The Most Popular St. Patrick's Day Recipes in Every State

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Thomas Loof

St. Patrick's Day is just three days away and if you're like many people across the country, you're already planning your menu. But if you're not sure what you want to serve during your holiday feast, new data revealing what Irish dishes people are most excited to eat this year might help inspire you.

The study, which was conducted by food sensitivity specialist YorkTest, utilized Google search data in each state to find out which St. Patrick's Day recipes have seen the biggest rise in popularity over the last year.

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Researchers found that across the board, there appears to be a decreased interest in hearty meat and potato-based dishes and a higher interest in home-baked items, like Irish soda bread, Barmbrack, and Irish pasties (which involves putting beef and potatoes inside a pastry). In fact, the recipe with the biggest rise in searches across the country—increasing by 2,813 percent—is baked soda bread.

Breakfast has also appeared to peak in overall interest, with a 1,823 percent rise in searches for a full Irish breakfast and a 1,062 percent rise in searches for Irish coffee. A full Irish breakfast typically consists of bacon, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans, eggs, boxty, Irish soda or brown bread, and black or white pudding. According to the survey, black and white pudding saw a 1,369 percent increase in Google searches.

The Most Popular St. Patrick's Day Recipes In Each State

Discover what's trending in your state, below—and consider adding it to your menu to delight your crowd.

  1. Alabama: Dublin coddle

  2. Alaska: Boxty

  3. Arizona: Full Irish breakfast

  4. Arkansas: Cured salmon

  5. California: Irish coffee

  6. Colorado: Barmbrack

  7. Connecticut: Boxty and white pudding

  8. Delaware: Colcannon

  9. Florida: Irish shortbread

  10. Georgia: White pudding

  11. Hawaii: Fish pie

  12. Idaho: Cured salmon, full Irish breakfast, fish pie, white pudding

  13. Illinois: Colcannon

  14. Indiana: Irish soda bread

  15. Iowa: Cured salmon and full Irish breakfast

  16. Kansas: Cured salmon

  17. Kentucky: Brown bread

  18. Louisiana: Cured salmon

  19. Maine: Dublin coddle

  20. Maryland: Cured salmon

  21. Massachusetts: Irish shortbread

  22. Michigan: Brown bread

  23. Minnesota: White pudding

  24. Mississippi: Cured salmon

  25. Missouri: Barmbrack

  26. Montana: Irish coffee

  27. Nebraska: Irish coffee

  28. Nevada: Barmbrack

  29. New Hampshire: Full Irish breakfast

  30. New Jersey: Full Irish breakfast

  31. New Mexico: White pudding

  32. New York: Irish pasties

  33. North Carolina: Irish pasties

  34. North Dakota: Bangers and mash

  35. Ohio: Irish pasties

  36. Oklahoma: Barmbrack

  37. Oregon: Irish coffee

  38. Pennsylvania: Irish pasties

  39. Rhode Island: Full Irish breakfast, white pudding

  40. South Carolina: Irish pasties

  41. South Dakota: Seafood chowder

  42. Tennessee: Full Irish breakfast

  43. Texas: Irish shortbread

  44. Utah: Full Irish breakfast

  45. Vermont: Boxty

  46. Virginia: Irish shortbread

  47. Washington: Barmbrack

  48. West Virginia: Black pudding

  49. Wisconsin: Irish pasties

  50. Wyoming: Colcannon