Tasty Food Ideas for 1 Year Birthday Party

What typical food is served at a 1-year birthday party?

One-year-old birthday parties are attended by adults and children, so the food here should be tasty enough for the adults, yet simple enough for kids to eat. Unforgettable one-year-old birthday parties also usually have a spread with both sweet and savory treats.

20 Delicious food ideas for a 1-year birthday party

If you have a one-year-old birthday party coming up and you’re not sure what to serve, have a look at the following to help get you on the right track:

1. Tasty crustless sandwiches

Crustless sandwiches are ideal here, as young kids tend to waste the crusts. Buy a few loaves of bread on Instacart, some deli meats, and cheese. Make some salami, cheese, and mild mustard crustless sandwiches, and cut them into small triangles or squares.

2. Basic breadsticks

Serve breadsticks as a snack or appetizer with some kid-friendly dips like cottage cheese or Greek yogurt dip.

3. Pigs in a blanket

Pigs in a blanket are also called sausage rolls or bacon-wrapped chipolatas. You can buy some mini sausage rolls on Instacart and serve them with French fries and ketchup.

4. Hot dogs

Purchase a few dozen hotdog buns and sausages. Once the hot dogs have been grilled, boiled, or pan-seared, drizzle with mild honey mustard sauce or ketchup. To make your honey sauce, mix mild mustard, mayonnaise, and honey.

5. Baked chicken nuggets

Bake some mini chicken nuggets, and serve with a side dish of fries or potato wedges. You may serve this with baked sweet potato fries, zucchini chips, or roasted baby carrots.

6. Hamburgers

Get a hold of some hamburger buns without the sesame seeds—kids usually prefer plain buns. Buy beef or chicken patties and sliced deli cheese, then cook the patties and place them on the buns. Garnish with sliced cheese and mayonnaise for your chicken hamburgers and bbq sauce for your beef hamburgers.

7. Chicken skewers with potato wedges

Dice some chicken breasts, and layer it on skewers with potato wedges. You can also serve these with sliced boiled egg, tiny meatballs, and cheese.

8. Themed birthday cake

Most 1st birthday menu ideas always include a themed birthday cake. You can buy these readymade or make your own using premade dry cake mixture and frosting. Theme-type cakes could include Winnie the Pooh, an alphabet cake, a rainbow cake shaped like the number 1, or a Dr. Seuss birthday cake.

9. Birthday cupcakes

Buy a box of premade cupcake mixture, some frosting, and food coloring in the shade you want your cupcakes to be. For a girl’s birthday, use pink food coloring in your cupcake mixture and frosting and blue coloring for a boy’s birthday. Once you’ve frosted your cupcakes, place some pink or blue 1-shaped cake toppers into each cupcake.

10. Quick fried chicken

If you’re pressed for time, you can buy readymade crunchy and tasty fried chicken portions from Instacart. Serve this with French fries, buttermilk scones, mashed potatoes, or delicious fried okra.

11. Chicken enchiladas

Purchase frozen kid-friendly chicken enchiladas.  You can serve these with grilled avocado, tortillas, or cabbage slaw.

12. Potato cakes

Make potato cakes, and stuff them with mushrooms. If you prefer, you could substitute the potatoes with sweet potatoes. You may serve this with buttered vegetables or spring onion and garnish with parsley.

13. Banana and blueberry fritters

Mash a few bananas, and add flour, some cinnamon, baking soda, and blueberries. Fry the mixture in coconut oil for a perfect 1-year birthday party snack. Drizzle the fritters with honey, or serve it with ice cream.

14. Party cookies

The sky’s the limit when it comes to cookies. Choose from pumpkin, shortbread, funfetti cake cookies, and chocolate chip cookies. Or purchase some star, heart, or 1-shaped cookie cutters, and make a batch from scratch.

15. Fun popcorn

Grab multiple zoo popcorn boxes and a few packets of readymade or premade popcorn. Once made, arrange the popcorn in the boxes and dust it with a sprinkling of frosting powder for the kids. You can also buy some premade savory popcorn for adults who prefer something less sweet.

16. Spaghetti and meatball tacos

Make a pot of spaghetti and meatballs. You can also buy premade beef meatballs and taco shells in different flavors. Place the cooked spaghetti and meatballs into the taco shells, and serve.

17. Rainbow strawberries

Buy a box of strawberries and a few packets of different color candy melts. Melt the chocolates separately, and dip each strawberry into a different color melted chocolate. Set this colorful array of fresh strawberries on a platter, and serve. This is one the kids will love to help with.

18. Pizza pasta

Buy your favorite pasta and cook, then take some cheese, oregano, tomato, cooked cubed chicken pieces, and basil and add this as your pizza pasta topping. Let the kids get in on the pizza-making fun! You may also add mushrooms to your pasta topping if you like.

19. Frozen chocolate brownie cakes and more

Buy a few delicious frozen cakes from Instacart’s range of mouthwatering flavors like key lime, strawberry crunch, chocolate brownie, cookies and cream, and confetti fudge.

20. Mini lemon meringue pies

Mini lemon meringue pies are a favorite food for a 1st birthday party with adults, as kids and adults equally love these. Make this from scratch, or buy yours on Instacart.

1 Year birthday party foods for both adults and kids

When preparing for a one-year-old’s birthday party, it is best to serve food that both adults and kids will enjoy. Whether it’s crustless sandwiches, pizza pasta, decadent frozen cakes, or spaghetti and meatball tacos, the most successful one-year birthday parties cater to a young and older crowd. Throw in some fried chicken, hamburgers, and a themed birthday cake, and you have a hit. Browse through Instacart to help narrow your search for one-year birthday party food!

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