Planning to throw your little one a jungle themed birthday party but not sure what to serve your guests? Take a look at this list of 22 unique birthday party foods that your guests will love. This list includes side dishes, main courses, and desserts to ensure every dish you serve will take your guests on a safari adventure.
Sides:
- Lion Charcuterie Board
Turn a charcuterie board into a lion with a colorful mane that’s sure to wow your guests. Just arrange your crackers, meats, and cheeses into a nice pattern around a bowl of cheese dip. In the dip draw a lion’s face to complete this animal. Another option is to use a Lion Shaped Charcuterie Board.
- Lion Mane Vegetable Tray
Just like the charcuterie board, a vegetable tray can easily be made into a lion’s face. For the mane, just use vegetable sticks sticking outward from a vegetable dip. In the dip draw the lion’s face. - Alligator Fruit Tray
Surprise your guests by hiding an alligator in your fruit tray. To do this, just use the skin of a pineapple to capture the look of the alligator’s scales.
- Peacock Fruit Skewers
A peacock fruit dish will make an impressive sight at your party. To make it, just use a hollowed out watermelon for the peacock’s body and a banana for its neck and head. In the watermelon, stick skewers filled with fruit to form the peacock’s tail. - Caterpillar Fruit Ball Skewers
Another option for serving fruit at your party is by turning them into caterpillars. Just scoop out some balls from different fruits like cantaloupe, watermelon, or honeydew and skewer them on a stick. You can then paint a face on the topmost ball to make it look just like a crawling caterpillar.
- Swamp Spinach Dip
If you’re planning on serving chips at your party, then you should also serve this spinach and artichoke dip by Onion Rings and Things. Its green color will match with you jungle theme perfectly, especially when you label it as Swamp Dip. - Jungle Juice
If you’re looking to serve a signature drink at your party, then serve up some jungle juice in a Large Drink Dispenser. Check out this punch recipe by All Recipes for a light green drink that will look like it came straight from the jungle.
Main Course:
- Giraffe Bread Sandwiches
Take a look at this giraffe patterned bread by Yoyomax12. You can cut it into slices to make giraffe sandwiches. Whether you choose to use ham, peanut butter, or egg salad as the filling, these sandwiches will look just like a wild animal. - Hot Dog Snakes
Wrap your hot dogs in snakes to create a dangerous treat that only the most daring guest will reach for. To make the snakes, just wrap a thin strip of pastry dough around each hot dog in a way that will make it look like a snake. Then, bake the hot dogs in the oven as the pastry dough instructs. Once finished, you can paint eyes onto the dough and you can even add a snake tongue sticking out of its mouth. - Tiger Pizza Bites
Pizza is always a crowd favorite at parties. For a jungle themed party, make the bites into circles and paint a tiger’s face on it.
- Bear Burgers
If you plan on serving burgers at your party then check out this tutorial on how to make bear burger buns by Living Sweet Moments. These buns are absolutely adorable and will add to the number of wild animals at your party. - Alligator Eggs
Deviled eggs are a fun bite sized treat that would fit perfectly at a jungle themed birthday party, especially when you label them as alligator eggs. Check out this classic deviled egg recipe by Downshiftology. - Snail Pinwheels
Pinwheels are a great party food and can easily be made into snails. Just lay the pinwheel on its side, stick two tooth picks in the top and then add olives to the toothpicks to make eyes. This food is especially great because of how versatile it is. It can be filled with whatever you like. Check out this recipe by A Couple Cooks which uses cheese, spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes for the filling.
Desserts:
- Chocolate “Mud Bath” Fountain
A Chocolate Fountain would make a great centerpiece for a jungle themed desert table. Just add a sign letting your guests know that the chocolate is actually a mud bath.
- Hippo Peanut Butter Cookies
Create hippos from peanut butter cookies to add to the wild animal count at your party. To make the hippos, use icing to attach two cheerios on each side of the top half of the cookie to look like ears. On the bottom half, attach two more cheerios on the top of the cookie to look like nostrils. Then just add some eyes and you’ll have yourself some happy hippo cookies. - Giraffe Swish Roll
Check out this giant giraffe swish roll by WonderfulDIY. It’s made with a beautiful giraffe patterned bread and a creamy whip cream filling that will surely impress your guests. - Animal Pattern Macarons
Turn your Macarons into wild animals by painting animal prints on them. For the paints, just mix some food coloring with almond extract and use a food safe paint brush. You can mix these patterned macaroons with some solid dark green ones for a beautiful display. If you don’t want to make your own, check out this listing for Safari Printed French Macarons.
- Animal Crackers
Animal crackers are the perfect food for a jungle themed party because they are already shaped like animals. Just set out a bowl and let your guests enjoy. - Elephant Ears
Elephant Ears, also known as palmiers or fried bread, are a great treat to serve your guests. They are large pieces of fried pastry dough sprinkled with cinnamon sugar that closely resemble an elephant’s ear in shape. For a full recipe check out this post by Cook with Kushi. - Zebra Tail Pretzels
Chocolate covered pretzels are a real treat. To make them safari themed, just use white chocolate and then a drizzle of black chocolate on top. This will make them look just like zebra tails.
- Bowl of Snakes
For an incredibly easy desert, just set out a bowl of gummy worms and call them snakes. They’ll fit right in with the rest of the animals in the jungle. - Banana Pudding for the Monkeys
Don’t forget to feed all of the little monkeys that will be attending your party with their favorite treat: Banana Pudding! Serve this treat in individual cups and your guests will surely go bananas for them.
I hope you found these food ideas helpful. Let me know in the comments which treats you plan to serve up at your jungle themed party.
Not sure what activities to plan for your party? Check out 22 Jungle Themed Birthday Activities for an Exciting Party.
