Easter Sugar Cookies Design Ideas

Is there anything more classic than the marshmallow Peeps you find in an Easter basket? Turn that iconic Easter design into a fun and festive sugar cookie. Use chocolate candies for the eyes and you can make as many solid-color bunnies as you want!

Easter egg cookie cutters leave so much room for creative play with your royal icing. I simply adore this delicate white daisy design.

Choose one solid color for the egg and then leave the rest of your royal icing white. Tiny small yellow candies can work for the center of each flower.

Then take a moment and be sure to check out the adorable printables to turn your cookies into thoughtful gifts.

Sugar cookies that look like carrots only need two colors of icing and are utterly adorable.

If you want to leave some icing white, you could also make wet on wet polka dots for your carrots.

This adorable cookie platter was designed by a cookie artist here in Charlotte. If you live near Charlotte, NC, you can order custom cookies from her site here.

I literally laughed out loud when I saw this insanely clever deviled eggs cookie platter! Using just two colors of icing but in a fun and totally unique way, the 3D approach to the egg filling is absolutely hysterical.

Check out her custom cookie packages here.

Another simple egg design for your sugar cookies is to treat them with a simple speckle effect. It turns a solid color cookie into one with elegant depth.

Happy yellow baby chicks, with or without their egg shells make an adroable Easter cookie design. You can always use candies to help decorate the faces if you don't want to tint your icing black.

Check out her cookie kits on Etsy here.

This is a stunning example of how you can decorate a gorgeous cookie with just a single color of icing. These tone on tone Easter eggs would be just as lovely in pink, blue, lavender, or any fun pastel you want to use.

Leave a trail of cookie clues for the kids! How fun are these Easter Bunny paw print cookies?

Using just pink and white, they'd be so easy to make, too.

I love the use of ribbons for these simple white lamb cookies to add a pop of color to the cookie tray.

Bunny tails are always a fun design idea for Easter. I love the use of the white bunny mixed with a fun festive color for the tail and paw prints.

These sheep sugar cookies are much more playful than the previous design and use a scalloped edge cookie cutter so you don't even need a special lamb shape.

Go for the golden eggs! If you want a gilded cookie tray, be sure to click through and read her full explanation on how to use gold dusting powder on these stunning Easter egg cookies.