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Easter Treats In L.A.

Kelli Shiroma |
April 15, 2014 | 8:19 a.m. PDT

Food Editor

This Dunkin’ Donuts treat is covered with pastel pink icing and topped off with a yellow PEEPS marshmallow chick (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
This Dunkin’ Donuts treat is covered with pastel pink icing and topped off with a yellow PEEPS marshmallow chick (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
To celebrate Easter, many L.A. bakeries and restaurants are featuring limited-time goodies and sweets. Whether you’re trying to find the perfect treat to fill up Easter eggs or searching for a self-indulgent snack, these Los Angeles eateries might have just what you’re looking for.

DUNKIN’ DONUTS – PEEPS Donuts
Dunkin’ Donuts is featuring a delightful donut for Easter … by combining an iconic Easter treat with one of its creations. “PEEPS Donuts” feature the company’s first-ever donuts topped with a real PEEPS marshmallow chick. The PEEPS Donuts are shaped like flowers, decorated with pastel green or pink icing and finished with a yellow or pink PEEPS marshmallow chick. This donut debuted on March 31 and is only available for a limited time.

DYLAN’S CANDY BAR – Eclectic Easter Ensemble
The assortment of Easter goodies available at Dylan’s Candy Bar is wide ranging. Some of these seasonal goodies include a “Bunny Hop Chocolate-Covered Oreo Box," “Chocolate the Bunny” and “Easter Jelly Beans Bag," to name a few.

YUMMY CUPCAKES  - Assortment of Easter Cupcakes
Beautiful and bunny-licious treats abound at Yummy Cupcakes this Easter. Some of these seasonal flavors include “Carrot Cream Cheese,” “Bunny Ears,” “Peep” and more.

These egg-shaped candies are perfectly festive and can easily fit in an Easter goodie bag (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
These egg-shaped candies are perfectly festive and can easily fit in an Easter goodie bag (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
WHOPPERS – Malted Milk Candy Eggs
The traditional Whoppers gets a facelift this Easter, as the delicious malt balls are now in egg shapes.

PORTO’S BAKERY & CAFÉ – Seasonal Easter Delights
Porto’s Bakery & Café provides all types of seasonal Easter delights (available April 8-20). The “Easter Bunny Individual Cake” consists of a black magic chocolate raspberry cake covered with buttercream icing and decorated with coconut flakes. The “Easter Red Velvet” cake features layers of red velvet cake and cream cheese filling and is topped with more cream cheese icing. Other fun Easter cakes include: “Easter Triple Chocolate Mousse,” “Easter Mango Mousse,” “Easter Egg Mango Mousse” and more.

YORK PEPPERMINT PATTIE – Chocolate Eggs

YORK Peppermint Patties got a facelift just in time for Easter! The rich, chocolate, mint-flavored candy has never been cooler in its egg-stra special shape.

Receiving this fun treat this Easter is sure to make you feel “egg-stra” special (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
Receiving this fun treat this Easter is sure to make you feel “egg-stra” special (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
PANERA BREAD – “Easter Egg Cookie”
This seasonal treat at Panera Bread features a shortbread cookie (in an egg shape) topped with yellow icing and finished with pastel milk chocolate candies and white icing.

MAGNOLIA BAKERY – “Carrot” and “Flourless Chocolate” Cupcakes
Specialty cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery include these two Easter flavors. “Carrot” features a cake with cream cheese icing and walnuts, while “Flourless Chocolate” features a dense, rich, fudgy chocolate cake made without flour and topped with a vanilla bean meringue buttercream or the customer’s choice of frosting.

DELUSCIOUS COOKIES + MILK – Spring and Easter Gifts
Your Easter will be a lot sweeter with some of these goodies from DeLuscious Cookies + Milk. These seasonal treats include a “Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie,” “Passover Trio” (featuring flourless, gluten-free coconut macaroons), “Spring Couture Dozen” and more. There’s even an “Easter Trio” set (comprising a butterscotch blondie and chocolate chip and spring sugar cookies sporting pink and lavender hues).

