Easter Desserts

[smilie]

What kind of desserts do you serve on Easter? Obviously, we'll have candy . Just trying to figure out something new to have as a dessert.

 

[fla4fun]

What kind of desserts do you serve on Easter? Obviously, we'll have candy . Just trying to figure out something new to have as a dessert.

I have a plain cheesecake and a Key Lime Pie on the menu. After all the sweet candy, having something tart is especially nice. I also have some lemon ice cream available if the other desserts don’t spark any interest.

 

[NotUrsula]

I always make the lemon variation on Chocolate Delight. (It's known by many different names around the US: an icebox pie normally made with a graham cracker crust, topped by a layer of sweetened cream cheese, topped by a layer of chocolate pudding, then stabilized whipped cream or Cool Whip, with pecans and chocolate chips on top for garnish.)

The lemon version is still graham cracker crust topped with sweetened cream cheese, but the pudding layer is lemon, and the garnishes on top of the whipped cream are crushed lemon drop candy and crushed almond bits, (or if you want to go very fancy, candied lemon slices.)

PS: I'm allergic to strawberries, so I never ate it, but my mother and eldest sister always liked to serve strawberry pie on Easter. Sometimes if they were short on time, just bowls of strawberries and clotted cream.

 

[HannaBelle]

Fruit Pizza

I make a sugar cookie sheet, then carve it into an egg shape, cover it in fruit dip (1 brick of cream cheese, 1 jar of marshmallow fluff, and 1 tsp of lemon juice or vanilla), and bring containers of sliced fruit for the kids to "decorate" the easter egg. Depending on how many kids we have, I might make 2. I like strawberries, kiwi, grapes, clementines, and various berries.
This recipe is very similar:

https://thebakermama.com/recipes/giant-easter-egg-fruit-pizza/

The kids are all grown adults now, and we don't get together for easter egg hunts, but it was a favorite every year. One year, I decided to change it up, did not bring the cookie, and was met with little faces of disappointment.

 

[tetera]

Always carrot cake! (This is my first time realizing that apparently not everyone does that!)

 

[disney212]

Carrot cake is a tradition in my family. I make it every Easter. It's what is also served at our local restaurants that serve an Easter meal. I always look but always end up cooking.

 

[Kitty 34]

Never had a traditional Easter dessert but carrot cake sounds delicious.

 

[maddiel]

It varies, but it's often citrus-y. I have a vanilla cake with lemon-lime filling and coconut cream frosting that I often do. I may go simple with a lemon meringue pie this year, since there are only 4 of us. My son-in-law and my probably-future-other-son-in-law are both lactose intolerant. Some recipes can can be easily adapted to have no lactose, but others are more difficult.