St. Patrick’s Day treats

Hi everyone,

Today I wanted to talk about some fun and delicious treats for St. Patrick’s Day. Being Irish this has always been a fun day for me. I’ve been spending this week figuring out what I want to make besides the classic corned beef and cabbage and if any of you are looking for things to make hopefully this will be helpful for you. The first thing is two super easy drinks. Obviously you can add alcohol to both if you wanted, but for kids and those who aren’t going to be drinking these are great.

Lime Sherbet Floats:

What you need:

• One bottle lemon lime soda, any brand
• One container lime sherbet, any brand

This isn’t really much of a recipe, but you mix the two in a glass and that’s that. They’re sure to be a crowd favorite.

7UP Green Apple Lemonade Spritzer:

What you need:

• 1 1/2 cups green apple mixer
• 3 cups 7UP
• 3 cups lemonade
• Lime
• Lemon
• Green Apple
• Green food coloring
• Ice

What you do:

• Fill a pitcher with ice, how much is up to you
• Take your fruit and thinly slice
• Add fruit to pitcher of ice
• Mix together your green apple mixer with the lemonade and add food coloring, as much or as little as you want and make sure it’s all combined
• Finally top it off with the 7UP

Easy and totally delicious and like I mentioned you can easily add alcohol if you want. Next is a classic, but not boring fruit platter. In this instance it can either be in a rainbow shape or on a stick, but the fruit should be rainbow colors. This is going to be served with a caramel sauce to mimic the pot of gold, but also with a fruit dip.

Pistachio Fruit Dip:

What you need:

• Pistachio pudding mix
• Whipped Cream, you can make your own or buy Cool Whip, whichever you prefer

What you do:

• Mix the two ingredients together until well combined. It should be a light green and if you want it to be greener you can definitely add food coloring

This is one of the most simple recipes and pistachio is one of my all time favorite flavors, so this is a win-win for me. This next recipe is probably my favorite out of these and it’s my go to for these cookies which I make often.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies:

What you need:

• 1 cup of softened butter
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 2 large eggs and 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract, you can add more if you want
• Green food coloring, between 8-10 drops depending on how green you want it
• 3 1/4 cups of flour
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 12 ounces of dark chocolate chips, divided

What you do:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line your baking sheet with parchment paper
• In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar for about 2 minutes on a medium speed or until light and fluffy
• To that add the eggs and the extra yolk, peppermint extract and the food coloring
• In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar
• Add the wet ingredients and mix until the flour is almost incorporated
• Add half of the chocolate chips
• Take the other half of the chips and roughly chop them and then add to the batter and mix until well combined
• Cover the dough and put in the fridge for an hour
• Once the dough has chilled take it out and begin forming the cookies
• Take a cookie scoop or spoon and form into balls. If you want larger cookies make two inch balls, otherwise do whatever size you normally would do
• Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the very edges of the cookies just barely start to turn brown
• Take cookies out of the oven and let cool for 5 minutes on the pan, then move to cooling rack

That about wraps it up for this post, if you guys make any of these treats tweet me pictures or tag me on Instagram.

Until next time, have fun making these treats and I hope you guys have a happy St. Patrick’s Day :).

-K

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