Show-Stopping Easter Side Dishes That Will WOW Your Guests!

An Easter meal is all about gathering with loved ones and enjoying a delicious feast. And no feast is complete without the perfect side dishes! These side dishes promise to steal the spotlight.

Get the creamiest, fluffiest mashed potatoes, with a surprise ingredient – buttermilk! Try a new veggie side dish!

Whether you’re a fan of classic recipes or eager to try something new and innovative, don’t let these game-changing dishes pass you by. Discover the secret to an unforgettable Easter meal now!

Southern Style Collard Greens

**Collard Greens**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

If you’re looking for the Best Collard Greens Recipe, look no further. This classic southern side dish features tender collard greens, cooked to perfection, southern style, with savory bacon, onions, a ham hock, and garlic. Trust me – once you try these greens, you’ll never need another recipe again.
Get the Recipe: Southern Style Collard Greens

Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Recipe

Close-up image of a creamy corn casserole with visible kernels and a spoon. — **Slow Cooker Creamed Corn**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Slow Cooker Creamed Corn features sweet corn simmered in the crock pot for hours with cream cheese and butter for a creamy side dish everyone will love. The cream cheese and butter melt into a delicious sauce that thickens up and gets absorbed by the corn as it cooks. The slow cooker does all the work – and it’s so delicious!
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamed Corn

Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams)

A close-up of glazed candied sweet potatoes in a white dish. — **Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams) are tender, buttery, and sweetened with brown sugar and honey. They are perfect for a holiday meal, and using a slow cooker is the easiest way to make them.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes

Classic Green Bean Casserole

Close-up of a green bean casserole topped with crispy fried onions in a baking dish. — **Classic Green Bean Casserole**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

In my opinion, this is the BEST Green Bean Casserole Recipe tastes like being home for the holidays and time with family. It is creamy, crunchy, delicious, and so easy to make. Made with tender green beans, creamy mushroom soup, and crispy onions, it’s a must-have side dish.
Get the Recipe: Classic Green Bean Casserole

Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

A close-up of homemade mashed potatoes garnished with herbs on a white plate. — **Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes.** Image Credit: Southern Bytes.

Mashed Potatoes will be the most popular dish on your table with this perfectly garlicky and buttery Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food, and pressure cooking cuts the cooking time needed to make this easy side dish in half.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots

A close-up view of shiny glazed baby carrots in a black cooking pot with a black spatula. — **Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

These candied carrots are coated in brown sugar, butter, honey, and cinnamon, and cooked to perfection. The result is tender, sweet carrots that just melt in your mouth. Your whole family will love these slow cooker carrots!
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots

Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole Recipe

**Hashbrown Casserole**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Crockpot Hash Browns cooked in creamy chicken soup, sour cream, and a shredded cheese mixture are slow-cooked to perfection. These Slow Cooker Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes are the perfect side to any dish!
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

Crockpot Southern Green Beans

**Southern Green Beans**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

These Crock Pot Southern Green Beans have so much flavor – they are a family favorite. They are the perfect easy side dish for any holiday menu, and they cook hands-free in a slow cooker.
Get the Recipe: Southern Green Beans

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes are my absolute favorite way to make mashed potatoes. The potatoes are smooth and creamy, and the tangy buttermilk adds so much flavor to the potatoes. Get the Recipe: Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

Southern Broccoli Casserole

Southern Broccoli Casserole is cheesy, creamy, and perfectly delicious. The buttery cracker topping is perfectly crunchy and balances out the soft broccoli and creamy sauce. It’s the perfect Southern side dish.
Get the Recipe: Southern Broccoli Casserole

Southern Cornbread

This Classic Southern Cornbread Recipe combines simple yellow cornmeal and buttermilk, bringing out the naturally sweet flavor of corn without adding sugar. Cooked in a cast iron skillet with bacon drippings or butter – it will please even the toughest critics.
Get the Recipe: Southern Cornbread Recipe

Southern Cornbread Dressing

**Cornbread Dressing**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Cornbread Dressing is a Southern staple – the combination of sweet cornbread and savory sausage is so delicious. The celery and onions add such a wonderful crunch, and the creamy soup brings it all together.
Get the Recipe: Southern Cornbread Dressing

Deviled Eggs with Diced Pickles

**Deviled Eggs**. Image Credit: Southern Bytes.

With fluffy, tangy, and creamy filling in perfectly-cooked hard-boiled eggs, this Easy Deviled Egg Recipe will be your new favorite side or appetizer. Perfect for a party, these deviled eggs are quick and easy to make and are a crowd-pleaser.
Get the Recipe: Deviled Eggs with Diced Pickles

Sweet Potato Casserole

This Sweet Potato Crunch Casserole is a classic side dish made with creamy sweet potatoes and a crunchy brown sugar pecan praline topping. It tastes just like dessert and everyone will be coming back for seconds.
Get the Recipe: Sweet Potato Casserole

Instant Pot Southern Green Beans

**Instant Pot Southern-Style Green Beans**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

It’s hard to beat that cooked all day with smoky meat flavor of Southern-Style Green Beans. With this recipe, they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious and are ready in less than an hour in an Instant Pot!
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Southern-Style Green Beans

Instant Pot Creamed Corn

Instant Pot Creamed Corn is so creamy, delicious, and comforting. This easy-to-make creamed corn is just a little sweet, with a touch of spice to round it out. You just dump a bunch of things in an Instant Pot, mix it all up, and cook.
Get the Full Recipe: Instant Pot Creamed Corn

Instant Pot Glazed Carrots

A heap of whole carrots inside a stainless steel pressure cooker. — **Instant Pot Glazed Carrots**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Instant Pot Glazed Carrots are such an easy side dish to whip up. They are buttery, sweet, soft, and delicious, and are coated in an incredible, yummy glaze. Using an Instant Pot, carrots are ready in minutes and require no planning or prep time.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Glazed Carrots

Ultimate 6 Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

A close-up of creamy macaroni and cheese with melted cheese stretching as it is lifted from a bowl. — **6 Cheese Macaroni and Cheese**. Photo Credit: State of Dinner.

This Six-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese recipe is truly the ultimate! There are 3 kinds of cheese in the sauce and 3 more layered between the noodles. If you are looking for a creamy, cheesy, flavorful macaroni and cheese, you have found it!
Get the Recipe: Six-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

Need a Dessert too?

A colorful collection of festive Easter desserts including marshmallow bunnies, crispy rice egg treats, chocolate bark, and cookie bars adorned with pastel candies. — **Easter Desserts**. Photo Credit: Jeannie’s Tried and True Recipes.

Whether you’re planning an Easter brunch, a festive egg hunt, or just want to whip up something special with the kids, these Easy Easter desserts are sure to be a hit with the whole family.
Get the Recipe: Easy Easter Desserts

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