21 Spring Treats to Showcase at Your Next Party

Easter Dirt Cake
Photo: Matthew Clark

Say hello to spring with our cutest desserts ever. Welcome sunny skies and warmer weather with desserts inspired by all the best parts of spring. With darling bunny cupcakes, blooming flower cake pops, and more, these stunning spring desserts are ideal for any sunny celebration.

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Zucchini-Carrot Cake

Zucchini-Carrot Cake
Blaine Moats

This moist and tasty treat is a cross between zucchini bread and carrot cake—and looks like a springy carrot patch. Evenly plant your plot with marzipan carrots and pistachio soil so each slice has an equal harvest. Make this yummy spring treat at the same time you plant your garden to celebrate the season.

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Peach Macarons

Peach Macarons
Matthew Clark

Peaches come in season at the very end of spring, and these look-a-like macarons are one of the best ways to celebrate their return. Spread a little bit of peach jam between two cookies, then add a mint leaf so the cookies look like they came straight from the peach tree. These spring treats look even more like juicy peaches with a light brush of orange food coloring.

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Rainbow Fruit Pizza

Rainbow Fruit Pizza
Matthew Clark

Spring showers bring May flowers, but they can also bring stunning rainbows. Make this cute spring dessert to instantly brighten any rainy day. Stir together sugar cookie dough for the rainbow-shape base, then cover with cream cheese frosting and an assortment of fresh fruit.

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Bird's Nest Cupcakes

Bird’s Nest Cupcakes
Blaine Moats

A chow mein noodle "nest" and candy-coated chocolate eggs make these citrus-sour cream cakes the perfect spring dessert to hatch right around Easter. Time-crunched? Feel free to swap in bakery cupcakes or a boxed mix instead of going the homemade route. No matter how you make them, these spring treats will put a smile on anyone's face.

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Honeycomb Cake

Honeycomb Cake
Hannah Bigot

Once this cake gets all dressed up, you'll never know it started with a boxed cake mix. The secret to making this cute spring dessert look just like honeycomb is to lightly press bubble wrap into the frosting. To make this cake even more like a bustling beehive, add a few candy bees and flowers on top.

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Easy Flower Macarons

Easy Flower Macarons
Matthew Clark

Macaron recipes are fun any time of year, but you can turn them into a cute spring dessert by piping them in flower shapes instead of plain circles. These light-as-air cookies don't have any food coloring—just a lemony yellow filling— but you could easily tint them any color you want for even more realistic flower desserts.

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Burrowing Bunny Cupcakes

Burrowing Bunny Cupcakes
Hannah Bigot

Everyone will be anxious to dive in to one of these colorful bunny cakes. The feet and tails for these cute spring desserts are both made with cleverly sliced marshmallows. This cute spring recipe is a great option for Easter cupcakes, too!

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Cupcake Bouquet

Cupcake Bouquet
Scott Little

A gorgeous bouquet of flowers is even better when it's a bouquet of flowers you can eat. Incorporate a mix of rose, hydrangea, and coneflower cupcakes for an eye-catching blend of blooms. These flower desserts are the best combination of adorable and edible!

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Edible Terrariums

Edible Terrariums
Hannah Bigot

These cute spring desserts celebrate one of the best parts of spring—planting a new garden! Chocolate pudding and graham cracker crumbles transform into adorable mini gardens with a few candy accouterments. This Mason jar dessert recipe is ideal for spring parties or bake sales because they're a breeze to transport.

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Potted Cactus Cakes

cactus cakes in ice cream cones recipe
Matthew Clark

No gardening experience necessary to make these adorable potted cactus cupcakes! Instead, bake cupcakes inside ice cream cones, then decorate with green frosting to look like your favorite prickly plant. This cute spring treat idea would fit right in at a garden party or even a birthday party for kids with an interest in nature.

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Hummingbird Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Hummingbird Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Blaine Moats

Surprisingly fresh and fruity, these lamb and bunny cupcakes are hiding bananas and pineapple under that rich cream cheese frosting. These cute spring desserts are the perfect flavor for spring!

