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Party
Foods Back
to Party Hints and Ideas
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| Pinwheel
sandwiches |
soft
cream cheese
or peanut butter |
jelly
flour tortillas |
- On the tortilla, layer the cream
cheese and jam, or peanut butter and jelly.
- Secure with a toothpick and
refrigerate until ready to serve (at least 1
hour).
- Before serving, slice to 1"
thickness.
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| Jell-o
gems |
2 1/2 cups boiling water
or boiling apple juice. |
2 packages (8-serving size) Jell-o, cherry, blueberry,
lime |
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Stir boiling water/juice into gelatin in large bowl
until dissolved.
- Pour into the individual sections
of an ice cube tray. Refrigerate until
firm. Dip bottom of pan in warm water for
about 15 seconds to help loosen jell-o. Put
on a tray and refrigerate.
- Repeat using another flavor of
jell-o.
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| Volcano
Cake |
chocolate
cake mix
chocolate ice cream |
1 can cherry pie filling
chocolate cookie crumbs |
- Prepare cake according to
directions - bake in a bundt pan
- Invert cake onto a large plate
and cool completely
- Fill the center of the cake with
scoops of ice cream
- Top with cherry pie filling (lava)
and drizzle down sides of the cake.
- Sprinkle top of volcano with crushed cookie
crumbs.
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| Jell-o
jigglers |
2 1/2 cups boiling water
or boiling apple juice. |
4 packages (4-serving size)
any flavor Jell-o |
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Stir boiling water/juice into gelatin in large bowl
until dissolved. (about 3 min)
- Pour into 13x9-inch pan.
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours or
until firm.
- Dip bottom of pan in warm water
about 15 sec. Cut into decorative shapes
with cookie cutters all the way through
gelatin. Lift from pan. Makes about 24
pieces.
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| Hotdog
rollups |
hotdogs
crescent rolls |
American cheese
(optional) |
- Heat oven to 375.
- If using cheese - slit hotdogs to
within 1/2 inch of ends, and insert 2 (3.5 x
.5") strips of cheese in each slit.
- Separate dough into triangles;
wrap dough over hotdog, keeping cheese up.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet,
cheese sides up.
- Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes or
until golden brown.
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| Magic
potion |
| 1 pack
(.13 oz) unsweetened drink mix (any flavor and a
bright color - red, blue, purple) |
lemon-lime
flavored carbonated soda - chilled |
- Mix the pack of drink mix with 1
1/2 cups water.
- Pour into an ice cube tray and
freeze solid.
- To serve, pour the soda into
clear glasses.
- Put 1-2 flavored ice cubes into
each glass.
- As the ice cubes dissolve, the
drink will magically change color and flavor.
- Note: prepare the ice cubes
in several flavors so that different children will
have different colored drinks. (do not mix
colors within one drink)
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| English
Muffin Pizza
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English Muffins
ready made spaghetti sauce
shredded mozzarella cheese |
pre-cooked
toppings
pepperoni, ground meat/sausage
sliced
mushrooms/peppers/onions |
- Separate the english muffins and
place on a baking sheet.
- Top each with about 1 Tbs. of
prepared sauce.
- Top with any additional
pre-cooked toppings.
- Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake at 350 for about 15-25
minutes.
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| Cookie
Cutouts |
| sugar
cookie dough |
Life
Saver candies |
- Place cookie dough on a sheet of
wax paper dusted with flour.
- Sprinkle flour on top of the
cookie dough and top with another sheet of wax
paper.
- Roll out the cookie dough to
about 1/2 inch thickness.
- Using a round cookie cutter or a
large mug, cut out circle shapes about 3-4 inches
across, and place on a baking sheet.
- Using a smaller cookie cutter,
cut and remove different shapes from the center of
each cookie.
- Place one color of hard candy in
a plastic bag, and crush with the rolling pin.
- Sprinkle the crushed candy into
the center cutout of each cookie.
- Bake according to cookie dough
directions.
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| S'mores |
graham
crackers
chocolate bars
marshmallows |
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- Place four squares from a regular
size Hershey's chocolate bar on a graham cracker.
- Put a hot roasted marshmallow on
top of the chocolate.
- Top it off with another graham
cracker and squash it all together.
