Easter treats aren't only reserved for children finding chocolate and Easter Candy in their Easter Baskets. The holiday often finds families coming together to celebrate with a traditional dinner, which is often followed by delectable treats for dessert.

Most Easter Desserts feature a combination of pies, cakes, and cookies. These desserts are an opportunity to share creative, holiday-themed sweets with friends and family.

Variations on foods using eggs are also popular, as to fit in with the Easter Eggs theme. Long was the tradition that Easter meant the end of Lent, a 40-day period where people avoided eating foods such as eggs as a sign of acknowledgment of the season. In many ways, much like the holiday itself came to symbolize for many the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, the partaking of foods baked or cooked using eggs also allowed for re-introduction to eggs as an available source of food. This is why Deviled Eggs are typically found as a dessert for any Easter Dinner feast.http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-31/restaurant-food-wine/eggs-take-the-spotlight-at-the-easter-table

Today, many dessert options are available and incorporated into the mix. The more traditional desserts include cheesecake, custard pie, and biscuits.

Easter-themed cookies, cakes and cupcakes are creative ideas for Easter treats. For an alternative to chocolate, other traditional holiday candies can be used including jelly beans, easter shaped sweet tarts, malt eggs and marshmallow peeps.

Many families will also engage in the dining on an Easter trifle. This consists of custard and fruit, layers of ladyfingers and tiramisu. It also features espresso and mascarpone. You can substitute juices in place of alcohol if you need.

Many families also head out to favorite restaurants featuring special Easter desseets on their menu. One popular dish to finish off a meal is a bourbon pecan pie. The queen of domesticity, Martha Stewart, has very specialized offerings such as: Coconut Almond Cake, Spring Garden Cake, and Flower Pot Cakes.http://blogs.glam.com/glamnest/?p=7608

Cakes are also a popular item, especially a lemon-flavored cake with mint icing.

• Cookies
• Carrot Cake
• Apple Pie
• Pudding
• Jell-O
• Fruitcake
• Cheesecake
• Fruit Cobbler
• Fruit Tarts