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
14342 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,342
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
636 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
636
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
272
1 hour 35 minutes
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Irish Cream Pound Cake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,195
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1244 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,244
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
972 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
972
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
307 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
307
4 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
282 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
282
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
927 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
927
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
556 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
556
30 minutes
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Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1132 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,132
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Frozen Irish Coffee
Sara Bonisteel
435 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
435
5 minutes, plus freezing
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
2102 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,102
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
2022 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,022
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
3119 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,119
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Layered Chocolate Mint Bars
Caroline Schiff
86 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
86
2 hours, plus overnight chilling
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
2079 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,079
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4460 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,460
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1098 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,098
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3253 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,253
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
447 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
447
2 hours
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Matcha Pie
Florence Fabricant, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
619 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
619
1½ hours
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Whiskey-Orange Bread Pudding
Florence Fabricant
198 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
198
1¾ hours
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Pistachio-Lemon Bars
Molly O’Neill
4157 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,157
45 minutes
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Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2320 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,320
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7414 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,414
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1725 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,725
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
941 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
941
1 hour
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Moist Gingerbread Cake With Lemon Glaze
Florence Fabricant
758 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
758
1 hour 15 minutes
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
584 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
584
2 hours 30 minutes
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