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.

cadbury choc fingers and some biscuits.

Sounds lovely. Adults probably won't eat anything except a biscuit (If offered) and a cup of tea (expected). So I wouldn't bother with parcels, pie or dips.
2 year olds only need about 1 finger of sandwich per person, literally about 1/6 of a sandwich so don't make too many. They will eat lots of sausages, crisps, blueberries, strawberries, biscuits and cheese cubes...and a couple of sticks of cucumber/pepper/ carrot. They'll be to excited to eat anything else.
And, just so you're aware, "the food" will take no longer than 15 minutes, then they will start leaving the table.

A tub of any dip + toddlers, noooooo, it'll be disgusting in seconds.
Spread some on crackers instead, or if you want to be a bit fancy, scoop out cherry tomatoes and fill with hummous.

Sandwich advice: stick to jam and cheese.

I agree with keeping it simple and also chocolate-free! Sandwiches with cheese, ham and maybe marmite. Crisps, bread sticks or crackers. Mini pizzas in quarters. Biscuits, fairy cakes, fruit. Job done!

My childhood party food memories include many, many biscuits - party rings, pink wafers, iced gems, those ones with marshmallow coconut and a line of jam down the middle so many options.....

Sounds great to me. Pop the hummus at the back of the table with a spoon and parents can scoop onto a plate. I think the spinach thing sounds great, we had a spinach quiche at DDs 4th and it was the first thing to go!

"Maybe just juice? Or even squash seems better."

I class those as soft drinks.

Me too TapasForTwo
I'd probably get Capri suns but have water and milk too.

It's not a kids party without mini cheese and tomato pizzas here x a million.

Round here you’re looking at some basic white bread sandwiches, token carrot sticks (that the parents invariably munch), grapes and cherry tomatoes (chopped in half obviously for the choking risk) and some bowls of wotsits the colour of which is only usually seen in a multi-pack of highlighters. Mini packs of biscuits like party rings and jammy dodgers and job done.

Possibly more of a nod to healthy eating if you’re in an Uber pretentious area or they’re of an age where the parents haven’t given into the inevitability of them getting off their tits on Haribo when they’re out of parental sight mind.

The least carnage-ridden parties have been ones where the hosts have pre-made up little cardboard picnic boxes for each child, then came around with a cupcake or something after - rather than having everything out as a buffet which with 2 year old hands is likely to resemble a battle zone in 2 seconds flat anyway. Just minimised the chaos no end.

I am coming to your party. Please post address. Sounds delish.

They literally drink nothing but water around here (and turn up with their own water bottles), so the (posh) soft drinks were supposed to be for adults.

I now feel like I'm living in some sort of caricature of posh London toddler life.

It is way more than necessary. I’d just do the sandwiches, crisps, veggies, and fruit.

(In our family you should make sure to have plenty of olives on the veggie tray and an extra stash hidden somewhere because they will be devoured. )

Use plastic straws rather than the sharp pointy sticks for the fruit kebabs if you're worried about the kids taking their eyes out. Your spread sound great!

With drinks for kids, go for cartons or mini water bottles...open cups and toddlers is a terrible combination

Sorry to be a party pooper but everyone saying hula hoops, my dn nearly choked on them when she was three, can I suggest something like chickatees instead? And if see the marshmallows and skewers as a bit dodgy with that age too ( sorry!!) Enjoy OP!

Ps am giggling at how many people are saying job done

I now feel like I'm living in some sort of caricature of posh London toddler life

ahhhh - then in that case you need

Tomato and mozzarella flatbreads (pizza)
chocolate enrobed finger biscuits (a la Cadbury)
a fruit platter (cut up fruit on a plate)
and hand finished cup cakes (fairy cakes from asda with a smartie on top)

2 year olds don't need a lot of choice, just stuff they can hold whilst running round "expressing themselves"

Party rings, cold pizza, sausage rolls, cold chicken dippers, fairy cakes.

Think I might have to go and buy some party rings for old times sake. Perfect party food.

It's not a party without party rings.

I'm the OP on the other thread and I would have been happy with sandwich's, crisps and fruit plus cake (and cocktail sausages, but you said that's not an option for you).
Everything else on your list is a major bonus.

Popcorn and jello.

It seems fine to me.
Just don't put too much food or too expensive.

If you think it's too early in the day for booze for parents, then go for a bucks fizz

It don't think you need to get fancy (pie and parcels are fancy for me) with a children's party, just small stuff. I wouldn't do anything they can't eat with their hands - except cake, of course!