“White Chocolate Carrot Cake” M&Ms will give the Easter Bunny some competition this year (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
“White Chocolate Carrot Cake” M&Ms will give the Easter Bunny some competition this year (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
M&Ms – “White Chocolate Carrot Cake”
White Chocolate Carrot Cake” M&Ms are now available … just in time for Easter.

SEE’S CANDIES – Basketfuls of See’s
At See’s Candies, you’ll find egg-zactly what you’re looking for in terms of Easter treats. A variety of chocolate-filled eggs are available (like “Chocolate Butter Egg with Pecans," “Rocky Road Egg" and “Peanut Butter Egg”), as are pastel-colored “Springtime Truffles," Dark and Milk Chocolate Bunnies and an assortment of candy gift boxes and baskets.

CRUMBS BAKE SHOP – A Bounty of Bunny Treats
Crumbs Bake Shop features a variety of seasonal treats for Easter. “Chocolate Bunny” features a chocolate cake filled with pink-tinted vanilla buttercream and is topped with more vanilla buttercream, confetti sprinkles and an edible chocolate bunny, while “Egg Hunt” includes vanilla cake mixed with sprinkles and filled with vanilla buttercream and is topped with pink-tinted vanilla cream cheese frosting, confetti sprinkles and an iced Easter egg decoration. “Easter Good Guy” features a moist vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and mixed with sprinkles and is topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting, pastel sprinkles and a white chocolate drizzle; “Jelly Eggs” includes a chocolate cake filled with vanilla buttercream and is covered with vanilla cream cheese frosting, green sprinkles and jelly bean décor. The “Easter Signature Collection” is perfect for any Easter brunch or potluck. This sweet assembly includes “Chocolate Bunny,” “Easter Good Guy,” “Egg Hunt,” “Jelly Eggs,” “Chocolate Easter Sprinkle” and “Vanilla Easter Sprinkle.”

“Spring OREOS” present the same OREO taste but with yellow filling (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
“Spring OREOS” present the same OREO taste but with yellow filling (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
OREOS – “Spring OREOS”
While these OREOS are not explicitly Eastery, they embody all things spring with their cheery, yellow filling.

MRS. FIELDS – Easter Cookies
Egg-cellence abounds this Easter with Mrs. Fields. Seasonal treats range from an “Easter Cookie Cake” and “Easter Sampler Basket” to “Happy Easter Bunny Box” and “Bountiful Bunny Box.”

GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE – “Caramel-Filled Chocolate Easter Bunny” and “Caramel-Filled Chocolate Easter Egg”
The Easter treats available at Georgetown Cupcake include “Caramel-Filled Chocolate Easter Bunny”—which includes a Valrhona chocolate cupcake with a creamy, dulce de leches center and is covered with a light green, vanilla buttercream frosting and a fondant bunny decoration—and “Caramel-Filled Chocolate Easter Egg,” which is a Valrhona chocolate cupcake with the same dulce de leches center and lavender-hued vanilla buttercream frosting and a fondant Easter egg decoration on top.

Easter goodies just aren’t complete without PEEPS in the mix (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
Easter goodies just aren’t complete without PEEPS in the mix (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
PEEPS – Chicks, Bunnies and Marshmallows … Oh My!
Easter is probably the most hyped-up holiday in PEEPS history. A variety of these lovable marshmallow products are available, ranging from “Chocolate Dipped Mousse Flavored Marshmallow Chicks” and “Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Chicks” to “Rainbow Pops," “Large Marshmallow Bunny" and “Yellow Chick in a Chocolate Egg."

