St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect excuse to have a party and eat to your heart’s content. But it’s also a great excuse to have fun with your food and serve dishes that are green. What should you serve? I have 21+ fun St. Patrick’s Day food ideas to make this year.
21+ Seriously Creative St. Patrick’s Day Food Ideas
1. Chocolate Mint Oreo Mousse
Mint, chocolate, Oreos, mousse – need I say more? This decadent dessert is perfect for celebrating St. Paddy’s Day, and it’s so easy to make. You’ll need instant vanilla pudding, mint Oreo cookies, mint extract, milk, heavy cream and green food coloring. Just make the pudding and follow the recipe to make your own green-colored, mint whipped cream. Mix it all together, and you’re ready to eat!
2. Green Eggs and Ham Mini Frittatas
Start the day with this fun recipe, which is surprisingly healthy and still celebrates St. Patrick’s Day. What makes these eggs green? Spinach! This recipe is a fun way to sneak in more vegetables. The ham will add protein and a savory flavor, but you can add whatever you want to the eggs.
These egg bites are cooked in a muffin pan, so you can make a big batch to share or enjoy throughout the week.
3. St. Patrick’s Day Charcuterie Board
Every occasion is a good occasion for a charcuterie board, and I love this idea for St. Patrick’s Day. Fill your board with green foods and herby cheeses, like goat cheese or sage derby cheese. Some of my favorite green foods to add are grapes, green apples, green olives, kiwi, cornichons, pistachios, green candies and sliced cucumbers.
4. Green Velvet Brownies
We all know and love red velvet cake, but what about green velvet brownies? These delicious treats are perfect for the holiday, and the cream cheese icing is divine. Green food coloring is what gives this dessert its fun color.
5. Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
How cute are these shamrock-shaped cucumber tea sandwiches? And they’re so much fun to make. You’ll need English muffins, which you’ll shape to look like three-leaf clovers. For the sandwich filling, you’ll need cream cheese and Monterey jack cheese. Mix these ingredients together, and top the English muffins with them. Add slices of cucumber and a slice of green pepper for the “stem.” This is such a great dish to serve with brunch or tea.
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6. Green Mac n’ Cheese
Looking for St. Patrick’s Day food ideas that put a fun spin on your favorite dishes? This green mac n’ cheese dish fits the bill. The best part? It uses veggies to color the dish – not food coloring. Broccoli, spinach and peas will give this dish its green hue. The trick is to blend the milk and spinach together.
7. Green Deviled Eggs
These deviled eggs are the perfect addition to your St. Patrick’s Day spread. You’ll need to make hardboiled eggs, and once they’re ready, cut each one in half and remove the yolks. Let the egg whites soak in a green food coloring/water mix. Mix the yolks with mayo and whatever other ingredients you want – chives, mustard, bacon bits, pepper, etc.
8. St. Patrick’s Day Green Mimosas
Looking for a St. Patrick’s Day-themed drink to serve? These mimosas are perfect, and they only require three ingredients: orange juice, splash Blue Curacao and some champagne. When the orange juice and Blue Curacao mix together, they create a beautiful lime green color that’s perfect for this holiday. Serve in champagne glasses.
9. Green Fruit Kabobs
If you want something simple to serve, these fruit kabobs are perfect. They’re healthy and green, so they fit the bill. You’ll need some kabob skewers and your favorite green fruits. Green apples, green grapes, pears, and kiwis are great choices.
10. Pistachios Pudding Cookies
Need St. Patrick’s Day food ideas for dessert? These pistachio pudding cookies are one of my favorite recipes to make and share. The addition of pistachio pudding mix makes these cookies chewy and so delicious. You can add some green food coloring into the mix to make it even greener.
11. St. Patrick’s Day Protein Pancakes
Want a healthy St. Patrick’s Day-themed dish? Try these protein pancakes. I love them because they’re guilt-free and delicious. Oats, cottage cheese, chia seeds and eggs are the base of the batter. Spinach gives the batter its green color. Just blend it with the oats. The cottage cheese gives these pancakes a rich, creamy texture that you’re sure to love.
