Local Easter Treats to Put a Spring in Your Step

Celebrate Easter and the arrival of a new season with these delicious offerings 

Dinosaur inspired eggs, hot cross bun hybrids, traditional treats and so much more! Welcome the season of new beginnings with these fun and festive goodies…

1. Beaucoup Bakery

Bringing a playful and prehistoric theme to Easter this year, Beaucoup Bakery has launched their ‘Dino-mite’ chocolate treats and hot cross buns. Take a trip back to the land before time and indulge in dinosaur chocolate eggs, dinosaur-shaped chocolate, a ‘T-Rex-misu’, and hot cross lava buns. Their dinosaur eggs feature two sizes, the vegan Eggstinct—a 3.5” pistachio almond praline chocolate and pistachio-filled dark chocolate egg—and the large Dino-mite, a 7″ milk chocolate egg filled with fruit-flavoured mini dinosaur-shaped chocolates and much more. Three lucky eggs also have $75 gift cards hidden inside! 
2150 Fir Street, Vancouver; Details online

2. Rocky Mountain Chocolate

Featuring handmade chocolate showpieces and seasonal gifts, Rocky Mountain Chocolate’s spring lineup includes decorative eggs, Easter-themed chocolate bars, gift boxes and milk chocolate bunnies filled with prizes. Their decorative eggs are available in three fun designs, creating centrepieces for your holiday celebrations and are filled with handmade ‘Rocky Pop’ kettle popcorn. New this year, the ‘Some bunny is a winner’ chocolate bunnies give you the chance to win a variety of prizes ranging from $3 to $100 in value, with one lucky winner receiving a grand prize gift card for a $1,000 shopping spree.
Various locations; Details online

3. Buttermere Patisserie

This Easter, Buttermere Patisserie have unveiled their ‘Out of This World’ treats that feature three stunning variations of a 7-inch tall egg-shaped chocolate shell filled with assorted confections known as dragées. The interactive Easter eggs come in ‘Pastel Splash’, made with 41 percent Alunga milk chocolate and feuilletine with crispy baked crêpe layers; the ‘Pearl Egg’, composed of 34 percent Zéphyr white chocolate paired with Oreo crumbs; and the ‘Metallic Egg’ made with Fleur de Cao dark chocolate and a caramelized hazelnut shell. A true masterpiece. 
958 Main Street, Vancouver; Details online

4. Temper Chocolate and Pastry

The West Vancouver patisserie launches a spring collection of Easter treats and seasonal daytime fare with fresh-baked hot cross buns, chocolate mini eggs, Easter bunnies in dark, milk or white chocolate, and a pair of deluxe Easter showpieces. Their egg showpieces are available in vibrant blue, pink, green, orange, purple or yellow to add a pop of colour and are filled with dark, milk and white chocolate frictures.
2409 Marine Drive, West Vancouver; Details online

5. Chez Christophe Chocolaterie Pâtisserie

Offering up a selection of different treats, Chez Christophe’s Easter lineup features exclusive egg showpieces, smashables, a ‘Sunny Side Up’ desert and a ‘Hot Cross Crois’ (hot cross bun/croissant hybrid). Their showstopper eggs are available in three flavours; the ‘Signature’, a hollow dark chocolate egg with three truffles inside and decorated with gold and blue; the ‘Monotone Dark’, a milk chocolate hollow egg dipped in dark chocolate with caramelized hazelnut pieces; and the ‘Monotone Caramel’, a dark chocolate hollow egg dipped in caramelized white chocolate with caramelized hazelnut pieces. A special mention must also be made to their seasonal ‘Hot Cross Crois’, a croissant dough with cinnamon cardamom pastry cream, rum soaked raisins and an orange rum glaze. We’ll take the lot, please. 
4717 Hastings Street, Burnaby and 1558 Johnston Road, White Rock; Details online

6. Beta5

Step back in time this Easter and have a hella rad sugar trip with with these intergalactic ’80s themed treats from Beta5. From space bunnies, intergalactic eggs, space invader cream puffs, and peanut butter space-themed eggs, these memorable creations are almost to good to eat. Their pink, blue and black retro hand-painted dark chocolate shell eggs are filled with nine pieces of their peanut butter eggs and a Space Bunny in your choice of milk or dark chocolate, and their peanut butter bunny eggs are filled with roasted peanut caramel, salted milk chocolate ganache and crispy peanut praline. No, you stop drooling! 
409 Industrial Avenue, Vancouver; Details online

7. Mon Paris Patisserie

Mon Paris Patisserie is known for unique, artistic and delicate pastries, chocolates and dessert creations, and the locale’s Easter 2021 collection embodies just that. Featuring an array of different chocolate eggs from a contemporary style with a variety of dry nuts and fruits, eggs with flowers containing two assorted truffles, an Easter bunny egg, milk chocolate ducks on sticks with a raspberry caramel and velvet-style egg, there really is something to suite every need. 
4396 Beresford Street, Burnaby; Details online

8. Purdys Chocolatier

Crafted from 100 percent sustainable cocoa and high-quality ingredients, beloved Purdys has your Easter covered. From solid bunny bars in all shapes, sizes and flavours, to Easter wrapped assorted chocolate gift boxes, chocolate eggs and gift baskets, Purdys is your go-to to stock up on sweet treats.
Various locations; Details online

9. The Lazy Gourmet

Launching their new ‘Easter Celebration’ collection, The Lazy Gourmet is encouraging families to feast, share and play with their artisanal desserts selection and a fun Easter egg hunting kit. The Easter dessert box features cheesecake bites, mini chocolate bars, Easter-themed shortbreads, caramels and coconut lime tarts, while the egg-hunting kit includes pastel-coloured Easter egg containers and an assortment of caramels, house made chocolate bars, carrot cake truffles, Easter cookies and pastel meringues.
1545 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver; Details online

10. The Bench Bakehouse

Alongside the traditional, buttery, spiced brioche hot cross buns, The Bench has created a delicious alternative with chocolate hot cross buns filled with Cacao Barry milk and dark chocolate. In addition, more of their Easter highlights include bake-at-home hot cross buns and croissants, Easter stollen and cheerful sugar cookies are either ready to enjoy or packaged in DIY kits for creative afternoons at home. 
1641 Commercial Drive, Vancouver; Details online

11. East Van Roasters

“The hunt for meaningful chocolate begins and ends at East Van Roasters.” From nostalgic cookies and cream, to sophisticated lemon-pistachio praline, the team at East Van Roasters have put together an Easter collection that includes chocolate ‘Bunny Buddies’, boxes of delicate chocolate eggs, and vegan white-chocolate ‘turnip’ pops. The artisanal chocolates are made using only organic, fair and direct-trade cacao without refined sugar, and—with every purchase—funds directly benefit the social enterprise’s peer-mentorship program that supports women living in the Downtown Eastside who are reentering the workforce. It’s a win-win for all. 
319 Carrall Street, Vancouver; Details online

12. Ladurée

From Friday, March 26th to Sunday, April 4th, Ladurée will be serving up their exquisite Easter cake which features a pistachio macaron biscuit, pistachio mousseline cream, crispy praline feuilletine with almonds and pistachio, and topped with Ladurée Easter décor, including macarons and handcrafted mini chocolate eggs. Available in an individual size ($11) or sharable size (four people for $42, six people for $63), all can indulge in this sweet delicacy.
1141 Robson Street, Vancouver; Details online

13. Popina

Popina’s famous Puffcream has had an Easter makeover, and for a limited time only the freshly baked cream puffs are filled with a swirl of original-recipe Birchwood Dairy vanilla soft-serve ice cream and loaded with Mini Eggs ($8). Yes, you heard that right. The festive puffs are available until Easter Sunday only, so you better hop to it.
1691 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver; Details online