These easy cookies are just as seasonal as jellybeans and marshmallow chicks, and you don’t necessarily have to choose between the two. We’ve got adorable Easter cookies made to delight candy-loving kids (of all ages) alongside scratch-made confections Not to mention, they can all benefit from the help of the little baker in your life. After all, cookies can never be wrong on Easter (or any holiday—for that matter) so peruse this list for the recipe that’s right for you!
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 2 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 1 hr 45 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 20
Take the egg hunting theme all the way through to dessert. These marshmallow chicks roosting on their frosting “nests” are hiding a sweet surprise: jellybean “eggs”!
3.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 16 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 15 min
- Total time: 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 21
Cookies or candies? You don’t have to choose with this easy Easter recipe that gets off to a quick start thanks to a shortcut ingredient (Betty’s fudgy brownies).
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 19 reviews.- Prep time: 50 min
- Total time: 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 10
- Servings: 16
Fresh as a spring breeze, these simple, sugar cookie tarts are made with Bisquick™, topped with homemade cream cheese frosting and decorated with your choice of fruit and berries.
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 18 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 20 min
- Total time: 3 hr 55 min
- Ingredients: 7
- Servings: 24
Need a crowd-size batch of sweets for your Easter feast? These coconut-and-chocolate layered cookie bars make the perfect treats.
4.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 10 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 25 min
- Total time: 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients: 5
- Servings: 50
Sweet thumbprint cookies with a bright, lemon curd filling are perfect for an Easter gathering, especially since you can mix up a batch of 50 cookies in just over an hour.
3.9 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 137 reviews.- Prep time: 60 min
- Total time: 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 11
- Servings: 36
Here’s a crowd-size alternative to a favorite Easter cake, which features all the warming spices and sweetness of a perfect carrot cake—right down to the cream cheese frosting!
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 3 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 45 min
- Total time: 5 hr 45 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 60
With their sweet-tart flavor, chocolate-dipped bottoms and lighter-than-air texture, these pretty-in-pink meringue cookies are the impressive treats that everyone can eat, since they just happen to be gluten free.
3.8 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 4 reviews.- Prep time: 20 min
- Total time: 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 5
- Servings: 36
These sweet-and-tender sugar cookies filled with frosting and your favorite seasonal candies for an adorable Easter-basket shaped treat.
4.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 22 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 35 min
- Total time: 2 hr 30 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 36
Scratch bakers, this one’s for you! Coated in powdered sugar and a lemony drizzle, these buttery shortbread cookies are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
4.1 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 29 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 45 min
- Total time: 1 hr 35 min
- Ingredients: 9
- Servings: 24
Invite Easter’s cutest critters to the table with these clever cookies that you can pull off with a little colored sugar, some sweet candy details and Betty’s sugar cookie mix.
4.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 123 reviews.Kitchen Tested- Prep time: 60 min
- Total time: 60 min
- Ingredients: 6
- Servings: 36
These tender sugar cookie thumbprints filled with raspberry jam and sprinkled with white chocolate have a surprise ingredient that makes them extra delicate. We bet you’ll never guess what it is!
