Auckland’s Most Epic Easter Treats For You To Hunt Down In 2026
Vicki Young
Freelance Sub-Editor | Urban List NZ
While we’re always impartial to a freshly-baked spiced hot cross bun for Easter (or dozen, with butter), Tāmaki Makaurau has a huge line-up of epic Easter treats in store. From doughnuts to gelato, or make it a complete weekend affair with an Easter High Tea—these are our picks for the Best Easter Treats for 2026 (and you’ll have to get your hands on them quick, before they disappear).
Here are the Best Easter Treats in Auckland this year.
Hot Cross Bun Caramel Vanilla Doughnuts | The Pantry
Park Hyatt Auckland 99 Halsey Street, Auckland CBD
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You’d be tempted not to scoff one of these on the drive back from pick-up—they’re one of most indulgent Easter bakes I’ve had. The talented Executive Pastry Chef Callum Liddicoat and his pastry team have brought back their popular hot cross bun-inspired doughnuts for the Easter season.
Brioche dough is folded through with earl grey tea-soaked sultanas, citrus peel and a heavenly spice mix (we’re talking cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, coriander, tonka bean, black pepper, cardamom and cloves)—fried fresh, and then filled with a generous ratio of custard and spiced fruit compote (made up of orange, sultanas, currants and raisins). Choose from vanilla, or my personal fave—house-made whipped caramel custard, in a 4 pack, 6 pack or 10 pack.
Pricing: from $28
Ao Cacao’s Easter Range | Ao Cacao
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We’re big fans of Tāmaki Makaurau-based Ao Cacao, and their Easter chocolate range is everything we want for Easter chocolates. From Easter bon bons and Easter eggs, to baking and spreads (to go on freshly-toasted hot cross buns, of course)—Ao Cacao has got you. Dip into a jar of salted caramel topped with chocolate, or our pick being the Noisette Cacao Jar. Made with a decadent combo of hazelnuts, chocolate and rare vanilla—it will level up your toasted hot cross bun. Their elegant Easter bonbons include fillings like mānuka and burnt butter, date sponge and rum caramel with vanilla ganache (a.k.a. sticky toffee pud), as well as a hot cross bun-inspired filling in the form of spiced praline, raisin caramel and ganache.
Don’t go for a regular chocolate Easter egg this year—we’re eyeing up the Ao Cacao Sticky Toffee Noisette Egg. Coming in two flavours, one half is filled with sticky toffee pud and caramel sauce—filled to the brim, and encased in a thick, milk chocolate shell. The other half, filled with hazelnut praline, caramel and feuilletine in a dark chocolate shell—the best of both (chocolate) worlds. Oh and did we mention it comes with rum butter chewy caramels and malted milk chocolate truffles too? Heavenly.
Pricing: Noisette cacao jar ($23), Easter Bonbons Collection 16 pcs (59), Sticky Toffee Noisette Egg 530g ($85).
Made To Order S’mores And PBJ Gelato Easter Egg | Bear Gelato x Ao Cacao
327 Dominion Road, Mount Eden
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Not only are we here for chocolate this Easter, but when there’s gelato involved, you’ve got us listening. These two talented artisan brands are back with their gelato Easter egg collab—this time with not one, but two flavours.
After debuting last year with a mānuka honeycomb number, they’re bringing the heat with a torched to order burnt marshmallow and graham cracker gelato with a chocolate ganache “yolk” centre, reminiscent of campfire s’mores, as well as a nod to PBJ with their second flavour, peanut butter gelato with mixed berry compote and berry “yolk.” Made with Ao Cacao’s 70% single-origin dark chocolate shell, each egg weighs around a whopping 550g, and made to serve 4-5 people. Made to order, try your luck to see if they have any left—or head to Bear Gelato for a scoop of their hot cross bun gelato instead (with Ao Cacao’s Easter treats from the website).
Pricing: $55 each
Easter Soufflé And Hot Cross Bun Ice Cream | Onslow
9 Princes Street, Auckland CBD
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Come for dinner and stay for dessert—Head Pastry Chef Zachariah Meads and his team have done it again. Hot cross buns are toasted to bring out their flavour, mixed through their spiced ice cream during the churning process—and added to two limited-edition Easter desserts currently on the menu at Onslow. Inspired by Caramello Easter eggs, dig into their dark chocolate mousse with salted caramel centre, along with their hot cross bun ice cream in a crispy filo nest. For something warm and comforting, get their iconic chocolate soufflé, baked to order, with a scoop of hot cross bun ice cream on top. Available now until Easter Sunday.
