Food & Cooking Recipes Holidays & Events St. Patrick's Day Recipes 16 St. Patrick's Day Desserts for a Sweet Ending to Your Feast By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors Facebook Instagram Twitter Website An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 15, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Chelsea Cavanaugh Finish your March 17 feast with a festive sweet or two from our collection of St. Patrick's Day desserts. Choose from classic recipes like Celtic knot cookies and sticky toffee pudding, ones made with traditional Irish flavors like whiskey, or choose a dessert with an emerald green hue. If you're serving a crowd, cupcakes are the way to go, and we've got options with decadent flavors and decorations just right for the holiday. For a fun and delicious ending, try Irish potato candy, a sweet treat that looks like spuds. 01 of 16 Irish Coffee Sundaes Pippa Drummond Picture a mashup of Irish coffee and a brownie ice-cream sundae. It's as good as you imagine. This scrumptious, lightly spiked dessert is a fabulous way to end your St. Patrick's Day meal. View Recipe 02 of 16 End-of-the-Rainbow Cookies Johnny Fogg Ensure you find the pot of gold every time with these cheerful St. Patrick's Day cookies View Recipe 03 of 16 Marzipan Leprechaun Hats Chris Simpson No magic is needed to assemble these bite-sized bowlers; store-bought cupcakes, chocolate wafer cookies, and pre-made marzipan do the trick. View Recipe 04 of 16 Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce Johnny Miller A rich, moist date cake is teamed with an equally luxe caramel sauce in this crowd-pleasing dessert. It makes the perfect sweet ending for a St. Patrick's Day brunch or dinner. View Recipe 05 of 16 Pistachio Cannoli Cake NGOC MINH NGO An emerald green dessert is a great way to end a St. Patrick's Day dinner. This showstopping cake gets its green hue from pistachios and there's a mouthwatering cannoli-style filling of ricotta, chopped chocolate, and candied orange zest. View Recipe 06 of 16 Chewy Irish-Coffee Blondies Transform the popular drink into a bar cookie by adding ground coffee to the batter and doctoring the sugar glaze with Irish whiskey. View Recipe 07 of 16 Irish Stout Cupcakes Steven Karl Metzer Enjoy the classic dark malty Irish brew in the form of a cupcake this St. Patrick's Day. Featuring mint white chocolate ganache, and green sprinkles, these rich treats are a crowd-pleasing dessert option. View Recipe 08 of 16 Coddled Pears in Whiskey Martyn Thompson Be sure to use Irish whiskey for this elegant yet indulgent poached pear dessert. And be sure to serve with both ice cream and whipped cream! View Recipe 09 of 16 Green Tea Crepe Cake Light-as-a-feather crepes—24 to be exact—are layered with matcha pastry cream and sprinkled with more of the green tea powder in this impressive cake. View Recipe 10 of 16 Irish Potato Candy Take a closer look at these "potatoes." They're actually candy confections made with butter, cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, and walnuts. Rolling them in cinnamon and adding walnut "eyes" give them the appearance of bona fide spuds. View Recipe 11 of 16 Celtic Knot Cookies Mike Krautter Sometimes called jumbles, these intricate cookies are flavored with vanilla, anise, and caraway seeds and finished with a dusting of confectioners' sugar. View Recipe 12 of 16 Irish Coffee Cupcakes Irish coffee-inspired flavors set these cupcakes apart—espresso goes into the batter, and the whipped-cream frosting is spiked with Irish whiskey. View Recipe 13 of 16 Spiced Apple Cake Anna Williams This easy apple cake shows why apple desserts are a favorite in Ireland—as well as in many other cuisines. View Recipe 14 of 16 Pistachio Spritz Pinwheels A touch of almond extract brings out the buttery flavor of pistachios in these pressed cookies, while a couple drops of food coloring amp up the green hue. View Recipe 15 of 16 Chocolate-Stout Cupcakes Chelsea Cavanaugh A bottle of stout adds complexity to the batter for these decadent chocolate cupcakes. They're finished with cream cheese frosting, gold chocolate "shamrocks," and sugared lime zest "stems." View Recipe 16 of 16 Clover Cookies Green sanding sugar and our easy stencil are all you need to transform sugar cookies into kid-approved lucky charms. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit