5 Simple Recipes to Wow Your Graduation Party Guests
1/6Your graduation party is a time to celebrate your achievement with family and friends, not a time to stress about planning and cooking fancy food for your guests. But that doesn’t mean that, if you want to remain sane and stress-free on your party day, you have to resign yourself to pouring some chips and salsa into bowls and ordering a few pizzas. The following party food recipes are not only good looking and tasting, but they’re also quick, easy, and practically foolproof.
2/6No Bake Peanut Butter S’mores Squares
We don’t know about you, but when the weather warms up, our minds turn to s’mores. And with Jessica Merchant’s s’mores squares recipe, you can serve the ultimate summer treat at your party without having to awkwardly gather all your guests around a campfire — or preheat the oven. Just melt some ingredients together, add a few others, put it all in a pan, and voilà: You’ve got yourself a delicious party dessert.
3/6Bacon-Wrapped Dates
If you have a microwave and an oven, we’re confident you can make this mouth-watering, crowd-pleasing appetizer. There are only two ingredients, and the most involved part of the recipe, from Tastes Lovely, is wrapping pieces of bacon around dates and sticking a toothpick through them. It’s almost too good to be true…almost.
4/6Homemade Mac And Cheese Bites
These adorable mac and cheese bites look like a fancy version of a favorite comfort food, but the recipe, from Chef in Training is actually super simple. Essentially, you just mix pasta, cheese, and a few other easy ingredients together, scoop the concoction into mini muffin tins, and pop it into the oven. One piece of advice: Make a lot of these — they'll be a huge hit.
Photo: instagram5/6White Chocolate Cinnamon Pretzels
There’s just something about this sweet-and-salty combo that is impossible to resist. These pretzels, from Your Homebased Mom, are the perfect things to put out in a bowl (or a few bowls) for your guests to munch on while they mingle. They look seriously impressive, but can be made with only four ingredients and a microwave — that’s what we call a win-win.
6/6Mini Cupcake Graduation Caps
This is the kind of treat that is destined to be Instagrammed by all of your party guests — and the best part? All you have to do is attach a cookie and candy to a mini cupcake, which you can make from a box mix. Use licorice and chocolate graham crackers for the top and tassel, like blogger lil’ luna, or opt for different treats with a similar look (think: square chocolates and sour candy straws), if those better suit your tastes. They’ll look just as cute either way.
