Party Food & Recipes

Pink and Blue Chocolate Waffles Recipe

New babies are SO much fun to celebrate! Back in the day, a new Mum and Dad would announce the news to family and friends, host a baby shower to celebrate, then eagerly wait until the big day when their little bundle arrived. These days, there’s typically another celebration thrown into the mix: gender reveal parties!

Gender reveal parties can be just as exciting as the initial pregnancy announcement! Somehow it makes the newest addition to the family seem that much more real, that much closer to arriving. And it’s so much fun to let yourself go overboard with all of the pastel pinks and baby blues afterward!

So what do you serve for food and drinks at a gender reveal party? Since they are a relatively new concept, proper etiquette hasn’t been established quite yet – which you can use to your advantage! It’s really up to you whether you serve a full meal, appetizers, or just snacks. But don’t forget the one thing you need for any party: dessert!

Chocolate Waffles Ingredients:

Waffles
1 Cup all-purpose flour
¼ Cup cocoa powder
2 Tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 Egg
2 Tbsp coconut sugar
½ Cup milk
¼ Cup melted butter
1 Tsp vanilla extract

Blue topping:
¼ Cup white chocolate, melted
1 ½ Tsp blue spirulina powder
Sprinkles

Pink topping:
¼ Cup white chocolate, melted
1 ½ Tsp beetroot powder
Sprinkles

Wooden sticks

Instructions:

Step 1. In a large bowl, add flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Mix well and set aside.

Step 2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, sugar, milk, butter and vanilla.

Step 3. Transfer the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Stir well.

Step 4. Lightly coat a waffle iron with cooking spray. Using a teaspoon or a small cookie scoop, ladle batter into the iron and cook for about 3-6 minutes.

Step 5. Prepare the blue and pink topping by mixing the white chocolate with the natural dyes.

Step 6. Insert a wooden stick into each waffle. Drizzle with blue and pink chocolate. Top with sprinkles. Serve!

These dessert recipes are perfect for all the boys and girls. The Waffle Sticks will add a sweet crunch to the day, and if waffles are not your thing, we have a Pink and Blue Bars recipe below which are tasty enough to keep all the guests coming back for more. But here’s the best part: neither of these recipes uses artificial food coloring! They’re completely safe for the Mom-to-Be and an ideal choice for guests with any food dye restrictions.

How do these desserts get their perfect pinks and beautiful blues? Instead of using drops of food dye, the recipe uses natural ingredients like spirulina powder, pitaya powder, and beetroot powder. All-natural and all-around delicious!

These sweet treats will make the gender reveal day that much sweeter. No matter which color is revealed in the end, a delicious dessert is just the thing you need to celebrate!

Pink and Blue Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

Crust
1 Cup ground blanched almonds
1 ½ Cup oat flour
½ Cup honey
1 Cup almond butter
2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
½ Tsp vanilla powder
½ Tsp salt

Pink layer
2/3 Cup white chocolate, chopped
50 ml heavy cream
1 Tsp Pink pitaya powder

Blue layer
2/3 Cup white chocolate, chopped
50 ml heavy cream
1 Tsp blue spirulina powder
1 Tbsp chia seeds

Instructions:

Step 1. In a large bowl, add ground almonds, oat flour, vanilla and salt. Stir well. Add the remaining ingredients for the bars and mix until dough forms.

Step 2. Transfer to a lined 8×8-inch baking dish and spread well. Place in the fridge while you prepare the pink layer.

Step 3. In a small saucepan, add the heavy cream and the pink pitaya powder. Stir well and bring to a boil. Remove from the fire, add the chocolate and stir until the chocolate melts. Pour over the crust and refrigerate until firm. Do the same with the blue layer.

Step 4. Slice into bars and sprinkle with chia seeds. Enjoy!

Alright, show of hands: who loves easy recipes with simple ingredients? Honestly, it’s the only way to go when you’re making a ton of yummy apps for an event! With dozens of recipes to choose from, how do you strike the perfect balance between effortless and elegant? The best strategy for serving up a delicious dish at a party is pretty straightforward: regardless of what it is, put it on a stick!

