Easter Recipes

Are you wondering what to serve on Easter? Here are 80 favorite Easter dishes from Easter Breakfast and Brunch to Easter Side Dishes to Easter Dinner Recipes to Easter Dessert Recipes. I have you covered!

Easter Brunch and Breakfast

Easter Sunday brunch is one of our favorite family traditions! That Sunday morning can be slow, focused on food and family. I put together all of the BEST recipes so that you can plan the perfect Easter brunch menu! Watch out for my recipes that can be made the night before, they really help to simplify the morning such as my Egg Casserole and French Toast Casserole.

Goldie’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Overnight Creme Brûlée French Toast

Homemade Orange Rolls

Homemade Crepes

• Goldie’s Best Buttermilk Pancakes: This is the only pancake recipe you will ever need. Tender texture, light and fluffy, they’ll melt in your mouth!
• Creme Brûlée French Toast: An easy overnight french toast with thick bread in a buttery sugar glaze and soaked with a sweet custard.
• Orange Rolls: Sweet homemade orange rolls with fresh orange zest and topped with an orange cream cheese frosting
• Homemade crepes: An easy recipe made with simple ingredients — milk, flour, eggs, sugar, water, and butter. Simple 6-ingredient crepe recipe

Sweet Cream Ricotta Pancakes

Raspberry Sweet Rolls

Bacon Egg and Cheese Casserole

Greek Yogurt Lemon Bread

• Sweet Cream Ricotta Pancakes: These are the perfect texture! A cross between a light and fluffy pancake and a creamy crepe
• Raspberry Sweet Rolls: These sweet rolls are filled with frozen raspberries and sugar and topped with a homemade cream cheese icing.
• Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Casserole: This savory breakfast can be made the night before! Loaded with potatoes, eggs, cheese, and bacon. Delicious!
• Greek Yogurt Lemon Bread: Moist, soft, and fluffy lemon bread with a hint of tang and zest! The perfect loaf!

Buttermilk Waffles

Strawberries and Cream Stuffed French Toast

Baked French Toast Casserole

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

• Mama Driggs Famous Buttermilk Waffles: Fresh buttermilk waffles with crispy edges and chewy centers make the perfect Easter (or everyday) breakfast!
• Strawberries and Cream Stuffed French Toast: A sweet strawberry cream cheese filling in between brioche dipped in a rich custard batter.
• Baked French Toast: Challah bread soaked in a rich sweet custard with sweet cream cheese and topped with a brown sugar streusel topping
• Lemon Ricotta Pancakes: Creamy, fluffy lemon ricotta pancakes made with fresh ricotta, buttermilk, fresh lemon zest, and juice.

Dutch Baby Pancake

Best French Toast Recipe

Vanilla French Toast

Sheet Pan French Toast

• Dutch Baby Puff Pancake: A baked vanilla custard-like pancake that miraculously puffs up when baked in the oven. It has a creamy souffle texture and makes whipping up breakfast on the weekend so easy!
• Best French Toast Recipe: I am sharing all of the secrets for making the best french toast.
• Vanilla French Toast: Sweet brioche bread dipped in a homemade custard batter and cooked until golden brown. Served with fresh berries, maple syrup, and whipped cream.
• Sheet Pan French Toast: Easy Sheet Pan French Toast is made by dipping the bread into a custard batter and baking it on a sheet pan in the oven.

Coffee Cake

Easy Almond Croissants

Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes (in a muffin tin)

Best Banana Bread Recipe

• Coffee Cake: A buttery cake layered with a brown sugar cinnamon layer and topped with a streusel topping and a sweet glaze.
• Easy Almond Croissants: You can make these bakery-style almond croissants in 25 minutes!
• Mini Dutch Baby Pancakes: These easy, golden and buttery mini muffin tin puffed pancakes are perfect to serve to family and friends.
• Best Banana Bread: Moist, tender, flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth banana bread, this is the best banana bread recipe!

I also shared how to make a beautiful Easter Brunch Spread with recipe ideas, tablescapes, florals, and more.

