July 14, 2014

Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party

Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Including a Strawberry Shortcake Basilisk, Siriusly Black Pasta, Golden Snitch Cake Balls, Monster Book of Monster Sandwiches, Chocolate Sorting Hats, Won Won Won-tons, and more!

It's been a while since I've talked about the Young Adult Book and Movie Club. We've been reading Harry Potter, discussing the books and movies in the YABMC Facebook group, and pinning to the YABMC board. And each month my real-life friends and I have been getting together to watch the movies and eat some pretty amazing Harry Potter food. 

I did a wrap up of the Sorceror's Stone party, but I've slacked a bit on sharing pictures of the amazing food my friends have come up with since then, so you're going to get a full round-up here! (Oh, and all signage in these pictures is done by my friend Mikelle. She has the most amazing handwriting!)


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: A Basilisk Strawberry Shortcake for the Chamber of Secrets

Who doesn't want a strawberry shortcake basilisk, right?!


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Chamber of Secrets

Also from the Chamber of Secrets party: puff pastry Tom Riddle diaries, golden snitches (aka cake balls), and an avocado cheeseball Dobby the House Elf!


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Prisoner of Azkaban

For Prisoner of Azkaban we ate Siriusly Black Pasta (with squid ink!) and Monster Book of Monster Sandwiches.


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Prisoner of Azkaban

We also had Chocolate Frogs, Hippogriff Wings, Padfoot Chow, Peter Pettigrew Fingers (which were sugar cookies with almond 'nails', and Flobberworm Food (a salad bar).


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Goblet of Fire

The Goblet of Fire was represented by Goblets of Ice Cream and Mad Eye Moody Meatballs.


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Goblet of Fire

And my contribution - Beaux Batons (candy covered pretzels).

Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Order of the Phoenix

Order of the Phoenix seemed to have less specific food mentions in the book, but we still came up with Arabella Figg Newtons, Prophecy Orbs (blue frosted cake balls), Harry Potter glasses in sugar cookie style, and a king cake ("Weasley is our King!"). 


Fantastic Food Ideas for a Harry Potter Party: Half-Blood Prince

For the Half-Blood Prince party there was Felix Felicis (nacho cheese) and a bunch of desserts, including Harry loves Ginny heart-shaped cookies, some adorable cauldron cakes (they're brownies with frosting and sprinkles on top and bottoms dipped in chocolate with Rollo "feet"), and some lockets in a basin (aka raspberries in a champagne jello shot).

I won't be able to make it to the Deathly Hallows party, because it coincides with my eighth wedding anniversary, so somebody better text me pictures!

And then next month we're moving on to The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. I am SO excited for November cakes, and I can't wait to see what other kind of foods people make! 


Any of you want to join the YABMC for The Scorpio Races?