Wedding Foods

Sure, appetizers are usually small, but we love the growing trend of making food mini!  Using mini foods means that you can get a little bit more fancy if you’d like, since you will have much smaller portions- like these delicious lox and caviar forkfuls or a little caviar and crème fraiche atop a petit crepe.

You can also skip the seafood ice bar, since it is much harder to eat most seafood standing up and juggling a drink in your other hand, which will also help to save a pretty penny.  Instead you can incorporate things like shrimp in other ways in your foods instead of having a shrine to all seafood, or offer something served in an oyster or clam shell.
Mini is also fun to do with more casual foods like carnival treats, bbq favorites, or childhood indulgences.  It doesn’t matter if your event is black tie, if it’s petite, it will make a statement!  Consider Hubert Keller mini sliders, corn dogs on a stick, mini scoops of mac n’ cheese and all those other calorie king faves.  When serving these up, we’re in favor of the idea of everything being easily eaten from passed trays instead of piling mini food on a table for guests to pick at - and it keeps the flow of the party going.

Also keep in mind that you don’t want too many dips and toppings and garnishes for your guests to have to deal with themselves, just things they can elegantly pluck and consume politely.  Nothing is worse than a party dress with sauce stains down the front!
And don’t forget those end-of-party or late night snacks! Guests find it a huge treat to be served something as they leave as a last bite or something they can enjoy on the ride home.   This includes the drinks!  Why not serve a shot of espresso to get guests home with or instead of a toast with bubbly, a toast with a mini root beer float for the kid in all of us!  Mini doughnuts are a huge wedding trend these days, order up a donut cart to serve made to order mini treats after dinner is done.  (We prefer these by Dough-a-deer mini doughnuts since they are baked, not fried, so let's just call it the 'healthier dessert.")

Or if buffet is more your style, serve up an entire dessert table of mini cakes, cookies, and sweet little indulgences.  The collection of goodies makes for not only a delish treat but a great photo op too!  These sweets designed and cooked up by the crew at Fantasy Frostings.