Hunting for Vancouver’s best Easter desserts? Here are some delicious, adorable options for you.
1. Easter Cupcakes by Original Cupcakes - Is this the cutest cupcake you’ve ever seen or is this the cutest cupcake you’ve ever seen? Thought so.
Where to buy: Click here to view all seven Cupcakes locations
Sheep Cupcake by Cupcakes
Easter Cupcakes by Cupcakes
2. Pebble-Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs by Beta5 - Easter isn’t the same without an egg hunt. How perfect are these gourmet, locally-made treats? Goodbye Kinder Surprise, hello Beta5.
Where to buy: Beta5, The Dirty apron, Walrus, Much + Little, Room6, & Marche St. George – click here for addresses
Easter Egg Pebbles
Beta5's Chocolate Eggs
About: Eggs are cast with two layers of chocolate (one white, the other dark) then filled with six different types of pebbles – caramelized Fraser Valley Hazelnuts, sun-dried Okanagan cherries, caramelized Marcona almonds, pistachios, puffed cereals, and house-made pretzel bites. Once filled, they’re sprayed with coloured chocolate to resemble a real egg – white, brown and robin’s egg blue. Wrapped in foil, they’re sold individually ($5), by the 1/2 dozen ($25) or by the dozen ($49).
3. Soirette’s Easter Macarons - if not for delicious bright bites, visit downtown’s new confectionery for its exquisite teas and gorgeous feminine interior. You won’t want to leave.
Where to buy: 1433 W. Pender St. (open Easter weekend)
Ganache-filled Easter Macarons
About: Yellow: passionfruit, blue: earl grey cassis, green: pistachio, pink: white chocolate, dark pink: raspberry, purple: lavender, chocolate: dark chocolate
4. Easter Eggs by Thomas Haas – surprise your little bunnies with a straw-filled basket of high quality chocolate this year
Where to buy: Click here to view Thomas’ two locations
Chocolate Bunnies
Charity Event: Thomas Haas will hold his 7th Annual Easter Egg Raffle. Be on the hunt for the four impressive two-foot Easter eggs created by Thomas himself and his talented chocolatiers. Hop on over to one of his stores and choose your favourite creation. Get a raffle ticket ($5) and it could be yours. Draw date is Friday, April 6 at 2:00 pm at both stores. 100% of raffle ticket proceeds will benefit Union Gospel Mission and North Shore Women’s Centre.
5. Easter Cookies by Cookievonster - Evon aka Cookievonster (see what she did there?) makes adorably festive treats. Request any design you like.
Where to buy: Contact Evon via her website here
Handmade Easter Cookies by Cookievonster
About: Evon bakes to order, using Royal Icing. Expect crunchy icing and thick shortbread. View her cookie portfolio here.
6. Gourmet Foods Vancouver’s April Box - think spud.ca, minus the perishables and decisions. Order a box at a time or subscribe for a year. Read more here.
Where to buy: visit the website here
Gourmet Foods Vancouver's April Box
In this box: Hazelnut Oil from Saltspring, Raspberry Cardamom Jelly, Cocoanymph Sea Salt Chocolate, Gone Crackers from Surrey and more.
7. Custom Easter Cakes by Pink Ribbon Bakery – Sheila Comer can make any cake you dream of. Contact her here
8. Easter Flavored Gelato by Bella Gelateria - award-winning gelato maker James Coleridge is making several festive flavours for Easter and Passover, including Egg with Chocolate Pieces (like Mini Eggs), Hot Cross Gelato, Cinnamon with Rum-Soaked Raisins, Chocolate infused with Lavender, Apple Cinnamon with Honey served with Matzo Bread
9. The Cross Design’s Macaron Limoge Trinket Boxes - the perfect zero calorie gift
Where to buy: 1198 Homer St. or order online here
Macaron Trinkets