Dinners and Side Dishes

Whether you want the traditional Easter dinner or are just looking for some Easter meal ideas, I’ve got you covered! The fun thing about Easter dinner is that there are plenty of side dishes that can be out on the table, and there are really no strict rules. We mix it up a bit each year! Here are some easy Easter dinner ideas, or some side dishes for you to try out this year. Don’t miss the pretty spring charcuterie board, it’s seriously the PERFECT appetizer as you’re waiting to dive into the main meal!

Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin

Gulliver’s Creamed Corn

Honey Butter Glazed Carrots

Green Beans with Almonds and Caramelized Onions

• Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin: Homemade cheesy scalloped potatoes with a rich cream sauce and melted cheddar cheese. The perfect potato side dish!
• Gulliver’s Creamed Corn: Creamed Corn is made with corn, fresh cream, butter, parmesan cheese, and salt. It’s always a hit!
• Honey Glazed Carrots: These roasted carrots are made with butter, honey, salt, and a touch of fresh lemon zest.
• Green Beans with Almonds and Caramelized Onions: Light and fresh green beans with lemon zest, and crunchy almonds.

Homemade Crescent Rolls

Knotted Rolls

The Best Homemade Dinner Rolls

Best Parker House Rolls

• Crescent Rolls: The most perfect buttery, light, and fluffy homemade roll recipe. Easy homemade rolls made from scratch!
• Knotted Rolls: Buttery, fluffy homemade rolls tied in knot and brushed with butter. The perfect knotted rolls recipe!
• Homemade Dinner Rolls: These homemade rolls are made with only 8 ingredients and are so easy, light, and fluffy!
• Best Parker House Rolls: How to make the famous Boston Parker House Rolls with a secret ingredient.

Homemade Garlic Butter Rolls

Homemade Bakery French Bread

• Homemade Garlic Butter Rolls: Made from scratch, fluffy homemade pull-apart rolls slathered in garlic herb butter.
• Homemade Bakery French Bread: Light, fluffy, and delicious. Kids can even make this bread. For real. It’s that easy!

Spinach Berry Salad with Sweet Poppy Seed Dressing

Chopped Salad with Creamy Basil Dressing

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

Berry Candied Pecan Salad with Lemon Vanilla Bean Dressing

• Spinach Berry Salad with Sweet Poppyseed Dressing: Fresh spinach with berries, red onion, feta cheese, almonds, and a homemade dressing.
• Chopped Salad: Fresh arugula, dried cranberries, crunchy red peppers, feta cheese, sweet corn, and couscous tossed with a creamy basil dressing.
• Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing: Spinach, strawberries, feta cheese, crispy bacon, walnuts, and red onion in a poppyseed dressing.
• Berry Candied Pecan Salad with Lemon Vanilla Bean Dressing: Fresh berries, goat cheese, and candied pecans all tossed with a tangy sweet dressing.

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Homemade Green Bean Casserole

Sweet Potato Brown Sugar Pecan Bake

• Creamy Cheesy Brussels Sprouts with Bacon: Roasted brussel sprouts with crispy bacon, a creamy sauce, and melted cheese.
• Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes: These cheesy scalloped potatoes with cheese are the perfect creamy potato side dish.
• Smashed Potatoes: Petite potatoes topped with olive oil, salted butter, and baked until crispy and topped with a garlic cheddar sour cream dip.
• Homemade Green Bean Casserole: A homemade green bean casserole made from scratch with a creamy sauce and crispy fried onions
• Sweet Potato Pecan Bake: A sweet potato soufflé topped with a brown sugar pecan praline crumble.

Deviled Eggs

Spring Charcuterie Board

Crudite Platter (Veggie Tray with Dips)

Creamed Corn with Bacon

• Deviled Eggs: These easy deviled eggs are made with hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle juice, and sprinkled with paprika.
• Spring Charcuterie Board: Fresh ripe fruits, creamy cheeses, cured meats, crackers, French baguette slices, honeycomb, macarons, and edible flowers.
• Crudite Platter: All of my favorite veggie dip recipes, what vegetables to put on a veggie tray, and how to arrange one.
• Creamed Corn with Bacon: This homemade creamed corn with crispy bacon is perfect and easy! The first vegetable side dish to be finished.

