Party Favors

Grilled food and cold treats really say summer. Here's what to serve at your beach bash:

• Hot dogs
• Hamburgers and cheeseburgers
• Bite-sized veggies with ranch dressing for dipping
• Corn on the cob
• Chips and pretzels (serve them in new beach buckets)
• Watermelon (make sure the seeds are removed if you're serving it to young children)
• Fish Chow. Combine popcorn, raisins, gummy fish, Goldfish® crackers, and chocolate chips. What a yummy snack!
• Small sandwiches cut into little fish shapes and filled with your favorites.
• Pizza would be an easy option for this party too.
• Blue Jell-O® with gummy fish inside.
• Sunflower Cake . Bake a round cake and frost it with yellow-tinted icing. Place Twinkies® around the cake and frost them green to make petals. Top cake with chocolate kisses.
• Arctic Oranges . Cut off the tops of oranges, using a zigzag cut. Hollow the oranges and fill them with orange sherbet. Replace the tops of the oranges and keep frozen until ready to serve.
• Frozen Slushies . Fill paper cups with fruit juice. Freeze two hours, then stir. Refreeze another hour, stir again, and serve.
• Lemonade and water.
• Juice boxes and small water bottles would be easy to have on hand if you are at a party venue.

No summer gathering is complete without ice cream! Get your guests involved in dessert by setting up a make-your-own sundae bar. Arm each child with a cone or bowl and a spoon and let them choose from several ice cream flavors as well as toppings such as hot fudge, caramel, sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, crushed candy, and whipped cream. Yum!