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St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Breakfast

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Good Morning, Positively Splendid!  This is Carrie from Worth Pinning and I’m sharing a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast sure to put a little extra Spring in your family’s steps.  St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect opportunity to surprise your kids will a rainbow-filled kind of morning.  After months of bitter cold temperatures and snow still piled high in our backyard, mid-March rainbows are a much welcomed sight!
 
Rainbow pancakes for St. Patrick's Day!
 
St. Patrick's Day Breakfast by Worth Pinning for Positively Splendid

I was so excited planning this surprise breakfast in my mind.   In one trip to the grocery store, I had everything I needed.  Before I went to bed that night, the table was set, the fruit was washed and cut, the straws were trimmed in size, and the pillow floor cushions and napkins were trimmed with green ribbon.

St. Patrick's Day Breakfast by Worth Pinning for Positively Splendid
 
 
I needed to get up 20 minutes early to make the pancakes, mix the hot cocoa, and assemble the fruit skewers.
 
St. Patrick's Day Breakfast by Worth Pinning for Positively Splendid
 
Let’s get started with the pancakes.  Divide pancake batter between six bowls:
 

Stir a rainbow of food coloring into each bowl.  Make sure to add enough food coloring to get nice bright colors.  If the red looks pink, the pancakes will be pink.  If the batter is pale green, the pancakes will be pale green.

Next, heat a skillet or griddle to med-high.  Using a full tablespoon of batter, dollop the batter (as close to a full round circle as you can get) on the griddle.

 When the edges firm (or dry) and the batter bubbles, it is time to flip the pancakes.
 
 Continue with each batter color:
 
 
Stack your pancakes red-orange-yellow-green-blue-purple:
St. Patrick's Day Breakfast by Worth Pinning for Positively Splendid
 
The base of the rainbow had 3 powdered sugar donut holes on one side and 2 powdered sugar donut holes on the other side to resemble clouds.  The black plastic containers are filled with dark amber maple syrup for dipping the pancakes.
 
 
 
The menu features the four leaf clover we found on a long hike in the fall.  It was one of my absolute favorite days with my kids.  We hiked for 4.5 hours- skipping and leaping and gathering fall leaves.  I think we all felt a little lucky that day.
 
St. Patrick's Day Breakfast by Worth Pinning for Positively Splendid
 
For the rainbow fruit skewers, select fruit by color- there are several combinations you can come up with:  strawberries, raspberries, red apple, watermelon, oranges, cantaloupe, peach, mangoes, pineapple, bananas, kiwi, green grapes, honeydew, pear, green apple, blueberry, blackberry, purple grapes.  Slide the fresh fruit up the skewer according to the colors of the rainbow:
 
 
The kids were delighted as they came down the stairs in the morning and saw the little decorated table set up in the middle of the room.  Just like little Leprechauns, both kids went right for the gold coins.
 
 
Shopping list to pull off this 20 minute prep-time breakfast for your kids:
 
Pancake mix, food coloring (packs usually come with 4 colors red/blue/green/yellow, so red & yellow makes orange, red & blue makes purple), powdered sugar donut holes, maple syrup, marshmallows, rainbow colored fruit, skewers, hot cocoa with rainbow marshmallows or any other beverage, gold chocolate coins and/or gold Rolo candies.  Extras:  flowers, green Easter grass, ribbon or felt to make shamrock decorations.
 

St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that can easily pass by pinning a little green to your shirt and calling it a day.  Why not create something a little more magical this St. Patrick’s Day?  I can vouch that the giggles, smiles and chatter were well worth the extra effort.  You can find other parties and special projects on my website Worth Pinning and on Facebook.

Thanks so much to Carrie for stopping by to share this phenomenal St. Patrick’s Day menu idea with us today! Find out more about her and her blog, Worth Pinning, on the PS Creative Team Page!

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    • Carrie - Worth Pinning says

      Lindsey- try liquid food coloring. I don’t notice a difference in flavor when adding the food coloring. You could also add a little vanilla extract or almond extract to the pancake batter.

  2. Ann says

    What a fun way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your kids! The gold coin chocolates bring back good memories. Thank you for a wonderful post…Ann

  8. Ashley @ Domestic Imperfection says

    My kids would love these! They already get crazy excited when I make pancakes, but this would put them over the top. Love the fruit too!

    BTW, I just feel the need to tell you that the photography on this post is amazing 🙂

  12. Olivia says

    This is so beautiful and absolutely creative! I love it!… might make it for my sister on her birthday which just so happens to be on the 17th of March haha 🙂 Thanks for sharing Xx

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