Bless your little Irish heart- and every other Irish part. The green Irish celebration holiday is just around the corner, and the preparations are in full swing with everyone looking for the best St Patrick’s Day desserts, cookies and decorations.
The charming holiday beats full of life with the symbolic representations of St. Patrick’s life in Shamrocks which he used to explain the holy trinity to the Pegan Irish and wearing lots of green to symbolize the country known as the Emerald-isle.
30 Best St. Patrick’s Day Desserts – Cakes, Cupcakes, Cookies & More
The celebrations include public parades and festivals with traditional Irish music sessions. Alcohol consumption also increases on this holiday. There is a specific tradition of ‘Drowning the Shamrock.’ liquor maybe whiskey, beer, or cider. People drink it at the day’s end.
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Talking about celebrations and festivals, it is a sin to stall the discussion of desserts. How else will you get in the festive spirit, and what will accompany your liquor? We have combined more than 25 St Patrick’s Day desserts in this blog for you to experiment and fill your table with deliciousness.
1. 4-Ingredient Pistachio Gelato Fudge
Image and recipe: A Spicy Perspective
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 49
Ingredients: 4
We will color most desserts featured on this blog in a green hue to celebrate the green holiday. What’s better than a fudge recipe with a green twist. Pistachios are the green nuts that are added to this fudge. The best part is that it is made with only four ingredients to feature in our quick and easy St. Patrick’s day desserts.
2. Sugar Cookies
Image and recipe: Premeditated Leftovers
Ingredients: 7
This is a sugar cookie recipe decorated with royal icing in green color to incorporate the good luck charm, shamrocks to the recipe.
You do not have to be an artist and make the perfect drawing to resemble shamrocks, you can make it simple and uncomplicated. It is the feeling that counts.
3. Mint Chocolate Grahams
Image and recipe: A Worthey-read
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3
If you are a fan of Graham crackers, you can make a fun dessert for St. Patrick’s day. You can serve it at a house party or take it with you on a fun picnic. Decorate the set Graham crackers with green chocolate for the perfect festive spirit.
4. Irish-Cream Bundt Cake
Image and recipe: Bunsen Burner Bakery
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Servings: 12-16
Ingredients: 14
Fans of Bailey’s Irish cream, assemble. If you love it, this dessert is for you. The goodness of Irish cream baked right into this magnificent piece of dessert. This is an alcohol-based dessert so make sure to issue warnings to the people eating it, however, most people do not hold back on the green holiday.
5. Shamrock Rainbow Cupcakes
Image and recipe: A Mom’s Take
Ingredients: 6
To commemorate the patron saint, we make rainbow cupcakes with toppers in the shape of a shamrock. You can pack this for your kids for a school celebration, and they also make a great party dessert.
6. Matcha Green Tea Shamrock Cookies
Prep time: 1 hour 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Servings: 24
Ingredients: 8
You will need something to accompany your corned beef dinner and a glass of Irish whiskey. These cookies made of Matcha green tea are a great option just for that. These are green, perfect for the holiday and their shape is extra cute too.
7. Vanilla Cream Bars
Image and recipe: My Organized Chaos
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients: 8
If you can enjoy both cake and pudding in a single dessert, would you refuse it? We don’t think so.This is the recipe that does exactly this. It is an easy recipe and you can even store it to eat later.
8. Irish Bundt Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 75 min
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients: 18
Because of Bailey’s Irish cream added to this one, it is a traditional St.Patrick’s day dessert. The festival is all about food and drinks and when you can include your liquor in a dessert, it is heavenly.
9. Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes
Image and recipe: Bakers Royale
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 14-16
Ingredients: 17
On our list for traditional Irish desserts on this Irish holiday, these Irish car bomb cupcakes are a perfect recipe. Cupcakes are always a festive spirit enhancer. Also, it has Bailey’s buttercream added to it to make the flavor even more heavenly.
