Baby Shower Menu Ideas

One of the most important parts of throwing a baby shower is what to server to the guests. While showers can comprise anything from snacks to full meals, most of them fall somewhere in between. Here are some baby shower menu ideas that might help you plan your baby shower.

1. Ice Breakers – Ice breakers are those little snacks that people can carry around with them when they first get to the shower. I don’t know why, but for some reason standing with a little plate of food can make you feel a bit more comfortable and talking about the tasty snacks can help you “break the ice” with other guests.

For ice breaker food, I like to serve things like deviled eggs, cut up veggies and dip, fruit with dip and chips and pretzels. These should be little foods that people can nibble on while they are waiting for the main event.

2. Solid Eats – Once the gift opening is done, it’s usually time for some serious eating. Once again, you will have guests walking around with tiny plates trying to balance their food so you don’t want to serve anything that is too large for this part of your baby shower menu. Finger sandwiches, small hot foods like swedish meatballs and kielbasi and things like salads (both green and potato and macaroni) usually work pretty good for this.

3. Dessert – There’s always room for dessert and, in fact, this is pretty much everyones favorite part of the shower so don’t be afraid to have plenty. Brownies and cookies are a standby at any shower but you will probably also want to have a cake that is decorated for the occasion. And, where there is cake, there is ice cream so plan on some of that too!

4. Drinks – Be sure to have plenty of liquid refreshments for your guests to wet their whistle with. A punch is always nice but you should also have soda and bottled water for those that don’t like the taste of punch.

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Baby Shower Foods

It’s no secret that baby shower foods are the main attraction of most baby showers! Sure, everyone wants to give a gift to the new mother to be and make sure that baby gets off to a good start, but it’s the food that brings us all together and helps make the day memorable.

When it comes to showers, or gatherings of any kind for that matter, there are always some dishes that stand out. There’s always those family favorites like Aunt Millie’s brownies and Cousin Sue’s meatballs. These dishes are a must at any family event and a baby shower is no exception.

But after the obligatory family favorites are on the menu, what other baby shower foods should you plan on?

Well, one thing you must consider are the beverages. It’s a food idea to have some sort of punch that is made with fruit and ginger ale. Also, you will want to have some sodas on hand as well as bottled water.

Another thing you will probably want is some sort of cold cut platter and, of course, the rolls to make sandwiches with. Depending on what the guests are bringing, you might want to make sure there are salads like a tossed salad, potato salad and macaroni salad handy.

Then you will want little snacky items like deviled eggs, crudites with dip, chips and even pretzels and nuts that folks can much on.

Of course, the best part about baby shower foods is the desserts! You should plan on having a cake that is decorated with the appropriate message but you also want to have other desserts like cookies, brownies and whatever else you can think of. There can never be enough desserts and, believe me, if there are nay left over I’m sure you can find some takers at the end of the shower to bring them home!