15+ St. Patrick’s Day Desserts
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As March roars in, it’s time to bring on the green, the mint, the Baileys’ and Guinness! Here is a roundup of over 15 must make St. Patrick’s Day desserts!
Living in the Boston area means St. Patrick’s Day is kind of a big deal. Before Boston, it was Buffalo and it seemed it was a pretty big deal there too. Now other than that I have no idea how big this day is celebrated otherwise. I have a feeling that Buffalo and Boston are not exceptions that this day is celebrated across the country.
Either way I think every holiday should have dessert. Ok who am I kidding, I think any day ending in the letter y should have dessert of some kind. Like you didn’t know that already about me
Whether it’s green, mint, made with Guinness or spiked with Bailey’s you bet it’s getting whipped up in kitchens everywhere this month. So this post is a roundup of all things sweet and St. Patrick’s Day inspired. This is of course only a sprinkling of the desserts I have pinned on my St. Patrick’s Day Dessert Board, so be sure to check that out!
Rainbow Cupcakes
Rainbow cupcakes perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Made with my easy vanilla buttermilk cupcakes and topped with a marshmallow buttercream frosting.
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Chocolate Mint Cheesecake
This chocolate mint cheesecake has a creamy mint cheesecake with a chocolate ganache topping, and an Oreo cookie crust! Made with peppermint extract, chocolate chips, and garnished with Andes candies, this cheesecake is bursting with mint and chocolate flavor. It's a great make ahead dessert!
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No Bake Pistachio Cheesecake
If you're a pistachio love then you are going to love this no bake pistachio cheesecake made with a buttery graham cracker crust and pistachio pudding mix for an easy no bake cheesecake recipe perfect for summer!
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Pistachio Bread
Make delicious and moist pistachio bread from scratch with this simple recipe. It only needs a few ingredients and 15 minutes of prep time. No electric mixer is used to prepare this flavorful pistachio quick bread!
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Andes Mint brownies
These andes mint brownies are chock full of Andes mint candies! These are the best brownies – super fudgy and easy to mix up.
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
Kick up your chocolate cake with Guinness with this easy dark chocolate Guinness cake frosted with Bailey’s Irish Cream buttercream frosting.
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Irish Soda Bread
This classic Irish Soda bread recipe couldn’t be simpler! Made with real, wholesome ingredients, and an easy to shape loaf I just know you are going to love it. I love making this Irish soda bread with raisins for St. Patrick’s day and I know you will too!
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Guinness Brown Bread
This Guinness brown bread recipe is simple to make, can be made mixing the dough with your hands, so no fancy equipment needed. Sweetened with molasses, buttermilk to keep it moist, and topped with oats for texture. This Guinness bread is perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s day with!
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Irish Apple Cake With Custard Sauce
Celebrate St. Patrick’s day with Irish apple cake recipe with custard sauce! Baked in a round cake pan, this simple apple cake gets drizzled with a vanilla custard sauce before serving.
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Irish Soda Bread Muffins
These easy Irish soda bread muffins are made with chewy raisins and buttermilk to make them tender and moist. These muffins come together quickly with just a whisk! If you love traditional Irish soda bread, then you are going to love these muffins for St. Patrick’s Day!
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Cheddar Irish Soda Bread
This cheddar Irish Soda bread recipe couldn’t be simpler! Made with real, wholesome ingredients, and an easy to shape loaf I just know you are going to love it. This cheesy version of Irish soda bread is perfect for a hearty St. Patrick’s dinner.
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Irish Brown Bread
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this easy Irish brown bread recipe. This is a classic Irish soda bread made with equal parts whole wheat flour and regular flour. You can add in raisins, caraway seeds, even orange zest for a fun twist. This is an easy soda bread made with baking powder so it’s in the oven in under 30 minutes!
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Chocolate Baileys Macarons
Kick up your macarons a notch with these chocolate Baileys macarons. A chocolate macaron shell with a Bailey’s chocolate ganache filling in the middle. These Bailey’s macarons are perfect little boozy French cookie.
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Chocolate Irish Cream Pie
Chocolate Irish Cream Pie- only 6 ingredients is needed for this filling! It’s so decadent and delicious! You have to make this pie NOW.
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Mint Oreo Stuffed Bailey’s Cupcakes
These Bailey’s Cupcakes have a surprise inside them! An easy one bowl chocolate cupcake made with Bailey’s Irish Cream stuffed with a Mint Oreo and topped with a three ingredient Bailey’s Chocolate Frosting!
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Andes Mint Cookies
These Andes mint cookies are full of chocolate and Andes candies. This is an easy to make chewy chocolate cookie dough made with peppermint extract that comes together in minutes. An easy holiday cookie to enjoy with family and friends!
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No Churn Oreo Mint Ice Cream
When it’s hot outside, and you don’t want to turn the oven on this Oreo mint ice cream has got your back. You won’t believe how easy it is to make this mint oreo ice-cream at home. It’s no churn, which means you don’t even need an ice-cream maker to make it. This take only 5 ingredients and with only about 10 minutes of hand on prep time.
