These Easter Desserts Will Totally Steal the Show on Sunday

You've been munching on candy and chocolate since the early morning hours — and so what? The holiday isn't officially over until Easter dessert is served, and you've earned it. After a long day of scavenger hunting (try these Easter egg hunt ideas to really bring out your family’s competitive side) and cooking Easter dinner, everyone deserves an extensive spread of sweets at the end of the night. Plus, many of these ideas are so simple you can put them together the night before or even after the Easter ham has been served. Because there's no better way to end the most special Sunday of the year than with a huge sugar rush.

Decorate baked bunny-shaped chocolate sugar cookies with icing and, before it has set, sprinkle on shredded-coconut tails.

The secret to these dainty fruit-forward cakes: Freeze-dried strawberries that add all of the fruit flavor, with no extra moisture.

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These cute-as-can-be cupcakes are decorated with entirely edible decor.

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Decorate baked chocolate sugar cookie rectangles with icing, then attach candy-coated sunflower seeds.

Coconut cream pie is the stuff that dreams are made of: Crispy, flaky pie crust filled with a thick, creamy coconut custard and topped with mounds of homemade whipped cream. Yes, please!

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Make one batch basic sugar cookies and one batch royal icing. You'll need a rectangular cookie cutter, green and pink natural food coloring, powder food coloring, or gel paste food coloring, and small round piping tips.

1. Prepare cookies per recipe instructions.

2. While cooling, prepare royal icing. Transfer half to bowl and thin slightly with water, then transfer to piping bag. Divide remaining icing between two bowls and tint it light green and pink; transfer to piping bags fitted with small round tips.

3. Using white icing, outline and fill in the cookies; let set. Once set, with colored icing, pipe stems and flowers on each cookie and let set.

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This springtime classic, full of carrots and honey and topped with a sweet and creamy frosting, is fit for a crowd.

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Prepare and roll out sugar cookie dough and cut it in the shape of a large egg using our Easter egg template. Bake and cool as directed. Tint buttercream frosting blue and use to decorate the cooled cookie. To serve, top with flower and leaf cookies.

These sticky sweet pastries are classic Easter treat — and for good reason. Our recipe effortlessly combines winter spices with spring flavors (think an apricot jam glaze).

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Skip a fresh bouquet, and opt for these edible spring flower cupcakes. Everyone will love these beautiful blooms.

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Have you ever tried making this Easter-favorite treat at home? It's easier than you think!

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You'd never guess that the secret ingredient in these chocolate desserts is chow mein noodles (yes, seriously).

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Topped with chocolate eggs and toasted coconut, these Easter cupcakes are almost too cute to eat.

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No one will be sad to find these in their Easter basket.

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Balance the tang of this custard cake with a light layer of powdered sugar.

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Can't decide between bunny, chick, sheep, or pig-shaped treats? Make 'em all for a dessert table full of spring's finest!

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These little guys aren’t too baaaad to make: Start with a pack of powdered-donut holes and a bag of white Jordan almonds. Draw faces on the almonds with a food-safe marker, then use icing to “glue” on white-sprinkle ears and snowflake-sprinkle hair, and to attach almond heads and halved-black-jelly-bean feet.

Sweeten up these tangy citrus tarts with sugar-packed meringue.

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This bundt has two cups of berries baked in and sprinkled on top. Not to mention, the tangy lemon curd whipped cream is something you'll want to put on everything.

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It's a holiday, why not go all out with the dessert? This triple-layer confection will turn heads.

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Use fluted circle cutters to cut rings from sugar cookie dough, then bake and decorate with royal icing. Before the icing sets, sprinkle with chopped pistachios and edible flowers.

Make your favorite batch of egg-shaped sugar cookies and then sandwich them together with buttercream or chocolate-hazelnut spread. The rest is up to you: Decorate 'em with royal icing and nonpareils.

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In a mini muffin pan, dilute liquid food colorings with water. Using toothpick, dip marshmallow into coloring, then spin to shake off excess. Stick toothpick into Styrofoam or egg-carton back to allow marshmallow to dry. Then move toothpick to other end; repeat dyeing and drying.

