Taste the night sky in these elegant & playful moon and star food ideas 🌙⭐
Whether you are throwing a:
*New Year’s Eve party
*Twinkle Twinkle Little Star baby shower
*Christmas star party
*Or a celestial wedding
These moon and star food ideas will add the magic of the skies to your party food and delight your guests. There are both moon and star desserts and savory options to get that perfect menu balance of sweet and salty.
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1. Celestial Mini Cheesecakes
The perfect blend of elegant and approachable. While a muffin pan can work, you’ll get the best results with this Norpro Mini Cheesecake Pan. The removable bottoms will let you get the smooth edges instead of the ridged ones from a cupcake liner. Here‘s a good recipe that will hold up well in mini form.
2. Puffy Cheese Stars
Easy, simple, and cheesy? Hard to go wrong with these savory puffs. And store-bought puff pastry makes these come together in no time.
3. Mini Croques with Truffle Mayo
Mini grilled finger sandwiches are adorable! Essentially a gourmet grilled ham and cheese cut out in the shapes of stars with a favorite dipping sauce.
4. Personalized Crescent Moon Lollipops
These lollipops are magical and are a hit at baby showers and bridal showers alike.
5. Constellation Cake
This moody palette with berries and constellations in the frosting will add the perfect amount of drama to your party.
Related: 27 Dreamy Celestial Wedding Cakes
6. Rice Krispie Moons and Stars
If you’ve never tried browned butter Rice KrispieTreats, then your taste buds are in for a happy surprise. The childhood classic elevated for adults.
7. Blueberry Star Tarts
Top individual tarts with cream, blueberries, and white chocolate stars. They look like little bites of the night sky.
8. Star and Moon Appetizers
Easily upgrade your favorite appetizers into celestial ones with sparkly star cocktail picks. An easy and classy moon and star food.
9. Mississippi “Cheese Straw” Stars
One snack Mississippi is famous for are their cheese straws. Normally these cheesy biscuits are in a straw shape, but the star shape is even better. Simply use your favorite cheese straw recipe and give them the desired shape with a biscuit press or cookie cutter.
10. Sparkler Ice Cream
Elevate ice cream with sparklers and pretty serving glasses. Magical.
11. Moon Cakes
Eat your own mini moons. They can be sweet if you do chocolate-filled cakes, or savory if you round a meatball with seasoned rice.
12. Crescent Moon Sugar Cookies
Whether you go with navy watercolor frosting, or an ombre of pinks and tans, these cookies are gorgeous. An easy moon and star food to add to any party.
13. Blue Moon Pie
Make your favorite cream pie or cheesecake and top with a blueberry moon.
14. Smoked Salmon & Caviar Star Canapés
Dark pumpernickel, cream cheese, smoked salmon, caviar, and lemon zest make for some gourmet star-shaped hors d’oeuvres.
15. Moon Macarons
With edible blue and gold paint turn vanilla macarons into the phases of the moon.
Or use this moon and star macaroon stencil to easily decorate your own.
16. Crescent Moon Chicken Sandwiches
Sometimes all it takes is a playful food label to turn these tasty sandwiches into something to match your theme.
17. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Fruit Wands
Twinkly star fruit wands will be a hit and are a fun way to serve fruit.
18. Star-Shaped Waffles
Hosting a brunch? Use this mini star waffle press, or use a star cookie cutter to cut out star shapes from regular waffles.
19. Goodnight Moon Cups
Blueberry shortcake anyone? Serve creamy sweet dreams in a cup.
20. Taste of Heaven
Mini berry pavlova make for supremely classy and dreamy desserts.
21. Green and Blue Star Fruit Salad
A playful green and blue star fruit salad.
22. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Fizzy
Serve your favorite fizzy or sparkly drink with star stir sticks dressed up with blueberries.
23. Star-Shaped BLT Sandwiches
Go with classic BLT or a prosciutto/gouda cheese/chipotle & mayo spread. Or both!
24. Gourmet Celestial Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Sparkly, shimmery, and classic salty pretzel meets stunning navy chocolate. Hard to go wrong with these chocolate-covered pretzels.
25. Mini Star Pizza Bites
Make mini star pizzas with your favorite toppings for fun finger food bites.
26. Star Tortilla Chips and Guacamole
Crowd-pleasing chips and guac is a party classic. Here is my favorite guac recipe.
27. Sip the Stars
Add a star stir stick to add a little sparkle to your drink of choice.
28. New Year Lemon Mousse
The sparkler in this simple lemon mousse elevates this dessert up to the stars.
29. Star Charcuterie Board
Blue fruits and white cheeses make for a simple but striking night sky charcuterie board.
30. Blueberry Moon Pie
The perfect moody dessert for a New Year’s Eve party or other starry gathering. Bake the pie crust stars separately and add at the end so they don’t get overcooked.
31. Full Moon Cheese Tray
A cheese tray full of fog and mystery. Elegant and spooky-chic.
32. Galactic Chocolate Gems
These chocolate gems were described by guests as “out of this world.” Make your own using a chocolate gem mold.
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Hope these moon and star food ideas will add that touch of magic to your next celestial party.
