9 sweet treats to celebrate this Easter

Still need to fill your kid's Easter basket or want to treat yourself to something sweet over the holiday weekend?

Whether you're looking for something traditional or a little wacky, there is no shortage of Easter treats.

More than $17.32 billion is expected to be spent on Easter-related items, up more than 16 percent from last year, according to WalletHub. Some $2.44 billion will be spent just on candy.

So, whether you are craving jelly beans or a creme egg-inspired pastry, satisfy your sweet tooth with these Easter-themed treats.

— By CNBC's Sarah Whitten
Posted 25 March 2016

The self-proclaimed "nutologists" at Funky Nut Co. have devised an Easter-themed cashew butter with chunks of Cadbury's famous Creme Eggs.

"We have tested out recipe and think what we have created here will keep the Easter Bunny happy but more important, we think it will keep you grinning," the company wrote online.

The spreadable Easter concoction will set you back around $11 per jar and can be ordered online.

The Liverpool-based company sells a wide range of nut butters including pistachio, macadamia, almond and peanut butter.

Chocolate bunnies are essential to any Easter candy basket, but you've probably never had one quite like this.

Chocolatician, a specialty chocolate shop and home to artist Jen Lindsey-Clark, has created Chocolate Cumberbunnies. These hand-molded chocolate treats are designed to resemble actor Benedict Cumberbatch and come in three flavors: milk, white and dark chocolate.

This isn't the first time that Lindsey-Clark has dabbled with Cumberbatch-inspired chocolate artistry. In 2015, she worked with a team of artists to create a life-size figure of the actor.

The Cumberbunny is quite a bit smaller and will cost you about $70. Currently, the Easter treat is sold out, but Chocolatician hints that there are more to come.

So, now the only question is what part do you eat first? Some 89 percent of Americans believe that the ears of the chocolate bunny should be the first to go, according to WalletHub.

Love doughnuts? Craving Cadbury Creme Eggs? You're in luck.

A bakery in East London has relaunched its Easter version of the "Crodough" — think Cronut — and it is sweet.

The creme egg-inspired treat is topped with white, toffee and orange fondant creme and a whole Cadbury egg. It retails for about $4, but it's only available in London.

Last year, Rinkoff Bakery sold between 6,000 and 7,000 Creme Egg Crodoughs.

A holiday favorite, Marshmallow Peeps are perhaps the most recognizable Easter treat. In fact, more than 1.5 billion of the colorful, sugary bunnies and chicks are sold each Easter season, according to WalletHub.

There are around 35 different flavors of Peeps to choose from including bubble gum, lemon, red velvet, sugar plum and caramel apple. Or, of course, you can opt for the traditional marshmallow flavor.

Crazy Pedro's, a pizza shop in Manchester, England, is doing something pretty crazy during the month of March. The pizzeria has created a special dessert pizza just for Easter.

This sweet pie is covered in chocolate sauce, marshmallows, brownies, meringue and, of course, Cadbury Creme Eggs.

The 10-inch pizza costs around $10 and is only available in England. Sorry, folks.

There is no shortage of Cadbury Creme Egg-inspire Easter treats this year. Even McDonald's is hopping on the bandwagon.

The restaurant is offering a Cadbury McFlurry — vanilla soft-serve blended with pieces of Cadbury Creme Eggs — for a limited time in Austrailia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Prices will vary based on location and McFlurry size.

Hershey has created a new Kisses flavor and it's right up the Easter Bunny's alley.

Carrot Cake Kisses arrived in stores back in February, but the dessert-inspired treat is perfect for Easter. The bite-size orange candies are made with white chocolate and filled with vanilla and spice to give it a cream cheese tang.

You can now top your Easter Sunday sundaes with Easter Sundae M&Ms, thanks to the Mars company.

These little candies are filled with white chocolate, covered in milk chocolate and coated with a pastel candy shell.

The new M&M flavor rolled out in January alongside White Strawberry Shortcake and Strawberry M&Ms.

Jelly beans are another staple for the annual Easter basket. Each year more than 16 billion jelly beans are produced by United States manufacturers just for Easter, according to the National Confectioners Association.

The Jelly Belly Candy Co. alone sells about 5 billion jelly beans during the Easter season.