These Meatball Appetizers are an excellent choice since they are simple, savory, and super versatile! Are you tasked with providing appetizers for a charming baby shower party? Whip up a few of these little guys! Need a side dish for an elegant bridal shower? Add some fancy gouda cheese, and you’re all set! No matter the occasion, meatball appetizers are adaptable – you can tailor them to match your needs perfectly. And, of course, they’re best served on a stick.

While this recipe calls on you to make your own meatballs from scratch, don’t be intimidated! You probably have most of the ingredients in your pantry already, and the others are just a quick grocery trip away. Once you have everything, it’s just a matter of throwing everything in a bowl and mashing it together. No technical culinary skills are required! And the other components for Meatball Appetizers are even easier to prepare. Chop some lettuce, slice some cheese, and rinse some cherry tomatoes (gasp!) and you have everything you need to make some scrumptious snacks for your guests.

Ingredients:

Meatballs:
2 Cups mixed pork and beef minced meat
1 Egg, beaten
1/4 Cup breadcrumbs
1/4 Cup finely chopped onion
2 Tsp minced garlic
3/4 Tsp salt or to taste
1/4 Tsp black pepper
2 Tbsp parsley, chopped

To assemble:
2 Mozzarellas, sliced
3-4 Lettuce leaves
1 ½ Cup cherry tomatoes

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine meat, egg, breadcrumbs, salt, garlic, onion, black pepper and parsley. Stir just until combined, do not over mix.
3. Use a medium cookie scoop or spoon to scoop the meat. Form balls and place on the tray.
4. Bake uncovered for 17-20 minutes, or until no longer pink in the middle. Turn halfway through, so the bottoms don’t brown. Allow to cool.
5. Using small skewers, layer your ingredients starting with the cherry tomatoes, then some lettuce, sliced mozzarella and finish with meatballs. Do the same with all ingredients. Enjoy!

If you want to shake things up a bit, try swapping out the lettuce leaf for a leaf of fresh basil. Mozzarella cheese + tomato + fresh basil = Caprese Meatball Appetizers! Your guests are guaranteed to love these cute yet classy one-bite wonders, no matter which way you serve them up.

On the hunt for spooky and scary treats to complete your Halloween party? These cute and terrifying treats that are sure to spice up any dessert table and impress your guests.

These spooky spider cookies make the perfect festive Halloween treat! Crunchy chocolate whopper spiders have attacked these soft and flavorsome cookies to make a treat your taste buds will love. They are so full of chocolate and peanut butter goodness that they will be a hit at any party whether you like spiders or not.

These cookies are the perfect addition to any Halloween themed baby shower. Whether you choose classic colors of black and orange or opt for the trendy purple and black and color scheme, these cookies are sure to fit right in. Set them on a black tray at a dessert table or place them in clear cellophane bags for tasty party favors. These would look great mixed in with other cookies as well.

If you’re throwing a Halloween themed birthday or party, these cookies are sure to be a hit with guests of all ages. The cookies provide just the right mix of cute and creepy. The cookies are easy enough to make that you can even get the kids involved in the fun!  

Every year you get asked to bring a treat to your child’s classroom Halloween party. Halloween Spider cookies are the perfect treat that kids will love! If your school it nut free, consider opting for a sugar cookie base rather than peanut butter.

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

Cookies

¾ Cup Coconut sugar
½ Cup creamy peanut butter
½ Cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 ½ Cups all-purpose flour
1 Tsp baking soda
½ Tsp baking powder

Cookie Toppings

1 Cup Chocolate almonds OR whopper balls
1/3 Cup candy eyes
Melted chocolate

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, add the sugar, peanut butter, butter, and egg. Mix well with electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms.
3. Roll dough into balls and put them 2 inches apart on the lined cookie sheet.
4. Bake 8-10 minutes until the edges are brown. Use a small spoon and indent the middle. Let it cool down on a cooling rack.
5. Once the cookies are fully cooled, pipe some chocolate dots in the middle of the cookie, then stick the chocolate balls in. Use some for the candy eyes then draw legs coming out of the body.

All eyes will definitely be on these spooky Halloween eyeball cookies when they are placed on any buffet table. These delicious Halloween cookies are easy to make and the kids will definitely love to eat them!

