45+ Spots for Easter Treats in CT: Cookies, Chocolates, Cakes, Bunnies & More
Bunnies and chicks and eggs, oh my. So much chocolate, so many jelly beans. Our baskets will runneth over. We’ve got the classics and have also found some new and unusual Easter treats for you to enjoy. If anyone you love is not on this list, feel free to add them in the comments. We all need to know great places to go for holiday treats-I think we can all agree on that. Happy Easter, everyone!
(In case you need dinner recommendations too…head to our CTbites Easter Dining Guide!)
The Painted Cookie, Wilton
Since 2013 The Painted Cookie has been offering Nut & Sesame Free Cookies and Sweets to Fairfield County and beyond. Known for their hand decorated and personalized cookie favors, they offer a lot more options to enjoy. For Easter you may order in advance on their website www.paintedcookie.com/online-store for pickup the week leading up to Easter. Fun Cookie Crafts include Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies Kit available in regular, dairy free and gluten free options. Another favorite gift/activity is their Color-an-Egg Cookie Gift Set with food coloring markers available for shipping and instore pickup. Looking for Chocolate? Their amazing French Chocolate Covered Oreos make the perfect Easter Basket treat available in regular and gluten free. Other sweet treats include Rice Krispie Treats, Edible Cookie Dough and Biscotti all available in assorted allergy free and vegan options. For everyday treats order their Bake-to-Order Chocolate Chip Cookies ready for pickup in a few hours and also available in Regular, DF, GF and Vegan options. A supplier of A La Mode Ice Cream, a delicious egg free, sesame free and nut free ice cream brand sold by the cup or pint and in the summer their Chipper Ice Cream Sandwiches are the perfect Allergy-Free treat. To celebrate their 8th anniversary in January, they purchased an Edible Food Ink Printer. Perfect for logos, photos and last minute cookie orders! The Painted Cookie is located at 196 Danbury Rd, Wilton and offers in-store shopping and curbside pickup through their website. Call for further information 203-529-3680
A & S Fine Foods, Norwalk, Stamford, Westport
Italian chocolate eggs, all gussied up in foil and perfect for the holiday!
D and D Market, Wethersfield
Italian chocolate eggs and a variety of Columba cake, Easter Dove Cake.
Angelo’s Market, New Britain
Big Italian chocolate eggs, pastel Jordan almonds, Baci Perugina, Ricotta Pies
BE Chocolate, Fairfield
Hand-crafted Belgian chocolates. Boxes, bunnies, little eggs, big eggs, some filled with little eggs and little bunnies, giant eggs….all made out of chocolate.
Bridgewater Chocolate, Brookfield, West Hartford
Floppy eared bunnies (milk, dark, big, small), boxes of fruit truffles and their Spring Assortments which contains caramels, pralines, solid chocolates and more.
Brown Butter Creations, Hartford
Easter “charcuterie” platter, which includes a 6” layer cake and assortment of treats (cookies, rice krispie treats, and more)
Castle Hill Chocolate, Newtown
Floppy bunnies (splattered with pastel chocolate), nut-free chocolates, jelly bean-filled chocolate eggs, Nutella-filled eggs, mints, bark and plenty more to fill your baskets.
The Chocolate Shell, Old Lyme
Boozie Bunnies for the adults (filled with Irish Cream, Amaretto, and Cabernet), filled Easter baskets that are ready to go, plenty of Peeps and treats.
Divine Treasures, Manchester
Chocolate bunnies, chicks, Vanilla cream eggs, nests, Chocolate Peanut Butter Spring Animals and more.
Fascia’s, Waterbury
Need a 5.25 lb. giant chocolate bunny or molded chocolate eggs and bunnies and baskets? What about a 1.75 lb. basket make out of chocolate and filled with chocolates? Head to Fascia’s.
Grammie’s Donuts and Biscuits, Westport
Easter Macarons, cookies, organic Carrot Cake, Forest Cake and Cheesecakes
House of Knipschildt Artisan Chocolates
Egg cartons of various sizes filled with chocolate “robin and quail eggs” and mini baskets with a ganache-filled chocolate egg, all wrapped and ready to give
KaFo, Ridgefield
Easter cookie decorating kits (create some sweets together for the holiday!), cakes and cupcakes
The Kitchen Cafe, Hartford
Flourless chocolate cake, shortbread cookies, Strawberry Danish and cookie decorating kits (psst-when you purchase food here, you help contribute to Forge City Works, an on-the-job culinary training program and also food access programs)
Le Banh Patisserie, Simsbury
Single serving Flower Pot cakes, Baby Carrot Cake, “Monsieur Lapin Banh” cake in a variety of decadent flavors, cakes adorned with spring flowers (both real and frosted), Sable cookies with pressed flowers.
Le Rouge Chocolates by Aarti, Westport
Hollow and filled eggs, truffle “flowers” filled with berries and chocolate, striking “contemporary” chocolate bunnies hand-painted with luster dust.
Mozzicato DePasquale Bakery and Pastry Shop, various locations
Italian cookie trays, giant chocolate Easter Eggs, Hot Cross Buns, marzipan lambs, Easter breads and pies
Munson’s Chocolates, various locations
For over 70 years, all the classics: chocolate bunnies and eggs, jelly beans, chocolate eggs with different fillings (caramel, peanut butter, vanilla cream…), foil eggs.
Nikki Glekas
Balloon arrangements, smash eggs, chocolate covered strawberries and custom Easter baskets
Noteworthy Chocolates, Bethel
Choose the design and the type of chocolate, then personalize your holiday treats with messages. All of their chocolates are gluten, GMO, peanut, soy and tree nut FREE and certified Fair Trade.
Petonito’s Pastry and Cupcake Shoppe, East Haven
8-inch chocolate smash eggs filled with candy. Order soon!
Rocco’s Bakery, New Haven
Classic Italian bakery, offering Easter goodies such as Ricotta Pie, Rice Pie, Sweet Breads with eggs.
Roly Poly Bakery, New Britain
Polish specialties of every kind-including their extensive bakery, cakes, pastries, and sweets. Head here for your holiday Babka
Rosie’s Royal Chocolates, Southington
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Chocolate bunny boxes filled with treats, Peeps in a blanket, Chocolate covered Oreos and more
Scratch Baking, Milford
Super cute bunny and tulip sugar cookies! A perfect (and adorable) addition to your holiday meal.
Snelgroves, East Granby, Windsor
Truffles by the pound or box, caramels, bark and more-all made with Belgian chocolate
Six Spoons Chocolatier, New Hartford
Classic chocolate bunnies and foil eggs, jelly beans, giant dipped eggs with fudge, and colorful Bunny Bark
Sono Baking Company, Norwalk
Festive cupcakes, Petit Fours, pies, tarts, breads and cakes, all in Eastery, Springy flavors
Sugar Factory, Foxwoods
From gummies to chocolates, all your kid-in-a-candy store faves to fill your baskets
Thompson Chocolate, Meriden
State’s oldest chocolate maker. Old fashioned pectin jelly beans, foil wrapped bunnies, chicks and eggs in every size and chocolate type, marshmallow eggs, marzipan fruits.
Thorncrest Farms, Goshen
Easter bunnies, Turtle Eggs, Cameo Eggs and more delightful critters. Their Limited Edition, 3- foot tall and 16” wide chocolate rabbit is a showstopper.
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, Middletown
Barks, brittles, truffles and many a unique chocolate masterpiece!
The Village Chocolatier, Guilford
Big, medium, small-every size bunny, egg, chick and beans. Baskets and more, all beautifully wrapped for holiday giving.
