweetest little treat for Easter baskets.
Tootsie Roll Eggs
Try a new twist on the classic chocolatey chews. This cute Easter edition looks like mini eggs, but inside you'll find chewy tootsies!
Reese's Assorted Peanut Butter Eggs
If you can't get enough of Reese's seasonal peanut butter treats, get a bulk bag like this. It's almost 30 ounces, which is about 40% larger than a regular bag of miniature eggs. They come in milk and white chocolate, too.
Lindt Gold Bunny
The gold-wrapped milk chocolate bunny is a tradition on Easter. You can buy various sizes and flavors from milk to dark to white chocolate.
Pez Easter Candy Dispensers
Pez candies date back to the 1920s, but these candy dispensers are making a big comeback featuring popular characters. This Easter edition comes with a cute baby chick and Easter bunnies.
Peeps Decorating Kit
This fun spring activity lets you get creative with your Peeps. Dress them up with sunglasses, lips, bowties, and more.
Easter Bunny Bark
Looking for something a little more elevated? Along with the pretty packaging, the gourmet chocolate is decorated with festive pastel sprinkles!
M&M's Milk Chocolate Easter Candy Jar
If you've got a lot of baskets to fill, this 62-ounce jar has enough candy for everyone! M&M's get an Easter makeover with pretty pastel colors in their candy coating. Wrap a handful up in bags for your Easter baskets, or add them to your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Peter Rabbit Small Easter Mâché Egg
What's better than an Easter egg? An Easter egg filled with deluxe candies, of course! These papier-mâché packages are filled with fruit candies and marshmallows, jelly beans, and a single chocolate bunny.
Starburst Original Assorted Jelly Beans
These mini jelly bean-shaped Starburst couldn't be cuter. And they come in fun flavors like grape, cherry, and green apple.
Dutch Assorted Spring Lollipops
These fun lollies are colorful treat. They come in fruit-forward flavors like strawberry, lemon, orange, pineapple and blackberry.
SweeTarts Rope Bites
These colorful rope candies are like a combination of sweet licorice and classic SweeTarts all in one—and they're the perfect size for little plastic eggs.
Dove Easter Variety Pack
Both kids and adults will love this festive collection of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and caramel-filled candies. Share them with all your loved ones.
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Eggs
Move over, Kisses! There's a new shape in town for Easter. Get the same great flavor and cute foil packaging, but in egg shapes for the holiday.
Reese’s Mini Chocolate Eggs Easter Candy
If chocolate eggs met Reese's and got shot with a shrink-ray, you'd have these adorable eggs. They're great to throw in lunch boxes, place in plastic eggs, or hide around the house!
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