Easter brings so many sweet moments—egg hunts, blooming flowers, and pastel everything. But one of the most joyful parts? Getting into the kitchen with your kids and making something special together. Whether you’ve got toddlers or tweens, this list of Easter treats offers a mix of super simple snacks and slightly fancier bakes. They’re colorful, delicious, and (mostly) mess-friendly!
Below are 15 Easter treat ideas complete with difficulty levels and age suggestions, plus easy-to-follow ingredients and instructions. Grab your aprons—let’s get cracking!
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🐣 No-Bake Mini Egg Nests
Age Range: 3+ with supervision
Difficulty: Super Easy
Ingredients:
- 3 cups crispy rice cereal or chow mein noodles
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ¼ cup peanut butter or sunflower butter
- Mini candy eggs
Instructions:
- Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together until smooth.
- Stir in cereal.
- Spoon into muffin tin and shape into nests.
- Add mini eggs.
- Chill until set.
🥕 Easter Bunny Dirt Cups
Age Range: 5+
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- 1 package instant chocolate pudding
- 2 cups milk
- Crushed chocolate cookies
- Marshmallow bunnies or candy carrots
- Whipped topping (optional)
Instructions:
- Make pudding.
- Spoon into cups.
- Top with crushed cookies.
- Decorate with bunnies or carrots.
- Add whipped topping if desired.
🐰 Pastel Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Age Range: 7+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Pastel icing and decorations
Instructions:
- Mix dry ingredients.
- Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla.
- Combine with dry mix.
- Roll dough and cut with Easter cutters.
- Bake at 375°F for 8–10 minutes.
- Cool and decorate.
🐰 Bunny Pretzel Bites
These sweet bunny treats come together in minutes with pretzel snaps, candy melts, and M&Ms. Simple, cute, and totally snackable!
Ingredients:
- Pretzel snaps
- White candy melts
- Spring-colored M&Ms
Instructions:
- Sort M&Ms by color. Cut some in half to make bunny ears.
- Lay pretzel snaps on a microwave-safe plate, top each with one candy melt.
- Microwave at 50% power in 30-second bursts until melts are soft.
- Quickly press a whole M&M in the center for the face, then add two halves as ears.
- Let set for 15 minutes.
🐣 Chocolate-Dipped Peeps
Age Range: 3+
Difficulty: Super Easy
Ingredients:
- Peeps
- Melted chocolate or candy melts
- Sprinkles
Instructions:
- Dip Peeps halfway into melted chocolate.
- Add sprinkles.
- Let cool on wax paper.
🍓 Rainbow Fruit Kabobs
Age Range: 2+
Difficulty: Very Easy
Ingredients:
- Strawberries, Oranges, Pineapple, Green Grapes, Blueberries, Red Grapes (or other fruits)
- Marshmallows or Peeps
- Wooden skewers (cut tips off for toddlers)
Instructions:
- Arrange fruit in rainbow color order on skewer.
- Top with Peep or marshmallow “cloud.”
- Chill before serving.
🍭 Easter Marshmallow Pops
Age Range: 4+
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- Large marshmallows
- Lollipop sticks
- Candy melts
- Sprinkles
Instructions:
- Stick marshmallows onto lollipop sticks.
- Dip in candy melts.
- Decorate with sprinkles.
- Let set.
🐇 Jelly Bean Bark
Age Range: 6+
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- White chocolate chips
- Jelly beans
- Easter sprinkles
Instructions:
- Melt chocolate and spread on parchment.
- Sprinkle jelly beans and decorations on top.
- Chill, then break into pieces.
🥚 Hidden Surprise Cupcakes
Age Range: 7+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- Cupcake mix
- Small chocolate eggs or jelly beans
- Easter sprinkles
- Frosting
Instructions:
- Bake cupcakes as directed
- Scoop a small hole in the middle of the cupcake.
- Add a small chocolate egg and/or jellybeans and sprinkles.
- Frost and decorate.
🐣 Rice Krispie Chicks
Age Range: 5+
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- Rice Krispie treats
- Yellow candy melts
- Candy eyes
- Orange M&M’s or icing for beaks
Instructions:
- Cut treats into circles or egg shapes.
- Dip in yellow melts.
- Add eyes and beaks.
- Let cool.
🐾 Bunny Footprint Cookies
Age Range: 6+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- Sugar cookie dough
- Pink icing
Instructions:
- Use a tablespoon to measure the bunny “foot” and roll into a ball.
- Use a teaspoon to measure out three bunny “toes” and roll into balls.
- Place the three smaller balls next to the larger ball then use your fingers to flatten each ball and leave an indention.
- Use icing to fill in paw prints.
🍋 Lemon Easter Bars
Age Range: 8+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- Boxed lemon bar mix
- Powdered sugar
- Pastel candy toppers (optional)
Instructions:
- Prepare lemon bars per box instructions.
- Cool and cut into squares.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
- Add candies if desired.
🧺 Candy-Filled Easter Baskets
Age Range: 7+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- Cookie dough or muffin mix
- Licorice rope
- Small candy eggs
- Frosting
Instructions:
- Bake cookies or muffins in mini tins.
- Add licorice “handles” and frosting.
- Top with candy eggs.
🥚 Tie-Dye Easter Eggs
Age Range: 9+
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Food coloring
- Mayo, mustard, seasoning for yolk mix
Instructions:
- Cut eggs and remove yolks.
- Dye whites in bowls of colored water.
- Mix yolks with fillings.
- Pipe back in for colorful deviled eggs!
🌈 Rainbow Cereal Treat Eggs
Age Range: 5+
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- Fruity cereal (like Trix or Fruity Pebbles)
- Mini marshmallows
- Butter
- Plastic egg molds
Instructions:
- Melt marshmallows and butter.
- Stir in cereal.
- Press into plastic eggs and chill.
- Pop out and serve.
From no-bake nibbles to frosting-filled fun, these 15 Easter treats are guaranteed to add a little sparkle to your spring. They’re designed to bring smiles, encourage creativity, and maybe even sneak in a teachable kitchen moment or two. However you celebrate, may your Easter be sweet, colorful, and full of joyful messes!