Are you hosting Easter this year? I love this time of year because there are so many creative ways to make and serve your favorite recipes with a spring twist. That’s why I’m so excited to share my top fave 30 creative Easter food ideas that will wow your guests.
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1. Easter Deviled Egg Basket
How cute are these little deviled egg baskets? And they taste as delicious as they look. The basket handles are made from parsley stems, and you can add little sprigs of parsley leaves as garnish.
The deviled egg filling uses a mix of avocado, mayo, bacon and simple spices. It’s a super easy but super creative appetizer to serve your guests. I recommend using a pastry bag to pipe the filling neatly on top of the egg white.
2. Easter Tart
This tart is gorgeous and perfect for Easter. I love that it’s also on the healthier side, so there’s no guilt about serving it. For the crust, you’ll need basic baking ingredients, like eggs, butter, flour and salt. The topping is a mix of vanilla pudding, cream cheese and whipped topping. Use an assortment of fresh fruits to decorate your egg-shaped tart.
3. Mini Carrot Stuffed Peppers
Creative Easter food ideas don’t have to be complicated. That’s why I love this recipe. It adds something special to the table without being too over the top. And it’s a recipe that people love and are familiar with. I also love that there’s no cooking involved!
All you need are fresh mini bell peppers and dill fronds (for the carrot tops). For the filling, you’ll need cream cheese, scallions, sour cream and some herbs and spices.
4. Cinnamon Sugar Easter Bunny Twists
I love serving these cinnamon twists for dessert. The bunny shapes make them perfect for Easter, and you only need a few ingredients to make them:
- Frozen puff pastry sheets
- Butter
- Cinnamon
- Sugar
- White frosting
5. Easter Veggie Tray
I love this Easter veggie tray because it’s perfect for an appetizer and still so creative and cute. To make the bunny design, add a bowl of dip to the center of the dish and place six asparagus spears (3 on each side) for the whiskers. Use olives for the eyes and mouth and a cherry tomato for the nose. I love using crackers and cheese for the ears. Experiment and be creative with your display.
6. Ladybug Caprese Appetizer
What I love about these ladybug caprese appetizers is that they don’t have an obvious Easter theme, but they’re still perfect for the season. They’re so creative and so easy to make. You’ll need slices of fresh mozzarella, fresh basil leaves, tomatoes, olives and black sparkle color gel (for the ladybug’s spots).
7. Pastel-Colored Deviled Eggs
These pastel-colored deviled eggs are one of my favorite Easter food ideas because the colors are so gorgeous. They bring something special to the table, and they still taste amazing.
The deviled egg filling is simple: mayo, pickle juice, mustard, dill pickles, salt and pepper. To dye the eggs, you’ll need some water, white vinegar and food coloring.
8. Tulip Tomatoes
I love these tulip tomatoes because they’re so unexpected and still such a delicious appetizer.
The trickiest part is cutting the tomatoes to look like tulips. The filling is simple: cream cheese, chives, basil and cucumber. Bunch up green onions to serve as the tulip stems.
And if you’re not a fan of tomatoes, you can swap in deviled eggs instead.
9. Easter Bunny Pear Salad
How cute are these little bunny pear salads? To make the bunnies, you’ll need a can of pear halves, raisins for the eyes, Red Hots for the nose, almond slices for the ears and cottage cheese for the tails. Assemble your bunnies on a bed of lettuce and you have a cute appetizer.
10. Crescent Roll “Carrots”
I adore these crescent roll carrots because they’re so fun to eat, they’re delicious and they’ll impress your guests. You can use orange food coloring to make the crescent rolls look more like carrots, or you can leave them as-is. Use cream horn forms to shape your rolls perfectly. Once they’re baked, you can fill them with egg salad, ham and cheese or whatever you want. Use dill fronds to mimic the carrot greens.
11. Easter Cadbury Mini Cheesecakes
Cheesecake is a classic dessert, and these mini versions are perfectly decorated for Easter. To create the little nests on top of the cheesecake, you’ll need edible candy paper shreds and mini Cadbury eggs. The frosting is a simple cream cheese frosting and is the perfect base for your nests.
12. Mini Easter Cakes
These mini cakes are so colorful and make perfect individual serving sizes. They’re easy to make, too. You’ll use white cake mix and gel food coloring for the cake. Top with white frosting and candy-coasted chocolate eggs.
13. Bunny Crostini
Put an Easter twist on this classic appetizer that’s perfect for the holiday. You’ll need baguette slices, pesto, slices of fresh mozzarella for the bunny’s body, black sesame seeds for the eyes and nose, cherry tomato for the heart, and a basil leaf for the bunny’s tail.
14. Sheep Cheese Balls
If you’re looking for appetizer Easter food ideas, these sheep cheese balls are perfect – and adorable. The cheese ball mixture consists of cream cheese, mayo and a bunch of other cheeses. To make your cheese balls look like sheep, you’ll need shredded mozzarella, olives and eggplant.
