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
14001 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,001
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
632 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
632
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
268
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1192 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,192
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1237 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,237
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
969 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
969
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
305 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
305
4 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
260 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
260
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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Easy
Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
924 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
924
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
554 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
554
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1129 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,129
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Frozen Irish Coffee
Sara Bonisteel
433 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
433
5 minutes, plus freezing
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2068 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,068
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
2014 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,014
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2886 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,886
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
84 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
84
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
2061 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,061
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4438 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,438
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1090 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,090
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3234 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,234
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
443 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
443
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
608 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
608
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
4030 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,030
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2304 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,304
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7199 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,199
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1715 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,715
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
937 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
937
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
755 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
755
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
579 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
579
2 hours 30 minutes
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