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| Microwave
S'mores |
graham
crackers
semi-sweet chocolate chips
mini marshmallows |
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- On a microwave-safe plate, place
one graham cracker.
- Place about 5 mini marshmallows,
and 10 chocolate chips on top of the graham
cracker.
- Top with another graham cracker.
- Microwave on high for 30-45
seconds
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| Ants
on a Log |
celery
sticks
peanut butter
raisins
or Rice Krispies |
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- Wash and cut celery into 2 inch
sections.
- Spread peanut butter into the
hollow of the celery.
- Gently press raisins or rice
krispies into the peanut butter.
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| Fish
in the Stream |
celery
sticks
cream cheese
goldfish crackers |
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- Wash and cut celery into 2 inch
sections.
- Spread cream cheese into the
hollow of the celery.
- Gently press goldfish crackers
into the cream cheese.
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| Sausage
Balls |
3
cups Bisquick
2 cups grated mild
cheese |
1lb.
Mild Sausage
(room temperature) |
- Mix ingredients
together and form into balls.
- Bake in 400-degree
oven about 15-20 minutes.
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From: Catherine Miller,
Cleveland, OH
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| Chocolate
Cherries |
1
(12 oz.) pkg. Semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 tbsp. Shortening |
About
48 Maraschino cherries with stems |
- Drain cherries; dry
on absorbent paper towels. Chill about 2 hours.
- Melt chocolate and
shortening in top of double boiler.
- Dip each cherry by
the stem into chocolate.
- Place on a waxed
paper lined cookie sheet: chill until firm.
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From: Ben Stennis,
Raleigh, NC
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| Spring Chill Cake
(Ice cream cake)
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1
box angel food cake mix
1 pt. Frozen strawberries (thawed) |
½
gallon vanilla ice cream
1 tub of cool whip
Red Food coloring (optional) |
- Make cake according
to box directions.
- Crumble cake up with
hands; Mash cake up into softened ice cream.
- Stir in
strawberries.
- Pour into tube pan;
freeze.
- Remove from pan.
Frost with cool whip tinted with a few drops of
red food coloring.
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From: Hayley Frazier,
Miami, FL
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| Forget
'ems |
2
egg whites
1 cup chopped nuts |
¾
cups sugar
½ tsp. Vanilla |
- Preheat oven to 400
degrees.
- Beat egg
whites.
- Add sugar, vanilla
and nuts.
- Spoon on greased
cookie sheet.
- Place in oven; turn
oven off and forget 'em until oven cools
completely.
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From: Betty Smith,
Homewood, AL
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| Kids Nachos |
1 pkg. Doritos
1 can chili with beans |
1 can chili without beans
2 cups shredded cheese |
- Layer Doritos, chili
and cheese on large plate.
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Microwave 7 minutes on high or bake at 350 for 30-40
minutes.
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From: Barbara Benson,
San Antonio, TX
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| Bird's
Nest |
chow
mien noodles
chocolate chips
jelly beans |
peanut butter
wax paper |
- Melt
chocolate chips in the microwave.
- Pour melted chocolate over the chow mien
noodles, and gently mix together.
- Using about 2Tbs. of the mixture, form into a
nest and place on the waxed paper, working quickly
so that the chocolate does not harden.
- Place a few dots of peanut butter inside of each
nest to help adhere the jelly beans to the nest.
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From: Theresa VanderWerf, Orlando, FL
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| Chicken
Nuggets |
boneless
chicken breast strips
Shake' n Bake |
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- Cut the chicken strips in half,
or as bite sized pieces.
- Shake chicken pieces with coating
mixture. Disgard any remaining mixture.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake
at 400 for 10-15 minutes.
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| Dirt
Cups |
1
pkg. (16 oz.) chocolate
sandwich cookies
1 pkg. (4-serving size) instant
chocolate pudding |
2
cups cold milk
8 oz. Whipped Topping, thawed
8 -7-oz.plastic cups
Gummy worms |
- Place the cookies in a large
plastic zip-lock baggie and crush with a rolling
pin.
- Beat together milk and pudding
mix. Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir in whipped toping and 1/2 of
the crushed cookies.
- Put 1 tablespoon of crushed
cookies into each cup.
- Fill about 3/4 full with pudding
mixture.
- Top with crushed cookies.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Top with a gummy worm before serving.
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