10. Rainbow Cupcakes with Sour Powers
On every holiday, the most excited ones in a household are always kids, and it is always a good opportunity to teach them about culture. So, it is only fair that the desserts on this list should be catered to the kids. These St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes with Sour power rainbows are sure to impress your kids.
11. Green Ombre Cake
Image and recipe: Chocolate and Carrots
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients: 7
If you are one of those who like to aesthetically decorate and match everything to a particular palette, this Pinterest-themed green ombre cake is the perfect match.
This dessert is as appetizing as it looks and literally melts in your mouth. Also, it is not a very hard recipe to make this one as it just needs a prepared cake mix and some green colored icing for decoration.
12. Irish Butter and Oats Shortbread Cookies
Image and recipe: Cafe Johnsonia
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 4 dozen
Ingredients: 6
Straight out of Ireland, this recipe is on your plate. The traditional Irish shortbread cookies are made with oat flour. Enjoy the buttery goodness and since it is made with oat flour, we can add it to the list of healthy St. Patrick’s day desserts.
13. Irish Cream Tiramisu
Image and recipe: How Sweet Treats
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 6 hours
Servings: 8
Ingredients: 10
The perfect addition to the most magnificent desserts of all time, Tiramisu is Bailey’s Irish cream. Also perfect as a St. Patrick’s day dessert. Since, it is made with liquor as a base, it is advisable to keep it away from your kids but it makes a great adult dessert.
14. Chocolate Stout Mousse Tart with Pretzel Peanut Crust
Image and recipe: One Sweet Mess
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 9-inch tart
Ingredients: 11
There are some recipes that can accommodate gluten-free diets and this is one of them. The crust of this tart is made with pretzels and peanuts topped with a very smooth and chocolate mousse. This is the perfect gluten-free dessert with booze.
15. Irish Cream and Chocolate Mini Cheesecakes
Image and recipe: Floating Kitchen
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients: 11
If you like Irish cream as a liquor, you are in luck on St. Patrick’s day as the liquor already has a dessert-like taste. This is why the majority of St.Paddy’s day desserts include Irish cream. And the mini cheesecakes are a perfect small treat to serve at a house party. There is no hassle of cutting down chunks from a big cake.
16. Shamrock Shake Pie
Prep time: 5 min
Servings: 8
Ingredients: 6
The best thing about desserts is that you can experiment with them to any extent, even add something salty but it still comes out great if the ingredients combine in a good proportion. This is a pie made from the Mac Donald’s Shamrock Shake. Isn’t it interesting and fun? You do not even have to bake it.
17. Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes
Image and recipe: A Classic Twist
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 12-15
Ingredients: 17
These are super moist and fluffy Guinness cookies. There is a rich chocolate flavour also because this recipe has used extra rich cocoa. You can feel free to use normal cocoa as well.
18. White Chocolate Bailey’s Cupcakes
Image and recipe: Art of Natural Living
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients: 13
To make this cupcake recipe Irish, there is an addition of the famous liquor, Bailey’s Irish cream. Small bites of heaven made with white chocolate frosting and covered in festive cupcake liners. If you want them to be kid-friendly as well, you can skip the liquor.
19. Mint Chocolate Fudge
Image and recipe: Favorite Family Recipes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 30
Ingredients: 9
If you are a fan of fudge, you can make small alterations to your favorite dessert to make it perfect for St. Patricks’ day with this recipe. This is flavored with mint added to the chocolate. Also, thrown in the fudge are extra flavors of peanut butter and vanilla – sounds like a perfect combination to us.
20. Easter Mini Egg Cookie Cake
Image and recipe: The Recipe Label
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 10
Ingredients: 14
You can create an awesome gooey cookie cake topped with buttercream and easter eggs as a topping. This is a very festive-looking dessert and can be easily served on St.Patrick’s day as well. The mini eggs also make this recipe appealing to the kids and can be served to them at a kid’s theme party.
