These Creative Easter Recipes Will Transform How You Celebrate
These Creative Easter Recipes Will Transform How You Celebrate
Like any good holiday, Easter is a time to pull out all the stops for your culinary creations. Spring has finally sprung, and the season’s delights make for meals worth celebrating. From hearty root vegetables to delectable confections, there’s no shortage of inspiration when curating a menu that everyone will love.
This Easter, give your friends and family more reason to celebrate with a festive spread of great Easter dishes. From adorably sweet desserts to chic and tasty appetizers, these are the dishes the Easter Bunny (and your in-laws) will approve of.
Chorizo and Egg Bites
These poppable chorizo and egg bites are the hors d'?uvres of our dreams, made with garlic asiago cheese bread for a savory explosion of flavor.
Recipe via Brazi Bites
Braised Collard Greens
Your Easter day appetite may favor eggs and sweet confections, but this braised collard greens dish is all the convincing you need for a healthy balance.
Recipe via Hank's Oyster Bar
Pancetta and Asparagus Deviled Eggs
Don't let the name fool you, these fun-twist-on-a-classic deviled eggs are nothing but heavenly.
Recipe via Tastes Lovely
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB COFFEE CAKE
Give classic coffee cake a springtime twist with this tangy rhubarb version that will stimulate all your tastebuds—and look good doing it.
Recipe via Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
Bacon and Gruyere Strata
Cheesy, savory, and just a little bit sweet, this strata—topped with asparagus, tomato, and basil—is an Easter dinner crowd-pleaser.
Recipe via Hello Fresh
SWEET POTATO SALAD WITH AVOCADO PESTO
Sweet potatoes are no longer just a Thanksgiving hit: this zesty, creamy, and multi-layered dish will round out your Easter meal.
Recipe via Food Faith Fitness
Cinnamon Carrot Soup Shooters
It comes in a shot glass and is served with maple glazed bacon; this veggie soup is an inventive Easter classic.
Recipe via Snappy Gourmet
Greek Tomato Salad
Vine-ripened tomatoes, fresh cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil, and barrel-aged feta cheese make this classic tomato salad a perfect palette refresher.
Recipe via Estatorio Milos
Carrot Cake Carrots
As adorable as they are delicious, these carrot cake carrots are sure to steal the show this Easter.
Recipe via Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver
BBQ Lemongrass Ribeye Steak
This Thai-inspired recipe gives a whole new meaning to Easter cuisine, with refreshing lemongrass that embodies the freshness of spring.
Recipe via KIM.CHI.AVOCADO
Carrot Cake
The Easter Bunny will be proud of these gorgeous personal carrot cakes, topped with a smooth cream cheese frosting and a sprig of verdant mint.
Recipe via Hello Fresh
Lemon Thyme Mashed Purple Potatoes
The only thing better than mashed potatoes? A lemony twist on the classic dish! This holiday favorite is zesty and fragrant, yet creamy and decadent.
Recipe via Hello Fresh
Bird's Nest Easter Donuts
A beautiful pastel dessert channels the springtime glee of birds flying by, with easy-to-make donuts that everyone will love.
Recipe via Fashionable Hostess
Fig and Quinoa Salad
This colorful spring dish is as healthy as it is delicious. Made with protein-packed quinoa, sweet figs, and heart-healthy arugula, this meal will satisfy your hunger, dazzle your tastebuds, and energize you for the annual egg hunt.
Recipe via Hello Fresh
Pastel Easter Milkshakes
These gorgeous Easter milkshakes will satisfy both your color palette and taste palette—made with coconut ice cream that won't give you a sugar crash.
Recipe via Fashionable Hostess
Cheesy Monkey Bread
Satisfy all your cravings with this bright and delightful cheesy monkey bread, which is perfect for large dinner parties.
Recipe via Dini Klein
Orange Cheesecake Mousse
These simple orange cheesecake mousse cups are so decadent you'll want to take them on the go as you hunt for Easter eggs.
Recipe via Dini Klein
Anzac Biscuits
A zesty take on a traditional Australian favorite, these wheat-free Anzac biscuits are sweet and citrusy with a touch of coconut.
Recipe via Hello Fresh
Coconut Meringue Nests
These nests are totally on theme for the holiday — but more impressive than a marshmallow or chocolate bunny (not that we don't love those, too). Blahnik Baker's meringue cookies have a sweet coconut lemon mousse filling, and you can top them with fresh fruit, candy eggs, and toasted coconut flakes.
Recipe via Blahnik Baker
Root Vegetable Frittata
This root vegetable frittata from Cooking With Ruthie will provide a hearty balance to all the sweet treats of the holiday. It combines egg whites, potatoes, rutabaga, onion, Swiss cheese, and green onion—all topped with a sprinkle of fresh purple basil.
Recipe via Cooking With Ruthie
Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Holidays are just for finding food to act as a conduit for cream cheese frosting, if you ask us. Carrot cake cupcakes fit that bill during Easter, and this recipe from Love From The Oven says you can swap out the water in the recipe with pineapple juice to give them that extra bite of sunshine.
Recipe via Love From The Oven
Pear Frisée Salad With Candied Walnuts And Goat Cheese
If a first course is the first impression of a meal, this salad from What Should I Make For... is the key to ensuring it's a good one. The crunchy and slightly bitter frisée tempers the sweet pears and candied walnuts, which all come together via a sherry vinaigrette dressing.
Recipe via What Should I Make For...
Simple Carrot Soup
Maybe you prefer chocolate cake over carrot cake. A soul-warming soup is another avenue to the vegetable of the day—especially when it's boosted by leeks, thyme, and a splash of rich cream.
