St. Patrick's Day Lucky Leprechaun Coin Treats

I have to admit that I don’t usually do much to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. If I’m being completely honest, it’s a bit of a sore spot with my husband. See, he has red hair but isn’t Irish. Red heads get a lot of stereotypes thrown around and it seems like it becomes much more prevalent around St Patrick’s Day.

So while we don’t go all out, I love the idea of some cute St Patrick’s Day treats. Especially when they are so easy to make!

This is a great food craft for the kids. They can get as creative as they want. As long as you use a lot of green, it will look very St. Patrick’s Day no matter what the design.

You just need a few supplies from the grocery store and you will be on your way to making some Lucky Leprechaun Coins.

Depending on your family traditions for St Patrick’s Day, these could also be really cute if some Leprechaun’s left some coins for the kids. Talk about a fun surprise when you wake up in the morning!

Okay, let’s make some Lucky Coins! (I’m trying out a new recipe plug-in. Let me know if you love it or hate it. )

Leprechaun Coins

Author:

Ashley Whipple

Recipe type: Dessert

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Who needs a pot of gold when you can make your own Leprechaun Coins?

Ingredients

1 box Nilla Wafers
Black Wilton Sparkle Gel
Green Wilton Sparkle Gel
Decorating Sprinkles and Sugars
1½ cup Powdered Sugar, Divided
Ziplock Bag
Wax Paper

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix 1 cup of sugar with 3 teaspoons of water and mix well. Set aside. This will be used to dip your cookies.
Mix ½ cup of powdered sugar in a separate bowl and add 1½ teaspoons of water. Spoon into a ziplock bag and cut the corner to use this bag for piping letters.
Using a dry paper towel, dust the crumbs off your Nilla Wafers before decorating. Use piping bag of icing, color gels and decorations to create unique treats. Place on wax paper to dry.
When dipping wafers into powdered sugar icing, be sure to scrape the icing off the back of the wafer with the edge of the bowl and make sure to let the excess drip back into the bowl. Then plunge your icing into sugar sprinkles.
Share your lucky Leprechaun Coins with your friends!