St. Patrick’s day is a day of celebration, a day to drink, eat, spend time with friends and family, relax and be merry. In between sips of green coloured ale or larger you will need some treats to eat! So we thought we would compile a list of St Patrick’s day treats that are easy to make and delicious to eat.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day To Ya!
How to celebrate St Patrick’s Day!
St Patrick’s day is a day of feasting with friends, many people head tot he local pub or Inn to enjoy St Paddy’s day festivities.
This usually involves finding an Irish themed pub that has an Irish band playing, or settling in at a friends home with some Irish music food and drink.
How to Dress
One rule! go Green! you need not be covered head to toe in green, a small green ribbon or button will suffice, but make sure you wear something green so you are invisible to leprechauns and don’t get pinched!
Take it one step further and you can go dressed in a leprechaun outfit! if you are totally into it, why not dye your hair green and paint your face with the colours of the Irish flag!
What to Eat
Traditional foods and lots of it! Irish fry, Scones, Irish soda bread, Apple tarts, corned beef and cabbage and much, much more!
What to Drink
Guinness, Stout, Larger, Green beer and lots of it! If your not into beer or stout you could always try any one of a large number of St. Paddy’s day cocktails
St. Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies Recipe
The recipe for St. Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies from Two Sisters Crafting offers a delightful and easy-to-make treat perfect for the holiday.
The cookies are made with a chocolatey dough that incorporates both white and brown sugars, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract.
The highlight is the addition of dark chocolate mint M&M’s, which provide a festive green color and a refreshing minty flavor. The cookies are baked at 350°F for 9-11 minutes, resulting in soft, cake-like cookies with a crunchy M&M exterior.
These Delicious Minty flavoured Mint M & M topped chocolate St Patrick’s Day treats are a great snack choice for the whole family.
An easy and fun treat to get the whole family involved in creating.
Full Recipe HERE
St. Patrick’s Day Mini Ombre Cakes!
Aren’t these just gorgeous and elegant? Best thing is these mini ombre cakes with their 3 different shades of green are delicious!
Don’t let its sophisticated look fool you, if you can manage to put together cake mix, you can manage the three layered mini ombre cakes this St. Patrick’s Day.
The St. Patrick’s Day Mini Ombre Cakes recipe from Hello Little Home offers a fun and easy dessert idea. These mini cakes are made using a vanilla cake mix, divided into three portions, and colored in shades of green. Baked in three layers, they are cut into circles and stacked with cream cheese frosting.
The result is a set of adorable, festive mini cakes perfect for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Recipe HERE
St. Patrick’s Day Parfaits
Another great looking treat for St Paddy’s day this year!
Kids and adults alike love Jello and this striking green and white is sure to be devoured eagerly!
Whisky + Sunshine’s St. Patrick’s Day Parfaits are a simple, festive treat made with lime Jell-O, Cool Whip, and sprinkles.
The parfaits are created by setting Jell-O at an angle in dessert glasses, then layering with a mixture of Jell-O and whipped topping.
The final touch includes a dollop of Cool Whip and decorative sprinkles. This versatile recipe can be adapted for other holidays by changing the Jell-O color.
Don’t let the cool angular look of it frighten you, its remarkably easy if you follow the instructions below.
Recipe From Whiskey + Sunshine
St. Patrick’s Day Gum Drops
This easy peasy gum drop recipe requires only 4 ingredients.
These green gum drops look great and kids in particualr will love them, they also take very little time to make.
A Worthey Read presents a simple recipe for homemade gumdrops shaped like shamrocks, perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.
The recipe uses lime Jell-O, unflavored gelatin, applesauce, and sugar to create festive green gumdrops. After cooking and setting the mixture, it’s cut into shamrock shapes with cookie cutters and rolled in sugar.
These treats are easy to make and suitable for classroom parties or celebrations at home.
Full Recipe HERE
Easy Peasy Shamrock Dip
It would be kind of cheating to call this snack creation a recipe. There is nothing to prepare other than slicing open a couple of bell peppers, spooning out the insides and then filling them with your favourite dip.
Add some chips or crackers to dip and your done! One of the easiest treats you can make this year.
Check out Our Orginal Easy Shamrock Dip Recipe
Recipe at Mrs Happy Homemaker
Leprechaun Snack Mix
Another of our favorite St Patrick’s day treats isn’t really a recipe, a “mix” would be a better term to use.
Simply mix white chocolate muddy buddies, rainbow marshmallows and green M&M candies!
Recipe From Dinner at The Zoo (scroll down to bottom of page)
Shamrock Pretzel Treats
These adorable pretzel creations require just 4 ingredients to put together.
An obvious winner with kids, these Shamrock pretzels wont got to waste this St. Patrick’s Day.
Hip2Save offers a simple recipe for making Shamrock Pretzels, perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Using just four ingredients—mini pretzel twists, pretzel sticks, Rolo candies, and green M&M’s—you can create these festive treats. Arrange the pretzels in a shamrock shape, melt the Rolos in the oven, and top with an M&M to hold the shape together. These easy-to-make snacks are fun for kids and suitable for parties or holiday celebrations
Recipe at Hip2Save
St Patrick’s Day Mint Cookies
Another variation of mint chocolate cookies with M & Ms on top.
This is an easy cookie creation and will be a family favourite this St. Patrick’s Day.
Recipe From Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons
St Patrick’s Day Pudding Cups
These pudding cups will look amazing and delicious on your table this Saint Patrick’s day.
Perfect for dessert or a treat, simple to make and look amazing topped with Oreo cookies that have been sprayed with gold cake mist.
Recipe From Simply Made Recipes
Pot of Gold Oreos
Another recipe involving Oreo cookies (who doesn’t love Oreo’s?)
Such a fun recipe to make and the resulting item looks amazing.
Recipe From Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons
St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies
Who doesn’t love muddy buddies, they are perfect for every holiday treat and are so easy to make.
These St. Patrick’s muddy buddies consist of a mix of White and Green Muddy Buddies, Lucky Charms and Green chocolate candies.
Recipe From Frugal MomEh!
St. Patrick’s Day Rice Krispie Bites
This a delicious mixture of soft marshmallow and crunchy rice krispie’s is simply irresistible.
Very easy and quick to make, even more delicious to eat and fun to look at.
The only challengeis you will need to make 3 different batches for the three different colors.
Recipe From Two Sisters Crafting
Leprechaun hat treats
Irish folk lore is synonymous with Leprechauns, so what better treat to make for St. Patrick’s Day than a Chocolate and marshmallow leprechaun hat!
Recipe From Lady and the Blog
St. Patrick’s Day S’more Snack Mix
Our list wouldn’t be complete without a good S’more Snack Mix.
Featuring a heavenly combo of pop corn, graham cereal and chocolate.
Recipe at Creations By Kara
Leprechaun Bark Recipe
“Bark” is another holiday classic treat that everyone loves.
This another straightforward, easy to make treat once you have purchased all the required ingredients.
Recipe at Classy Mommy
St Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
Another awesome recipe that includes those delicious Oreo’s.
These minty, chocolate cup cake creations will have your guests and family crying out for more.
Recipe From The Keeper of The Cheerios
Pot of Gold Party Treats
It may only be pop corn, but this amazingly cute looking creation just had to be included to round out our St Patrick’s Day Treats list.
A lot of fun to make and what could be more appropriate then a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow on St. Patrick’s day!
From Jo-Lynne Shane
