I recently helped my sister throw an amazing Harry Potter party for kids. She did all the hard work finding lots of Harry Potter birthday party food ideas to use at her daughter’s birthday party.
A Harry Potter birthday party this magical deserves to be shared! We took lots of photos to help give you the best ideas for a Harry Potter party. For your convenience, we added links to click on directions and where to find Harry Potter party supplies, printables, and other things you may need to make your party happen.
There is SO MUCH to tell you about this Harry Potter birthday party from the food to the decorations, party games and more. I decided to break it up into four separate blog posts because it was way too LONG! This blog post is all about Harry Potter birthday party food.
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And now that all that is out of the way, I hope you enjoy seeing these Harry Potter Birthday Party Food ideas:
We served a variety of finger foods including fruits, vegetables, and junk food. My sister found printable Harry Potter themed food tent labels (for sale on Etsy.) I used a black Sharpie to hand letter them with the names of our party foods.
Read on to see photos and directions for Harry Potter party food ideas: Gryffindor Grapes, Professor Sprout’s Veggie Garden, Broomsticks, Golden Snitches, Slytherin Snakes and Huffle Puffs.
Gryffindor Grapes are simply grapes. Any color will do. Before serving, we washed the grapes and even did all the “hard work” of taking the grapes off the stems!
Professor Sprout’s Veggie Garden is a pre-made vegetable tray purchased from the deli. We gave ourselves a break here after doing all that hard work on the Gryffindor Grapes.
Huffle Puffs are cheese puffs. All you do here is open up the bag and pour them onto the plate.
Slytherin Snakes are gummy worms. Another one of those “open bag, dump contents on to serving plate” easy peasy party foods.
Golden Snitches are a gold Ferrero Rocher chocolate with paper wings. They are easy to make and look great grouped together on the serving table. Golden Snitches can also be used as party favors. We found various tutorials with free printable wings posted online. Search around and pick your favorite one.
Broomsticks.
Ah, the Harry Potter Cheese Stick Broomsticks. Anything to do with a broom is going to be a chore, right? The good news is that I could have made a hundred of these and they would have all gotten eaten. The kids loved them! Each broomstick snack took me about a minute to make. I ended up enlisting two others people to help me make the Broomsticks out of white string cheese and pretzels sticks.
Here’s How To Do It: We made the Broomsticks by cutting a white string cheese stick in half, then carefully peeling the strings about 3/4 of the way to the end to be the sweepers. On the unpeeled end of the cheese stick, we poked a thin pretzel stick into the middle about 1/4 of an inch to be the broom handle.
Harry Potter Birthday Party Food Ideas: Cupcakes
For the birthday cake, we ordered cupcakes in four different icing colors to represent the Hogwarts House colors (red, yellow, blue, green.) All we had to do was add one of these Harry Potter Hogwarts Houses cupcake topper rings to each cupcake. Done in about 60 seconds.
For drinks, we served bottled water with printable “Butterbeer” bottle wrappers. We found free printable labels online and printed the labels at home, cut them out and taped one around each water bottle. Easy!
We made our own tiered stands for serving food (Those craft directions are listed for you below.) We also used a mix of gold serving platters we already had on hand.
How To Make 3-Tiered Serving Trays
These DIY tiered serving stands are easy on the budget if you’re willing to put in a little bit of time to make them. For each stand, you’ll need (3) dollar store plastic serving trays and (3) glass candlesticks. The dollar store trays are silver, so if you want to turn them gold, you’ll need Metallic Gold Spray Paint and strong glue. I like to use E6000 glue.
To Make Tiered Stands: Spray paint serving trays and candlesticks gold. It may take a couple of coats to get the look you want. Allow paint to dry, then use a strong glue to attach candlesticks to the center point of the serving trays as shown in photos. Stack the trays two or three tiers high. For extra security, glue the stacked trays together (at the point in the middle of the tray where the candlestick meets the tray.)
Note: For food safety purposes, unwrapped foods should not come into direct contact with spray painted surfaces. Wrapped food is OK. Or, you can line the trays with paper before setting unwrapped food on them. Cupcakes in wrappers would be okay to set on the painted trays, too.
If you want gold tiered stands without the do-it-yourself part, Amazon sells this set of (2) gold tiered serving trays that would look great serving your Harry Potter birthday party food.
We paid a few more dollars for the second set, which includes includes all of the above Harry Potter themed paper plates and napkins, plus 16 paper cups, forks and spoons and a Happy Birthday banner.
I hope that you enjoyed reading about all the different Harry Potter birthday party food ideas. If you have any questions, feel free to ask away in the comments below.
Are you planning a Harry Potter party? Let me know your favorite Harry Potter birthday party food ideas in the comments below.
Update! More blog posts in my Harry Potter party ideas series – check them out:
Harry Potter Party Invitations includes free printable Hogwarts Acceptance Letter birthday party invitations, DIY Hand Lettered Party Signs and directions for How To Make Hedwig Balloons.
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Every kid is a Harry Potter fan. You can also add Polyjuice potion to this mix! It will make the party more interesting.
Nicole says
Polyjuice potion is lots of fun to make. In my next Harry Potter party post, I’ll tell how the party guests got to mix a kid-friendly Polyjuice potion as part of the Potions Class activity. I totally forgot to include that here with the food and I should have! Thanks for reminding me. 🙂 –Nicole
Kimmy says
This is so cute and creative. Thank you for sharing, Nicole!
