I'll Have Dessert and a Drink.....

Try this one tonight for your

St. Patricks Day Bash!

Just add a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream

to a beer stein and top with your favorite

Stout beer!

Could it taste as good as it looks?

(Recipe via Martha Stewart)

St. Patty's Cake Pops!

Check out these very cute Cake Pops by

My Little Cupcake.

These would make a fun favor

or look great on a sweets table display.

Find all of the instructions here!

"Lucky Me!" Party Collection

You will be the luckiest girl at the party
when your guest arrive to celebrate St.Patty's day
with this

St. Patty's Day Party Collection.

Check it out!

This collection includes:
1. "Lucky Me" Banner lettering
2. "Eat, Drink and Be Irish Sign
3. 2 inch party circles "Eat, Drink and Be Irish"
"Live, Love, Green"
4. Wine Labels "Shamrock Vineyards"
AND MORE!

I know that beer is the Irish drink of choice but,
I thought it would be fun to serve wine too!
Check out these labels to match your party collection!
Serve up your wine in green wine glasses too!

Of course, there are beer bottle labels too!

Find the complete collection here!

Irish Coffee Caramel Mousse

Irish Coffee Caramel Mousse

What's not to like about that?

Ingredients
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
2 cups chilled whipping cream
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
2 tablespoons Irish whiskey
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder
1 1/4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup Baileys Original Irish Cream

Stir sugar and 1/4 cup water in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.

Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with pastry brush dipped into water and swirling pan occasionally.

Add 1/2 cup cream and 2 tablespoons butter (mixture will bubble vigorously) and stir until caramel melts.

Continue boiling 2 minutes.

Spoon 2 tablespoons caramel into small saucepan and set aside at room temperature.

Stir whiskey into remaining caramel in saucepan.

Pour into bowl.
Stir 2 tablespoons water and espresso powder in another small saucepan until espresso dissolves.

Sprinkle gelatin over.

Let stand 10 minutes to soften.

Stir gelatin mixture over low heat until melted.

Stir gelatin mixture into caramel in bowl.

Place bowl over large bowl filled with ice and water.

Let stand until caramel mixture is cool but not set, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
Using electric mixer, beat 1 1/2 cups cream in medium bowl to soft peaks.

Fold 2 cups whipped cream into caramel mixture in bowl.

Divide caramel mousse among 6 balloon-shaped wineglasses.

Add Baileys to remaining whipped cream and continue beating until stiff.

Spoon mixture into pastry bag fitted with star tip.

Pipe atop mousse.

Cover and chill until mousse sets, at least 3 hours.

DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead; keep chilled.
Rewarm reserved 2 tablespoons caramel in heavy small saucepan over low heat.

Drizzle over desserts.

Leprechaun Hat Cookies

What you Need:

1 pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
1/4 teaspoon green gel or paste food color
24 large marshmallows
24 small (1-inch) chewy chocolate candies
12 small green gumdrops

Find all of the cooking and decorating instructions here

at Betty Crocker

Aren't those so cute!

Thirsty?

Just in time for St. Patricks Day...
Here are some drinks ideas for everyone!

1. Irish Coffee 2. Green Beer 3. Appletini

4. Snackbite 5. Vodka Gimlet 6. Margarita

Find recipes for these drink at She Just Got Married Blog!