About this toddler party food menu?

[EssentialHummus]

Following on from the other thread, in which I learnt that a toddler party ending at noon needs proper food, can anyone offer views on the following please? Anything missing? Toddler is turning two, guests are two. Clearly some of the food is more for parents, others for kids.

Sandwiches, various fillings
Crisps
Veg sticks and dips
Mozzarella sticks
Filo spinach and cheese pie
Savoury pastry parcels
Fruit bowl (+fruit kebabs?)
Cake
Various soft drinks

My kid will eat anything, so isn't much of a barometer.

Sounds great, when shall I come?

Good luck. It won't help if I say I am so glad children's birthday parties are a thing of my past, but there, I've said it now.

You need cocktail sausages, other than that sounds lovely!

That looks great. Nigella suggests not getting excited about sandwich fillings and going exotic, fairly plain is fine. It's the occasion that creates the excitement.

However, stay with a fruit platter rather than kebabs. Two year olds and sharp, pointy sticks are best avoided, I think. And everything cut to small mouthful is good as lots gets left behind on the plate.

Enjoy your party day.

If have cocktail sausages or sausage rolls, cold pizza, biscuits.

But it sounds great.

I always pick up a big tub of popcorn, a family selection of biscuits and as said, sausages.

If the children are happy it's a chance to have a cup of tea and a biscuit.

Is it a proper party without top hats?!

Sounds lovely.

Pot of coffee for the adults?

Veg sticks have been ignored then binned and maybe 90% of the parties I’ve been to By year one the parents had mostly given up on them and just stuck with fruit as a nod to healthy eating. I agree popcorn goes down well and I go old school with cheese and pineapple and cocktail sausages on sticks

I massively over catered DDs party when she turned five.

Since then I’ve found out sandwich couches and done each child a lunch box and put the party favours in there too.

Most people are vegetarian or pescatarian and we're Jewish, so no sausage rolls I think.

gaspode - there will be 10 2 year olds and couple of newborns, and all of the former are in the "but I was playing with that until I put it down and she took it, it's not faaaaiiir" howling phase . Sounds great right?

Sounds amazing, and it caters for everybody! (You had me at the filo spinach and cheese pie, can I come please?).

If you wanted to add in a sweet platter (I know you have cake but that may be the birthday cake doesn't get served to later) - chocolate rice crispies are great. Supermarket ones are a bit pants but you can make your own with supermarket brand rice crispies and chocolate (and left overs used!).

I didn't read the other thread but I say don't stress about stuff too much. Don't blow any budget you have and definitely don't stress about having that perfect cake. Betty Crocker and loads of smarties is fine!

What are those top hats, they're awesome!

Prosecco?

Simple food. Put 1/2 out, keep 1/2 aside. Top hats are a great idea. Add cocktail sausages, hula hoops and party rings (biscuits).

Apple rings too. They always worked well though maybe a bit of lemon squeezed to stop them going brown.

I love choc crispy cakes but wouldn't serve them at a party, choc hands on furniture freaks me out

Definitely need top hats 😀

Mozzarella sticks
Filo spinach and cheese pie
Savoury pastry parcels

Personally I wouldn't bother with these.

Sandwiches (cheese or jam), crisps, veg sticks (for show!), fruit, biscuits & cake

@greenwaterbottle melted chocolate in a mini papercase, marshmallow in before it sets, more melted chocolate then a Smartie (other candied shelled sweet brands are available of course ) staple of my 80s childhood!

can I come? looks fab!

lizzie will people actualy drink prosecco/champagne at 10am? I thought about it but couldn't decide.

@greenwaterbottle yes.. my DD is a teen yet still manages sticky choc fingers on furniture... I'd forgotton the havoc10 2 yr olds might wreak with that.
OP I think you've got a really nice non-OTT selection of food there.

I would offer tea or coffee or water to adults. Get squash for the kids. Lunch boxes work well IMO, along with bowls of crisps & popcorn as other suggested (veggie & salad stuff not so much!)
The melted choc & marshmallow idea is nice but making me sweat 😂 think of the mess to clean up after!!

Tesco do a bag of veggie sausage rolls for a quid. Or a cheese and onion version if you don't want sausage-a-like.

I'd be worried about the sticks if you do fruit kebabs, it would be difficult to keep tabs and make sure none of the kids run with it in their mouth.

I've never heard of top hats either.