Summer Fruit Salad

Pimento Cheese Dip

Best Cold Spinach Dip

Fruit Dip

• Fruit Salad: A vibrant and colorful salad with a honey lime dressing. So fresh!
• Pimento Cheese Dip: It’s famous in the South for good reason. Made with cream cheese, mayonnaise, two types of cheddar cheeses, chopped pimentos, cayenne pepper, and a touch of salt.
• Cold Spinach Dip: This easy spinach dip is made with spinach, cream cheese, sour cream, ranch powder, and water chestnuts
• Fruit Dip: Creamy, fluffy fruit dip made with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, homemade whipped cream, and a touch of cherry juice.

Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Southwest Creamed Corn

Homemade Cheesy Garlic Biscuits

Loaded Mashed Potatoes

• Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes: Simple, foolproof, creamy classic mashed potatoes recipe. The best mashed potatoes that everyone will love!
• Southwest Creamed Corn: made with white corn, sautéed with jalapeños and onions, and cooked with heavy cream and pepper jack cheese
• Cheesy Garlic Biscuits: Light, fluffy, buttery homemade biscuits with cheddar cheese and garlic. These are the perfect homemade biscuit!
• Loaded Mashed Potatoes: Creamy buttery mashed potatoes with sour cream, cheddar cheese, crispy bacon, and green onions.

No Mayo Potato Salad (German Potato Salad)

BEST Broccoli Salad Recipe

Best Macaroni Salad

Loaded Potato Salad

• Not Yo Mama’s Potato Salad: A lighter, fresher potato salad recipe! Made with olive oil and vinegar, topped with bacon and green onion.
• Broccoli Salad: Crunchy broccoli salad with crispy bacon, sweet dried cranberries, onion, nuts, tossed in a sweet and tangy dressing.
• Macaroni Salad: The best creamy macaroni salad recipe made with pasta, vegetables, and a creamy homemade sweet and tangy dressing.
• Loaded Potato Salad: The perfect baked potato salad recipe is perfect for your next party, potluck, or as a BBQ side dish.

Best Potato Salad

Italian Pasta Salad

Pesto Caprese Salad

Greek Salad

Best Potato Salad: This is hands down the best potato salad recipe! I am sharing all of the tips and tricks for making the perfect potato salad.

Italian Pasta Salad: Best Italian pasta salad with Italian meats, cheese, pasta, and vegetables, all tossed with a homemade creamy red wine vinaigrette

Pesto Caprese Salad: Fresh cherry or grape tomatoes, vibrant pesto sauce, creamy fresh mozzarella balls, extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic glaze, basil, and spices.

Greek Salad: This simple Greek Salad is made with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, kalamata olives, feta cheese, and all tossed with a homemade tangy Greek dressing.

Easy Mac and Cheese Recipe

The Best Moist Cornbread Recipe

Cheesy Garlic Monkey Bread

Brown Sugar Bacon Green Beans

• Easy Mac and Cheese: All of the tips and tricks for making a velvety cheese sauce that is completely smooth.
• Best Moist Cornbread: this cornbread is perfectly moist, tender, and full of sweet corn flavor.
• Cheesy Garlic Monkey Bread: uses Rhodes frozen dinner rolls, making it super convenient and easy to prepare.
• Brown Sugar Bacon Green Beans: sweet and savory twist to traditional green beans with the addition of bacon, onions, and a buttery brown sugar glaze.

Easter Desserts

Here are all of my fun Easter dessert ideas! We LOVE having Easter cakes (it’s fun to decorate them with flowers and beautiful colors!), Easter cheesecakes, or any other easy Easter dessert! I’ve included plenty of fruity and fresh sweets that everybody will love. Plus, there are more traditional Easter desserts such as carrot cake or easy coconut cream pie. You really can’t go wrong!

