Easter is a time for family, fun, and delicious treats! Nothing brings more joy to the holiday than a batch of homemade cookies decorated in bright spring colors and festive shapes. In this roundup, we’ve put together some easy colorful Easter cookie recipes to make your celebration extra sweet.
From Bird Nest Cookies, Bunny Butt Cookies, and Easter Thumbprint Cookies to Bunny Paw Cookies and Nutter Butter Chicks Easter Cookies, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
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Tips on How To Make Easter Cookies
- Choose the Right Recipe: Go for cookies that fit your occasion—soft sugar cookies for decorating, chocolate nests for a no-bake option, or pastel macarons for an elegant touch.
- Chill Your Dough: For cut-out cookies, chilling the dough helps keep shapes crisp and prevents spreading in the oven.
- Use Quality Ingredients: Fresh butter, high-quality vanilla extract, and good chocolate make a big difference in flavor.
- Get Creative with Decorations: Use pastel icing, sprinkles, edible glitter, and fun cookie cutters to bring Easter magic to your treats.
- Make It a Family Activity: Let kids help with rolling, cutting, and decorating—Easter cookies are meant to be fun and festive!
- Keep It Simple: Not every cookie needs intricate designs. Sometimes, a drizzle of white chocolate or a dusting of powdered sugar is all you need for a beautiful treat.
30 Easter Cookie Recipes
This fun Easter cookie recipe roundup features some classics and some creative but ALL delicious. You’ll find simple cut-out cookies perfect for decorating with the kids, soft and chewy options, and even no-bake treats for a quick and effortless dessert!
1. Easter Bunny Butt Cookies
Adorable Easter Bunny Butt Cookies make a super cute Easter dessert that both kids and adults will love. Make these fun Easter cookies with this from-scratch recipe or buy sugar cookie dough and ready-made icing to save time.
Not only are they cute but they taste amazing, too. Imagine the looks on your kids’ faces when you give them cookies that look like bunny butts!
Get the full recipe from: Crayons and Cravings
2. Easter Bunny Circus Animal Cookies
These DIY homemade Easter Bunny Circus Animal Cookies put a cute holiday spin on a classic favorite! They make a great Easter dessert idea or fun classroom treat for the kiddos. These cute cookies are also perfect for a post-Easter egg hunt with family and friends!
Get the full recipe from: Happiness is Homemade
3. Birds Nest Cookies
Birds Nest Cookies are an easy no-bake Easter treat made in just 20 minutes with only four simple ingredients: chow mein noodles, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and mini egg candies.
They taste like crispy, chocolatey perfection! These adorable no-bake Easter cookies look like colorful bird eggs in a nest and will make a bright and festive addition to any Easter dessert spread.
Get the full recipe from: Crayons and Cravings
4. Easter Bunny Sugar Cookie Recipe
Shaped like bunnies and frosted in different colors, these Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies even have a little tail detail! By using an easy recipe and icing them afterward, you get something beautiful to add to your Easter table.
This Easter bunny cookie recipe is easy to make and they are so cute! It’s definitely one to try if you are looking for a recipe for Easter sugar cookies.
Get the full recipe from: Xoxo Bella
5. No-Bake Bunny Print Cookies
These Bunny Print Cookies are so cute and they’re a perfect treat for Easter. Whether you want to make something for the kids or make them with the kids, it’s an easy no-bake recipe.
These Easter cookies are nothing less than adorable! A batch of sugar cookies plus six other ingredients equals simple, fun-to-decorate, no-bake bunny print cookies.
Get the full recipe from: Xoxo Bella
6. Easter Egg Cookies
Easter Egg Cookies are festive, decorative treats. Often made from sugar cookie or shortbread dough, they’re shaped like Easter eggs and decorated with colorful icing, sprinkles, or edible glitter.
They are a homemade (or store-bought) dessert during the Easter season. Enjoyed by both children and adults, they make a fun, delicious way to celebrate the holiday.
Get the full recipe from: In The Kid’s Kitchen
7. Italian Easter Cookies
These festive Easter holiday cookies may soon become an annual tradition. Italian Easter Cookies are cake-like, buttery, soft, and lightly sweetened sugar cookies frosted with a decadent almond glaze and topped with colorful sprinkles.
Becoming a new tradition would be fitting. Not only do they taste delicious but they also are beautiful with their pastel glaze and Easter sprinkles.
Get the full recipe from: Simply Stacie
8. Easter M and M Cookies
These soft and chewy Easter M&M cookies are melt-in-your-mouth goodness you’ll want to bake many times over. Delicious and easy, they’re a treat you and your family will happily devour.
Super easy to make, these cookies are great for both seasoned and new bakers alike. You’ll impress your family and friends with their soft, pretty, delicate look.
Get the full recipe from: Food n Service
9. Easter Sugar Cookies with Jelly Beans
These Easter Sugar Cookies with Jelly Beans are very simple to make. They’re super adorable and will add a little happiness to the faces of everyone who embarks on the experience!.
