24 Cute Beach Themed Party Food Ideas
From the decorations to the desserts, there is so much to think about when you’re planning a birthday party for your kids. A beach themed party is a fun way to celebrate a birthday, whether you live near the ocean or not! If you’re planning a beach party this year, you’re going to need some cute food for your celebration! This big list of beach themed party food ideas is full of fun beach food for your next party.
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Beach Themed Party Food Ideas
If you’re throwing a beach themed party, you’re going to need some great beach party food ideas for your guests. Luckily, you have me here to do the brainstorming for you! There are so many fun party food ideas you could use at your beach part, including:
- Cake and cupcakes
- Cookies
- Snacks
- Pudding or Jello cups
From adorable beach themed cupcakes to cute beachy cookies, you’re going to love all these adorable ideas. Keep reading to find some adorable beach food ideas for your party!
Beach Themed Party Food
Hosting a beach themed party means you have to do a ton of planning! In addition to finding cool beach decor for your party, you also have to come up with some cute beach themed party food. If you're searching for ideas for your next beach party, look no further. This big list has tons of amazing food ideas. Throw an amazing beach party with some of these ideas for beach themed party food:
These adorable cupcakes are decorated with blue icing, graham cracker sand, pink candy flamingos and a cute beach umbrella on top. In addition to the adorable decorations on top of these cute cupcakes, the cupcakes themselves have a fun beach-themed surprise -- blue swirls!
Decorate sugar cookies with a cute beachy them to create a sweet treat to serve your party guests.
Turn Snack Pack gelatin cups into a cute beachy dessert for the kids at your party.
Blend up a delicious ocean water slush to serve your party guests with this fun blue mocktail idea.
Transform a container of pudding into a cute party treat with this fun no bake recipe idea.
Decorate blue Jello with gummy sharks to create a cute beachy treat to serve the kids at your party.
The kids at your birthday celebration will love these cute shark cookies and you'll love how simple they are to make!
Help your beach themed party guests keep cool with this delicious recipe for ocean water floats. This easy recipe features a recipe for the floats and instructions on how to make your own Sonic Ocean Water at home.
Younger guests at your beach party will love these adorable beach pudding cups! If you're looking for snack ideas for your beach themed party food, these cute beach pudding cups are a perfect choice.
Goldfish are another great choice for beach themed party food. And when you turn your goldfish crackers into adorable fish party snacks, they're sure to be a hit at your beach party!
Turn gummy candy into an adorable crab like the one on top of this adorable cake. A candy crab makes a great cake topper for a beach-themed party!
Turn a sand bucket into an adorable beach dessert with this fun no bake recipe idea.
Transform premade pudding cups into sweet beach party treats with this fun decorating idea.
Decorating your cupcakes with swimming bears is another fun idea for your beach party! And they're so simple to make yet are sure to be a hit with the kids.
Transform Oreos into suns with this easy recipe. Wouldn't these cute cookies look so good on your beach themed party food table?
Kids love gummies, so these cute cupcakes are sure to be a popular beach party food! I love how easy these cupcakes are to make, yet the look so adorable!
If you're looking for a treat the adults at your party will love you should try these trifles. Packed with beachy flavors, these desserts are the perfect way to feed the grownups at your kid's beach party.
Who doesn't love mermaids? If you're incorporating mermaids into your beach party, you need these adorable mermaid tail cookies!
Make your own beach themed cake with this simple recipe, which features some adorable beachy decorations that will make the perfect centerpiece to the rest of your beach party food.
Flip Flop & Beach Ball Cookies: Summer fun cookies that are easy to make
Flip flops are essential the beach, so you have to add them to your beach party food table! These simple cookies are so easy to make yet would look so cute with the rest of your beach food.
In addition to your flip flop cookies, you also need to add these cute under the sea cookies to your beach party spread. The cute goldfish crackers on top are the perfect beach accent.
Looking for more mermaid ideas for your beach themed party? These cute clam shell cookies incorporate a variety of pretty colors that would go great with other mermaid party decor.
Aren't the tiny buckets on top of these cute beach party cupcakes so cute? They make the perfect decoration for your beach themed party!
Octopus are such a fun decoration for any beach themed party food! And these cute octopus pudding cups would make a great dessert or snack at your next beach party.
If you need a simple mermaid cake idea for your next beach party, you'll love this easy recipe. It's a beautiful cake that's so simple to make!
Combine your little guests' love of pudding and cupcakes with this simple recipe. Just add a little bit of red pudding to turn a plain cupcake into a shark bite cupcake!
And if you'd rather serve mermaid cupcakes at your beach themed party, these cute mermaid tail cupcakes are the perfect option. The bright beachy colors would look amazing with the rest of your beach themed party food.
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It would be nice to find something to serve that isn’t just sugar. Any ideas? I saw lobster shaped croissant sandwiches and that is about it.
I agree, Tracy! It’s hard to find party snacks that aren’t sweet! I have a beach themed snack mix that would be perfect for a kid’s party! Check it out here: https://www.hunnyimhomediy.com/beach-snack-recipe!