Nicole says
Hi Kimmy, Thanks so much for your visit. I’m glad you like the Harry Potter party food ideas. Have a great week! -Nicole
Kristi says
Where did you get the print out labels for the names of the foods?
Nicole says
Hi Kristi, I got the print out labels on Etsy. There have been a lot of changes in what the Sellers are selling, but if you search Etsy for Harry Potter printable food labels, you may be able to find something similar. Another place to search is Pinterest. There are some free printables for Harry Potter food labels there. Good luck! –Nicole
Hil says
I’d come to your party!! I love Harry Potter!!
Nicole says
Thanks, Hil! Harry Potter is SUCH a fun party theme. There are so many great ideas! I love Harry Potter, too. 🙂
Angelina says
Where did you find the food tags printed?
Nicole says
Hi Angelina, We found them on Etsy. Search for keywords like Harry Potter Food Labels, and you should come up with a variety of options. Thanks for stopping by to check out our party! –Nicole
On Site Auto Detailing says
I can’t wait to show my wife this so we can do this with our son and daughter when she is born (Expecting her here the 21st 😀 ).
Talia says
21st is a good day! I’m having my birthday then, too. Congratulations!
Ann B. says
I think you all did a great job.
Nicole says
Thanks, Ann! It was so much fun. I still have more ideas to post from that party, and just haven’t had the chance to get them all together yet.
Clarice says
We are having a HP dance party and among many thing we will have a sign outside that says “follow the spiders. Then tiny spiders will lead the way inside, then on the wall, as they get bigger and bigger ending up with a huge Halloween yard spider half on the wall and half on the floor! Fun!
Nicole says
That is a great idea! What a fun idea to have a Harry Potter themed dance party – have an awesome time! Thanks for sharing this with us. –Nicole
Bhavani Parakala says
Awesome Food Ideas…. My daughter is having her 10th birthday party On Sunday and you have saved me a ton of trouble with your fantastic ideas!!
Thank you
Nicole says
I’m so glad that you found these Harry Potter food ideas helpful. Have a magical party! –Nicole
Hermione says
Very creative, love the ideas.
diane gehringer says
Hi Loved your ideas. How far in advance did you make the cheese/pretzel broomsticks? Do they go soggy if made a day ahead. Sure you have to refrigerate due to the cheese. thanks, Diane
Nicole says
Hi Diane – We made the cheese and pretzel broomsticks the day of the party. I wouldn’t recommend making them a day ahead because the cheese would probably make the pretzels soggy. I think an hour or two ahead of time was what we did. If you make them several hours ahead, you may want to stick them in the fridge so the cheese doesn’t get warm. Thanks for your question! -Nicole
Jennifer says
Hi there! I have searched and searched to no avail! Where exactly did you find the labels you used for the Harry Potter party snacks/food? I love them and haven’t been able to find anything similar. Thank you!
Nicole says
Hi Jennifer! I have some good news and some maybe not so good news about the Etsy item you are looking for. The seller is called “GreatBirthdays” and I found her shop today, but don’t see the Harry Potter labels listed for sale at the moment. Maybe you can contact the shop owner and see if she can make a listing for you? They were a digital download. Hope that helps you get a little closer to finding them. –Nicole
Dianne Park says
Thank you so much for these wonderful ideas. I used most of them, plus a recipe for butter beer, to make our 9 yr old granddaughter’s Harry Potter birthday party a huge success. The only food I had trouble with was the broomsticks. I used too large a pretzel and it kept splitting the cheese sticks. Otherwise, everyone loved the Harry Potter foods. Thanks for sharing!
Nicole says
Hi Dianne, It sounds like a fun party! I’m so glad you were able to use the Harry Potter food ideas. Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave a comment. I appreciate it! Take care, Nicole
Aleah says
Smarties can be Ravenclaws food. Go Ravenclaws!!
Sarah says
My granddaughter owns a dance studio and will be having a Harry Potter Halloween party for her students this year. I really love your ideas for food to serve…I (and probably the parents) like that not everything is sugary! Thanks!
Nicole says
Hi Sarah! Thank you for your kind comments. I hope that your granddaughter’s Harry Potter Halloween party is lots of fun. I’m glad these ideas can help! –Nicole
Courtney Mayhew says
I love this! All such great and fun ideas. My daughter loves harry potter and wants to do this for her birthday. I would love those cute food labels. Where can I get them? Checked out Etsy and didn’t see them there.
Nicole says
Hi Courtney, A Harry Potter party is so much fun! There’s a lot of cute ideas out there. I don’t know if the exact same food labels we used for our party are still available on Etsy or not. Etsy sellers come and go so often, it’s always changing. There’s a store on Etsy (today, I just checked!) called EyeCandyCreate. They sell printables for Harry Potter parties similar to what we used. You may want to check them out.
Another place to look for Harry Potter food labels is on Pinterest. It may help you locate some free printable Harry Potter food labels on a blog. Good luck with your party! –Nicole
Carole says
Hi Nicole,
I love what you did for this Harry Potter party !
I wanted to thank you because a few people have tried to find me to buy the Food Labels that you are displaying on your blog. Unfortunately they are not available on my Etsy shop anymore, but if other people are looking for them they can contact me at : carole.greatbirthdays@gmail.com if they want to buy them.
Kind regards,
Carole
https://greatbirthdays.mystrikingly.com/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Greatbirthdays
Nicole says
Hi Carole! Thank you so much for dropping your contact information. I know that will be so helpful to everyone looking for your Harry Potter food labels. We loved them, and know everyone else will, too. -Nicole