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St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching so it’s time to start thinking about what delicious Irish inspired dessert you should make. Maybe you need them for a get together, your kids are having a party at school, or just a fun treat to have at home! This collection of St. Patrick’s day inspired cupcakes recipes are sure to help you find the PERFECT sweet treat recipe today.
Delicious St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake Ideas
Cupcakes are a staple for desserts and can easily be made into anything you want by mixing in a few flavor ingredients or just decorating a classic cupcake to match the theme you are going for. For St. Patrick’s Day you most likely want something green, rainbow inspired, or maybe even infused with alcohol. The list below has a few options for all those ideas.
Get Cupcake Inspired Today
With so many options for cupcakes out there finding the perfect one for St. Patrick’s day can be tricky! We gathered the best mix of cupcakes we could find for the day of the Irish to help make your decision a little bit easier.
Mint, Matcha, and even some lucky charms options are listed below. Think about what type of event you are attending and what would work best.
Consider having a kid and adult option available as well! You can pick a fun one for kids and a boozy one for adults, both options would be huge hits and appreciated by all! If you plan to make them with your kids don’t be afraid to get messy and have many topping options or fun frosting pen tops for your kids to experiment with.
Alternatives
If you decide to go with a boozy inspired cupcake and want to have an option for kids or guests that don’t like alcohol. Just remember it’s as simple as omitting alcohol in a recipe. Leaving you with a delicious cupcake even without your boozy influence. Most of these boozy cupcakes have just regular frosting decorated on top, so if you do go that route and want to make some without alcohol consider grabbing some St. Patrick’s day themed sprinkles and add some on top.
This is a great way to show the difference between regular cupcakes and boozy ones, plus it’s just fun! Whatever cupcake you decide to go with we know they will be a huge hit and delicious! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick's Day Cupcake Recipes
Feeling green? These cute cupcake recipes will give you the luck of the Irish this St. Patrick's day.
Moist mint cupcakes topped with white chocolate whipped cream. Your favorite McDonald’s Shake in cupcake form!
Rich chocolate cupcakes topped with boozy buttercream and a decadent caramel drizzle.
Simple and delicious, these easy cupcakes are full of boozy Bailey's Irish cream liqueur - perfect for St Paddy's Day!
It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without a whole lot of green, and these delicious matcha cupcakes are naturally a bright colour perfect for celebrating!
These lucky charms cupcakes are chock full of St. Patty's goodness. The green frosting has hints of rainbow and the lucky charms marshmallows just scream leprechaun magic. Plus they are super easy to make and decorate.
Looking for St Patrick Day cupcake ideas? Try this gluten-free recipe for St Patrick Day cupcakes stuffed with apple pie filling!
These fun Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes look like they have a scoop of ice cream on top, but it's frosting. Great dessert to serve your leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day.
Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes are so delicious. A simple moist chocolate cupcake made with Guinness and topped with a creamy Bailey’s Frosting. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day dessert!
These Irish Car Bomb cupcakes are made with a chocolate Guinness cupcake, Irish whiskey ganache and Baileys buttercream which really makes it the perfect St. Patrick's Day treat.
You've heard of red velvet, but these "Green Velvet" cupcakes are delicious! Decorated with adorable clovers, it's a sweet treat for St Patrick's Day.
These moist Guinness chocolate cupcakes are full of a deep chocolate flavour with a hint of Guinness beer flavour. They are topped with a creamy chocolate Guinness buttercream. These are perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
Making Leprechauns proud with these marshmallow-stuffed Lucky Charms Cupcakes! This recipe is one for the pot o’ gold