Test Kitchen Tip: No piping bag? No problem. Scoop frosting into a resealable plastic bag, then snip off a corner for a makeshift decorating tool.

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Easter Dirt Cake

Easter Dirt Cake
Matthew Clark

This spring cake recipe may have Easter in the name, but there's nothing that says you can't enjoy it all season long. Make the top of the cake look like just like a garden by covering it with chocolate cookie "dirt," shredded coconut "grass," and dipped strawberry "carrots." All the edible decorations on this spring party recipe cover up a pretty pink strawberry cake underneath.

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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Flowers

Sweet and Salty Chocolate Flowers
Matthew Clark

Half sweet, half salty, 100 percent ready to celebrate the warm weather. These simple yet delicious flower treats require just three ingredients, and they're pretty enough to rival the spring flowers in your garden. Make these cute flower desserts for a party, or save them for a festive seasonal snack.

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Lemon-Lavender Poppy Seed Cake

Lemon-Lavender Poppy Seed Cake
Blaine Moats

This gorgeous cake recipe is a spring dessert through and through. Not only is it decorated with a patch of pretty purple flowers, but it also has dried lavender buds sprinkled into the batter to add a hint of spring flavor. Combine that with lemon cake and lemon buttercream, and no other cute spring dessert will beat this masterpiece.

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Sprinkle Cake with Flowers

Sprinkle Cake with Flowers
Courtesy of Ashlee Prisbrey

Earn oohs and aahs from party guests with this spring cake with green sprinkle "grass" and fondant blooms. Tall flower toppers add showstopping height to this centerpiece cake.

Tip: Not in the mood for store-bought or homemade fondant? Use daisy and tulip cookie cutters to stamp out sugar cookie dough. Add a stick to each before baking, then decorate as desired before pressing into the cake.

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Dressed-Up Marshmallow Bunnies

Dressed-Up Marshmallow Bunnies
Matthew Clark

In case adorable marshmallow bunnies aren't sweet enough for you, add chocolate, sprinkles, glitter, and more! Each one gets a cute little marshmallow tail, too. These cute spring treats are a beautiful and tasty way to dress up store-bought Easter candies.

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Marshmallow Easter Fluff

easter fluff dessert cups with peep bunnies
Matthew Clark

This adorable spring dessert recipe is Easter-specific, but it's far too cute to pass up. What's really impressive is that everything you see is edible—the bowl is made of white chocolate, and the grass is shredded coconut dyed green. Hidden under the sweet bunny marshmallow is a tasty mix of fruit, mini marshmallows, cream, and pudding.

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Adorable Lamb Cake

Adorable Lamb Cake
Courtesy of Tessa Huff

This sweet lamb cake is adorable as can be. Amp up the cuteness with a pretty piped lace pattern (it takes mere minutes!). You don't have to follow any pattern; just pipe as many swirls as you like on top of this super cute spring dessert recipe.

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Bird's Nest Cupcakes

Bird Nest Cupcakes

​​These cupcakes are worth tweeting about! These cute spring desserts have it all—minty meringues, toasted almonds, and rich frosting. Slivered almonds take the place of collected twigs to make nests for each meringue bird to perch on.

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Beautiful Rainbow Butterfly Cake

Beautiful Rainbow Butterfly Cake

It's love at first sight with this rainbow butterfly cake. You'll fall head over heels for the pretty tie-dyed pattern—especially when you realize how easy this spring dessert is to make! Just spoon three different colors of frosting into one piping bag, then squeeze onto purchased cupcakes to make the cutest spring treats ever.

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Mother Hen and Chicks Cake

Mother Hen and Chicks Dessert
Kritsada Panichgul

A mother hen just isn't herself without her baby chicks. Coconut flakes and sprinkles give the mama bird cake realistic-looking (and tasty!) feathers, while yellow sprinkles add fluff and flair to the chicks. Speed along these cute spring treats by starting with a boxed cake mix.

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