Are you looking for creative Harry Potter party food? These are the best food ideas for your next Harry Potter party!
My oldest daughter started reading Harry Potter this past year and instantly was hooked. Since then, she has been into ALL things Harry Potter-related. This of course meant throwing her a Harry Potter-themed birthday party.
One aspect of throwing the perfect Harry Potter party is making cool Harry Potter food to serve at the party.
After my daughter’s party, I compiled a list of some of the best Harry Potter party food ideas to help you plan the perfect Harry Potter party. On this list, you will find ideas from Slytherin Snake Subs and Hufflepuff Pizza to Forbidden Forest Fruit, Muggle Mix, and more!
After reading through these Harry Potter party food ideas, you will be so prepared when it comes to throwing an epic Harry Potter party.
This post is all about Harry Potter Party Food.
Harry Potter Party Food
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Harry Potter Food – Main Dish
1. Slytherin Snake Subs
My daughter’s favorite food is subs, so to incorporate them into the Harry Potter theme we decided to make Slytherin snake subs as the main course. They were SO simple and easy to make.
We picked up loaves of French bread and then sliced them in half. On the subs, we used turkey and ham lunch meat.
We also added some sliced cheese and lettuce and then cut them into individual-sized sandwiches. Next, we laid out some parchment paper on the counter and then shaped the subs into a snake.
On the first sandwich (end of the loaf) we cut a fruit roll up to look like a tongue and put olives for eyes. Next to the subs we set out toppings for the party guests to put on their sandwiches.
The toppings we used were mayonnaise (I recommend getting a squeezable bottle), cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, banana peppers, and pickles.
These Slytherin snake subs were a hit and made a great Harry Potter party food choice.
2. Neville’s Nachos
A nacho bar is another great Harry Potter party food idea. Set out some cooked taco meat in a crock pot and tortilla chips.
Then, set out toppings for the guests to put on top of their nachos. If you are looking for some Neville’s Nacho toppings to set out, I’ve listed some below:
- Shredded cheese
- Tomato
- Shredded lettuce
- Olives
- Jalapeños
- Avocado
- Sour Cream
- Salsa
- Queso dip
- Black beans
- Corn
- Bell peppers
If you are having a smaller party, another option for Neville’s Nachos would be to place tortilla chips on a baking sheet and cover them with cheese and taco meat.
Then, cook them in the oven until the cheese melts. Serve them with nacho toppings.
3. Hufflepuff Pizza
Pizza is one of the most popular party foods, so if you plan to have pizza at your party just use the Hufflepuff pizza label to make it a Harry Potter party food.
4. The Weasley’s Walking Tacos
The Weasley’s walking tacos are another fun Harry Potter party food. If you have a taco lover this is the main course you’ll want to serve.
To make walking tacos you’ll need some individual Frito chip bags along with taco toppings like taco meat, cheese, tomato, lettuce, sour cream, salsa etc.
Then, each person can open their chip bag and add in the toppings of their choice. Yum!
5. Sirius’s Sloppy Joes
Sloppy Joes are an easy party food to serve. Prepare and serve the Sloppy Joe meat in a crockpot and use the Sirius’s Sloppy Joes food label.
6. Hagrid’s Hotdogs
If you are looking for an easy Harry Potter party food, then serve up some of Hagrid’s hotdogs at your Harry Potter party!
7. Wizard Wings
Wings are another great main meal to serve at a party. Make some at home or order some for takeout to serve at your Harry Potter party.
8. Percy’s Pancakes
A pancake bar would make a great main course for a morning/brunch Harry Potter party.
Put out some toppings for the pancakes such as cut-up bananas, strawberries, blueberries, syrup, whipped cream, etc and it is sure to make a delicious Harry Potter party food.
9. Hogsmeade Hamburgers
Cheeseburgers or hamburger sliders are another wonderful main course food you could use for your Harry Potter party.
10. Slytherin Spaghetti
Spaghetti is such an easy food to cook for a large crowd, which is why Slytherin Spaghetti makes a great Harry Potter food choice.
11. McGonagall’s Meatballs
If you are making some Slytherin Spaghetti, consider serving McGonagall’s meatballs along with it.
Otherwise, you could make some party meatballs as an appetizer.
Harry Potter Party Food Side Dishes
Here are some great Harry Potter party food sides and appetizer ideas.
12. Mrs. Sprout’s Vegetables
Vegetable trays are always perfect for snacking on at a party, so make it a Harry Potter party food by calling them Mrs. Sprout’s vegetables.
