St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and even if you’re not Irish, it can still be a great opportunity to engage in some festive baking. After all, what other holidays offer a ready-made excuse to binge on Lucky Charms? (And don’t get us started on the chocolatey goodness that is Baileys Irish Cream.) Here are some of the recipes we’ll be making this year.
Irish Potato Candy
Don’t let the name fool you—these candies are not really Irish, and don’t contain any potato, but they are delicious, and that’s good enough for us. Brooklyn Farm Girl pays tribute to one of Ireland’s most important crops by shaping a mixture of cream cheese, coconut, and powdered sugar into bite-sized candy “spuds” before rolling them in cinnamon to create the “peel.”
Lucky Charms Frosted Sugar Cookies
Give your sugar cookies a seasonal spin with this recipe by Jenna from Butternut Bakery. Starting with soft and fluffy bakery-style cookies, she adds a rich layer of homemade vanilla buttercream before topping it all off with a handful of Lucky Charms cereal. Nostalgic, festive, and magically delicious.
Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Pudding
Baileys is a cream-based whiskey liquor that has been produced in Ireland since the 1970s. Its sweet, chocolatey flavor makes it a great addition to coffee or other alcoholic cocktails, but for St. Patty’s Day, we love it in this pudding pie by Baker by Nature. Enjoy it on its own, or as dessert after a traditional Irish meal of corned beef and cabbage.
