Editors’ Collection

St. Patrick’s Day Desserts

Satisfying sweets to finish off the holiday meal like chocolate Guinness cake, classic shortbread and Irish trifle.

Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Spencer Richards.

Recipes

Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
14507 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,507
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
637 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
637
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
281 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
281
1 hour 35 minutes
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Irish Cream Pound Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,197
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1249 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,249
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Stout Float
Rosie Schaap
56 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
56
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Triple Ginger Skillet Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
973 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
973
70 minutes
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Rainbow Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
683 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
683
2 hours, plus 1½ hours’ chilling
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Old-Fashioned Shortbread
Genevieve Ko
310 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
310
4 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
294 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
294
3 hours
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Irish Trifle
Martha Rose Shulman
128 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
128
2 hours, plus at least 5 hours’ chilling
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Irish Coffee
Patrick Farrell
152 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
152
10 minutes
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Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
930 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
930
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
560 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
560
30 minutes
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Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1135 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,135
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Frozen Irish Coffee
Sara Bonisteel
437 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
437
5 minutes, plus freezing
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2116 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,116
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
2026 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,026
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
3271 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,271
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
89 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
89
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
2091 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,091
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4476 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,476
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1106 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,106
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3268 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,268
1 hour 25 minutes
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Lime, Mint and Rum Tarts
Yotam Ottolenghi
237 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
237
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Whiskey-Apple Crumble Pie
Florence Fabricant, Ronald M. Silver, Jen Bervin
450 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
450
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
621 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
621
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
199 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
199
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O’Neill
4231 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,231
45 minutes
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Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2335 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,335
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7548 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,548
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1731 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,731
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
457 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
457
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
944 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
944
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
759 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
759
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
586 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
586
2 hours 30 minutes
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