The sugar crystals they are rolled in help to create a bit of texture and a sweetened crunch when you bite into them.
Get the full recipe from: Food n Service
10. Bunny Butt Cookies
Bunny Butt Cookies are perfect for Easter! The circle-shaped sugar cookies are iced to make bunny butts and feet while mini marshmallows star as the tails.
You’ll want to make these quickly After all, the quicker made, the faster you get to eat the cookies! They are yummy, creative, and just so darn adorable. And those mini marshmallows though… the cutest, little bunny cotton tails!
Get the full recipe from: If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen
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11. Easter Mini Egg Cookies
These sweet Easter Egg Mini Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Perfect for Easter or spring these buttery cookies, made with mini Cadbury eggs, are so pretty, and will disappear faster than the Easter Bunny can hop!
This is a fun cookie to make with the kids as they love adding the colorful Easter candy. It’s actually a fun recipe to make with the whole family.
Get the full recipe from: On My Kid’s Plate
12. Easter Sugar Cookies (Sandwich Cookies Recipe)
These Easter Sugar Sandwich Cookies are colorful, festive, and fun to make and eat. Two sugar cookies stuffed with buttercream frosting are quite simply…irresistible!
Whether you’re hosting an Easter Sunday gathering or simply want to indulge in some baking fun, these cookies will add sweetness to your springtime festivities.
Get the full recipe from: This Silly Girl’s Kitchen
13. Easy Easter Bunny Cookies Recipe
These Bunny Cookies are a yummy journey into the heart of Easter traditions, combining the fun of Easter bunnies with the deliciousness of homemade cookies.
Whether you’re filling Easter baskets or looking for the perfect Easter treat, these Easter Bunny Cookies, with their soft texture and adorable look, are what you’ve been searching for.
Get the full recipe from: This Silly Girl’s Kitchen
14. Spring and Easter Thumbprint Cookies
These Spring and Easter Thumbprint Cookies are both festive and delicious. A soft, chewy cookie baked is topped with pretty spring and Easter sprinkles, and the thumbprint center is filled with pretty pastel candy melts!
These cookies are especially great to make because they’re easy and have such a festive springtime look.
Get the full recipe from: Pam’s Daily Dish
15. Gluten-Free Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
Everyone will love these easy Gluten-Free Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies! They’re vegan, allergy-free, kid-friendly, and an adorable Easter treat. Fun to decorate and customize, this cut-out sugar cookie recipe is a healthier dessert for all your holiday guests.
After these gluten-free sugar cookies are baked, kids can customize them with colorful icing, sprinkles, and decorations. It’s just like decorating Easter eggs but 100% tastier!
Get the full recipe from: Strength and Sunshine
16. Bunny Paw Cookies
The kids will get a kick out of these Easter Bunny Paw Cookies! They’re made with a tasty, soft sugar cookie dough shaped into bunny feet and filled with delicious pink icing.
These cookies are a fun Easter treat to make with kids and to serve on your Easter dessert table. Start a family tradition and leave a few bunny paw cookies for the hungry Easter Bunny as he comes to fill the Easter basket!
Get the full recipe from: My Mini Chefs
17. Four Ingredient Easter Cookies
These easy Easter Cookies are so good – fluffy and soft with bits of toffee. What’s more, the best thing this cookie is made with just four ingredients!
These are not only delicious but are also incredibly easy to make. No need to get a bunch of baking ingredients together, these will be ready to bake in no time. Older kids can make these too with supervision.
Get the full recipe from: Organized Island
18. Easter Egg Butter Cookies
This Easy Easter Egg Butter Cookies recipe is made with basic ingredients from your kitchen pantry and refrigerator. It’s a buttery cookie cut into shapes and topped with an easy confectioners’ sugar glaze and topped with your favorite sprinkles!
Perfect for your Easter celebration, bake a batch and let the festivities begin!
Get the full recipe from: Swirls of Flavor
19. Easter Fondant Cookies
Have you ever wondered how to make fondant-decorated cookies? It’s easier than you think and these Easter Fondant Cookies are a great way to try out your skills.
This is a great decorating recipe for kids to participate in too. Fondant allows for a clean, polished look making these cookies a popular choice for festive gifts, dessert tables, or holiday baking activities.
Get the full recipe from: Organized Island
20. Fun and Easy Easter Sugar Cookies
Easter is the perfect time to get in the kitchen and spend it with some cute company. Why not jazz up your Easter party with these fun Easter Sugar Cookies? They’re easy, taste amazing, and make a wonderful gift or centerpiece.
These cookies can be made in colorful, fun designs. Featuring a super tasty icing, they have a fragrant buttery, almond flavor in every bite.
Get the full recipe from: Sweet and Savory Morsels
21. Cadbury Mini Egg Cookies
Cadbury mini egg cookies combine our favorite Easter candy with white chocolate chunks in big chewy cookies. What a wonderful way to make your spring cookies cutter and even more tasty.
