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
14148 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14,148
1 hour 15 minutes
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Irish Cream Coffee Cake
Lidey Heuck
633 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
633
2 hours
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
271 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
271
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Irish Cream Poundcake
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1194 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,194
1½ hours
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Guinness Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1240 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,240
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
970 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
970
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
306 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
306
4 hours
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cake
Yossy Arefi
271 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
271
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
925 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
925
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Whipped Cream Scones With Chocolate and Cherries
Genevieve Ko
555 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
555
30 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Stout Cake With Coffee Glaze
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
1130 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,130
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
2083 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,083
1 hour, plus cooling
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The Marrow’s Ginger Stout Cake
Melissa Clark
2021 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,021
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2974 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,974
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
2070 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,070
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Rainbow Sprinkle Cake
Julia Moskin, Candace Nelson
4447 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,447
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Salted Pistachio Shortbread
Alison Roman
1096 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,096
35 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3241 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,241
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
612 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
612
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
4068 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,068
45 minutes
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Easy
Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
2311 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,311
1½ hours
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7303 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,303
45 minutes
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1719 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,719
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
581 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
581
2 hours 30 minutes
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