As we head closer to St. Patricks Day, you probably want to come up with a special treat for your kiddos. Why not try this simple yet delicious Lucky Charms Yogurt Parfait? This is one of those easy treats that tastes great and is fun for the kids to make!

If you have older children, they could even prepare these themselves. I know my kids love helping me in the kitchen. Although these sweet cereals don’t usually make it to our breakfast table, it’s a nice treat for special occasions.

I tend to think of holidays as a special occasion to have delicious dishes and recipes like this in the house. And once the kids made this delicious parfait with me and had their first bite, I think it’s safe to say that they agree!

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Lucky Charms Yogurt Parfait

This would make a wonderful treat for St. Patrick’s day or to celebrate spring and rainbows. Like you need an excuse to eat Lucky Charms.

Since this technically has cereal in it, it’s totally fine for the kids to enjoy for breakfast, right? But in all reality, there’s really no wrong time to eat this parfait.

We’ve had it in the morning for breakfast, as a fun snack in the afternoon, and as an after-dinner treat as well. The kids never object to this Lucky Charms Yogurt Parfait and I’m all for having something festive and fun to eat!

The added crunch from the cereal is a nice added texture and if your kids are like mine, they’ll just save the marshmallows for last or eat them first. We tend to all enjoy this different ways and that’s what so fun about the layers.

I like to eat off the marshmallow first, then eat the yogurt, then have the cereal last but you can easily use a spoon and mix it all together at once to enjoy as well.

Lucky Charms Yogurt Parfait Ingredients

Since this is such a simple and easy recipe, you only need the following ingredients to get started. I told you that this recipe was so simple and easy to use!

• 1 cup Lucky Charms cereal
• 1 cup greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or mint extract
• 4 drops green food coloring (optional)

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine the greek yogurt with the food coloring and extracts if you’re using them.
2. Then add the Lucky Charms cereal first in the serving dish, removing some marshmallows to use as garnish.
3. Top with the mixed yogurt.
4. You can alternate layers of cereal and yogurt, or just stick to a single layer, as shown below.
5. Garnish with the marshmallows and serve immediately. Kids will enjoy it more when the cereal is still crunchy.

I admit that we have to limit our sugar because of my own sweet tooth, but this would be a nice idea for a once in a while type of treat. My kids could totally eat this all up.

Keep in mind that this is a very versatile recipe that you can easily have fun with. Changing up the color of the yogurt is part of the fun as well! And if you want to make this during the year and not save it for St. Patrick’s Day, that’s totally up to you!

Because once the kids get a taste of this yogurt parfait, they’re going to want it and ask for it all the time! This yogurt parfait recipe is a fun and simple way to get the kids involved more in the kitchen!

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