Not only are they so super cute, but they taste amazing too. This cookie dough is super simple to make. Plus it is a smaller batch of big cookies, so you aren’t stuck with dozens and dozens of cookies.
Get the full recipe from: Cooking with Carlee
22. Bunny Cookies (Easter Sugar Cookies)
Get ready to bake up some smiles with our Bunny Cookies. These sugar cookies are not only a culinary delight but also a work of art with their cute bunny shapes and colorful glaze.
Ideal for brightening up birthdays or baby showers, these cookies are both a sweet Easter and a charming addition to any other occasion. Soft on the inside and light golden brown on the outside, this is the best sugar cookie recipe!
Get the full recipe from: Yum in the Kitchen
23. Bird’s Nest Cookies
This version of Bird’s Nest Cookies is an easy, 3-ingredient no-bake Easter treat. It’s a quick recipe made with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and chow mein noodles. Top the cookies with mini candy eggs for a fun and festive Easter dessert!
A kid-friendly recipe, the cookies are a quick and easy treat kids can help make. This is the perfect recipe for getting in the kitchen to spend time together as a family!
Get the full recipe from: I Heart Eating
24. Peeps Bunny Cookies
Peeps Bunny Cookies are the perfect Easter treat and look exactly like the Peeps marshmallows! It’s a sugar cookie base, topped with buttercream, decorative sugar, chocolate eyes, and noses.
Peeps cookies are surprisingly easy to make and very customizable. The recipe features a cut-out sugar cookie recipe with a no-chill option as well as a gluten-free option. Win-win!
Get the full recipe from: The First Year Blog
25. Easter Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies
Easter M&M Cookies are soft cookies that can be made from scratch in less than 20 minutes. Clearly, these Easter cookies are easy to make – no mixer, no chilling required!
So, whether you’re looking for a quick Easter dessert or a great way to use leftover Easter candy, these M&M cookies are sure to please!
Get the full recipe from: I Heart Eating
26. No Bake Birds Nest Cookies
This version of No-Bake Bird’s Nest Cookies is an Easter take on the classic no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies made with quick oats. Formed into nests and then topped with candy eggs, it’s an easy Easter-themed treat!
A bird’s nest recipe with the cutest little nests makes an adorable addition to your holiday table on Easter Sunday.
Get the full recipe from: The First Year Blog
27. Nutter Butter Chicks Easter Cookies
Nutter Butter Chicks Easter Cookies are an easy treat kids can help make. Look how irresistibly cute they are! And of course, they taste amazing too — creamy peanut butter cookies wrapped in smooth white chocolate.
Oh, and they’re easy. No baking is required! Nutter Butter Chicks Cookies are an easy Easter recipe that’s perfect for celebrating.
Get the full recipe from: The Soccer Mom Blog
28. No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Birds Nest Cookies
No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Birds Nest Cookies are a fun Easter treat made with marshmallow and cocoa pebbles for the nest, peanut butter for the filling, and mini eggs for the final touch. These bird’s nest cookies are a must-make this year!
These nests are a perfectly portioned, fun treat for your guests to enjoy on the Easter holiday table!
Get the full recipe from: Persnickety Plates
29. Easter Sandwich Cookies
These festive Easter Sandwich Cookies are baked in a delightful array of pastel colors and sandwiched with creamy frosting. They’re made with one batch of dough!
These are BIG cookie sandwiches like you’d find at a fancy bakery. They’re perfect for livening up the Easter table or for gifting to family and friends for the occasion.
Get the full recipe from: The Soccer Mom Blog
30. Circus Animal Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies
Cookies are a must-have for any Easter celebration and these Circus Animal Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies are sure to be a hit! They’re fun, colorful, and taste great too. Plus, they’re easy to make which is perfect for a busy holiday weekend. What’s not to love about easy, yummy, cute, and decorative?
Get the full recipe from: Sweet and Savory Morsels
FAQs for Easter Cookie Recipes
Once the icing is completely dry, store the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container. If stacking, separate layers with parchment paper to prevent smudging.
Yes! Many cookies can be baked a few days in advance and stored in an airtight container. You can also freeze cookie dough and bake fresh when needed.
Use pastel food coloring in your icing, roll dough in colored sugar, or top with Easter sprinkles. You can also pipe designs like flowers, bunny faces, or Easter eggs.
Yes! Freeze already-baked cookies for up to 3 months in an airtight container. For decorated cookies, freeze before icing or let the icing dry completely before stacking with parchment paper between each one.
Absolutely! If you’re short on time, pre-made sugar cookie dough works great. Just roll it out, use festive cookie cutters, and decorate as you like.
Conclusion
Easter is a great time to have fun in the kitchen as baking is even better when shared. So, invite family or friends to join in. Get creative with flavors, decorations, and colors to make each batch unique. Time to grab your apron, turn on the oven, and start baking sweet Easter memories!
