These St. Patrick’s Day green and gold sugar cookies with chocolate clovers are one of my favorite sugar cookie recipes I’ve made to date. They are super soft, simple to make, full of flavor, and completely capture the festive spirit of the holiday.

These sparkle sugar cookies have:

• Delicious texture from a coating of green and gold sanding sugar.
• A soft cream cheese sugar cookie center flavored with a hint of almond.
• A chocolate clover on top for a fun St. Patrick’s Day touch!

This cookie recipe is very versatile and can be adapted to almost any holiday – check out a Valentine’s Day version here!

Recipe used for the Green and Gold Sugar Cookies:

Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies by Sally’s Baking Addiction

I followed Sally’s Baking Addiction’s recipe for Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies to make this St. Patrick’s Day rendition. Her recipes never fail to become tried and true additions to my baking rotation.

Tips for making the sugar cookies:

• Almond Extract: Almond flavor adds a delicious twist to these cookies.
  • For nut allergies: I use McCormick Almond Flavor. It is an imitation almond flavor that is absolutely delicious and tastes like the real thing.

• Coarse Sugar: The texture this sugar gives completely makes these cookies! Sugar used:
  • Dark green – India Tree Emerald City Green Sparkling Sugar
  • Light Green – Wilton Light Green Sugar Sprinkles
  • Gold – Wilton Gold Pearlized Sugar Sprinkles

• Make ahead– This dough requires some chill time, so I love to make it the day before and then roll it into balls and bake the next day.
  • If you do this, be sure to let the dough sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. It will be easier to work with and allow the sugar to adhere to the dough more easily.

• Chill immediately after placing the chocolate on top: Make space in your fridge or freezer before starting to bake the cookies. After you place the chocolate piece on top it will start to melt quickly. You’ll want to make sure you can quickly pop them into the fridge to set. 

How to make the chocolate clovers using a silicone mold:

After a bit of searching I saw that chocolate clovers are not something you can buy in the grocery store, so I had my first attempt at making my own chocolate using a silicone mold! 

I was intimidated to venture into this realm, but was pleasantly surprised with how well it went.

Tools needed: 

• Silicone Mold: I picked up a few silicone clover molds by Wilton at Jo Ann Fabrics. They were perfect for this as the clovers in the mold are a small size. This silicone mold on Amazon looks very similar to the ones I have.

• Chocolate: I use Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers since they are so easy to work with. I also love the shine they give. You can easily substitute for candy melts or your own preferred method of making chocolate. 

Steps to make the chocolate clovers:

1. Melt the chocolate according to the package instructions.
2. Pour the melted chocolate into a ziplock bag or piping bag.
3. Cut a small tip off of the edge of the bag and fill each cavity in the mold with chocolate.
4. Gently lift up and tap down the mold a few times to help the chocolate settle and eliminate air bubbles.
5. Carefully pop and peel the clovers out of the mold once the chocolate has hardened.

If you are searching for a festive St. Patrick’s Day dessert that is simple to make, absolutely delicious, and will please everyone – these festive green and gold sugar cookies with chocolate clovers are perfect. You will be everyone’s best friend and good luck charm after sharing them!

If you like this recipe, I think you’ll also love:

• Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Sandwiches with Mint Chip Buttercream
• Boozy Chocolate Cupcakes with Baileys Buttercream Frosting
• Copycat Crumbl Circus Animal Sugar Cookies
• Sparkle Sweetheart Sugar Cookies

Green And Gold Sugar Cookies With Chocolate Clovers

Recipe by AshleyCourse: DessertsCuisine: American

Servings

32

cookies

Cooking time

12

minutes

These Green And Gold Sugar Cookies With Chocolate Clovers are full of texture, packed with flavor, and the most deliciously festive treat you can make to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

Ingredients

• 1 batch Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies by Sally’s Baking Addiction

• The sanding sugar for rolling the cookies:

• Dark green sugar – India Tree Emerald City Green Sparkling Sugar
  Light Green sugar – Wilton Light Green Sugar Sprinkles
  Gold sugar – Wilton Gold Pearlized Sugar Sprinkles

• The chocolate clovers:

• Silicone clover candy mold – exact one used is by Wilton
  Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers

Directions

• First, make the chocolate clovers:
• Melt the chocolate according to the package instructions.
• Pour the melted chocolate into a ziplock bag or piping bag.
• Cut a small tip off of the edge of the bag and fill each cavity in the silicone mold with chocolate.
• Gently lift up and tap down the mold a few times to help the chocolate settle and eliminate air bubbles. Let sit at room temperature.
• Carefully pop and peel the clovers out of the mold once the chocolate has hardened. Set the clovers aside.
• Next, bake the sugar cookies:
• Follow the directions to make 1 batch of Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies by Sally’s Baking Addiction using festive green and gold sanding sugar.
• Chill the cookies immediately after placing the chocolate clover on top: After you place the chocolate clover on top, it will start to melt quickly from the heat of the cookie. You’ll want to make sure you can quickly pop them into the fridge to set. 
• Once the chocolate is firm and the cookies have cooled, enjoy!

Notes

• The chocolate clover will melt quickly after it is placed on the freshly baked cookies. Pop them in the refrigerator right away to slow this process down and do not touch them until the chocolate is firm.

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If you make this dessert or have any questions, please leave a comment below! I absolutely love hearing when others are inspired to step into their kitchen and try out something new.

Happy Baking!

XOXO,