Birthday Food & Cooking - Menus, Recipes, Ideas, Help!

I live and breathe by Mom's Big Book of Baking for excellent advice and great family and party-friendly baking recipes. Another can't-live-without cookbook for general party fare is Party! Food: Essential guide to menus, drinks and planning. If you'll be doing this more than once, the best advice I can pass on is to own at least one of these books. You'll thank me a hundred times over.

A very special treat to have at the table or a designated spot is a chocolate fountain. Luscious chocolate dripping and moving through a fountain, ready for dipping. Oh YUM and so much fun! Your guests will be mesmerized and have a great time dipping cut fruit, nuts, cookies, marshmallows, pretzels and any other item you can think of that would be good dipped in chocolate. Order a chocolate fountain online for nation-wide delivery: Chocolate Fountain - Buy your very own chocolate fountain and always have it on hand for every party, event or just for fun (the kids will love it!).

Want the recipe for the world's best chocolate cake? This is the best kept secret recipe and it's guaranteed to melt even the most discriminating taste buds. It's easy to make, too! You'll be so happy to have this recipe in your repertoire: World's Best Chocolate Cake Recipe.

I found a bunch of absolutely awesome cake and cupcake pans, toppers, holders and more creative bakeware that will make any celebration even more festive and individualized. Find them all here: Fun Cake & Cupcake Pans & Accessories. And birthday candles can be plain, molded or fun. Remember to order birthday candles!

One of the most memorable touches for any birthday party is Custom Soda Bottles. - Create the perfect custom label for bottled Jones soda to serve at your birthday party. Delicious new and standard flavors and unique with personalized labels! Use a picture of the birthday honoree, their name, the date, etc. So fun and if you haven't yet tried Jones soda, you and your guests are in for a big treat!

While you're customizing soda bottles, do the same with personalized birthday water bottles! You'll also want to offer water as well as soda, juice and/or milk for little kid's parties. Adult parties need water bottles, too.

And my all new favorite birthday decoration and must have: Personalized M&Ms! YES! Pick your colors, words and even have a picture of the birthday honoree imprinted on M&Ms! How fn is that?! It's about time ... ;-)

Fun kid plates create a party atmosphere and always remember a centerpiece or a lovely arrangement of fresh, beautiful flowers to compliment your gorgeous food and decor. Drinks are vital. Milk cartons, bottled water and juice boxes for kids are perfect.

For quick inspiration and online recipes, have a look through the terrific sites listed below. These cooks have graced our Internet with yummy party recipes, delicious birthday dessert and cake ideas.

Amazon Grocery
Order more than 14,000 non-perishable grocery items shipped right to your door.
AppetizersToGo.com
The ease and convenience of appetizers, ready to heat and serve, delivered fresh to your door. The perfect complement to your feast or save your sanity, don't cook and serve these as main fare finger foods. Unbeatable!
Gourmet Food Store
Amazing gourmet foods to help you create a birthday meal worthy of royalty. :-)
Appetizer Recipes
If you want to undertake this feat yourself. :-)
BirthdayCelebrations.net Recipes
Specialties from around the world.
Kid's Birthday Recipes
Fun children's birthday party recipes.
MyRecipes Birthday
Birthday and anniversary recipes.
Birthday Noodles
Classic French birthday fare.

Romantic Birthday Dinner
Main fare through coffee.
Cooking for Crowds
If you're doing the party cooking, you could use this site.
Custom Soda Bottles
Design your own soda bottle labels to make these the highlight of the party. Jones soda is delicious and unique!
Personalized Birthday Water Bottles
Choose the label design and customize with the date, birthday honoree's name, etc. Cool!
Festive Party Punches
Fruit punches for adults and children.
Birthday Punch
German grape juice, soda and cider recipe.
Swank Martini Recipes
So many to choose from!
Adult Beverage Recipes
Enough drink recipes and crazy named beverages to get any party rockin'.
Party Drink Mixes
From Mojito to Pina Colada mix - Add alcohol or not.

Shop Mrs. Prindables For Gourmet Caramel Apples

Mrs. Prindables Gourmet Caramel Apples
are a huge treat in our home and a very unique dessert to serve at birthday parties. These apples are magically delicious, they look amazing and would be a very cool dessert to serve, with or without birthday cake.

And Chocolate dipped strawberries are the classy and perfect addition to your birthday dessert table:

Chocolate Dipped Happy Birthday Strawberries
It doesn't get any classier than this. :-)

Gourmet Birthday Cakes
Order a fantastically beautiful and delicious birthday cake online to send or serve.
Desserts Delivered
Delicious gourmet desserts delivered to your door and ready to serve. Cakes, mousses, pies, Tiramisu, tarts etc.
Monogrammed Petit Fours
Very classy and personalized. Cool! :-)
Birthday Decorated Rice Krispie Treats
Yum and so cute! These look awesome on the dessert table!
Chocolate Fountain
Dripping chocolate is the ultimate addition to your dessert table. Serve with fresh cut fruit, nuts, small cookies, pretzels, marshmallows, etc.
Choco Factory
Hundreds of chocolate dessert recipes. Fast & easy!
Birthday Candles
Lots of choices, including standard & molded candles.
Fun Cake & Cupcake Pans & Accessories
Character cake pans, cake & cupcake toppers and more fun bakeware.
World's Best Chocolate Cake
The super-secret, easy recipe all bakers should have.
Betty Crocker Birthday Cakes & Cupcakes
Recipes and decorating ideas.
Layer Cakes
Recipes from Betty Crocker.
Building Blocks Cake
Recipe & instructions.
Sleepover Birthday Cake
Decorate cookies to look like guests to tuck into the cake "bed." Very cute.
Birthday Cake for a Crowd
Yummy cake with Pineapple and other fruit options.
Birthday Cakes for Kids
Recipes and decorating instructions.
Birthday Cakes & Cupcakes Recipes
Lots of great ones!
Birthday Cake Finder
Children's birthday cake videos. Fire truck to Princess Castle.

Lego Birthday Cake
Cute for lil' ones
Kool-Aid Cake
Tastes great ... ;-)
Spaceship Cake
For the budding astronaut.
Cookies & Candy Pizza
Sounds bad ... tastes awesome!
Magician's Bunny Cake
Cute idea for a magician theme party.
Birthday Cupcakes
From Betty Crocker with decorating ideas.
Cupcake Recipes
Lots of them!
Ice Cream Cone Cakes
Individual cakes kids can eat like ice cream.
Rice Krispies Treats
You can decorate them with sprinkles and other fun candy.
Birthday Celebration Sticks
Fun marshmallow-based snacks.
Diabetic Birthday Cakes
Orange cake recipe and applesauce-spice cake recipe.
Allergy-Free Birthday Cake
No eggs or milk but still good! :-)
Non Dairy Non Egg Birthday Cake
Another good recipe for the allergy-prone.
Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake
With substitute ingredient list.
Vegetarian Birthday Cake
No cooked ingredients.
Party Popcorn
Princess pink or prince blue popcorn to dazzle guests.
Jello Aquariums
Very fun recipe, perfect for Nemo or Little Mermaid parties.
Jelly (Jello) and Ice Cream
British Birthday dessert recipe.
Spiral Candle Birthday Cake Decoration
Decoration idea from Betty Crocker.
Birthday Candles

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