St. Patrick's Day Treats

Happy (Tuesday after) Saint Patrick's day everyone! 


Wait, it didn't take you this long to recover? Hmm... I think you're doing it wrong.


I made 2 treats for my St. Patty's celebration - Sour Grapes and Lucky Charms treats. Neither one was quite on the mark. 


First, the Lucky Charms Treats. Now, technically mine were Three Sisters Marshmallow Oaties Treats because I thought these might be slightly healthier (let me have my hopes, ok?) so they aren't in anyway Irish. But we aren't concerned about that, now are we?

The recipe is super easy - Rice Krispy Treats with Lucky Charms (or whatever) substituted in.

Lucky Charms Crispy Treats

Recipe from Pass the Plate Blog

3 Tbs unsalted butter

1 10oz bag of marshmallows

1 box Lucky Charms

• Melt butter in a large pan over med-high heat.
• Add marshmallows to melted butter. Stir until completely melted.
• Remove from heat and add cereal. Stir until cereal is completely coated in marshmallow/butter mixture.
• Pour into greased 9x13 pan and press together.
• Let cool, cut into squares, and enjoy!

Now, on to treat #2 - Sour Grapes.

These are super quick and easy to make, plus they're yummy.

Now, the issue I had - Like a smarty, I thought "Hey, I'll get sugar-free jello for this then it'll be healthier!"

No dummy, don't do that.

The sugar-free jello has artificial sweeteners in it. Sweeteners = sweet, not sour grapes. Dummy. 

Sooooo... mine were good, but not especially great.

Still easy, though.

Super fancy preparation. 

Sour Grapes

Recipe from Sweet Treats and More

1 bunch green grapes

lime jello (1-3 boxes, depending on how many grapes you have)

• Wash grapes. Dry, but not completely. 
• Put grapes into plastic bag/container/bowl. Pour powdered jello over grapes.
• Shake to cover grapes.
• Refrigerate and enjoy.

Left-over gelato bowls = good presentation.

Red Velvet Mini Sandwiches

I made these cookies for a Christmas present, but I'm posting them now because they'd be perfect for Valentine's day. I used this recipe from Babble's The Family Kitchen and just mini-sized it. 

One thing I learned from making these is that if you use a round teaspoon (or tablespoon for larger cookies) to scoop out your dough, it is incredibly tedious, but the process makes amazingly perfectly round cookies that look like they came from a bakery. 

The only one out of the billion I scooped 
that I took a picture of. 

Perfection. 

You won't need as much frosting/filling that you think you will. It's yummy, and rich, and kind of dense. I actually had a bunch of frosting left over after I got done making them.

This part is going to be difficult, but trust me - it's worth it. Once you get the cookie sandwiches made. Put them away and don't eat them the same day. I know, crazy, right! But hear me out. Hubs and I each ate (at least) one the same night I made them. Honestly, they were alright. But that was it. Just alright. I was kind of disappointed. The next day I had another one, and it was AMAZING. These cookies had magically transformed into soft, moist, wonderful little red velvet parties. The cookies apparently absorbed some of the moisture from the frosting and softened up over night so that the texture and taste was more like a tiny whoopie pie. So. Much. Better. Who knew delayed gratification was actually worth something?