Pricing: $22-24
Easter Bunny Fluffy Hot Chocolate | Cocoa Wilds
12 O'Connell Street, Auckland CBD
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Cocoa Wilds is serving up an Easter edition of their signature hot chocolate. Known for their scorched marshmallow fluff, choose your kind of hot chocolate (from 33%, 53% or 70% cocoa), topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and salted caramel drizzle, plus a mini chocolate bunny made by the Cocoa Wilds team. Stop by for a hot choc experience like no other, and don’t forget to pick a few extra Easter goodies from their chocolate range too (including a very cute hot cross bun and carrot cake flavoured bon bon).
Pricing: $13.99 for their limited edition hot chocolate
Easter Cake | Vaniyé Patisserie
1/7 Windsor Street, Parnell and 2/15 Fleming Street, Onehunga
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Vaniyé Patisserie has a stunning Easter Collection each year and this year is no exception. Along with their “Grand Cru Easter Egg” selection made right in their chocolate room (which smells heavenly, by the way), filled to the brim with an assortment of dried fruit, nuts, crispy pearls and cacao nibs, they have a giant Easter egg on a decadent chocolate tart with pistachio praline, and drumroll please…. An Easter Cake, the boss-level of Easter bakes, with all the chocolate textures and flavours. It’s an Easter chocolate lovers dream, with caramelised milk mousse, dark chocolate ganache, and fluffy marshmallow layers on a chocolate sponge. Decorated with cacao nibs, roasted almonds and mini chocolate Easter eggs, it’s all the favourite Easter chocolates combined into one decadent slice.
Pricing: $97.00 (see website for ordering information and cut-off dates)
Iced Hot Cross Sin and Easter High Tea | Farmhouse Cafe
400 Papakura-Clevedon Road, Clevedon
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Some call it a cinnamon bun, some call it cinnamon roll—Farm House Cafe (and Hill House Cafe) now call their sell-out buns an actual “Sin in a Bun,” and for good reason. They’re massive, with the fluffiest interior, laden with cream cheese, pops of toasted nuts and a generous dust of cinnamon on top. Farm House currently has a hot cross bun variation which has been selling out everyday (and the pani popo-inspired number at sister cafe, Hill House, selling out before it even hits the cabinet). They’re also offering Easter High Tea at Farm House, with a four-course savoury selection, followed by a four-course Easter dessert experience (during Good Friday to Easter Sunday only). Book your spot for everything, stat.
Pricing: $34.50 for 6 buns, Easter High Tea is $79.90 per person
Hot Cross Bun Vienna | Juno Ponsonby
20 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn
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From the talented team behind Omni (now closed), is their latest all-day eatery and wine bar, Juno. Make a beeline for the emerald green Ockham building (also known as ‘The Greenhouse’). You can’t go past their seeded toast with incredible toppings to start the day (yes to folded eggs and ‘nduja chilli butter—add bacon), and their signature vienna. For the Easter season, they’re bringing a spiced take on the go-to drink. Signature cold cream float, spiced with chai brown sugar and all the warm spices in tow (think nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, ginger and star anise).
Pricing: $12
Hot Cross Bun Gelato | Mor x OOH-FA
357 Dominion Road, Mount Eden
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A Mor hot cross bun is delicious on its own (plus butter of course), but in this Tāmaki Makaurau heat, sometimes all you want is a cool scoop—and this collab will just hit the spot. Enter Mor and OOH-FA, with their hot cross bun gelato. Mor hot cross buns are infused into milk and churned, with more Mor buns (covered in butter and sugar, then fired through the OOH-FA wood-fire oven) folded through the gelato mix. Go for wood-fired pizza and a glass of natty wine, then stay for this. They will also be available by the pottle at Mor on weekends (until 12th April). More is more, or in this case—Mor.
Pricing: $15 at OOH-FA, $14 for a pottle at Mor.
Gelato Easter Egg Hunt | Little ‘Lato
119 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
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Little ‘Lato are back with their Easter gelato collection, with flavours inspired by cream eggs, hot cross buns and carrot cake (plus the carrot cake gelato is vegan too). Available by the scoop (or a takeaway tub), head into their Ponsonby store to check it out (Top tip: You might want a scoop in one of their decadent hot chocs or skillet cookies).
They’re also partnering with Hamilton chocolatiers Fruney and offering gelato-filled chocolate Easter eggs. With two flavours available, choose from a vegan dark chocolate praline featuring their award-winning dark chocolate sorbet and coconut caramel, or their (non-vegan) vanilla custard caramel in a milk chocolate shell. They’re currently running an Easter Egg Hunt at the time of writing, where four Easter Egg boxes are hidden in secret spots around Tāmaki Makaurau, Hamilton and Waipu at different weeks. Jump into their socials for all the deets.
