Party Panache, Last Minute Super Bowl & Valentine Food Ideas

Pinterest is full of football charcuterie boards
and heart shaped food this week
I’ve seen soo many great last minute ideas for these occasions,
I want to share a few
just in case you need some last minute inspirations!

If you want to do a last minute football board
for the Super Bowl game tonight,
I thought this one with a pepperoni football was really cute
and it comes together very quickly

This one is similar, simple cheese, crackers, and pepperoni,
but the arrangement makes it eye-catching and party ready!

Here’s the same idea portrayed with vegetables
and you could serve a bowl of dip on the side

Are Pigs in a Blanket on your menu?
Amp up the presentation by arranging them in a football shape
and adding mustard to look like the lacing

Grab brownies from the bakery, get some canned icing,
and you can create brownie footballs in no time at all!
Cut opposite corners off brownie squares and add a squiggle
of chocolate icing and white icing laces
The Frosted Football Brownies look so cute on a field on green M & Ms

Are you staying home for Valentine’s Day?
There’s still time to make a Valentine charcuterie board
for 2, or for the whole family to enjoy

I love this one from Mary @Home is Where the Boat is,
she used a heart shaped candy box
If you don’t have a heart box,
Cut a heart shape from a piece of sturdy cardboard
and cover it with plastic wrap, foil, or valentine napkins
and use as a base for the ingredients
photo source

I love this one with the “meat” roses with rosemary stems
and chocolate “dirt” source

You can make a simple caprese style heart
with mozzarella and tomatoes source
to nibble on with a cocktail before dinner

Cut bread with a heart cookie cutter instead of squares
to make one of my all time favorite apps,
Tomato Canapes with Bacon Chive Aioli

Garnish your plates with tomato hearts
Make a diagonal cut through each tomato
from the middle of one side down across the bottom
Flip one tomato over to form a heart with a second tomato
skewer it together with a toothpick

Top cupcakes with heart picks
Look for them in the grocery or craft store in the baking section,
or make your own by cutting out heart shapes out of paper
and gluing them together with a toothpick in between
Coconut Cupcakes for all occasions

Top your cake with flowers like this Rose Topped Bundt Cake

We’re not having a gathering to watch the game tonight
because it’s on Sunday night,
I wish they would move it to Saturdays!
I have ties to both teams so I’m just hoping for a great game,
I’ll be rooting for both!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Love Your Creativity
What’s for Dinner/ Between Naps on the Porch
All About Home/ Common Ground & Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Oh My Heartsie Girl / Turn About Tuesday / Our Tiny Nest
Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts / Crafty Creators
Whimsey Home Wednesday Full Plate Thursday
Oh my, you make me want to make a grocery run just for a fun food tray!
Thanks Rita, I can’t wait to make a football theme board this fall!
What wonderful ideas! Love all the football shapes with laces made of cheese or mustard. Now I wish I had gotten the pepperoni I was eyeing at the store this past week. But I think I can make do with all the other goodies I brought home for today’s nibbling.
Thanks Carole, have fun watching the game!
Quite an assortment of ‘footballs!’ I like the chocolate one best!
Aren’t they too cute?!
Great ideas!
Yes! Looking forward to trying some of these!
Wowza! Quite the assortment of wonderfulness!
Amazing ideas all put together… thank you!
Aren’t they cute? I look forward to trying a football theme one this fall!
Those football charcuterie boards are really cool!
I thought so too, I can see one in my future this fall!
Great ideas, Jenna 🏈
Thanks Pam!
Jenna, these are all wonderful ideas! Happy Sunday!
Thanks so much Shannon, Happy Galentine and Valentine’s Day!
What cute ideas! These come under the category of “food art” for me.
Definitely food art!
Love all of the different boards! It’s always fun to play a little with our food:@)
I look forward to making one for football season! Sorry about the game, but it sure was good!
Love all the ideas here and easy too. Pinning this post!
Thanks Emily 🙂
So many great ideas!
Thanks, I can’t wait to try some of these next fall when football season comes back around!
Wonderful ideas and I cannot pick a favorite!
Thanks Mary, I can’t wait to try some of these next year!
So many adorable and cute ideas! Pinning this. I love me a board! The ideas are endless. Happy V-day and enjoy your week friend. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Thanks Cindy! Yes, boards are so much fun to make and serve and you’re right, the possibilities are endless!
So many fun ideas for grazing Jenna! Thanks for sharing my Heart-Cuterie. 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day ♥
Thanks Mary, it’s such a cute idea!
These are such cute platter ideas! How clever!
Thanks Jeanie, I love charcuterie boards!