Make These 3 Ree Drummond St. Patrick's Day Treats in 35 Minutes or Less

Get ready for festive Pioneer Woman dishes with Ree Drummond St. Patrick’s Day treats. Best of all, each one takes 35 minutes or less to make. 

1. Ree Drummond’s St. Patrick’s Day treats start with 33-minute Irish Hills Cupcakes

Described by Drummond as “cute little cupcakes that’ll remind you of the rolling hills of Ireland,” these take 33 minutes to make per Drummond’s recipe instructions.

While the oven preheats the Super Easy cookbook author gets started on the batter. Using a standing mixer with the whisk attachment she combines butter and sugar until it’s creamy and smooth. Then in goes eggs (one at a time) and vanilla extract. 

In a separate bowl, she combines the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low Drummond carefully adds some of the dry ingredients to the wet. In a liquid measuring cup, she combines buttermilk and milk before slowly adding some of it to the wet ingredients. 

She continues alternating between the dry ingredients and the buttermilk mixture until she’s left with smooth cupcake batter. Next, she fills lined cupcake trays with batter and puts them in the oven. 

While they bake she makes what she calls an “easy cream cheese version” of frosting. A splash of vanilla and green food coloring and she’s ready to decorate the cupcakes once they’ve cooled.

2. Adapt Drummond’s Halloween Bark recipe for St. Patrick’s Day for a quick and festive treat

Drummond’s St. Patrick’s Day treats continue with her recipe for Halloween Bark (see her Crazy Bark variation above). It’s ready for any St. Patrick’s Day menu with a few simple changes. Instead of orange, yellow, and brown candy opt for ones in shades of green, white, and gold. 

That could mean putting green M&Ms on the ingredient list along with white chocolate and gold sprinkles. Another option is to use orange candy as a nod to Ireland’s flag. 

The toppings are practically endless but the 30-minute cooking instructions are the same no matter what. Drummond melts white almond bark using a double boiler. While it cools slightly she arranges whole graham crackers on a baking sheet. Next, she carefully pours the melted almond bark over the top. 

Now for the toppings. Before the almond bark has set she sprinkles on pretzels, nuts, candy, and crushed cookies. Next, she gently presses on the toppings so they adhere to the melted almond bark. Finally, Drummond puts the baking sheet in the fridge so the bark can set. 

3. Pioneer Woman Chocolate Mint Brownie Bites are a 35-minute dish

The last of Drummond’s St. Patrick’s Day treats are her Chocolate Mint Brownie Bites. She starts by making brownie batter. First, she melts semisweet chocolate. While it cools she creams together butter and sugar in a standing mixer. 

After adding in eggs one at a time she slowly pours in the melted chocolate. Finally, she adds flour and mint extract. While the brownies bake Drummond melts mint chocolate candies. Once the brownies are done, she dips each one in the melted mint chocolate. For decoration, she tops each one with chopped candy.

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