Delicious Treats and Sustainable Gifts

One of the most fun things about filling a vegan Easter basket is choosing items that are a meaningful, beautiful celebration of spring. Bunnies, chicks, and chocolate treats are a must, but beyond that, the field is wide open to interpretation. To help you get inspired, we have put together the following selection of goodies for Easter and other spring celebrations, including wholesome vegan candies, eco-friendly gifts, and more. We know we’d be happy to find them in a basket or on the breakfast table on Easter morning—and hope you will, too!

Editor’s note: FOK may collect a small share of sales from some of the links on this page, though it doesn’t influence our selection.

The Easter baskets from SERRV International make pretty keepsakes that are sturdy enough to use year-round and will last for many years to come. What’s more, your purchase helps support SERRV’s mission of working with small-scale artisans to fight global poverty.

Skip the Easter basket and give kids this canvas bag filled with gardening tools. (There’s still room for candy, too.) The wood-handled trowel, rake, and spade are sturdy enough for real digging, so all you need are plants and seedlings to get going in the garden.

You don’t have to be a kid to get a stuffed animal in an Easter basket. (But kids will love this chick, too.) Warmies makes weighted stuffed animals that can be chilled in the freezer to soothe bumps and bruises or warmed in the microwave for aches, pains, and all-around cuddly comfort.

Introduce the flower lover in your life to the calming, holistic beauty of whole flower teas. This starter set from The Qi includes floral infusions for beauty, balance, and calm and a glass tea pot that lets you watch as the flowers infuse and open up into full bloom.

No Easter basket is complete without a chocolate bunny! This 100% vegan guy is naturally sweetened and made with dairy-free, oil-free chocolate. Check out No Whey Foods’ Milkless Surprise Eggs, as well, if you want to fill out your candy assortment.

Get a delicious taste of the elderflower trend—without all the alcohol of St-Germain liqueur or the sugar in a fizzy soft drink. Republic of Tea blends the dried flowers with green rooibos for a fresh herbal tea that tastes like the flowers of spring.

Organic cotton and child-safe dyes make this cutie pie the ideal springtime friend for infants and small children. Cutie the Lamb is made by a cooperative of clothing designers committed to producing sustainable apparel and ensuring their workers get living wages.

Give the whole Easter egg theme a nature lover spin with this gorgeous Smithsonian book, released in late 2024. Your purchase helps support ​​the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, at a time when national museums need support more than ever.

Sloths fall into the cute critter category, just like bunnies and chicks! And what better animal to have adorning a sleep mask than the drowsy, adorable creatures that have become an internet sensation? Sourced by Ten Thousand Villages, the home goods store that specializes in ethical, artisan-made items.

Before there was pickleball, there was badminton! The play-anywhere racket game is a great excuse to get out on a sunny spring day. This set has wide rackets and large birdies so all ages can play.

Is it flip-flop season yet? Almost. These environmentally friendly natural rubber sandals for men and women come in luscious Easter egg colors and look great in a holiday basket.

Tuck one of these colorful envelopes in a vegan Easter basket or slip a packet into Easter or Earth Day cards. The customized seed blend is designed to help feed bees and other pollinators. Added bonus: The automatically applied Earth Day code takes 50% off your purchase.

The ultimate gourmet truffles for whole-food, plant-based chocolate lovers, these decadent morsels are primarily sweetened with figs. Wrap each one in candy foil and they can even double as eggs for an Easter egg hunt.

Spice things up with a box of exquisite handmade chocolates infused with ginger, curry, and garam masala. Delysia Chocolatiers pride themselves on creating chocolates for everyone and every occasion and these creamy oil-free dark chocolate jewels fit the bill.

Kids of all ages love these sweet, chewy berry-flavored disks. Try the “bearly” processed 100% fruit snacks as a dye-free, sugar-free alternative to jelly beans.

Crinkle-cut colored paper filler is an eco-friendly alternative to artificial Easter basket grass that’s reusable, recyclable and repurposeable. The vibrant green color would look good in a Christmas gift packet, as well.

Round out the Easter candy options with these candy bar lookalikes that are sweetened with dates and made with just three other ingredients: dark chocolate, peanuts, and (a little) salt.