Quick brainstorm needed - 1980's party food

[BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger]

It's My DD's 11th birthday tomorrow, and she has requested a 'Party tea' that I would have had for my 11th birthday.

So far I am doing sandwiches, party rings, sausages on sticks and a cheese and pineapple hedgehog, but I know I am forgetting loads!

Please remind me what I am missing, I would be so grateful!

Ooo jelly diamonds! I had forgotten those. My dm decorated everything she made with those!
I always had pink and white coconut ice at my birthday parties. And cremola foam.

Pink wafer biscuits
Cherryade
Those strawberry mousses that's came from the freezer section and nobody ever remembered to get them out of the freezer in enough time to be properly defrosted.

that came

Autocorrect has been going crazy recently

Can you still get those strawberry mousses?

Probably not! I loved them though. I have seen them in a shop within the last year but can't remember where!

I'm going to have to keep an eye out now. Will definitely post if I spot them.

Handmade hedgehog birthday cake

My 11th Birthday party was a Mr Wimpy!

Traffic lights - Kit Kat fingers with red, orange and green smarties
Top hats- marshmallows dipped in chocolate with a smartie on top.

I think that you will need a Pernod and black to drink when it's all over.

If Phileas Fogg still do those crunchy mini garlic breads (mignon morceaux?) they came out in the 80s and were only served at my parents’ posh parties because they were too sophisticated for kids. This disn’t stop us clearing the bowls at said parties

Gold bars came out in the late 80s - knock-off Caramac on a biscuit. What’s not to love?

Choc ices and cream soda - also big in the 80s. Toasted sandwiches.

Amazing! I want a 1980s party now! Definitely skips, wotsits, monster munch and hula hoops for the crisps
Marshmallow top hats and party rings
My mum used to make traffic lights using chocolate fingers and smarties, stuck on with melted chocolate!

Didn’t M&S launch the chicken Kiev and prawn mayo sandwiches in the 80s too? Mini Kievs would be good party food.

Primula cheese piped onto Ritz crackers
Jelly and Dream Topping (give it a whirl) 🤣

Oh yes and jelly and ice cream! Dairylea sandwiches?

Has anyone said Arctic Roll?

Tortoiser
Hand made hedge hog cake!!!! Definitely the cake to have - I loved it. Chocolate buttons as the spikes. I’ve tried to find the recipe but to no avail!!!

Proper home made trifle with Swiss roll

Chocolate Swiss rolls

Club bars (do they still make them?)

Cola floats

Soda steam.

Oh yes definitely fondant fancies.

I e thought about doing a 1980s dinner party with things like angel delight and findus crispy pancakes.

Ice cream float...preferably made with coke

You lot are absolute gold!

She had a fab party, most of the suggestions here were used, except you can't get Phileas fogg any more, and my Mum provided the birthday cake at DD's request, which was a carrot cake rather than a hedgehog/ladybird cake.

We all consumed massive amounts of cheese and pineapple, frozen sausage rolls, fondant fancies - and of course, jelly and ice cream, among other things.

Thank you all so much for your suggestions, we all had a blast.

That sounds so much fun! I'm thinking I could do with an 80s party myself!