St. Patrick’s Day is this month on Saturday, March 17th. Whether you are hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party or just celebrating with friends, the Edlandria Blog has a few festive dessert recipes you need to try! Bake up one of these sweet treats in your Alexandria, VA apartment this month!
Irish Peanut Butter Potato Candy
Yes, there is real potato in these candies. Try it before you judge it too harshly. To make it, you will need a peeled and chopped potato, powdered sugar, and creamy peanut butter. Add in a few drops of green food coloring for good measure.
These quick and easy-to-make cookies have all the flavors of Irish soda bread. To make them, you will need flour, white sugar, baking soda, butter, dried currants, buttermilk, an egg, salt, and caraway seed. Use a clover-shaped cookie cutter and a little green food coloring to make them even more festive.
Irish Cream Chocolate Cheesecake
Irish cream makes everything better, including this chocolate cheesecake! Here are all the necessary ingredients: chocolate cookie crumbs, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, butter, cream cheese, white sugar, flour, eggs, sour cream, and Irish cream liqueur.
These mint chocolate brownies are perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day party! To make them, you will need unsweetened chocolate squares, margarine, white sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, butter, powdered sugar, milk, peppermint extract, green food coloring, and semisweet chocolate chips.
Show your love for Ireland with these crisp sugar cookies that are frosted to look like the flag of the Irish Republic! You will need butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
Which of these desserts are you most excited to try? Do you have any other festive dessert ideas to share with us? Let us know in the comments of this post. Thanks for reading. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!