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Mint Oreo Brownies
A fudgy classic brownie recipe made with mint Oreos. These mint Oreo brownies are so easy to throw together with the perfect crackly tops and dense fudgy layer underneath. Grab a package of mint Oreos and whip these up tonight!
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Thin Mint Cupcakes
These thin mint cupcakes pair perfect chocolate cupcakes with an easy mint buttercream frosting. Top each Girl Scout Cupcake with a cookie for the best chocolate mint dessert.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
This easy mint chocolate chip ice cream recipe has a smooth and creamy texture and can be made in your mixer and without an ice cream maker. Loaded with mint flavor and chocolate chips, it’s a perfect no bake summer treat.
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Irish Apple Cake With Custard Sauce
Celebrate St. Patrick's day with Irish apple cake with custard sauce! Baked in a square pan, this simple apple cake gets drizzled with a vanilla custard sauce before serving.
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Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 405kcal
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 3 cups peeled and diced Honeycrisp apples (or Granny Smith apples)
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 ⅓ cups (400 g) All-purpose flour
- 4 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 ¼ cups (284 g) unsalted butter softened
- 1 ½ cups (300 g) plus 1 Tbs (12 g) granulated sugar divided
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons turbinado sugar
For the custard sauce:
- ⅓ cup (33 g) granulated sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup (180 mL) whole milk
- ¾ cup (180 mL) heavy cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
Instructions
To make the Irish apple cake:
- Prep oven and pans. Position a rack in the center of your oven and preheat to 350oF (177oc). Spray a 9-inch springform pan with a non-stick cooking spray. Line the bottom with parchment paper and give it one more spray.
- Make your apple mixture. Peel and dice your apples and then combine them with 1 Tablespoon sugar and lemon juice. Toss and set aside.
- Combine your dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together. Set it aside.
- Cream butter and sugar. In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment (or mixing bowl with hand mixer), go ahead and beat the butter and remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar together at medium speed for about 2 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure they are incorporated before adding the next. Add vanilla and combine. If your mixture curdles at this point, don't panic! This is normal and the batter will come together once the dry ingredients are added.
- Add your dry ingredients. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and make sure to stop mixing once it's just combined.
- Fold in the apples. Stir in the apples with a spatula, just until combined. Do not overmix. Spread batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Baking the cake. Bake in the center of your oven until the a cake tester (or toothpick works) or the insides read a thermometer 200F, about 1 hour (to 1 hour 15 minutes). You want to cover the cake after 30 minutes with foil to keep it from overbrowning. Once the cake has cooled for 10 minutes, go ahead and release the cake from its pan.
To make the custard sauce:
- Prepare your bowls. You want to place a fine-mesh sieve over a medium metal bowl. And then fill a large bowl with ice water. Get those ready now!
- Combine your wet ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg yolks, and salt.
- Heat milk and cream. You want to heat the milk and cream over medium-low heat until steaming. Do not let it boil.
- Add heated milk/cream to egg mixture. Add the heated milk/cream to the egg mixture gradually, so as not to scramble the eggs. Return the mixture to the saucepan, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, (with a wooden spoon is best) until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon and holds a trail when you drag your finger through it, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Strain the custard. Strain the custard through the sieve. And place that bowl of strained custard into the bowl of ice water and whisk until the mixture is about 70F. Add vanilla. Loosely cover it and refrigerate the custard until it's chilled (about 3 to 4 hours).
Notes
- Make ahead/Storage: This cake is fine stored, covered, at room temperature. The custard sauce should be kept in the refrigerator, covered. Just make sure the cake is cool before you cover and store it. This cake will last for 4 days, covered at room temperature. But you can also freeze this cake for up to 1 month. Just let it thaw at room temperature before serving. You can also warm up a slice in the microwave as well if you want.
- Pan size: I have baked this Irish apple cake in a 9×9 square pan, and a 9-inch cake pan, but it tends to rise up over the sides, so if you want to use one of these pans, I would line the sides with parchment paper so it goes up over the sides to ensure it doesn’t rise and spill out when baking.
- Apples: I used Honeycrisp or Granny Smith – these are my two favorite kinds to bake with as I think they hold up well in baking and don’t turn to mush.
Nutrition
Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 132mg | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 216mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 746IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 2mg
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Everything looks so incredible. I wish someone bakes all this and invite me to St. Patrick’s party hehehe It’s a great roundup Heather. These Bailey’s chocolate cupcakes are calling my name 🙂
OMG Heather you are killing me!! Every single one of these looks AMAZING! Chicago always does St. Patrick’s Day really big! They die the Chicago River, that runs through the city, green! I will have to supplement my watching the river turn green with some of your yummy snacks. Thanks for sharing!
So many fun and tempting ideas, I don’t know where to begin! Can somebody please just make me one of each?
I’ve been searching for some good St. Patty’s desserts and now I have found them!! These all look so good thank you for sharing – now the hard part is choosing one 😉
Here’s my thought…since there are 31 days in March, we make one a day and repeat. On the 31st, we make the favorite. Since it is the 9th, I need to double up to catch up. 😀 Am I right?