Sit back, relax, and pretend your spring break trip never ended with this tart.

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Save the eggs for dyeing and decorating: This recipe uses chickpeas instead, which makes it 100% vegan.

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Embrace the first flavors of spring with this fruity cake, topped with a fluffy cream cheese frosting.

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Is there anything cuter than marshmallow bunny tails? Nope.

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With these sweet tarts, you won't have to worry about slicing and serving your masterpiece.

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Fill each of 8 prepared meringue shells (from 1 pkg.) with 1 Tbsp. each whipped cream and lemon curd. Top with blueberries and blackberries. Serves 8

Since you know that all of the chocolate eggs you ate during the easter egg hunt aren't going to be enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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You might want to pair these cupcakes with a batch of cocktails by the same name. Just sayin'.

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Perfect for indecisive bakers, this cake seamlessly blends fresh lemon, lime, and orange flavors.

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Here's one way to keep your kids busy while they wait for the Easter bunny to arrive.

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Buttermilk isn't just for pancakes, folks. Here, it adds a subtle tartness to these otherwise sweet treats.

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For a more formal affair, serve your party guests individual parfaits packed with fruity flavors.

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Well, it looks like you're going to eat your floral centerpiece this year.

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The rich apricot glaze brings this golden tart a whole new life.

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End your day the same way you started it: with a plate full of (meringue) eggs.

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Cater this berry-filled dessert to the occasion: If you're hosting brunch, make it in a loaf pan and if you're going for a post-dinner dessert, bake it as a cake.

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Spoiler: This recipe doesn't call for real flowers. Instead, it's flavored with orange zest and juice.

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Celebrate everyone's favorite spring flavor — citrus! — with this simple pie that combines candied orange slices with buttermilk filling.

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Every dessert spread needs a cheesecake on it — and our vote is for this one. This strawberry recipe is the ultimate spring treat.

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The only way to make a classic carrot cake even better is to decorate it like a pretty spring present.

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Why serve cake when you can serve two giant cookies, sandwiched with buttercream and topped with frosting?

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These zesty cupcakes have a lemony kick. Plus, they'll look absolutely delightful on any spring spread.

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These mess-free pops are the perfect thing to put in a goodie bag. All you need to do is swirl red, yellow, and blue food coloring into a sweet meringue mix for a pretty pastel pop.

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Top this cake with coconut-flavored buttercream frosting, phyllo nests, and robin's egg candies for the perfect springtime treat.

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There's no Easter dessert that's cuter than these sprinkle-covered donut holes. Place them in little baskets for optimal adorableness.

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Cover this cookie tart with a colorful medley of your favorite fruits.

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Because after dinner comes tea ... and cake.

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Psst, use store-bought doughnuts for an even easier dessert.

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Take whatever carrots the Easter Bunny didn't eat (we know you left him some) and use them to create these spicy carrot cake cookies.

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Eat these frosted cupcakes while you wait for your garden to bloom.

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Love mango? Just wait 'til you try it inside a cookie and pistachio pie crust.

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Speaking of flowers, use a cookie press to give sugar cookies a spring-appropriate look.

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Strawberry season is here! Get your fix of April's finest fruit with these pretty and pink shortbread bars.

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Don't the outside distract you: Inside, this cake is loaded with pecans, apricots, and orange zest.

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Forget your front door: Dress up your dessert table with a wreath of its own.

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If lemon desserts aren't your thing, consider these banana and pineapple cupcakes.

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Two words: No bake.

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It's what's on the inside that really counts: These little puffs are stuffed with homemade cream and fresh berries.

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How do you make a cake taste more like spring? Add lemons and strawberries, obviously.

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And since you survived the egg hunt and sugar highs, you deserve a boozy dessert.

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These adorable desserts are nothing more than vanilla cupcakes topped with white cotton candy.

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You won't need any special baking pans to create this adorable bunny butt cake. It cooks in an oven safe mixing bowl, while the paws bake in a cupcake tin.

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