12 St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Ideas, From Corned Beef Hash to Rainbow Waffles

Homemade cinnamon rolls automatically make every day special. Roll them up with rainbow sprinkles inside and top them with a drizzle of green icing and voilà: St. Patrick’s Day cinnamon rolls.

If your kids love smoothies, serving them a bright green one for St. Patrick’s Day looks festive, while also making you feel like the parent of the year for eating fruits and vegetables. Serve it in a mug or bowl with fun toppings.

Cheese toast – which is toast with cheese and sometimes herbs or mustard on it – is a popular breakfast or snack in the UK. This recipe explains how to make them with aged Irish cheddar (um, yum!).

Honestly, if the rainbow led to a steaming plate of waffles, who would be crazy? This stack of colorful homemade waffles will undoubtedly bring a smile to your children’s faces. All you need is food coloring and cake mix, eggs, water and vegetable oil.

Don’t these spinach baked eggs look like little pots of gold? They will be so creamy and flavorful thanks to the parmesan, mushrooms and garlic. It may not be the most kid-friendly breakfast, but if you’re not ready to eat waffles made with cake mix first thing in the morning, make yourself some baked eggs.

The bright green muffins will delight your kids before school, and you’ll also like the ingredient list on these: they’re made with Greek yogurt, spinach, banana, and lots of cinnamon and vanilla for flavor. Add chocolate chips, why not?

This frittata recipe calls for sweet potato and kale, but if you’re planning a special St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, you can fill it with greens instead. Broccoli, asparagus, peppers and green onion would all be delicious with the eggs and cheese.

This recipe includes whiskey-soaked raisins, which you can take or leave, but a quick homemade soda bread is perfect for toasting on St. Patrick’s Day morning.

Whether or not your kids eat corned beef hash is of course up to them, but if you want an Irish classic on March 17, this recipe won’t disappoint.

These pancakes are supposed to be inspired by the Grinch, but replace those hearts with shamrock sprinkles or Lucky Charms marshmallows — which you can buy in bulk on Amazon — and now you have leprechaun pancakes instead.

This hearty breakfast looks like something you might be served in a pub, so it’s a shoe-in for a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast. Potatoes, carrots and onions all simmer in a little Guinness for added flavor before joining with savory sausages and placing a soft homemade biscuit on top.

A traditional full Irish breakfast consists of eggs, soda toast, sausage, bubbles and squeaks (a type of potato and cabbage pancake), and, yes, baked beans. Your kids will be very amused to see one of their favorite barbecues show up for breakfast, and it’s a fun way to teach them how dishes can be enjoyed differently around the world.