St. Patrick's Day Snacks?

[jarm]

Does anyone have any suggestions on a snack I can provide for my students on St. Patrick's Day? I have to take allergies into consideration. TIA!

[PG-rated]

What kind of allergies are you dealing with?

As a kid, I was always partial to cupcakes with green frosting. :) I also love those shamrock-shaped gumdrops. I bet Pillsbury does slice-and-bake cookies with shamrock designs in the middle, too. Pretty much anything colored green will most likely be a hit.

[Camdynlyn]

What about Green jello (we call it Green Goo and we are doing it this week to tie in with our measurement unit but using a slightly different recipe).

[Chimichanga]

You could do green rice krispie treats cut into shamrock shapes. Not sure about wheat/glutten allergies though.

[neenbean]

What grade are you teaching? I have had high school and elementary and my students always loved the cupcakes with green frosting. Not one complaint- ever. :D

One thing you could always do is green popcorn balls or something- depending on what the allergies are...

I think kids will be happy no matter what the color, shape or size as long as it is a treat and a break from regular class.

I look forward to hearing what you do. :)

[jarm]

Thank you for all the responses. I hate making rice krispie treats so that's probably out! The allergies are to nuts, but I also have one who follows a diet according to her religion so she doesn't eat gelatin. I would love to do jello with pudding and green sprinkles, but I can't because of her. I suppose I could buy some cupcakes, but I was trying not to spend too much money. Hmmm...mint ice cream. I think they have ice cream sandwiches with mint ice cream. I did see a recipe in Family Fun, but I can't decide if it would be too time consuming.

[neenbean]

Have you thought about DIRT CAKE? You could add green food coloring to vanilla pudding, layer with cut up chocolate sheet cake, top with a gummi worm for each kid and maybe crumble up some oreos for added "dirt". Every kid I know loves this dessert. :D

ETA: make in individual plastic cups and it is less mess. :)

[PG-rated]

If you have the time to make cupcakes, that's much cheaper than buying them. Then just stir some food coloring into vanilla frosting in a can. Voila! :)