Recipe via A Beautiful Plate
Mini Blue Cheese Balls
Mini cheese balls go great with fruit and champagne, which is a compelling enough argument to include them in your Easter brunch.
Recipe via Foodie Crush
Italian Easter Pie
This Italian-Catholic recipe features a staggering amount of cheese and specialty meats inside a warm, flaky pie crust. It's meant to mark the end of Lent, and it's a gooey tradition that can please (and fill) a crowd.
Recipe via Brown Eyed Baker
Pineapple Carrot Cake
Consider this the best way to eat your veggies: A moist carrot cake topped with colorful icing to resemble the season's staple vegetable.
Recipe via Just a Taste
Colorful Deviled Eggs
Now this is essentially Easter served on a platter. A few cups of food coloring help this classic dish echo the beautiful hues of your painted Easter eggs.
Recipe via FOODjimoto
Fragrant Jasmine Rice Cake
Lend your Easter festivities a taste of fresh garden delights with a cake made with cardamom and lime-scented rice pudding. Fresh berries cover a fluffy bed of whipped cream in a celebration of the season's blossoming bounties.
Recipe via Life Currents
Cake Batter Truffles
Evoke the hues of spring with a treat that's delicious any time of the year: cake batter. These truffles don't require any baking and are made with less than 10 ingredients—meaning less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying the holiday's goodies.
Recipe via Snappy Gourmet
Vegan Carrot Cheesecake
For the family member or friend who isn't indulging in the eggs and creamy treats of the holiday, whip up this vegan carrot cheesecake (it's also gluten free!). It's rich, creamy, and Easter-bunny approved.
Recipe via Food Faith Fitness
Asparagus With Poached Eggs
For a chic way to incorporate eggs into your Easter spread without employing the plastic neon variety, whip up a delightful dish of asparagus with mustard anchovy vinaigrette and poached eggs. With a final sprinkling of black truffle salt, this recipe will earn a spot in your permanent Easter food arsenal.
Recipe via From Jessica's Kitchen
Cheesecake-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs
If your egg-despising friend solicits gasps on this egg-friendly holiday, serve them a treat that aligns with the Easter spirit yet caters to their sweet tooth: faux eggs. These chocolate eggs are surprisingly similar in aesthetic (minus the dark brown shell) to the real deal, but offer whites of cheesecake and yolks of passionfruit sauce.
Recipe via Raspberri Cupcakes
Bunny Butt Cupcakes
C'mon, what's more adorable than a fluffy little bunny behind? Earn a few chuckles and a standing ovation for these playful cupcakes that illustrate the season's mascot burrowing into a knoll of grass.
Recipe via Preppy Kitchen
Whipped Lima Beans
For a sophisticated appetizer or side dish this Easter, turn to whipped lima beans: They're elegant and festive (plus less boring than everyday mashed potatoes), but are still a non-fussy dish to prepare.
Recipe via Basil & Bubbly
Cadbury Creme Ice Cream Cake
This is true decadence, Easter edition. Take your favorite taste of Cadbury eggs to a cake dripping with chocolate, ice cream, and striking style for a dessert that astounds and charms your holiday guests.
Recipe via Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
Honey Roasted Carrots With Goat Cheese And Thyme
Bring out your inner Easter Bunny by munching on a beautiful trio of roasted carrots. This dish, with its purple, orange, and yellow hues, will splash your holiday table with color and flavor.
Recipe via Recipe Runner
Polka Dot Bunnies
SOS: We have a case of cute overload. Polka dot bunny cookies adorned with flowers are suited for any springtime lover's fancy, and are sweet to taste, to boot.
Recipe via Bake at 350
Easter Egg Macarons
Bring out your inner French woman with these dainty macarons painted with the designs of elegant Easter eggs. Pastel hues evoke the floral blooms of the season.
Recipe via What Should I Make For...
Crispy Potato Roast
Savor time with your friends and family with a quintessential dish that tastes like home—potato roast. This recipe draws flavor from fresh thyme leaves and red pepper flakes.
Recipe via Joyously Domestic
Mini Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
As we know, everything is simply better when it's bite-sized, and this finger-food take on carrot cake is no exception. Indulge in the soft pillows of cream cheese frosting dolloped between rich carrot cake cookies.
Recipe via If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen
Easter Egg Oreo Truffles
Yes, these chocolate-covered goodies are adorable—but they're also surprisingly easy. Earn major holiday points with the children and grownups in your life alike with Oreo truffles shaped like eggs; they only require four ingredients.
Recipe via Gimme Some Oven
Spring Cake
Surprisingly, the intricate flowers on this cake are made simply from sliced Twizzlers. If you're not one to bake cake, simply buy a buttercream iced cake and enjoy adorning it with flowers yourself.
Recipe via Handmade Charlotte
Spinach, Bacon, And Cheese Quiche
Quiche is a classic food to share with loved ones. Take the tradition a step further this year by saturating your quiche with crunchy bacon, melty cheese and baby spinach.
Recipe via Recipe Runner
Crescent Roll Carrots
This appetizer filled with egg or ham salad will surprise your guests—besides, who'd expect a crescent roll to take on an orange hue to resemble a carrot? Bunches of fresh dill or parsley make for a convincing carrot top.
Recipe via Hungry Happenings
Paska Easter Bread Recipe
Also known as Kulich, Paska is a traditional Easter bread popular in Russia and Ukraine. Leftover slices of this bread make for mouthwatering French toast the following morning.
Recipe via Natasha's Kitchen
Bunny cookies, heirloom carrots, and—of course—eggs galore.