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Shamrock Irish Cream Dessert Shots- St. Patrick's Day Easy Green Dessert

Published: Feb 12, 2018 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Sep 4, 2021 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 13 Comments

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4 Irish cream dessert shots in front of bottle of Baileys Irish Cream
Collage of 2 photos: Irish Cream Dessert Shots on bottom, with baileys bottle and dessert shots on plate in top photo
St. Patrick's Day Irish Cream Dessert Shots on a table with spoon in one

I’m a huge fan of dessert shots! I really like that this mini dessert recipe in shot glasses is small so you can indulge without the guilt. They are miniature, cute, no bake and can be made in 15 minutes. And best of all they have Baileys Irish Cream in them (or use Irish Cream extract if you want to avoid the alcohol) AND chocolate in the form of 2 bite brownies.

St. Patrick's Day Irish Cream Dessert Shooters | Foodmeanderings.com It's fun to make holiday themed food, especially St. Paddy's Day green desserts with irish cream! But easy green dessert recipe ideas are not always easy to come by and that's exactly why I created these St. Patrick's day Irish Cream Dessert Shooters! Just be mindful of who you feed it to if you decide to use alcohol. A recent blunder taught me that you need to be particularly cognizant of who you're cooking for.

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  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 📖 Variations & Substitutions
  • 🌡️Storage
  • 👪 Serving Size
  • 💭 Top tips
  • ⭐ Reviews
  • ☘️ Shamrock Irish Cream Dessert Shots
  • 📋More St. Patrick's Day Recipes!

🥘 Ingredients

For this Irish dessert recipe, you'll need:

  • vanilla instant pudding
  • Baileys Irish cream
  • green food coloring
  • whipped cream
  • 2 bite brownies
  • white granulated sugar
  • gold sprinkles

See recipe card for amounts

Irish Cream Green Dessert Shooters - Foodmeanderings.com

You may or may not want to feed this dessert to your kids. I do and am not concerned, as there is a scant amount of alcohol in it (1.5 tablespoon for 12 dessert shots).

But without even thinking, I recently brought my boozy kahlua and caffeine infused No Bake Black Forest Tiramisu dessert to a family BBQ potluck for my kids' dance school back in the fall.  Doh!

No Bake Black Forest Tiramisu Dessert | #nobakedessert - Foodmeanderings.com

📖 Variations & Substitutions

Like I said, I'm not worried about my kids consuming the little amount of alcohol in this recipe, but if you have toddlers, you're probably going to feel a bit different! So if you are concerned or do not consume alcohol, you CAN get Irish Cream Extract and use it as a substitute in Baileys recipes. You don't actually have to use the alcohol.

My kids are my testers so they try pretty much everything I make. They would be pretty upset if they didn't get to test a recipe, especially a delicious dessert. But my daughter did ask, "I am going to get drunk?" She's 10. I assured her that wouldn't happen. 

Irish Cream Dessert Shots |green dessert- Foodmeanderings.com

🌡️Storage

  • You can make this dessert a day or two in advance, but I do not recommend you put it together until just prior to serving. Store the whipped cream, pudding and brownies in separate containers.
  • This recipe does NOT freeze well.

👪 Serving Size

This recipe serves 12.You can also cut this recipe in half by adjusting the serving size on the recipe card. Just click on the serving size (it's highlighted in blue) and select the number of servings you’d like.

Cook for your Crowd!

Luckily before I arrived at the family BBQ I remembered that I'd be feeding my alcohol and caffeine spiked dessert to a group of kids and stuck up a sign warning parents that it contained these ingredients. Although the amount of alcohol or caffeine wasn't a concern to me (I'd feed it to my kids), there are parents out there that may not appreciate finding out about that after the fact. Fortunately no one at this particular family function appeared phased by it (at least that I could see) so that was a relief. But there are many family friendly events I could reflect back on where I'd probably be lynched with that move.

More often than not, I'm cooking with my blog in mind, as I'm trying to fit my recipe posts into my real life. I needed to photograph my Black Forest Tiramisu recipe again, as my old one was hideous and since it makes a great potluck dessert, I decided to do it then. But I learned that more importantly, you need to cook for your crowd!

But rest assured, these shot glass desserts, made with Baileys alcohol (or irish cream extract) will definitely please any crowd, with or without the alcohol! They are the ultimate St. Patrick' day treat. So, if you are looking for Irish desserts,  a Baileys Irish cream recipe and/or green dessert ideas, this is your easy and green St. Patrick's Day dessert.

💭 Top tips

How to get perfectly piped whipped cream

If you're not sure how to use a 1M piping tip:

  CLICK HERE: How to use a 1M Piping Tip

And if you don't know how to fill a pasty bag:

 CLICK HERE: How to fill a pastry bag

Green food coloring: It's important to use an icing color (and not a green food coloring from the grocery store) in order to achieve the green hue you need for this dessert. You can buy the icing colors off Amazon, at Michael's Arts & Crafts and even some dollar stores. My local Dollar store/party store carries them

And since easy St. Patrick's Day Green desserts are hard to come by, here's another one for your back pocket;

Pistachio Dessert

Pistachio dessert recipe

And if you love Baileys recipes, you'll love my Baileys Irish Cream Overnight French Toast!

