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Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps inspired by a Reader’s Photo

February 19, 2021 This post may contain affiliate links.

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick’s Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps. Each crispy cracker made from pie crust is topped with Parmesan cheese and green parsley.

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick's Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps, they'll impress your friends and are great to use on any dip!

It is so wonderful to know that I have inspired so many of you to create fun food for holidays and special occasions.

Today, I’m going to share a St. Patrick’s Day project that was inspired by one of my young readers, Aidyn. She and her mom, Carla, shared pictures of Aidyn’s rendition of my Mozzarella Cheese Filled Hearts along with a few other recreations, and I shared them all in my Readers’ Gallery.

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick's Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps, they'll impress your friends and are great to use on any dip!

As I looked at the picture of her mozzarella hearts, not only was I impressed with this 9-year-old girl’s elegant plating, but I was inspired by her addition of parsley on her pastries.

I knew in that instant that with a little more parsley, I could transform this idea into a St. Patrick’s Day-themed appetizer.

My original intention was to create cheese-filled shamrocks, but instead, I kept these snacks really simple by just sprinkling the pastries with lots of Parmesan cheese and parsley. They are crispy and light and have a wonderful cheese flavor.

St. Patrick's Day appetizers and snack shamrock crakers

These green speckled shamrock-shaped crisps would be great served with spinach and artichoke dip or hummus, but make a great snack just as they are and are so easy to make.

Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps
(makes 12)

Ingredients:

  • 1 store-bought pie dough or puff pastry, thawed
  • egg white or milk
  • 1/3 -1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese*
  • 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • optional – serve with spinach/artichoke dip or hummus

* You’ll use 1/3 cup Parmesan and 2 tablespoons parsley to cover 12 shamrocks, which is what you should get out of 1 pie crust. But you can re-roll the scraps of dough to make more shamrocks. If you do, then you’ll need 1/2 cup Parmesan and an additional tablespoon of parsley.

Supplies:
shamrock-shaped cookie cutter
pastry brush
baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Instructions:

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick's Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps, they'll impress your friends and are great to use on any dip!

Cut and top your crackers.

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Unroll pie dough or puff pastry.
  • Cut 12 shamrocks using a cookie cutter.
  • Brush the tops of each shamrock with egg white.
  • Combine Parmesan cheese with parsley.
  • Sprinkle over the shamrocks.

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick's Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps, they'll impress your friends and are great to use on any dip!

Bake

  • Set your pie crust shamrocks on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 7-9 minutes until golden brown.

NOTE:

  • You can re-roll the scraps and make more shamrocks, or just brush the scraps with egg white and the cheese and parsley and bake until crisp.

Parmesan cheese and parsley topped crackers shaped like shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day

  • Serve immediately with spinach/artichoke dip, hummus, or just by themselves.
  • These shamrock crackers are best served the day they are made but can be kept in an airtight container for up to 4 days. I recommend reheating any crackers that are more than a day old in a 300-degree oven for 4-6 minutes just to crisp them back up before serving.

Printable Recipe

St. Patrick's Day appetizers and snack shamrock crakers
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St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Snacks
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
 

Shamrock-shaped pie crusts topped with Parmesan cheese and fresh Italian Parsley are baked to a golden brown and can be served with your favorite dip.

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: appetizer, cracker, St. Patrick's Day recipe
Servings: 12
Author: Beth
Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon flour
  • 1 store-bought pie dough or puff pastry, thawed
  • egg white or milk
  • 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2-3 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Lightly dust a cutting board with flour.
  3. Unroll your pie dough or puff pastry.
  4. Cut 12 shamrocks using a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter.
  5. Brush the tops of each pie crust shamrock with egg white.
  6. Combine Parmesan cheese with parsley and sprinkle over top of each shamrock.
  7. Set your pie crust shamrocks on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  8. Bake for 7-9 minutes until golden brown.
Recipe Notes
  • You can re-roll the pie dough scraps and make more shamrocks if desired.
  • Serve the same day they are baked.
  • They will keep for up to 4 days if stored in an airtight container but should be reheated in a warm 300-degree oven for about 6 minutes to crisp them up before serving.

This St. Patrick’s Day recipe was originally published on February 26. 2013.

Fun St. Patrick's Day Recipes and Food Crafts

Be sure to check out all of my festive and fun St. Patrick’s Day recipes. I’ve created recipes for kids and adults including:

  • Silly Shamrock Shaped Rice Krispies Treat Pops
  • Double Chocolate Creme de Menthe Fudge Shamrocks
  • Irish Soda Bread Shamrock
  • Shamrock Shakes in Candy Cups with Smiling Shamrocks
  • and more!

Looking for a savory appetizer to make for St. Patrick's Day? Try these Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps, they'll impress your friends and are great to use on any dip!

rate the recipe

Did you make this St. Patrick’s Day appetizer recipe or do you just think it is super cute? Let me know by leaving a comment and rating the recipe below. Give it a 5-star rating if you loved it! 

Beth Jackson Klosterboer blogger, recipe developer, and chocolatier.

I love making fun food for parties and special occasions and sharing my creative ideas with you.

If you make this recipe and share it online be sure to link back to this post and use #hungryhappenings.

Thanks and have a sweet day! –

Beth

Filed Under: St. Patrick's Day Recipes Tagged With: Appetizers, shamrock

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Comments

  1. The Partiologist

    February 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    I think I could eat that whole plate of Snack Crisps – they look wonderful!

    Reply
  2. Lisa@hooplapalooza

    February 26, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    ditto for me too!

    Reply
  3. Anonymous

    February 26, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    Quick, easy, tasty and attractive – we like that. One question: How do they taste if you store them in a container with a tight lid? In other words – if they're room temp. when served.

    Thanks
    Tavette

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      February 26, 2013 at 7:28 pm

      Hi Tavette, I tried that because we didn't eat all of them once baked, and they were much better right out of the oven. If you do store them, just heat them back up in a warm oven to crisp them back up.

      Reply
  4. Brenda

    February 26, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    So cute … just pinned it!

    Reply
  5. Activity Directors Sharing Ideas

    February 26, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    I just want to say how wonderful I think your site is!!

    Reply
  6. Activity Directors Sharing Ideas

    February 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    I just want to let you know how wonderful I think your site is!!!!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      February 26, 2013 at 9:38 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  7. carla

    February 26, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    woo hoo! so many thanks for featuring Aidyn's rendition of your heart-shaped cheese pastries. we're both so excited and feel very honored! p.s. miss thang wants to know how many followers you have {snickering}. Thanks again for all of the inspiration!

    Reply
  8. carla

    February 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    woo hoo! so many thanks for featuring Aidyn's rendition of your heart-shaped cheese pastries. we're both so excited and feel very honored! thanks for your continued inspiration. p.s. miss thang wants to know how many followers you have {snickering}.

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      February 26, 2013 at 9:37 pm

      Tell, miss thang, that between e-mail subscribers, Facebook Fans, Pinterest, RSS, Google Connect, and Twitter I have somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 fans! It's hard to calculate as people follow via several social media sites. So, Aidyn's picture will be seen by thousands! Having been a young girl who loved to bake, I am so thrilled to know I have inspired Aidyn and other young girls to get into the kitchen. Keep having fun together cooking and keep those pictures coming.

      Reply
  9. shawn

    February 27, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Hi, these sound so yummy especially with puff pastry, I LLooovvvveeee puff pastry. LOL

    Reply
  10. Trish - Sweetology101

    February 27, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    wonderful idea~~ I would love to use these for a ST Patty's TEA!!!!!

    Reply
  11. Kelly Miller

    February 27, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    These are show stopping! Putting on my to-do list with my 4 year old. I'd love for you to link this up to my Show & Share link party:
    http://www.semihomemademom.com/2013/02/show-share-wednesday-26-and-shrinking.html

    Reply
  12. Michelle | Creative Food

    March 6, 2013 at 1:25 am

    These look delicious!! Love them!

    Reply
  13. Emily Cann

    March 6, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    These look amazing! I want them right now. So good I had it on my blog today. Thanks for sharing your lovely ideas! http://blovelyevents.com/2013/03/06/shamrock-ideas/

    Reply
  14. CJ Huang

    March 11, 2013 at 1:46 am

    What a fun st. patrick's day treat!

    Reply
  15. Anonymous

    August 10, 2013 at 12:17 am

    These are so versatile…chili powder/paprika on candy cane or
    brown sugar & cinnamon on gingerbread man…I'm liking this

    Reply

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