Pricing: $8 for a single scoop, $35 for Easter Gelato Egg (at Little ‘Lato Ponsonby and Farro)
Easter Dessert Platter And Dubai Egg | Miann
136 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby and Arthur Nathan Lobby 37 Galway Street, Britomart
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Easter is in full-swing at Miann, and we’re here for all their craft chocolate creations and patisserie treats. I mean, they even have a Lego-style Easter Man filled with white, dark and milk chocolate Easter eggs (weighing in at a very delicious 900g).
While chocolate treats are definitely up there, their Easter Dessert Platter has a bit of everything so there’s no difficult decisions to be made—plus you can share them with a buddy (or have it all to yourself, we won’t judge). From a cute mini chick-shaped macaron, mini “egg and nest” Mont Blanc, milk chocolate and hazelnut bunny, caramelised white chocolate and rhubarb chick, hot cross cube bun (made of triple chocolate), as well as their classic lemon tart with a toasted meringue top. It makes the perfect afternoon tea at their Ponsonby or Britomart site.
P.S. If you’re not already in chocolate overload (you’re not), eave with a caramelised white chocolate Dubai Chocolate Easter Egg too (wrapped in ribbon for the perfect Easter gift). Open all through Easter weekend, consider this a sign to check out the Miann chocolate factory.
Pricing: $28 for Easter Dessert Platter, $42 for Dubai Chocolate Easter Egg
Easter Egg With Cher’s Dark Chocolate Ice Cream | Giapo
12 Gore Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland
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Giapo have released two Easter Egg flavours for the season (along with their gluten-free hot cross bun range). Pick from a milk chocolate Easter egg shell filled with Cher’s Dark Chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, dulce de leche and a pistachio exterior, or their vegan number—a dark chocolate shell with Christchurch’s Hazelnut ice cream, covered in Christchurch hazelnuts. Each egg serves 4, so gather the crew for a fun Easter late night dessert mission.
Pricing: $20 for Easter Egg Ice Cream
Hot Cross Tiramisu | Blue
Courtyard, Unit 1/1A Franklin Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
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Slinging crowd-fave hot cross buns from Beabea’s but with a “pimped” twist for a limited time (check their socials for Easter hours, they're open all day and night over the weekend) are the cool crew at Blue this Easter season. While you can have them fresh or toasted (with their housemade whipped butter)—their Beabea’s hot cross bun and tiramisu twist has got us drooling. Available both dine-in and takeaway, we hear they’ve got a festive pizza party on Sunday afternoon so swing by for pizza, wine, and a tiramisu-filled hot cross bun to finish. P.S. Being a cafe and restaurant (and wine bar) they are open all weekend long, so you can get your hands on this hot cross bun from breakfast through to dinner.
Pricing: Regular bun served with whipped butter (toasted or fresh) for $7 or as a combo with a coffee for $12, or their pimped tiramisu bun for $12 (not part of the combo)
Easter Bunny | Honest Chocolat
Commercial Bay Shop 23, Ground Floor/7 Queen Street, Auckland CBD and Matakana Village Farmers Market, 1/2 Matakana Valley Road, Matakana
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Hot cross bun and milk chocolate come together in this decadent Easter bunny, with a bright citrus twist. Available in hot cross bun spiced, chocolate ganache and orange jelly filling, coffee caramel with hazelnut, passionfruit and 88% dark chocolate (and yes, it’s one for the vegan and dairy-free friends), or a nostalgic vanilla marshmallow with crunchy hokey pokey—each bunny is made by their talented chocolatiers and boxed (with the option to gift wrap, too).
Pricing: $35 each, or get the trio (with free shipping online) for $99
Special Mention: Limited Edition Hot Cross Bun Gin | Dabblers Gin
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Dabblers by Dynamic Distilling have brought back their popular hot cross bun gin. Made here in Aotearoa, their botanical gin is naturally infused with apples, raisins and orange, along with spices like cinnamon, coriander seeds, ginger, nutmeg and cloves—and it’s giving big hot cross bun energy, both shaken and stirred. Made by two food technology experts who dabble in gin with natural infusions, you know it’s going to be a good one (they recommend it in a variety of ways, check out their website for all the tips).
Pricing: $29.99 for 200ml, $64.99 for 500ml
Looking for more? Check out:
- Auckland's Best Hot Cross Buns
- What’s On In Wellington This Easter Long Weekend
- What’s On In Christchurch This Easter Long Weekend
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