Coconut Cake

Carrot Cake Blondies

Lemon Cream Pie

Fresh Fruit Tart with Vanilla Pastry Cream

• Coconut Cake: A moist, light, and fluffy coconut cake with sweet cream cheese frosting.
• Carrot Cake Blondies Bars: These are soft and chewy (they have almost a brownie-like texture) and topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting!
• Lemon Cream Pie: A simple creamy lemon cream pie with fresh lemon zest in a buttery graham cracker crust with sweetened whipped cream
• Fruit Tart with Vanilla Cream: This French fruit tart is made with a flaky, buttery pie crust, filled with homemade vanilla bean pastry cream, and topped with fresh fruit.

Lemon Brownies

Key Lime Cake

Chocolate Cadbury Egg Cookies

Easy Banana Cream Pie

• Lemon Brownies: Fresh lemon flavor paired with butter for richness and just the right amount of sweetness to balance out the tangy lemon in a chewy bar!
• Key Lime Cake: Moist key lime cake with sweet cream cheese frosting. A light and fluffy citrus lime cake with the perfect lime buttercream frosting!
• Cadbury Egg Cookies: Soft and chewy centers with crispy edges. Filled with mini Cadbury eggs and white chocolate chips. A perfect Easter cookie!
• Banana Cream Pie: Creamy sweet vanilla filling with fresh bananas and handcrafted whipped cream in a buttery pie crust.

Hummingbird Cake

Key Lime Cookies with Coconut Lime Frosting

Lemon Bars

Citrus Sheet Cake

• Hummingbird Cake: This moist cake is made with pineapple, bananas, pecans, and a sweet cream cheese frosting. A classic Southern dessert!
• Frosted Coconut Lime Cookies: Chewy lime cookies with creamy coconut lime frosting. It’s a fresh and unique cookie that’s perfect for spring time!
• Lemon Bars: Sweet and tangy lemon curd filling on a homemade buttery shortbread crust sprinkled with powdered sugar.
• Citrus Sheet Cake: made with fresh-squeezed orange, lemon, and lime juices in a moist, fluffy cake and topped with silky cream cheese frosting.

Pavlova

Raspberry Cream Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

Lemon Blueberry Cake

White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Pavlova: A stunning and elegant dessert with a crisp, crunchy outer shell with a soft, marshmallow-like center and topped with fresh whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Raspberry Cream Pie: This no-bake cheesecake with fresh raspberry sauce and whipped cream is a raspberry lover’s dream.

Lemon Blueberry Cake: This moist, tender lemon cake with fresh blueberries and frosted with homemade lemon cream cheese frosting.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies: White chocolate cookies with freeze dried raspberries.

Ambrosia Salad

Strawberry Cream Crunch Cake

Lemon Cupcakes

Passion Fruit Pie

• Ambrosia Salad: A classic and nostalgic dessert (or side dish!) made with tropical fruits, marshmallows, and whipped cream.
• Strawberry Cream Crunch Cake: strawberry cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk after baking and topped with whipped cream, fresh strawberries, and crushed golden Oreos for crunch.
• Lemon Cupcakes: Light, fluffy homemade lemon cupcakes with fresh lemon frosting are the perfect dessert for lemon lovers.
• Passion Fruit Pie: Made with a graham cracker crust, creamy passion fruit custard filling, and topped with billowy sweet whipped cream.

The Best Carrot Cake Recipe

Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

Lemon Sugar Cookies

Coconut Cupcakes

• The Best Carrot Cake Recipe: A moist, tender carrot cake covered in a sweet cream cheese frosting. The perfect carrot cake recipe!
• Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart: Made with a buttery tart crust, sweet vanilla cream cheese filling, and fresh strawberries with a shiny glaze
• Lemon Sugar Cookies: A light and fresh lemon cookie that’s soft, chewy, and sweet. It’s the best lemon sugar cookie!
• Coconut Cupcakes: Flavorful and sweet coconut cupcakes with a tangy cream cheese frosting and shredded coconut flakes.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Key Lime Pie

Vanilla Cheesecake

French Macarons

• Lemon Olive Oil Cake: A melt-in-your-mouth lemon cake that’s not only super tender, fluffy, and moist but has a heavenly fresh lemon flavor as well.
• Key Lime Pie: The best creamy key lime pie in a buttery graham cracker crust with fresh sweetened whipped cream.
• Vanilla Cheesecake: How to make the creamiest, dreamiest, richest vanilla cheesecake with a buttery graham cracker crust
• French Macarons: Macarons can be intimidating, but this recipe is a simple step by step guide to help you get beautiful and delicious macarons!

