Family Recipes 5 treats for your Easter dessert table Set your dessert table with our peanut butter Easter eggs, jelly bean nests, chocolate-dipped bunny treats, apricot hot cross buns, and Easter dirt cake. Get the recipes! By Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater is the Family & Farmstead Editor for Successful Farming, sharing interesting family features, heartfelt editorial columns, and important health and safety information. Her favorite thing about her job is meeting interesting people, learning their stories, and sharing them with our readers.Lisa started her career with Successful Farming magazine in 1999, working primarily for the web team and writing product reviews for the magazine. She later wrote for the Living the Country Life magazine and website and has written and edited several cookbooks and other books for Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. Successful Farming's Editorial Guidelines Published on March 30, 2023 In This Article View All In This Article Peanut butter Easter eggs Jelly bean nests Chocolate-dipped bunny treats Apricot hot cross buns Easter 'dirt' cake Close These easy-to-make treats are perfect for packaging in Easter baskets, taking to a church potluck, or adorning your holiday dessert table. Make up a tray of goodies and share with a neighbor! Peanut butter Easter eggs Chocolate-covered peanut butter eggs are a staple at Easter. These no-bake, homemade treats are super easy to make, and they're tastier and prettier than the store-bought kind. Use a deviled egg tray to quickly form the eggs and for serving the finished product. Peanut butter Easter eggs Jelly bean nests Add these beautiful, four-ingredient treats to your Easter table or just make them to celebrate the arrival of spring! If you prefer chocolate to jelly beans, use chocolate-covered peanut candies for the “eggs” instead. Kids will enjoy making these with you! Jelly bean nests Chocolate-dipped bunny treats These adorable little bunnies were made to share! Make them your own by using peanut butter or jelly in place of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, or dipping the bunnies in vanilla almond bark or melted butterscotch chips instead of chocolate. The possibilities are endless! Chocolate-dipped bunny treats Apricot hot cross buns Hot cross buns have a long and storied history, dating back to the Middle Ages or even earlier. According to the experts at our sister publication, Better Homes & Gardens, “Many believe that monks first developed hot cross buns in the 1300s, then distributed them to feed the poor. In the late 1500s, when many English citizens believed the buns had magical or healing powers, Queen Elizabeth I began restricting their sale to only Good Friday, Christmas, and funerals so the magic wouldn't be abused.” The cross on top also represents imagery of the crucifixion, another reason they are made for Easter. Our version is flavored with dried apricots and cinnamon. Apricot hot cross buns Easter 'dirt' cake Make this adorable cake for your Easter table or to celebrate the arrival of spring or your garden's harvest. Use any cake flavor you like. The kids will love helping spread “dirt” on top and adding the strawberry “carrots” to the cake. Easter 'dirt' cake Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit