For National Pound Cake Day, we made a pound cake, one of our favorite cakes: simple but rich and elegant. Photo courtesy The Junk Food Cookbook.
March 2005
Last Updated July 2025
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March Food Holidays
If St. Patrick’s Day Isn’t Enough Of A Celebration, Here Are 30+ Other Occasions
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One doesn’t normally think of March as a holiday month—but take a look at all of these reasons to celebrate:
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Each day of the month has something to celebrate, too. Pick your day, plan a party, and invite your friends to celebrate:
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 National Baked Scallops Day, March 12, is the perfect day for the most famous of baked scallop dishes, Coquilles Saint-Jacques. |
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Celebrate Tater Day, March 31st, with some baked tater “tots” and the history of Tater Tots. Photo courtesy PotatoGoodness.com. |
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*National Hot Toddy Day is January 11th. National Hot Buttered Rum Day is January 17th. National Mulled Wine Day is March 3rd. National Hot Mulled Cider Day is September 30th.
**National Peanut Butter Lovers Day is variously given as March 1st and March 15th.
***National Corndog Day is often listed on different days because the date varies each year–it’s the third Saturday of March. According to Wikipedia, on March 16, 2012, Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber issued a Proclamation declaring March 17, 2012, to be National Corndog Day (with corndog spelled as a compound noun). That was the third Saturday of the month, but some references don’t drill down to see that it’s a moving holiday.
****National Cream Cheese Frosting Day on December 13 (the press release), but some sources list a holiday by the same name on March 31st. Consider it another opportunity for more cream cheese frosting! Arla Foods established the holiday.
*****National Agriculture Day was proclaimed by President Joseph Biden on March 19, 2024. Previously, it had been the third Thursday in March. Ag Day is organized by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA). It celebrates our bountiful food supply.
†World Whiskey Day is May 15th.
††National Michelle Shafer Half Moon Cookie Day was established by the family and friends of Michelle Shafer, a suicide. Half-moons, also called black and white cookies, were her favorite cookies. The holiday honors all those who have taken their lives. National Black & White Cookie Day is September 14th.
†††Soup It Forward Day encourages people to spread love and kindness by sharing a bowl of soup with others.
††††Cinco de Marzo, held 12 days before St. Patrick’s Day, was created to enable those who are not regular drinkers to ease into the alcoholic flow of St. Patrick’s Day. The name is a play on Cinco de Mayo.
†††††Tea for Two Tuesday is dedicated to enjoying tea with a friend, family member, loved one, or colleague. The day was created by Holiday Insights in 2016.
‡The Pecan Day holiday on March 25th was declared by the state of Virginia to commemorate a pecan tree planted by George Washington. National Pecan Day is April 14th, declared by Congress.
‡‡National Noodle Day is October 6th.
‡‡‡National Fish Taco Day is January 25th, March 21st is National Crunchy Taco Day, March 31st is Día del Taco (in Mexico), and October 4th is National Taco Day. Not to mention Taco Tuesdays.
‡‡‡‡ National Oranges & Lemons Day is celebrated in the U.K., and is believed to have begun in 1920 by Reverend William Pennington-Bickford of The St. Clement Danes Church of London. Children came to the church; each received an orange and a lemon. Here’s more about it. Initially, it was celebrated on March 31st, but now takes place in the U.K. on the third Thursday in March, rather than March 31st.
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