Decorate your own Easter cookies with kids, friends, and family! This Easter cookie board is filled with easy cake mix cookies, frosting, and the best Easter candy toppings (shredded coconut flakes, Cadbury eggs), and morning.
Serve your decorated Easter cookies on your Easter dessert table or share them with neighbors, friends, and family.
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Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies
I am so excited to share this Easter cookie decorating board with you!
This board doubles as an Easter cookie board and an Easter activity for kids and family.
So whether you’re in it for the treats or cookie decorating, you will definitely enjoy this board.
I just can’t wait to make this an easter tradition with my family.
How about you? Let me know in the comments below ☺️
Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies: Table of Contents
Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies Ingredients
Cookies
Your options for cookies are sugar cookies, cake mix cookies, and ready-to-bake cookie dough from the store.
Consider time and who will be decorating the cookies in your decision.
- Sugar cookies: Sugar cookies take the most time to make but are also the most festive! I recommend sugar cookies for teenagers and adults, if you have the time to make them. This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe.
- Cake mix cookies: I opted for strawberry, chocolate, and funfetti cake mix cookies to keep this simple yet delicious. These are probably best suited for children, but I still had a ton of fun decorating them! Check out my Funfetti cake mix cookies recipe for detailed instructions.
- Reay-to-bake sugar cookies: I recommend these cookies if you don’t want to use cake mix cookies but don’t have the time to make homemade sugar cookies.
Frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Chocolate frosting
- Vanilla frosting (colored purple)
Easter Candy
- Coconut
- Easter M&Ms
- Mini Cadbury eggs
- White chocolate chips
- Sprinkles
Snacks
- Peeps
- White chocolate covered pretzels
- Animal crackers (frosted & regular)
Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies Equipment
- Large serving board
- Small sauce dishes
- Mini white ramekins
- Serving tongs
How To Make A Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies
For a consolidated list of instructions, head to the recipe card.
- Bake the cookies
- Color the coconut
- Color the frosting
- Fill small bowls with Easter toppings
- Arrange your board
Step 1: Bake The Cookies
I recommend baking the cookies first, so you can assemble the board all at once.
For homemade sugar cookies, you can prepare the cookie dough in advance and bake the cookies the day (or two days) before serving your Easter cookie board.
For cake mix cookies, I recommend preparing and baking them in the same day. However, you can make the the day before.
I recommend this 15 x 21 inch cookie sheet for baking multiple batches of cookies at once.
Step 2: Color The Coconut
Place 1 cup of shredded coconut in a large bag.
Next, add a few drops of pink food coloring gel.
Then, shake the bag well until you achieved the desired color coconut.
Transfer the coconut to a small sauce bowl.
Repeat these steps with another cup of coconut but swap pink food coloring for green food coloring.
Note: I recommend letting the coconut sit in a bowl over night before coloring it. This will dry the coconut flakes out slightly and make it a lot easier to color.
Step 3: Color The Frosting
Transfer the chocolate and cream cheese frosting to separate small sauce bowls.
Add a few drops of purple food coloring gel to the vanilla frosting and mix well.
Then, transfer the frosting to a small sauce bowl.
Coloring the vanilla frosting is optional, but I think it’s a great way to add even more color and options to your Easter cookie board.
Step 4: Fill Small Bowls With Easter Toppings
While every topping doesn’t need to be served in a bowl, the small toppings, such as sprinkles, definitely should.
Step 5: Arrange The Cookie Board
Now for the most fun part!
Begin by placing the small bowls with coconut, frosting, and toppings across your board.
Next, place handfuls of different types of cookies across your board.
Lastly, fill empty space with Easter cookie toppings and snacks.
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Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies
Equipment
- Large serving board
- Small sauce dishes
- Mini white ramekins
- Serving tongs
Ingredients
Cookies
- Sugar cookies OR
- Cake mix cookies OR
- Ready-to-bake sugar cookies
Frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Chocolate frosting
- Vanilla frosting
Easter Candy
- Shredded coconut
- Easter M&Ms
- Mini Cadbury eggs
- White chocolate chips
- Sprinkles
Snacks
- Peeps
- White chocolate covered pretzels
- Animal crackers (frosted & regular)
Other
- Purple food coloring gel
- Pink food coloring gel
- Edible Easter grass
Instructions
Bake The Cookies
- Decide if you are making homemade sugar cookies, cake mix cookies, or ready to bake cookies.
- Bake cookies accordingly:---Sugar cookies: make your favorite recipe (see notes for my favorite).---Cake mix cookies: see notes for link to instructions.---Ready-to-bake sugar cookies: follow instructions on the package.
Color The Coconut
- Place 1 cup of shredded coconut in a large bag (see notes).
- Next, add a few drops of pink food coloring gel.
- Then, shake the bag well until you achieved the desired color coconut.
- Transfer the coconut to a small sauce bowl.
- Repeat these steps with another cup of coconut but swap pink food coloring for green food coloring.
Color The Frosting
- Transfer the chocolate and cream cheese frosting to separate small sauce bowls.
- Add a few drops of purple food coloring gel to the vanilla frosting and mix well.
- Transfer the frosting to a small sauce bowl.
Fill Small Bowls With Easter Toppings
- Transfer small toppings such as rainbow sprinkles from its package to small sauce bowls.
Arrange The Cookie Board
- Place the small bowls with coconut, frosting, and toppings across your board.
- Next, place handfuls of different types of cookies across your board.
- Lastly, fill empty spaces with Easter cookie toppings and snacks.
Notes