12. Green Colored Popcorn
Here’s a quick and fun recipe for St. Patrick’s Day that’s so easy to make. You can use a big bag of popcorn, or you can pop your own. To get the green color, you’ll mix green food coloring, butter, corn syrup, sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. The popcorn will need to bake on super low heat for about an hour just to make sure the color is fully absorbed, but the rest is easy.
13. Spinach Banana Muffins
Want more healthy St. Patrick’s Day food ideas? Try these spinach banana muffins. Pureeing spinach into the batter will give these muffins their green color, but the flavor is very mild. The banana’s flavor will overpower the spinach, so even the kids will love them. Bake them in a muffin tin, and you’ll have plenty to share.
14. Guacamole Cups
A taste of guacamole is always delicious. You can simply buy premade guacamole or make your own and put them into phyllo cups. For a fast, last-minute idea, this recipe tastes great and no one will know that it took you 10 minutes to make.
15. Pistachio Pudding Cake
Pudding cake is as delicious as it sounds, and since you’re using cake mix, the most challenging part (still super simple) is making the frosting. You’ll need a 9×13 sheet pan, large bowl, toothpicks and a baking dish for this recipe.
You’ll be using instant pistachio pudding, yellow cake mixes and even lemon-lime soda for this recipe.
If you want to add a bit of texture to the top, you can sprinkle some crushed pistachio.
16. Paddy’s Pudding
Multi-layered puddings like this always make my mouth water. You’ll need about an hour to cook, and each serving is less than 300 calories – so it’s not too bad for you. Ingredients that you’ll need include:
- Chocolate sandwich cookies
- Green food coloring
- Vanilla instant pudding
- Frozen whipped topping
- Milk
And with your handy whisk, you’ll blend the ingredients in a large bowl and layer your pudding. You will be done with the mixing and layering in no time at all. After about an hour in the refrigerator, you can serve.
17. Irish Rainbow Cookies
If you’ve ever had Italian rainbow cookies before, these are similar, but multiple shades of green are used instead. And while they look different, they taste the same. You’ll be using green food coloring for the cookies.
While the recipe makes 20 – 40 cookies, they do take quite a bit of time to make.
Trust me, they are worth it!
18. Watergate Salad
One of the scandalous St. Patrick’s Day food ideas on the list is this delightful salad. And this sinful treat is made with:
- Instant pistachio pudding mix
- Crushed pineapple
- Mini marshmallows
- Pecans
- Cherries
- Whipped topping
All you need to do is add the ingredients into a large glass bowl and mix. Sprinkle the marshmallows on top of the top, along with a cherry.
19. Green Power Salad
A delicious salad is a good pick-me-up and will help you celebrate in true, green fashion. This power salad includes broccoli, cucumbers, celery, avocado, and green beans. You can add in green peas and will learn how to make your own avocado dressing.
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20. Leprechaun Bites
Mini shortbread cookies with rainbow sprinkles are a great option for this special day. And you only need a few basic ingredients:
- Flour
- Butter (unsalted)
- Vanilla or almond extract
- Salt
- Sugar
- Nonpareils
Nonpareils are the stars of the show with their array of colors.
21. 5-Minute Avocado Ranch Dip with Greek Yogurt
I love sweets, but sometimes, you just want to eat something that’s healthy and light. Heavy foods can quickly make you tired, which is not something I want on a day of celebration. In 5 minutes, you can make a delightful dip from:
- Mashed avocado
- Greek yogurt
- Nonfat milk
- Vinegar
- Dried parsley
- Few additional spices
Add these ingredients to a food processor, and your dip will be ready in minutes. You’ll want to cut up some veggies to dip, such as celery or carrots.
22. Pistachio Cake
Pistachio is an ingredient that I’m seeing people appreciate more and more. Offering a natural green color, it’s the perfect choice for St. Patrick’s Day. You’ll bake a traditional bundt cake, but will use pistachio butter to add the beautiful, green hue to the cake.
Prep time is a mere 20 minutes, but it will take just under an hour and a half from start to finish.
And the recipe calls for using just cake and pudding mix, so it’s super simple to put together, even if you’re not the best baker in town.
