Here is a healthy breakfast recipe you may make to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. They are a little more robust goodness and a little less airy pancake. These are based on the Brown Sugar Oatmeal Pancakes from Taste of Home. I gave them a slight health boost. also green. We offered toppings such powdered sugar, maple syrup, applesauce, or strawberry simple syrup. You might also consider molasses. posted initially on my blog.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 40 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (19.8 ounce) package brownie mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
- 2 egg, or more to taste
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup water
- 3 cups cold milk
- 2 (5.1 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 6 drops green food coloring, or more as desired, divided
- 6 ounces creme de menthe candies (such as Andes®), broken into pieces
- 1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping
- ½ cup white sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking dish
- Combine brownie mix, eggs, oil, and water in a large bowl; stir until well blended. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is dry and edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, 28 to 31 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, pour milk into a large bowl and whisk pudding mix into the milk. Stir creme de menthe candies and about 3 drops of green food coloring into the bowl until evenly colored to your desired shade. Allow mixture to set for 5 minutes.
- Set out a trifle bowl. Crumble 1/2 the cooled brownies into the bowl and top with 1/2 the green vanilla pudding mixture. Spread 1/2 the whipped topping on top. Repeat layers.
- Pour sugar in a small bowl and add about 3 drops of green food coloring; stir until evenly colored to your desired shade Place a large shamrock template on top of the trifle in the bowl. Sprinkle the shamrock shape with green sugar. Carefully remove template.
- Cover trifle and chill in the refrigerator for about 3 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 444 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 62 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 397 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |