By Susanne Myers

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year with some of these fun
and of course mostly green St. Patrick’s Day Treats.

Leprechaun Ale

Place a scoop of lime sherbet into a tall glass, pour ginger
ale over it and watch it fizz. This can be made even fancier by
rubbing some lime juice on the rim of the glass and then dipping
it in green sugar crystals before you pour the leprechaun ale.

Lucky Clover Cake

Prepare 9 x 13 inch cake using a boxed cake mix. We like to use
yellow cake for this. Get a can of vanilla frosting and use a
few drops of yellow and blue food coloring to color the frosting
green. After the cake is baked and cooled down, cut three heart
shaped pieces out of the cake. We use a cardboard template to
make the hearts even. Arrange them on a plate with the pointy
ends pointing toward each other. It will look like a clover
leaf. Frost the entire cake with the green vanilla frosting.

Mini Mint Ice Cream Tarts

Purchase a roll of refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Roll the
dough into small balls (a little smaller than a golf ball), and
press them in the bottoms of mini muffin pans. Bake according to
package directions. Press the middle of the cooked dough down
after you take them out of the oven. Let them cool for 10
minutes, then transfer them to a baking rack and let them cool
completely. To serve, scoop mint ice cream in each of your mini
tart shells.

St. Patrick’s Day Cookies

Buy or make simple sugar cookie dough. Let the kids cut out
shamrock shaped cookies with a cookie cutter. Bake them. While
they are cooling, use food coloring to turn vanilla frosting or
a simple powered sugar and milk glaze green. Let the kids
decorate the cookies with frosting and plenty of green
sprinkles.

St. Patrick’s Day Parfait

Prepare a pack of instant pistachio pudding according to
package directions. Mix a few drops of food coloring with cool
whip to tint it green. Cut up some kiwi fruit. Layer chilled
pudding, kiwi fruit and green cool whip for a completely green
St. Patrick’s Day Parfait.

Are you seeing green yet? Give a few of these yummy sweet St.
Patrick’s Day treats a try this year. They are always a big hit
with our families.

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