Modern Baby Shower Menu Tips

One of the best and easiest ways to create snacks that match a baby shower theme is to purchase cookie cutters in the shapes of a baby carriage, a teddy bear, a baby bottle, baby rattle, etc. and use them to cut out small tea sandwiches filled with smoked salmon, cucumber and dill, egg salad, and/or chicken salad. They will be very cute. The cookie cutters can be used to make darling iced sugar cookies, as well.

Other snacks to serve at your baby shower include:

• Chips and dips: French onion dip with chips, salsa and guacamole with tortilla chips or spinach or hot artichoke dip with pita bread cut into small baby shapes using the cookie cutters.
• Cheese and crackers: Serve a variety of crackers along with a blend of hard and creamy cheeses.
• An assortment of fresh-cut vegetables with a ranch dip
• Chicken skewers served with teriyaki or peanut sauce
• Shrimp served with cocktail sauce
• Mini quiches
• Fruit salad made up of whatever is seasonal
• Deviled eggs
• Olives and sweet pickles for a relish tray
• Nuts
• Chocolate truffles
• Personalized M&M's
• Mini Fruit Tarts served with a small scoop of raspberry sorbet
• Place the nuts and candies around the party room to get people who don't necessarily know one another mingling!

For a parting favor, send the guests home with personalized mint tins. So cute, a great remembrance of the event, and also quite useful!