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The Best Homemade Easter Recipes

By Rebecca St.Clair

Food is a big part of most of our important holidays and these homemade easter recipes are perfect to indulge in! Not just your traditional chocolate eggs, Easter has so many delicious opportunities for amazing recipes to share with the ones you love!

So let’s get into the kitchen and make fun and festive treats for a holiday filled with family, food, and fun. There is sure to be something on this list perfect for any Easter occasions!

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Dreamy Easter Meringue Nests

Whimsical and elegant. These nest shaped French meringues have a glossy, delicate exterior and a sweet soft centre. Each topped with a rich chocolate and coconut mixture. Some fun mini chocolate eggs complete this fun Easter treat.

Traditional Hot Cross Buns

One of my favourite homemade Easter recipes and a traditional Easter treat! This hot cross bun recipe is full of warm spices and sweet sticky raisins. Baked to a deep golden perfection. A delicate sweet glaze encrusts the top of each bun, and a gleaming white cross shines through!

Easy Coconut Macaroons

Often served at Passover. These macaroons are leavened only with eggs and are gluten-free! Coconut macaroons are soft and tender on the inside with a toasty coconut outside. These perfect little bite-sized treats are so versatile and can be made with melted chocolate mixed in for an extra decadent Easter cookie.

Filled Easter Egg Chocolates

Quick and easy homemade Easter chocolates made with only 3 ingredients! These can be molded, dipped, or filled. Perfect for a homemade easter snack, when you need a little chocolate indulgence!

Vintage Carrot Cookies

Homemade soft and moist bakery style cookies. Full of warm spices, flecks of soft carrot, and little dots of sweet sticky raisins throughout! These cookies are packed with wholesome ingredients and are perfect to pack in Easter lunch boxes for all your little bunnies!

Wholesome Carrot Muffins

Soft and moist carrot muffins are packed with shredded carrots, warm cinnamon spice, and healthy flavourful mix-ins like nuts, coconut, and raisins! A fun grab-and-go Easter breakfast, or add cream cheese icing for a deliciously wholesome snack for all the bunnies in your house!

DIY Easter Egg Dye

Natural Easter egg dye is quick and easy to make at home using simple kitchen ingredients! This is a fun project to get the whole family involved in!

Sweetly Spiced French Toast Casserole

A rich, flavourful, and decadent sweet breakfast! This warm comforting meal is so easy to put together and better yet, it’s the perfect way to use up stale bread and a ton of eggs! With just a few kitchen staples, you will have a special occasion Easter breakfast that takes almost no effort at all!

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Breakfast Strata

More delicious ways to use up some of those eggs needed for decorating! This warm, soft, hearty breakfast casserole is topped with a generous dusting of crisp and crunchy toasted cereal for the perfect balance of flavour and texture.

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Easy No-Bake Chocolate Nests

These no bake chocolate Easter nests are rich soft chocolate mounds of sweet coconut, salty pretzels, and chewy oats. Topped with mini candy chocolate eggs for the perfect decadent no-bake Easter treat!

Easy Easter Treats Anyone Can Make

All of these delicious Easter themed recipes are fan favourites of kids and adults alike. They are perfect for any skill level, so you can skip the prepackaged grocery store snacks. Relax at home and make your own homemade Easter recipes in no time!

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