Berry Chantilly Cake

Lemon Bundt Cake

RubySnap Judy Orange Cream Cookies

Strawberry Shortcake

• Berry Chantilly Cake: Homemade moist yellow cake layered with fluffy cream cheese whipped cream frosting and fresh berries.
• Lemon Bundt Cake: Moist, flavorful lemon bundt cake with a fresh cream cheese lemon glaze. Tips and tricks for making the perfect lemon bundt cake.
• Orange Cream Cookies: A zesty orange cookie (with a touch of sour cream!) topped with a sweet orange cream cheese frosting.
• Strawberry Shortcake: The best strawberry shortcake with homemade sweet biscuits, sliced strawberries, and sweetened whipped cream.

Lemon Raspberry Cake

Easy Coconut Cream Pie

Best Vanilla Cake Recipe

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

• Lemon Raspberry Cake: A light and fluffy lemon cake with fresh raspberries and a lemon cream cheese frosting. A sweet and tangy lemon berry cake!
• Easy Coconut Cream Pie: Made with pudding mix, sweetened condensed milk, whipped cream, and sweetened shredded coconut
• Vanilla Cake: The best homemade vanilla cake recipe with vanilla bean buttercream frosting.
• Lemon Crinkle Cookies: Soft chewy lemon cookies with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract to give them the extra lemon tang

Lemon Cream Filled Fruit Tart

Best Orange Cake

Italian Lemon Cupcakes with Sweet Ricotta Cream

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

• Lemon Cream Filled Fruit Tart: Homemade buttery crust with a lemon cream and topped with berries, mangoes, peaches, and any other fruit you want!
• Orange Cake: A moist, tender fresh orange cake with a sweet orange cream cheese frosting. The BEST orange cake!
• Lemon Cupcakes with Ricotta Cream: a light, moist cake, bursting with fresh squeezed lemon juice and topped with a sweet ricotta cream cheese frosting.
• Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie: A buttery cookie crust with a sweet cream cheese filling and topped with glazed strawberries.

Vanilla Panna Cotta (classic Italian no-bake dessert)

Easter Cadbury Mini Egg Blondies

Lemon White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding Recipe

• Panna Cotta: A silky smooth, creamy vanilla bean dessert made with cream, sugar, gelatin, and vanilla beans. An Italian favorite dessert!
• Easter Cadbury Mini Egg Blondies: Chewy milk chocolate chip cookie bars filled with mini Cadbury eggs. The cutest colors plus it’s super easy to make!
• Lemon White Chocolate Chip Cookies: Chewy citrus lemon sugar cookies with sweet white chocolate chips.
• Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding: This iconic NYC Bakery is known for its famous banana pudding, and it makes the perfect Easter treat!

No Bake Cheesecake (with sweetened condensed milk)

Frosted Strawberries and Cream Cookies

Orange Olive Oil Cake

Coconut Poke Cake

• No Bake Cheesecake: If you want an effortless dessert that is easy to whip up and always a crowd pleaser.
• Strawberries and Cream Cookies: Buttery sugar cookies topped with velvety smooth, sweet cream cheese frosting and topped with fresh strawberries.
• Orange Olive Oil Cake: The cake is moist, tender, and pairs beautifully with fresh whipped cream and orange curd.
• Coconut Poke Cake: Basically a coconut tres leches cake and is absolutely heavenly.

I hope that this helps! Let me know what you end up making, I love hearing from you. Happy Easter!