50 Easter Cookie Recipes For All The Bakers Out There This Spring (2024)

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Though we’re all about hunting for jelly bean-stuffed eggs on a field or bunny-sized chocolates on the shelves at our local drugstores, there’s more to Easter than just candy: These 50 Easter cookies are proof! We’ve got everything here from cookies inspired by (or stuffed with) other sweet treats to ones bursting with fruity spring flavor, with some extra adorable options sprinkled throughout. The best part? Cookies have an exceptionally fast bake time—what's better than making some fun, colorful cookies to spring you forward?

Truly one of the best parts about spring is the influx of fresh fruits and vegetables after a long winter, so we’re celebrating by filling these recipes with all the produce we can. For some—like our carrot cake cookies, our banana pudding cookies, or our strawberry shortcake cookies—we’re taking notes from classic spring desserts and turning them into cookies that are way easier to make than their full-size counterparts. For others, we’re making fruit the star ingredient. Check out our blueberry cream cheese cookies, our ube crinkle cookies, or our cherry chocolate chip cookies to see what we mean. A warning: Adding fresh fruit to cookies can get a little messy, but we say lean in—trust us, it’s WAY easier than dyeing eggs.

And don’t worry, store-bought cookie and candy fiends—a number of these recipes feature your faves and are easily adapted to incorporate Easter specifics (Peeps, we’re looking at you). If you can’t resist a seasonal store-bought sandwich cookie (those Oreo eggs are SO cute), try turning them into our Easter egg Oreo truffles or our Nutter Butter chicks. More of a candy fan? Use mini cadbury eggs, Peeps, or Reese’s pieces eggs for our bunny hug cookies (also the best-ever use of a gingerbread man cookie cutter), our Easter trash cookies, our s’mores stuffed cookies, or our Reese’s chip cookies. Feel free to get creative too—Easter candy gets weirder and wilder every year, so try adding it ALL to your favorite cookie recipes.

For all those over-achieving hosts out there—you know better than anybody you can't just serve sweet stuff. We have tons of Easter appetizers, sides, and dinner options (mmm, ham) to make sure that your holiday is on theme and memorable (even if those memories involve finally finding that last Easter egg next fall 😉).

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Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Pistachios add a slightly sweet, almost buttery nutty flavor that will make your favorite chocolate chip cookies feel a little bit elevated, but still just as classic and comforting. They also add a nice springy pop of green, perfect for Easter.

Get the Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe.

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Carrot Cake Cookies

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When you're craving carrot cake, but don't have the time, make these easy cookies instead! The Easter Bunny would approve.

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Copycat Crumbl Chilled Sugar Cookie

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Crumbl’s chilled sugar cookies may no longer be on their permanent menu, but now you can make them at home and have them any time you want. Their signature giant cookie is an almond cookie with a pretty pink frosting, but feel free to get creative and try out other pastel colors or sprinkles for Easter.

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Blueberry Cream Cheese Cookies

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These lemon-blueberry cookies taste like a cheesecake in cookie form. The lemon juice adds the acid necessary to balance out the sweetness of the blueberries, and the zest imparts extra lemon flavor. Yum!

Get the Blueberry Cream Cheese Cookies recipe.

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S'mores Stuffed Cookies

Are you ready for a sticky, gooey, unabashedly messy challenge? If you're up for it, here's the deal: You're about to stuff an entire s'more into a chocolate chip cookie. Some say it can't be done, but with enough focus, patience, and perseverance, you can succeed in making this extremely indulgent dessert. Try it with Peeps this Easter!

Get the S'mores Stuffed Cookies recipe.

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Almond Joy Cookies

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What if your favorite coconut-almond-chocolate candy bar morphed into a crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth cookie? We've done it! Joy is in the name for a reason.

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Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

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It took many, many rounds of testing to get these cookies just right. Our biggest piece of advice is to not be afraid of mess. Covering the cream cheese with cookie dough is a messy task (especially with the fresh strawberries!), but we promise you it's worth it a million times over.

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Air Fryer Coconut Macaroons

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These coconut macaroons the perfect bite-size treat for any time of day—feel free to skip the chocolate if you want to keep them less sweet. For a pink, raspberry version, smash 1/4 cup fresh raspberries into the foamy egg white mixture with a fork, then toss in the coconut.

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Stained Glass Cookies

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Love sugar cookies but hate decorating them? These are for you! The centers will stay soft and chewy after cooling and add the brightest pop of color to your Easter celebration.

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Espresso Cookies

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For these espresso cookies, we really wanted to taste the coffee, so we added 2 whole tablespoons of instant espresso to our recipe. These taste kind of like a mocha, in cookie form—what could be better than that for an Easter afternoon/post-egg hunting pick-me-up?

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Banana Pudding Cookies

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If you love banana pudding, you’re in for a treat. These cookies have everything you love most about that classic dessert, from the pudding mix to the whipped cream and sliced bananas on top. They’ve even got those iconic wafer cookies crushed and baked into the dough as well as sprinkled across the top for extra crunch. 😍

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Italian Rainbow Cookies

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In this Italian classic, almond-flavored cakes are sandwiched between chocolate with layers of raspberry and apricot jam. It's true these do take some patience, but we promise, it's VERY worth the effort.

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Easter Egg Oreo Truffles

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Decorate these Oreo truffles however you want, using colorful royal icing, candies, or sprinkles. No matter what you go with, they're sure to be the cutest (and most delicious!) Easter eggs at the table.

Get the Easter Egg Oreo Truffles recipe.

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Lemon Cookies

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This recipe yields cookies that are soft and lemon-y sweet with a perfect chewy center. They take very minimal effort and the hardest part will be letting them chill in the fridge. Be patient! That rest time will be worth it for the crinkly texture it provides.

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Ube Crinkle Cookies

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With its striking color and a unique nutty vanilla flavor profile, ube has taken over the world. Upgrade your average crinkle cookie this Easter with ube extract and ube halaya, a popular Filipino pudding made with ube and condensed milk. Your guests won't know what hit 'em!

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Bunny Hug Cookies

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You just might find us hogging sorry, hugging about a dozen of these adorable cookies this Easter. This just might be our favorite use of our gingerbread cookie cutter yet!

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Cookie Dough Easter Eggs

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We're just going to say it: These edible cookie dough truffles even better than Reese's Eggs. 😮 And so cute! Make them with kids for a fun Easter activity.

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Italian Ricotta Cookies

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These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are an Italian classic, and a breeze to make. What’s more fun than frosting? Sprinkles! You can adorn these cookies with any combination of sprinkles, whether for an Easter celebration or just another Tuesday.

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Giant Easter Egg Cookie

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One of the things we love most about Easter is how so many of our favorite treats come in giant versions. This huge cookie cake is no exception!

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Sesame Cookies

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Sesame’s nutty flavors can pack a bitter undertone, which is why these sesame cookies use licorice-like anise and bright citrus zest to neutralize the earthiness for a more balanced flavor. These not-too-sweet treats are great for adding variety to your Easter treat spread.

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