10 Green Treats for Saint Patrick’s Day
Ibotta loves St. Patrick’s Day! Get creative this week with a few festive treats that look better than a pot of gold.
1. Leprechaun Crunch, Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
Pop Corn
M&M’s
1 cup of Pretzels
2 cups of Marshmallows
1 Stick of Butter
Sprinkle (optional)
2. St. Patrick’s Day Rice Krispie Treats, Prep Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients Needed:
1/4 cup butter
50 marshmallows
7 cups Rice Krispies® cereal
1/3 cup green candy melts
1/3 cup white candy melts
3. Baileys Irish Cream Cookies, Prep Time: 1 hour
Ingredients Needed:
8 ounces unsalted butter, room temp
1&1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups AP flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Baileys
4. Chocolate Mint Andes Brownies, Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
1½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Andes chocolate candies for topping, if desired
5. St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies, Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
9 cups Chex cereal (wheat, rice or corn)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1⁄2 cup peanut butter
1⁄4 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1⁄2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 1⁄2 cup dark chocolate chips
1 bag St. Patrick’s Day themed M&M candies
6. Mini Grasshopper Pies, Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
6 Keebler mini graham cracker pie crusts
5.1 oz box Jello vanilla pudding prepared with 3 cups cold milk
½ cup Cool Whip
2 T creme de menthe (optional)
2-3 drops green food coloring
Whipped Topping
12 Oreo cookies – crumbled
7. Mint Oreo Truffles, Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
1 package Mint Oreo cookies
1 package (8 ounce) Cream Cheese, softened
Candy Coating – I used White Almond Bark and Wilton Green Candy Melts
Sprinkles, optional but fun
8. Surprise-Inside St. Paddy’s Day Cupcakes, Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist yellow cake mix
water
vegetable oil
eggs
1 and 1/2 cups marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal
1 container Betty Crocker Whipped fluffy white frosting
Green food color
9. Lime Sherbet Floats, Prep Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients Needed:
Lime Sherbet
Lemon Lime Soda
10. Shamrock Pull-Apart Cookies, Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Ingredients Needed:
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated cookies
1 cup vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting (16 oz container)
green gel food coloring