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    Home » Blog » St. Patrick's Day

    11 Easy St. Patrick's Day Treats for Kids

    Published: Mar 9, 2023 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    A photo collage shows 4 easy St. Patrick's Day desserts for kids to bake.

    St. Patrick's Day desserts for kids are all about the colors! Rainbow treats and festive green desserts with chocolate or sprinkles are always easy to bake.

    A photo collage shows several easy desserts to make for St. Patrick's Day with your kids.

    St. Patrick's Day is always such a fun time to celebrate with your kids.

    When my kids were little, I enjoyed baking the rainbow treats for them, but now that they are older they love to get in the kitchen and bake the desserts on their own!

    Whether you're looking for an easy dessert for St. Patrick's day to bake on your own quickly, or you want an easy treat for kids to bake themselves, you're going to love this list of our favorite St. Patrick's Day desserts!

    Jump to:
    • How to Make an Easy St. Patrick's Day Dessert
    • Rainbow Trix Treats
    • Sugar Cookies
    • Rainbow Sundaes
    • Green M&M Cookies
    • Easy St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes
    • Rainbow Cake
    • Green Pistachio Fluff
    • St. Patrick's Day Brownie Pops
    • Black and Green Cookies
    • Pistachio Macarons
    • Fun St. Patrick's Day Ideas
    • Best Cookbooks for Kids

    How to Make an Easy St. Patrick's Day Dessert

    My favorite holiday baking trick is to focus on the color palette of the day.

    Take your favorite cookie, cupcake, or brownie recipe and just add a simple bit of green or rainbow flair and voila, it is now a St. Patrick's Day treat!

    You could tint my favorite cream cheese frosting green and use it to decorate an easy box mix of cupcakes or sheet cake or even frost a pan of easy brownies!

    Decorate the bars with rainbow sprinkles or St. Patrick's Day themed sprinkles and you're all set.

    • A round platter of a pile of chocolate brownies with a bite taken out of the one on top and a sprinkle of chocolate chips to the side.
      The Best Homemade Brownies for Kids
    • Vanilla cupcakes have been topped with a swirl of cream cheese frosting and sit on a cake plate. There's a frosting piping bag on the counter in front.
      Easy Cream Cheese Frosting

    Rainbow Trix Treats

    Instead of rice crispy treats, make a rainbow colored marshmallow treat using Trix Minis!

    These easy dessert bars took me 10 minutes to make in just one bowl:

    • A cake plate has several squares of cereal bars in rainbow colors with mini marshmallows scattered about.
      Mini Trix Rice Krispie Treats

    Sugar Cookies

    Use our easy sugar cookies recipe for kids along with this royal icing for beginners to make simple but gorgeous 2-color sugar cookies for St. Patrick's Day.

    These cookie cutters are the best for baking with kids and have simple shapes that are easy to decorate.

    • A photo collage shows several easy St. Patrick's Day sugar cookie ideas.
      2-Color St. Patrick's Day Cookies

    Rainbow Sundaes

    Use rainbow sprinkles and rainbow treats to make an ice cream sundae even the leprechauns would love:

    • Two bowls of chocolate ice cream with rainbow sprinkles scattered all around. The sundaes are topped with chopped up Lucky Charms cereal bars.
      Mud Puddles & Rainbows: a fun dessert to make with kids!

    Green M&M Cookies

    Use just green and white M&Ms to make festive M&M cornflake cookies! Your kids can help sort the candies by color for you or you could special order the colors you need.

    • Green M&Ms
    • White M&Ms
    • Pre-mixed St. Patrick's M&Ms
    • A plate of festive M&M cookies feature red, pink, green, and white candies for the holidays.
      M&M Cookies with Cornflakes & Oats

    Easy St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

    Bake your favorite box mix cupcakes and top them with this easy vanilla glaze tinted a festive green.

    Use rainbow sprinkles over the top for extra flair.

    • A vanilla cupcake in a white wrapper has white vanilla glaze and rainbow sprinkles on top. More cupcakes are in the background.
      Easy Vanilla Glaze for Cupcakes

    Rainbow Cake

    Want a fun project? This stunning rainbow layer cake is actually easier to make than you'd think!

    • A slice of rainbow cake shows the 6 layers of colors next to a scoop of ice cream.
      How to Bake a Rainbow Layer Cake

    Green Pistachio Fluff

    You can't beat the festive color that pistachio pudding gives!

    If your kids don't like pecans, you can skip them. For St. Patrick's Day, maybe consider adding rainbow sprinkles or mini chocolate chips for a kid-friendly twist on this vintage pistachio fluff recipe:

    • A large serving bowl of pistachio fluff has chopped pecans sprinkled over the top and a blue napkin on the side.
      Pistachio Fluff Fruit Salad

    St. Patrick's Day Brownie Pops

    Use a box mix of brownies and green candy melts to make festive St. Patrick's Day brownie pops.

    My cute Valentine's pops can easily be tweaked for this holiday if you use:

    • Green candy melts
    • St. Patrick's Day sprinkles
    • A mason jar filled with pink brownie pops on white sticks with red and white sprinkles.
      3 Ingredient Brownie Pops

    Black and Green Cookies

    Instead of the classic black and white cookies, just tint the white side with green food gel!

    For extra flair, you could sprinkle rainbow sprinkles or St. Patrick's Day sprinkles over the black side only.

    • A serving platter filled with black and white cookies.
      Homemade Black and White Cookies

    Pistachio Macarons

    Baking with kids? Try this fun macaron recipe made from cake mix!

    We made three different flavors but you could just make the fun green pistachio macaraons listed in the recipe card here:

    • A trio of macaron-inspired cake sandwich cookies in green, pink, and blue colors on a polka dot napkin.
      Macaron-Inspired Cake Cookies

    Fun St. Patrick's Day Ideas

    Your St. Patrick's Day dessert is just the tip of the rainbow. Set your family up for a super fun night of celebrating this festive holiday with these easy ideas:

    • Two young girls in green shamrock shirts hold up St. Patrick's Day signs.
      6 Lucky Tricks for the Easiest St. Patrick's Day Ever
    • A grilled reuben sandwich is stacked in a pile and has thousand island dressing dripping down the side.
      10 St. Patrick's Day Dinner Ideas for Kids
    • A photo collage of picture books for St. Patrick's Day.
      St. Patrick's Day Books for Kids

    Best Cookbooks for Kids

    Does your kid love to bake holiday recipes as much as I do?

    Don't miss The Ultimate Kids' Baking Book which is filled with 60 of my best holiday recipes for kids to bake for their families.

    • A copy of The Ultimate Kids' Baking Book sits on a pink background with a whisk, sprinkles, and cookie cutters.
      The Ultimate Kids' Baking Book
    • A photo collage of popular gifts for kid bakers
      Gifts for Kid Cooks: The Ultimate List
    A photo collage shows 4 easy St. Patrick's Day desserts for kids to bake.

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    • Two ham and cheese stuffed potatoes are on a serving plate with a fork.
      Ham & Cheese Stuffed Potatoes

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