Fun and Festive St. Patrick's Day Snacks and Treats

Searching for some fun and festive St. Paddy's Day treats? Look no further! The following is a list of easy recipes for St. Paddy's snacks and treats that are sure to delight leprechauns of all ages!

Shamrock Floats
Ingredients:
Lemon/Lime Soda (Sprite or 7-Up)
Lime Sherbet
Procedure:
-Fill clear glasses with soda
-Float Sherbet Scoops in each glass

Leprechaun Pudding
Ingredients:
Instant Vanilla Pudding
Green Food Coloring
Procedure:
-Prepare pudding according to package instructions
-Tint prepared pudding with food coloring until desired hue is reached
-Mix well

Rainbow Toast
(a fantastic St. Patrick's Day Breakfast!)
Ingredients:
Sliced White Bread
Milk
Food Coloring (Red, Yellow, Green and Blue)
Tools:
Dixie Cups
Basting Brushes
Procedure:
-Fill Dixie cups half way with milk
-Add a different color to each cup
-Brush stripes of colored milk onto bread
-Toast bread
*Rainbow Toast tastes even better with Leprechaun Butter (butter tinted with green food coloring)

Lucky Clover Snacks
Ingredients:
Cucumber Slices (wedged)
Celery Sticks
Cream Cheese
Green Food Coloring
Procedure:
-Tint cream cheese with food coloring
-Place scoops of cream cheese in the center of snack plates
-Place cucumber wedges around cream cheese to resemble a four leaf clover
-Use celery sticks for stems

Shamrock Shake
Ingredients:
1 Banana
2 cups of Lime Sherbet
2 cups of Milk
Tools:
Blender
Procedure:
-Blend ingredients
-Serve
*Green food coloring can be added if hue is not deep enough!

Clover Ice Cream
Ingredients:
Vanilla Ice Cream
Green Sugar Crystals
Tools:
Freezer
Desert Plates
Spoon
Procedure:
-Spoon four scoops of ice cream onto desert plates in the shape of a four-leaf clover
-Sprinkle ice cream clovers with green sugar crystals
-Place in freezer to freeze crystals to ice cream

Irish Apples
Ingredients:
Equal parts cream cheese and marshmallow cream
Wedged Granny Smith Apples
Green Food Coloring
Procedure:
-Combine cream cheese and marshmallow cream
-Tint dip with green food coloring until desired hue is reached
-Serve dip with apples

Leprechaun Pizza
Ingredients:
Cheese Bagel Bites
Green Food Coloring
Tools:
Oven / Microwave / Toaster Oven
Procedure:
-Add a drop of green food coloring to each bagel bite
-Prepare according to box directions

Shamrock Biscuits
Ingredients:
Canned biscuits
Sugar
Green Food Coloring
Tools:
Oven
Cookie Sheet
Procedure:
-Place sugar in a bowl
-Add green food coloring and stir
-Tear each biscuit in half
-On the cookie sheet form three halves into shamrock leaves.
-Roll a fourth half into a stem
-Sprinkle the shamrocks with green sugar
-Prepare according to package instructions

Lucky Pretzels
Ingredients:
Pillsbury Original Bread sticks
Sugar
Green Food Coloring
Cinnamon
Tools:
Oven
Cooking Spray
Cookie Sheet
Procedure:
-Coat cookie sheet with cooking spray
-Shape three dough sticks into clover leaves
-Use half of a fourth stick for a stem
-Place completed shamrock onto cookie sheet
-Place sugar in a small bowl and tint with green food coloring
-Sprinkle shamrocks with Cinnamon and sugar
-Bake according to package instructions

Have a happy St. Patrick's Day and may the luck of the Irish be with you in the kitchen!