Lime Sherbet Floats { Green Recipes for St Patrick Day }

If you are looking for green recipes for St Patrick Day — that are kid friendly too — I’ve got something for you: Lime Sherbet Floats!

Lime Sherbet Floats isn’t really a recipe…there are just two ingredients and just a couple steps. But, if you are anything like me, having some green recipes can be important stuff this time of the year, so sharing our yearly tradition — no matter how easy — is a must.

Having Lime Sherbet Floats for St Patrick Day started years ago from my desire to always do fun stuff for holidays, but having very little time (or desire) this one particular year to bake up one of the many green recipes I was seeing for cupcakes or cookies. On the first year that I we made these, I knew I had stumbled onto my laziest of all holiday treats. But, hey….I’m always baking and making stuff, so I seriously doubt skipping the baking on St Patrick’s Day is going to hurt.

While I do love how easy (and green) these are, want to know the best part? The kids LOVING them. See, I never think of having things like root beer floats, so having Lime Sherbet Floats are a real treat in our house and I get a kick out of seeing them enjoy something so simple and inexpensive.

To make Lime Sherbet Floats, you will need some lime sherbet and lemon-lime soda. You can use any brand you wish — I went with what was inexpensive.

TIP: If you are going to make Lime Sherbet Floats for St Patricks Day, try to buy the lime sherbet several days before St Patrick’s Day — last year I was driving all over town because I waited too long.

Grab a clear glass and fill it with scoops of lime sherbet. If you don’t have clear glasses, you can use any cup or glass you might have, but having clear is nice so you can actually see all the green. I used pint sized canning jars for ours, which I think looks really great.

Pour the lemon-lime soda over the sherbet you just placed in your glass. Be careful…it will foam up and rise!

If you wish, add straws to your glass. I got these cute striped paper straws at Target. You’ll probably want spoons too so you can scoop out and eat the sherbet.

And that’s it! If your kids are like mine, it will be gone almost as quickly as they are made.

Enjoy! And happy St Patrick’s Day to you and your family!

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Brandie Valenzuela is a food blogger and writer at Home Cooking Memories. She lives in Las Vegas, NV where she enjoys cooking, baking, modern-day recipe keeping and making everyday memories with her family. She is known to have an extremely normal obsession with cupcake liners, ribbons and office supplies.