Need menu inspiration for your Easter celebration? With classics like hot cross buns, glazed ham, and carrot cake– here’s a selection of trusted 20+ Easter Recipes to guarantee your best-ever brunch or dinner!

Whether you are hosting a brunch or a pull-out-all-the-stops Easter dinner, you’re sure to find inspiration here. This collection of fabulous springtime recipes includes it all: drinks, appetizers, breads, main dishes, sides, and desserts!

1
Bellini drink in a champagne flute with a wedge of fresh peach.

Peach Bellinis

Welcome your guests with a glass of peachy perfection! This simple cocktail is a perfect way to kick off your celebration.
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2
Strawberry Orange Blossom Sparkler

Strawberry Orange Blossom Sparkler

This special mocktail is for the teetotalers and the kids! Toast the holiday with this delicious flavor combination!
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3
Pigs in a blanket on a plate with honey mustard dip.

Pigs in a Blanket

So snackable! Mini hot dogs wrapped in flaky puff pastry, served with a sweet & tangy honey mustard dipping sauce!
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4
Basket of cheese puffs with glasses of wine in the background.

Cheese Puffs

Also known as “gougeres,” they’re light as air and so savory!
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5
Scooping crab dip from a bowl with a cracker.

Chilled Crab Dip

With a creamy layer on the bottom and a tangy, slightly spicy layer of cocktail sauce on top. These two elements together are like fireworks in your mouth!
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6
orange rolls in a white baking dish topped with cream cheese icing.

Orange Sweet Rolls

These orange sweet rolls are soft, fluffy, and bursting with orange citrus flavor in every bite! Topped with a thick layer of tangy cream cheese frosting.
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7
Slice of breakfast casserole on a vintage plate with a pink checked cloth.

Breakfast Casserole

This easy breakfast casserole recipe has everything in one dish! Eggs, potatoes, bacon, & cheese.
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8
Hot cross buns baked in a rectangular jadeite baking dish.

Hot Cross Buns

Light, fluffy, & slightly sweet, with lots of warm spice & dried fruit.
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9
Best ever basic granola recipe- this can be customized in a million different ways, but it's really amazing as-is too!

Homemade Granola

Big clusters of crunchy oats and almonds, lightly sweetened with honey and brown sugar, with just a hint of warm cinnamon.
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10
Baked french toast with powdered sugar in a blue casserole dish with a copper serving spoon

French Toast Casserole

French Toast Casserole: soft in the middle, crispy on the edges, with hints of maple, cinnamon, & vanilla. Make this easy recipe the night before!
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11
A slice of quiche Lorraine on a china plate with a green printed napkin.

Quiche Lorraine

Bakes up silky-smooth and creamy, with a flaky crust and plenty of smoky bacon, onion, & cheese.
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12
Freshly baked banana chocolate chip muffins in a pan.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Bake up so moist and soft! Tender as can be with lots of good banana flavor & melty chocolate!
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13
Lamb chops with an herb bread crumb coating, cooked to medium-rare.

Herb Encrusted Lamb Chops

This herb-encrusted lamb chops recipe is easy to make yet so special!
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14
Maple sage brown butter turkey on a platter with seasonal fruits surrounding it.

Roast Turkey

Cooks up so juicy, with a bronzed, crisp skin glazed with sweet maple and sage brown butter.
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15
Spiral sliced ham glazed with brown sugar and Dijon mustard and presented on a tray with seasonal fruits and herbs.

Glazed Ham

Making a glazed ham is so simple! All you need is this easy, 3-ingredient ham glaze recipe. It’s sticky-sweet & mouthwateringly delicious!
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16
Pineapple stuffing on a small white plate with a silver fork and a yellow printed napkin.

Pineapple Stuffing

Made with soft bread, sweet pineapple, butter, and eggs. It’ll be the highlight of your Easter!
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17
Glazed carrots on a rectangular white serving platter.

Glazed Carrots

Best glazed carrots recipe ever! Drizzled with a buttery orange sriracha glaze and sprinkled with goat cheese & pistachios.
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18
Homemade green bean casserole recipe, baked in a casserole dish and topped with French fried onions.

Green Bean Casserole

Made wholly from scratch, with fresh veg, creamy mushroom sauce, & addictively crispy French fried onions.
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19

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Easy to make, and bakes up so creamy and decadent. So good with ham dinner!
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20
Pineapple lime jello salad displayed on a cake pedestal.

Jello Salad

A fresh spin on a classic! This pineapple lime jello salad is made with all-natural ingredients. Light & airy, cool, creamy, & so delicious!
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21
Cake server removing a slice of triple-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, with a green plaid cloth below and fresh carrots in the background.

Carrot Cake

Moist and light, with just the right amount of spice. Filled and iced with a sweet and tangy frosting, for a classic combination that's perfect for spring!
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22
Easter Basket Cupcakes-- So cute and surprisingly simple to make. What a fun spring project to do with kids or grandkids!

Easter Basket Cupcakes

Make these adorable Easter Basket Cupcakes this Spring! Follow the easy video tutorial for a fun project to work on with your kids or grandkids.
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23

Pineapple Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Pineapple Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe: Simple to make and it bakes up so moist & velvety, with the loveliest tropical flavor!
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24
Tall slice of coconut cake on a pink plate with a gold fork.

Coconut Cake

A towering triple-layer beauty, filled and iced with fluffy, marshmallowy frosting and topped with mounds of sweet shredded coconut.
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25
Easter Egg Bread: a golden brown braided loaf with a pastel-colored egg nestled in the middle.

Easter Egg Bread

Soft, moist, and golden, with a buttery-sweet taste and a pastel-colored egg baked right inside!
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Reeses peanut butter eggs recipe prepared and presented on pastel paper packing material.

Peanut Butter Eggs

Try making your own homemade Reese’s peanut butter eggs! A fun kitchen project to do with kids. Nutty, crunchy, & chocolate-y!
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White Chocolate Funfetti Bark: this was so simple to make and came out so pretty! Perfect as a homemade Easter or Passover gift. food desserts chocolate #Ghirardelli #ad

Chocolate Bark

Learn the basics of making the easiest and most fun kind of homemade candy: chocolate bark!
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28
pile of coconut eggs with fresh flowers and a bowl of toasted coconut

Chocolate Covered Coconut Eggs

These chocolate covered eggs have a sweet coconut filling and make a delicious homemade treat for Easter!
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  • Allie is the creator and owner of Baking a Moment. She has been developing, photographing, videographing, and writing and sharing recipes here since 2012.

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