21. Irish Coffee Dessert Cake
Image and recipe: Creative Culinary
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8-10
Ingredients: 15
There is a certain festive spirit about the Irish. All the desserts that take inspiration from their culture come out to be incredibly tasty and full of booze (wink!). This Irish coffee cake is topped with whipped cream flavored with whiskey. Gives it a traditional Irish flavor for the holiday.
22. Real Bailey’s Cream Cheese Brownies
Image and recipe: Frugal Hausfrau
At this point on the list, we have come to the conclusion that in order to make any dessert Irish, you need to add Irish Cream to it. Here is the Brownie recipe that involves doing the same. Irish cream goes perfectly with the chocolate flavor and hence makes this dessert phenomenal.
23. Mini Key Lime Pies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients: 7
Aren’t these just adorable? Just imagine these stacked up on your dining table and impressing all the guests. Yes, Monica, Ross wanted this when you accidentally served him the ‘Kiwi’ Lime pie. Serve this fresh, fruity dessert and sweep up all the compliments.
24. Secret Ingredient Green Velvet Cake
Image and recipe: Desserts with Benefits
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients: 10
Because it is a ‘green’ holiday, swap your red velvet cake with a green velvet cake instead. It will be just as delicious. It is also a really healthy dessert as it is high in fibre, low on fat, and sugar-free in addition to being gluten-free. The secret ingredient is Spinach.
25. Natural Fruits and Vegetables Rainbow Popsicle
Image and recipe: Yummy Mummy Kitchen
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 hours
Servings: 10
Ingredients: 9
It starts to get a little warm around the celebration of St. Patrick’s day. So, why not experiment with a fun popsicle recipe? Let’s make a rainbow popsicle for the leprechauns to dance around and bring the emerald-isle vibes to your kitchen.
26. Tart Cherry Pistachio Bark
Image and recipe: Jelly Toast Blog
Prep time: 15 min
Servings: 8-10
Ingredients: 5
Add the amazing tart cherries to your dessert. They are rich in antioxidants and are a healthy addition to your dessert. If you are in no mood to make and have a chocolate bar, make chocolate tart bark instead. That way, you don’t have to worry about perfect shapes.
27. Sticky Toffee Cakes with Sweet Guinness Glaze
Image and recipe: Drizzle me Skinny
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 16 min
Servings: 10
Ingredients: 16
To honour the Irish traditions, these little toffee cakes are topped with Guinness glaze. This is inspired from the traditional England toffee pudding recipe. A perfect dessert to celebrate the intermingling of cultures of England and Ireland.
28. Irish Flag Trifle
Image and recipe: Mom Endeavors
Prep time: 60 min
Servings: 10-20
Ingredients: 5
Finally, a colourful jello recipe is on the list. What’s life without fun and what’s fun without some jello. Different colours of jello are set on one another in a glass jar and the result is an amazing representation of the Irish flag in a dessert.
29. Easy Oreo Truffle Eggs
Image and recipe: Cakes Cottage
Prep time: 100 min
Servings: 12
Ingredients: 4
Ever since Oreos were launched, bakers and confectioners all over the world found a versatile ingredient to add to numerous desserts. Almost everyone will agree that Oreos make everything yummy. An easy four-ingredient recipe for trifle eggs flavored with oreo. I mean what more can you ask for?
30. Green Velvet Cheesecake
Image and recipe: Something Swanky
Prep time: 1 hour
Cooling time: 3 hours
Servings: 8-12
Ingredients: 5
Another rendition for the green velvet cheesecake is on the list and looks beautiful. Nobody can look on the outside and tell that the cake is surprisingly green on the inside. Super moist and fluffy cake decorated with cold coin ornaments on the top, it is a perfect St. Patrick’s day dessert.
Festivals mean a lot of desserts and when we are celebrating St. Patrick’s day, it means that the list also has a lot of booze integrated desserts.
Generally speaking, any recipe can be modified according to a certain event by modifying the ingredients used and with desserts, the versatility hits another level. Try these amazing new recipes on St. Patrick’s day and celebrate Irish culture and heritage.