VANILLA BAKE SHOP – Variety of Easter Treats
Easter-themed cupcakes, cookies and macarons are available for Easter at Vanilla Bake Shop. “Easter Confetti Cakes” feature the bakery’s signature vanilla bean cupcake topped with lavender vanilla bean buttercream and a festive bunny or Easter egg. Meanwhile, the “Easter Egg Sugar Cookies” include buttery sugar cookies topped with icing and colorful sugar sparkles. Other seasonal treats include “Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes,” “Flourless Brownie Crackle," “Chicks Rule” cake and more.

FROSTED CUPCAKERY – “Almond Toasted Coconut”

This monthly flavor at Frosted Cupcakery features an almond flavored cupcake topped with toasted coconut vanilla buttercream and Easter décor.

These “Snickers Eggs” take the signature candies to a festive level (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
These “Snickers Eggs” take the signature candies to a festive level (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
SNICKERS – Snickers Eggs
The famous Snickers Eggs are back in season. These Easter treats feature an egg-shaped candy comprising chocolate, peanuts and caramel. As if that weren’t delicious enough, there’s also a peanut butter version.

ISABELLA’S COOKIE COMPANY – “Springtime Sugar Rush”
The “Springtime Sugar Rush” assortment at Isabella’s Cookie Company features crunchy sugar cookies topped with pastel-hued, all-natural vanilla frosting and matching pastel sprinkles.

“Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs” are available in individual sizes, in bags or in King-sized packs (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
“Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs” are available in individual sizes, in bags or in King-sized packs (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS – Seasonal Egg-stras
There are many peanut butter-chocolate options available if you are looking for Reese’s Easter-themed treats. Individually wrapped “Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs” can be purchased individually or in packs (and there’s even a “White Chocolate" version). Colorful egg-shaped candies and “Reese’s Pieces Candy Carrots” are also available, as are a larger-sized “Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg” and “Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Bunny."


GODIVA – Chocolate Eggs & Bunnies

… because every-bunny deserves Godiva! There’s an assortment of Easter-themed treats at Godiva, ranging from “Truffle Crème Egg Assortment” and “White Chocolate Chick Lollipop” to “Foil-Wrapped Dark Chocolate Bunny” and “Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Truffle Filled Egg."

Hershey’s Eggs are just one of many seasonally shaped chocolates available for Easter (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
Hershey’s Eggs are just one of many seasonally shaped chocolates available for Easter (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
HERSHEY’S – Variety of Easter Chocolates
Hop down the bunny trail this Easter with Hershey’s. The candy company has a variety of seasonal treats in store, such as “Cookies ‘n’ Crème Bunnies," “Milk Chocolate Covered Almond Eggs," “Milk Chocolate Easter Cross” and “Cookies ‘n’ Crème Eggs."

GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE – Decadent Easter Treats
Easter gifts abound at Ghirardelli Chocolate. Some of the featured seasonal products include a “Bunny Plush Bag," “Bunny Noses” (milk chocolate-covered raisins), “Milk & Coconut Chocolate Eggs Gift Bag” and “Bunny Face Window Box,” to name a few.

CALIFORNIA DONUTS – Easter Donut
California Donuts is currently featuring a special donut for Easter. This sweet wonder features pretty pastel sprinkles and a PEEPS bunny in the center.

These “Brown Sugar Praline” cupcake features a moist caramel cake topped with brown sugar frosting and crunchy praline bits (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
These “Brown Sugar Praline” cupcake features a moist caramel cake topped with brown sugar frosting and crunchy praline bits (Kelli Shiroma / Neon Tommy).
SPRINKLES CUPCAKES – “HOP” Box and “Brown Sugar Praline”
Hop to it this Easter with Sprinkles Cupcakes’ “HOP” Box. This seasonal box includes 
“Dark Chocolate,” “Red Velvet,” “Carrot” and “Brown Sugar Praline” cupcakes adorned with pink and green fondant bunny decorations (box available from April 11-20). The seasonal “Brown Sugar Praline” cupcake—available from April 11-24—features a rich caramel cake topped with sweet brown sugar frosting and topped with bits of crunchy pralines.

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