St.Patrick's Day dessert ideas

[mamaKristin]

Our church has a St. Patrick's day stew supper each year. Every year, the desserts mostly feature green. Green jello, green pudding, green ickyness. I signed up to bring two desserts (generally a 13x9 pan item, but not limited to that). Any suggestions of things that are NOT fake green?

[Mommainrwanda]

Blondies?

Things that are fake gold? :duck

[Kiara.I]

If you want "green but not fake"...
Green grapes, to be dipped in sour cream and then brown sugar. :yum I know, it sounds weird, but seriously? Try it. :yes Although I admit it's hard to serve as a potluck dish, unless you make up little dixie cups of sour cream and then more of brown sugar. :think :shrug3

You could do anything you like and stud the top with foil-wrapped chocolate coins. Voila, gold.

Oooooorrrrr....since it's St. Patrick's day and all....
http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/birthday-cake-decorating-idea.html

[Quiteria]

Chocolate cake with mint chocolate icing...using mint extract in dark chocolate. Possibly garnished with a couple of mint leaves in the middle; not as something people would intentionally eat with each slice, but just like a little cluster of two or three in the center of the whole cake, to look green and alert people of the mint flavor.

Last year, for a St. Patrick's Day cooking class, someone taught dd to make some sort of traditional Irish "potato candy". :hunh They were balls of potato starch and powdered sugar...and maybe coconut?

eta:

Here's a link. I stand corrected: there is no actual potato in the recipe. They're just shaped like potatoes, and rolled in cocoa power for dirt. :lol
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Irish-Potato-Candy/ recipe
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=irish+potato+candy&id=651705094E5F7E277B33BF22516D6F0B35B325C3&FORM=IQFRBA --some more appealing photos, and lol, if you scroll halfway down there really is one recipe that contains mashed potatoes as the starch (it's pictured as a photo of an old newspaper clipping)

[StumblinMama]

Pistachio cake
Key Lime Pie (the pie is not really green unless you use food dye, but you could garnish with limes)

[Marrae]

I thought of Key Lime pie or Irish Cream cheesecake. Shamrock shaped cookies?

Last year, for a St. Patrick's Day cooking class, someone taught dd to make some sort of traditional Irish "potato candy".
Lucky tatties, they are called. I forgot about those. We used to buy them on the way home from school in little paper bags.

[ViolaMum]

My oldest wants to make chocolate whoopie pies with mint filling. Of course, she will want to dye the filling green, but it's not necessary.

[mamaKristin]

Yeah, I don't want things to be green. Every year, there are desserts that have green layers that just look...awful. I saw a recipe for Irish Cream frosted brownies, that might be a good idea for one of the desserts.