"st. patricks day" news and stories

It might take a few hours to cook, but this classic St. Patty's Day dish requires very little effort to throw together -- and it feeds a small army of leprechauns. It's also incredibly delicious and just keeps getting better as leftovers.

Get the recipe for Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage.

Last month, we wrote about a Chicago-based chocolatier, truffle truffle, and their unusual new item: beer marshmallows. Based on the flood of comments we got on the post, Facebook and Twitter it was clear that readers were hooked.

So when we heard that founder and owner Nicole Greene was giving these addictive sweets a twist for St. Patrick's Day, we had to get our hands on some. Dipped in milk chocolate and topped with crunchy bits of a sweet, salty beer-and-pretzel brittle, the green marshmallows become "green beer o'mallows" -- same great taste, but with a little more St. Patty's Day spirit.

Since they didn't want the editors at Slashfood and KitchenDaily to have all the fun, truffle truffle is giving Slashfood readers a chance to try them, too.

Find out how to win one out of six boxes after the jump.

Grown-up cupcakes are the best. And it doesn't get any more adult than a tiny cake spiked with whiskey. A handful of cupcake cafés around the country are celebrating St. Patrick's Day early this year by folding Irish whiskey into the batter or the frosting.

Here's where to find these delicious whiskey cupcakes:

-"Irish Coffee" at Sweets Bakeshop in St. Paul, Minnesota: Espresso ganache is tucked inside the chocolate cupcake, which is iced with Irish-whiskey buttercream and toasted hazelnuts.

-"Irish Whiskey" at Flour & Sun Bakery in Pleasantville, New York: Tasting a lot like Irish soda bread, the batter contains raisins and Irish whiskey, and the cupcake is topped with Irish-whiskey buttercream.

-"Irish Cream" at Sonia's Cupcakes in South Florida: These chocolate cupcakes are dunked in Guinness stout and whiskey. (Note that this appears to be delivery only, while the others have a retail presence.)

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

• Has all the green food coloring numbed your mind enough to fail a St. Patrick's Day food and drink quiz?
• These bags promise to prevent your favorite carb from turning into stone -- for up to two weeks.
• Translate Irish into Italian with corned beef and cabbage pizza.
• Or, have breakfast for dinner with this hash recipe.
• Hard-boiled eggs are the new calendars.
• Before the next holiday, brush up on your matzo knowledge.
• What are you thoughts on whiskey the day after? We thought so.

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

• A handy corned beef for the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
• Shake up no-meat Lenten Fridays with this seafood casserole.
• We'd take a break with this best-selling East-meets-West Kit Kat.
• A Guinness milkshake is a greater brogue-inducer than green beer.
• Do you enjoy "monkey eyes" -- a.k.a. capers?
• Pastrami and corned beef are Irish twins.
• End your St. Paddy's Day festivities with grasshopper pie.