The feast of St. Patrick is coming up, and I love these St. Patrick’s Day food ideas I’ve been seeing around! Just remember when you’re making St. Patrick’s Day treats this year, the shamrock is the tool that St. Patrick used to explain the trinity- 3 in one! You can find all of my Catholic ways of celebrating St. Patrick’s day here, so don’t get sucked into the ever-growing popularity of the 4 leaf clover this St. Patrick’s day, stick with the shamrock. And rather than creating rainbow or leprechaun treats this year, lets check out some fun Catholic St. Patrick’s day food ideas to celebrate the actual feast of St. Patrick! 🙂
We love to have liturgical tea parties and Saint Patrick’s day is no exception! You can check out our past St. Patrick’s day tea party here, and the ideas in this post would be perfect for throwing your own!
Actual Saint Patrick Food Ideas
I am going to start with the food ideas that actually feature St. Patrick or something about him as a Saint, and we will move onto the shamrock/trinity/green stuff a little farther down. Let’s start with the ideas!
I made these Saint Patrick cookies without any special cookie cutters or any special cookie decorating skills whatsoever. See how to make your own St. Patrick cookies here.
Check out how easy it is to cut a miter out of a green apple slice! For extra fun, you can make crosiers out of pie crust sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. My full directions and recipe for these are on Catholic Digest.
Or make some simple miter cookies using your candy cane cookie cutter. Don’t forget to color your sugar cookie dough green first! 😉
Fun Shamrock Shaped Food Ideas For St. Patrick’s Day
The shamrock is a great shape to make for St. Patrick’s day because it’s how St. Patrick taught about the Trinity! One shamrock, 3 leaves just like the Trinity is 3 persons in 1 God. For this reason I always make shamrock shaped things rather than 4 leaf clovers, which really don’t make sense for St. Patrick’s day.
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I love love love making shamrock shaped cinnamon rolls for my kids. So fun and easy!
I have made Irish corned beef shamrock pinwheels with cream cheese, parsley, and green tortillas. You can find my full directions on Catholic Digest.
The link that this picture was originally from no longer exists, so use this St. Patrick Shamrock pretzel as inspiration for making your own pretzels.
The site that this picture was originally from no longer exists, so use these St. Patrick Shamrock cookies as inspiration for making your own treats.
Make meringue cookies, dye them green, and pipe them in the shape of shamrocks in honor of the trinity. My full directions for this are on Catholic Digest.
Fun Irish Food Ideas For St. Patrick’s Day
Go Green For St. Patrick’s Day!!!
- Green Apples
- Broccoli
- Cucumbers
- Pickles
- Green Tea
- Green food color in milk
- Olives
- Salad
- Green Peppers
- Green tortilla shells with peanut butter and bananas
- Green Jell-O
- Avocados
2 Healthy Kitchens has some great directions for putting together some shamrock skewers if you’re looking for some naturally green healthy treats for kids.
How about broccoli soup with pureed spinach to make it even MORE green?
Kiwi and pear shakes?
(I try to go with the healthy treats)
Hey, I made the pretzels shamrocks today with my children at home and with my 4th grade CCD class. I used green icing instead of melting chocolate. They were a HUGE hit! Thanks for the inspiration! I'm looking forward to browsing your site for ideas to spice up my classes and our religious ed here at home!
I like gummy worms (Snakes).