15. Nutella-filled Piggy Buns
The perfect cross between a dinner roll and brioche, these Nutella-filled piggy buns are made from scratch with plain flour, caster sugar, salt, milk, yeast, eggs, butter and a ton of Nutella.
Baking time is 12 – 15 minutes, but prep will take some more time.
16. Fruit Skewers
Skewers, Peeps and a fine selection of cut fruit are all you need to make this edible centerpiece. You can add any fruit that you wish, but a few options that work well are green grapes, watermelon and pineapple.
17. Easter Bunny Bread Bowl
How cute are these bread bowls? You almost feel bad eating them, although they’re tasty. A fresh bread roll and bread bowl that is still soft is ideal. You’ll need your favorite soup, a few chocolate chips for the bunny eyes, pink candy for the nose and a few more items to make this bread bowl.
18. Easter Gnome Cookies
If you have a bit of time to spend on making cookies, you’ll love these little gnome cookie options. You’ll need sugar cookie dough, white frosting, bunny ears (candy, of course), strawberries, pastel candies, chocolate and a few other items to make these adorable cookies that look almost too cute to eat.
19. Easter Trifle
I bet you didn’t think a trifle would make it into this Easter food ideas list, but here it is. You’ll use blue and pink food coloring, Cool Whip, milk, rainbow chip cake mix, vanilla and some Easter egg candies.
And don’t forget the edible grass (get it from Amazon here).
20. Peeps Easter Sugar Cookie Bars
In less than 30 minutes, you’ll have the perfect dessert. You can make everything from scratch, but this recipe includes a lot of ready-made items, such as refrigerated sugar cookie dough, white frosting, mini Robin’s eggs, edible Easter grass and Peeps.
And don’t forget the food coloring to make this dessert really stand out.
21. Mini Nests
Nests are a popular choice for Easter food items, and it’s turned into an obsession at this point. Prep and cook time is just under 90 minutes, but you’ll need to let them cook for around an hour. Plan for 2 hours and about 30 minutes to make these.
You’ll make the nests out of a delightful Meringue and top them with Cadbury eggs and a lemon curd, which can both be purchased in the store.
22. Baby Chick Mini Cheese Balls for Easter
Mini cheese balls like these look so cute that I almost feel bad eating them. In 20 minutes, you’ll have little baby chick balls that you can munch on, and they only require a handful of items:
- Cream cheese
- Cheddar cheese (shredded to a fine consistency)
- Carrots and peppercorns
- Crackers
- Seasoning
23. Peeps Pudding S’more Pies
Pudding pie is one of my sinful joys in life, and it’s very simple to make when you buy the pie crust already made. You’ll be adding in pudding, which can be instant or homemade, and place Peeps in the middle.
If you want to give your little bunny a bit of food to eat, carrot candies will fit into the aesthetic perfectly.
24. No Bake Noodle Bird Nest Cookies
Skip the baking with these chow mein noodle bird nest cookies. You’ll use mini Cadbury eggs as your bird eggs, and you’ll need a few other ingredients:
- Chocolate candy melts
- Peanut butter
- Chow Mein noodles
You’ll melt the chocolate and peanut butter together in the microwave, combine all of your ingredients – minus the eggs – and then coat the noodles to make a nest. In less than 20 minutes, you’ll be done.
25. Chocolate Bird Nest Cookies
Coconut and chocolate mixed together is a divine match, and if you love these flavors as much as I do, you’re going to adore these cookies. Baking them requires only 12 – 15 minutes at 350°F, but decorating will take time.
Why?
You’ll be using royal icing, food coloring and 36 – you read that right – mini candy eggs.
26. Easter Dirt Cake
Oreo cookies, Cool Whip, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and a handful of other ingredients are all you need to make a delectable Easter Dirt Cake. If you’ve never had dirt before, it’s a very rich and sweet dessert that takes all of 15 minutes to make.
And the Peeps instantly transform this recipe into an Easter favorite.
27. Easter Cheesecake Cookies
Here’s the Easter version of our favorite chocolate chip cookies. They look amazing with pastel-colored M&M’s; your guests are going to love them!
28. Easter Sugar Cookies
Easter sugar cookies are always a hit! They look beautiful and delicious, and the possibilities are endless. Just make basic butter cookies, cut them into your desired shapes, and cover them with cookie icing, which you can easily find at Walmart, like this one.
Here is another sweet sugar cookie ideas I like:
30. Easter Cupcakes
Last but not least, Easter cupcakes! Check out this cool pin featuring 12 stunning cupcake decoration ideas, truly inspiring. You can create decorations with mini Easter eggs, Peeps, whipped cream, or any candies you like. Feel free to mix and match ideas to create a variety of decorations for each cupcake. Whether sweet or savory, your guests are sure to love them!
Happy Easter!