Best Overnight French Toast Casserole

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Irish cream dessert shots with a bottle of irish cream in the background, on a white faux surface
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☘️ Shamrock Irish Cream Dessert Shots

These Shamrock Irish Cream Dessert Shots can be made in 15 minutes,  with or without alcohol and are the perfect fast and easy green dessert for St. Patrick's Day. The mini desserts are made with 2 bite brownies, pudding and Baileys Irish cream, but you can indulge guilt-free because they are miniature!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Irish
Keyword: Baileys Irish Cream, dessert shots, Irish cream
Servings: 12 dessert shots
Calories: 80kcal
Author: Terri Gilson
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

Shamrock Pudding:

  • ½ of a 30 g -pkg of fat free jello vanilla instant pudding mix
  • ¾ cup 1 % milk
  • 1.5 tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream (or substitute ½ teaspoon Irish Cream extract) -you can add more to taste if this isn't strong enough
  • ⅛ teaspoon green food/icing coloring **Kelly green is best icing/food colouring
  • ¾ cup whipping cream
  • 12 -2 bite brownies cut in half

garnish

  • gold sprinkles
  • whipped cream (half reserved from ¾ cup)
  • 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
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Instructions

Shamrock Pudding:

  • Prepare only ½ pkg vanilla pudding as directed on package, but with only ¾ cup milk ** If you decide to make up the entire pkg of pudding and use the reminder for something else, use 1 ¾ cup of milk
  • Whip the whipping cream to soft peaks with hand mixer. Set aside about ½ of the whipping cream, then add Bailey's Irish Cream to the other half and whip to stiff peaks. 
  • Fold whipped cream/irish cream mixture into pudding and add food/icing colouring.
  • With remaining whipped cream (that will be your garnish) add 1 white granulated sugar and whip to stiff peaks. Set aside for garnish.

Assembly:

  • Cut each 2 bite brownie in half and take bottom ½ of brownie and press into bottom of shot glass, then add a little Shamrock pudding. Repeat for all 12, dividing it equally by remainder of shot glasses. **  Just make sure you leave enough space to add the other half of the brownie. 
  • Press top half of brownies into the top of each shot glass. You may have a little left over pudding mix, so if there's room in your shot glass, you can add a dollop on top of the 2nd half of the brownie

Garnish:

  • Garnish with swirled whipped cream. (see notes for how to pipe a swirl of whipped cream onto your dessert shots) and scatter on gold sprinkles
    Serve immediately or can remain in fridge for several hours or overnight to soften (this is best)

Notes

💭 Top tips
How to get perfectly piped whipped cream
If you're not sure how to use a 1M piping tip:
  CLICK HERE: How to use a 1M Piping Tip
And if you don't know how to fill a pasty bag:
 CLICK HERE: How to fill a pastry bag
 
Green food coloring: It's important to use an icing color (and not a green food coloring from the grocery store) in order to achieve the green hue you need for this dessert. You can buy the icing colors off Amazon, at Michael's Arts & Crafts and even some dollar stores. My local Dollar store/party store carries them
 
Nutrition Facts
☘️ Shamrock Irish Cream Dessert Shots
Amount Per Serving
Calories 80 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 21mg7%
Sodium 75mg3%
Potassium 33mg1%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Sugar 3g3%
Vitamin A 250IU5%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 28mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 80kcal (4%) | Carbohydrates: 4g (1%) | Fat: 6g (9%) | Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) | Cholesterol: 21mg (7%) | Sodium: 75mg (3%) | Potassium: 33mg (1%) | Sugar: 3g (3%) | Vitamin A: 250IU (5%) | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 28mg (3%)
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  • Baileys Irish Cream Overnight French Toast Casserole
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Comments

  1. Lori

    February 12, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    You are so brilliant Terri, I love this idea. This is a lot of effort for me to put them in shot glasses, do you think it would work well as a trifle? And I might use spinach powder to colour it green ; ). I can let you know how that goes....

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      February 12, 2018 at 10:25 pm

      Hi Lori- Thanks! I totally think it would be great as a trifle, but a lot more fattening, of course. I'd love to know how the spinach powder works out! I hope you like it 🙂

      Reply
  2. Catherine

    March 12, 2019 at 11:34 am

    Just curious...a small box of jello pudding mix is 96 grams, or 3.4 oz. How much do you use for the recipe, and does it have to be fat free?
    Thank you!
    Catherine

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      March 12, 2019 at 3:30 pm

      Hi Catherine: Are you in the United States? In Canada the smaller boxes are usually 30-40 grams. Anyway, I would use 1/4 of a 96 g box, approximately. Nope, doesn't have to be fat free! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

      Reply
      • Catherine

        March 12, 2019 at 6:06 pm

        Thank you! Yes, I'm in Colorado. Hope it turns out!

        Reply
  3. Janet

    March 13, 2020 at 9:22 am

    They sound yummy but can I use cool whip instead of whipped cream?

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      March 13, 2020 at 6:53 pm

      Hi Janet: Of course! It will be a bit sweeter, but if you don't mind that then go for it! Enjoy...

      Reply
  4. DJ

    March 14, 2020 at 8:22 am

    I would try using Pistachio Instant Pudding … It's green!

    Reply
    • D J

      March 14, 2020 at 8:22 am

      PS ~ Thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        March 14, 2020 at 11:50 am

        You are welcome!

        Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      March 14, 2020 at 11:50 am

      Hi DJ- Absolutely give it a try!I already had a pistachio pudding St. Patrick’s Day recipe and wanted to do a mint chocolate:)Enjoy!

      Reply
    • Leanne Orr

      March 16, 2021 at 3:47 pm

      What can I ask is Pistachio Instant Pudding or Vanilla Instant Pudding? I’m in Australia...

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        March 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

        Hi Leanne: Maybe you call it something else in Australia? Instant Pudding is simply pudding powder, you buy in a box, that you don't have to cook - you just add milk and beat it:
        Vanilla Instant Pudding
        Thanks,
        Terri

        Reply

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