Fun and Tasty St. Patrick's Day Recipes

Céad Mile Fáilte! Get ready, because March 17th, St. Patrick's Day will soon be here! Don your finest green apparel, and dig into fun and tasty St. Patrick's Day recipes. Breads, desserts, a bright, green milkshake, and more!

Recipe photos of soda bread, a green milkshake, scones, and a sandwich

☘️ SLÁINTE! (Pronounced shlan-sha.) That means CHEERS! It's never to early to start thinking about St. Patrick's Day recipes. It'll be here before you know it!

Whether you want to make a hearty dinner like Steak and Stout with Colcannon, something traditional like Irish Soda Bread, or a dessert that's green and full of charming marshmallows — there's a fun and tasty recipe here for you!

I shared these recipes with Amanda on The Morning Brew at Fox Local 22/Local 44 station. Click below to see us in action, and hear me stumble over "cabbage and carrots". Carriage and cabots? Well, she knew what I meant!

Irish recipes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

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Here are sweet and savory recipes for you, some inspired by traditional Irish recipes, some American-Irish dishes, and some that are just for fun. All are perfect to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick' Day Lucky Green Milkshakes

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this homemade green milkshake, topped with green sprinkles and colorful Lucky Charms marshmallows! This is a fun recipe to make with kids, too!

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Cream topped milkshakes with candy topping

Irish Apple Blackberry Cake with Whiskey Hard Sauce

Apple blackberry cake is moist, full of vanilla and fruit flavors, and even sweeter with a drizzle of sweet and boozy whiskey hard sauce.

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Aunt Lizzie's Traditional Irish Soda Bread

A simple, soft, and scrumptious quick bread that's perfect for St. Patrick's Day, or any day! This Irish Soda Bread is a recipe passed down from my Great-Great-Aunt Lizzie Reilly.

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Image of Aunt Lizzie'ss Irish Soda Bread slices spread with butter.

Baileys Irish Cream Scones with Whiskey-Chocolate Sauce

Tender scones with the flavor of Baileys Irish Cream are topped with fresh, whipped cream and a tipsy, whiskey chocolate sauce!

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Baileys Irish Cream with a chocolate chip scone and whipped cream.

Irish Brown Bread

We discovered Brown Bread on our trip to Ireland and had it everywhere we stopped. Now that we're home and missing those hearty slices, it's time to make this brown soda bread in my own kitchen.

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Corned Beef and Cabbage Slaw Sandwiches

Get the flavors of a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner in a new way. This sandwich combines deli corned beef and fresh, crunchy cabbage slaw.

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Corned beef sandwiches with slaw on rolls.

Ham, Onion & Cheese Toasties

This toastie is a delicious and melty sandwich that is perfect for a midday snack, lunch, or late night noshing! The filling in this toastie is ham, Cheddar and onion.

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Slow Cooker Steak and Stout with Colcannon

Steak and Stout is a St. Patrick's Day staple, and this recipe makes it easy to make: in a slow cooker! Together with Irish Colcannon this is one of the best meals ever!

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Chilli Sauce

This family recipe for Chilli Sauce is savory with tomatoes, peppers, and onion and sweet with cinnamon and clove. It's a great sauce to top grilled meats and veggies.

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Bailey's Sweet Irish Cream Pie

This is a decadently sweet and creamy pie featuring the smooth flavor of Bailey's Irish Cream! It's also full of marshmallow, cream cheese and chocolate chips.

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Curried Parsnip Soup

This is a flavorful and spicy Curried Parsnip Soup is made with spices, apple, and veggies, and simmered with plenty of curry! It is also vegan and vegetarian.

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Image of Curried Parsnip and Vegetable Soup in a clear bowl with shallots.

Creamy Potato Soup

This savory and creamy Potato Soup is comforting and filling! Inspired by a pub lunch in Dublin, Ireland, it's made with simple ingredients. The recipe makes enough to feed a crowd or for fewer people to last the week!

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Irish Apple-Blackberry Crumble

A homey and fruity dessert, this Apple-Blackberry Crumble is sliced apples and fresh blackberries tossed together and topped with a simple, sweet crumble!

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Vanilla Apple Pie

A delicious pie full of tart apple and rich vanilla flavor! It's made with a sweet, pâté sucrée style pie crust.

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By the way, my Irish provenance is on my mother's side, with the family name Riley (it once was Reilly.) The Riley/Reilly clan crest is below. We recently learned, through a DNA sample and Ancestry.com, that there's a fair amount of Irish on our father's side, too!

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