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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
12965 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,965
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
615 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
615
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
266 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
266
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1183 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,183
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1194 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,194
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
965 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
965
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
298 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
298
4 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
228 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
228
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
145 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
145
10 minutes
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Easy
Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
908 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
908
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
546 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
546
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1123 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,123
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Frozen Irish Coffee
Sara Bonisteel
429 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
429
5 minutes, plus freezing
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2053 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,053
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
2005 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,005
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2768 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,768
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
83 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
83
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
2044 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,044
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4425 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,425
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1081 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,081
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3210 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,210
1 hour 25 minutes
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Lime, Mint and Rum Tarts
Yotam Ottolenghi
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Whiskey-Apple Crumble Pie
Florence Fabricant, Ronald M. Silver, Jen Bervin
441 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
441
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
587 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
587
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
196 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
196
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O'Neill
3923 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,923
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2278 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,278
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7100 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,100
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1708 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,708
1 hour
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Laurie Colwin’s Gingerbread
The New York Times, Laurie Colwin
456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
456
45 minutes
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Dark Molasses Gingerbread With Whipped Cream
Kim Severson, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock
933 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
933
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
752 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
752
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
574 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
574
2 hours 30 minutes
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