Make a large batch of these cookies for a spooktacular Halloween party or make a smaller batch as the perfect snack to munch on this October. The rich chocolate taste is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

These cookies even provide the chance to get creative with the toppings. Add as many or as little eyes as you would like to each cookie. There is also room to experiment with other spooky toppings. Everything is sure to pop against the rich black color of the cookie. These treats might just become your new favorite Halloween snack!

Eyeballs Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

½ Cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ Cup Coconut sugar
1 Large egg
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 Cup all-purpose flour
½ Cup cocoa powder
2 Tsp charcoal powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp milk
Pinch of salt
1 Cup kinder chocolate, chopped
Candy Eyeballs for topping the cookies

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, add butter and coconut sugar. Using an electric mixer, combine until light and fluffy, for 3-4 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and milk. Mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, charcoal powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in the mixer on low speed just until incorporated. Add the chocolate and stir well.
4. Scoop balls and place them on the baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Top cookies with candy eyeballs. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer for 15-20 minutes.
5. Bake for 10-12 Minutes. Let it cool down on the baking sheet for 10-15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Chocolate bark makes an appearance at almost every holiday. It is welcomed as a Christmas gift and often put into Easter baskets. It is the most clever and delightful during the Halloween season. Ordinary chocolate bark can be easily transformed into the perfect Halloween treat.

Adorable and tasty, this Halloween themed “Boo Bark” is sure to be a hit at your Halloween gathering this year. The decorating is so easy that even the kids will be able to join in on the fun! Feel free to customize your treat by adding your favorite candies to the top. It such an easy recipe and is the perfect snack to munch on with friends during the spooky season.

These delicious treats are topped with chocolate and all the candy you can imagine. The candy eyes make this treat the perfect companion for a scary movie marathon. A rich chocolate flavor makes this treat something your tastebuds will love. Add some color to your next Halloween party with a dessert that your guests will love!

Ingredients

1 Block (200 g) white chocolate
Food coloring (Yellow + orange)
M&M’s
Sprinkles
Candy eyes

Instructions

Step 1.

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

Step 2.

Add the food coloring and stir well.

Step 3.

Pour into chocolate molds or over a lined cookie sheet. Spread well.

Step 4.

Top with sprinkles, candy eyes and M&M’s.

Step 5.

Put in the refrigerator and chill for at least half an hour.

Step 6.

Break into pieces and enjoy!

Are you tired of bringing the same egg dishes to parties and gatherings? Egg salad, deviled eggs, pickled eggs…it’s been done! It’s time for something new, fresh, and unique – and this recipe has got you covered.

These Egg Appetizers take the best elements of egg salad and take it to the next level. Fresh dill and cucumber make a refreshing combo, but yummy eggs and cheese leave you feeling satisfied and full for hours on end. Well, not too full; there’s always room for one more bite of Egg Appetizers. Bonus: they’re also Keto and low-carb friendly – they don’t taste like it, though!

Try this recipe at your next party and give your guests a most egg-cellent experience!

Ingredients:

6 Eggs
1 Tbsp mustard
½ Cucumber, sliced
6 Small slices cheddar
3 Lettuce leaves
1/3 Cup dill, chopped
Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions:

Step 1.

Place the eggs in a small pot in a single layer. Cover with cold water. Turn heat to medium-high and bring water to boil, covered. Uncover and boil for 7 minutes. Meanwhile, place a good amount of ice in a large bowl and fill with water. When the timer goes off, immediately remove eggs from the water with a slotted spoon and transfer to the ice bath. Let them sit for several minutes in the water.

Step 2. 

Peel the eggs and cut each in half. Take one half, turn it over and cut some of the white off so that when you turn it back over, it will stand nicely. This will be the bottom half. Make this with 6 of the halves. The remaining halves are for the top.

Step 3.

Sprinkle each sliced egg with salt and black pepper and spread some mustard over.

Step 4.

Top the bottom halves with a cheddar slice, two slices cucumber, a piece of lettuce and cover with the other egg half. Secure with a cocktail stick. Sprinkle dill and more black pepper.