*If you choose to make Slytherin Subs for your Harry Potter party food, then put the Mrs. Sprout’s Vegetable Garden food label next to all the vegetable sandwich sides such as lettuce, tomato, cucumber, peppers etc.
13. Hufflepuffs
Any popcorn puffs snack would be a good Hufflepuff. My kids LOVE Pirate Booty popcorn so that is what we used for Hufflepuffs.
Pirate’s Booty Snack Puffs
14. Ravenclaws
Bugles are the perfect Raven Claw snack because they are shaped just like claws. They make all sorts of different flavored bugles you could use at your party.
15. Forbidden Forest Fruit
Any fruit works for this. We used watermelon and blackberries for our forbidden forest fruit.
16. Deviled Dragon Eggs
Deviled dragon eggs are a great appetizer to set out at your Harry Potter party!
17. Muggle Mix
A bowl of Chex mix or trail mix would make for the perfect Muggle mix.
18. Gryffindor Grapes
Looking for another fruit option to serve? Put out a bowl of Gryffindor Grapes for your party guests to snack on.
19. Bludger Beans
Baked beans go well with a lot of party foods, so serve up some bludger beans in a crockpot for a fun Harry Potter party-themed food.
20. Devil Snare Salad
Side salads are another popular party food so turn it into a Harry Potter themed food by calling it Devil Snare Salad.
21. Hogwarts Popcorn
Popcorn is a great addition to your Harry Potter party food. It makes a great appetizer to snack on during the party.
22. Swords of Gryffindor
Pick up some of these sword appetizer skewers and put any type of appetizer on them to make them swords of Gryffindor.
Using these skewers, you could put fruit, little smokies, meatballs, cheese chunks, or any other appetizer you’d like to serve. This would definitely be a cool Harry Potter party food idea!
Black Plastic Sword Picks
23. Dragon Scales
Potato chips look like great dragon scales so dump a bag of chips into a bowl and add the dragon scales Harry Potter food label next to it for a super simple Harry Potter party food!
24. Broomsticks
You can make an easy broomstick appetizer with string cheese and small pretzel rods.
First, cut a string cheese in half. Then, using one cheese half, partially peel the sides up making sure to only go about halfway.
Then, stick a pretzel rod into the unpeeled end and you have the perfect broomstick snack.
25. Aunt Petunia’s Pasta Salad
Choose your favorite pasta salad and turn it into a Harry Potter party food with an Aunt Petunia’s Pasta Salad food label.
26. Sorting Hats
Tortilla chips and Doritos look like hats so pour some into a bowl for an appetizer and call them sorting hats.
Harry Potter Food Dips
A cool Harry Potter party food idea would be getting different dips to represent the different Hogwarts houses. If you want to try this out here are some house dips you could use!
27. Slytherin Salsa
Set out some tortilla chips to go with your Slytherin salsa for a yummy appetizer or use the salsa for your Neville’s Nachos or Weasley’s Walking Tacos.
28. Slytherin Spinach Dip or Gillyweed Dip
Make a batch of spinach dip or pick up a Tostitos jar of it and call it Slytherin spinach dip or Gillyweed dip.
29. Ravenclaw Ranch Dip
If you’re looking for a dip for all four houses then get some Ranch dip for Ravenclaw House.
30. Hufflepuff Hummus
Hufflepuff Hummus is another appetizer dip you could use for your Harry Potter party. This dip goes well with pita chips (sorting hats) or pretzel rods (Gryffindor Swords).
31. Gryffindor Guacamole
You can never go wrong with having Gryffindor Guacamole at your Harry Potter party. Make sure to set a bowl of sorting hats (tortilla chips) next to it for dipping.
Harry Potter Drinks
If you are looking for some Harry Potter party drinks here are a few great ideas.
32. Butterbeer
Butterbeer is an absolute MUST when throwing a Harry Potter party. All you have to do is get a pitcher like this, add Cream Soda and butter extract, and then top it with whipped cream and butterscotch topping. YUM!
33. Pumpkin Juice
Pumpkin juice is a popular Wizarding World drink so it would pair great with all of your Harry Potter party food.
34. Gillyweed Water
A pitcher of gillyweed water makes for a great Harry Potter party drink. Fill a glass pitcher with water and add spiralized cucumber, fresh mint, and lime.
35. Polyjuice potion
Making a bowl or pitcher of polyjuice potion for your Harry Potter party will surely be a hit. A simple Polyjuice potion would be to mix some Ginger Ale, Sprite, and Lime Sherbet in a bowl to serve.
If you don’t want to make your own, you could also just put the Polyjuice potion food label next to some juice boxes.
Harry Potter Treats
36. Golden Snitch
Look at how cool these Golden Snitches look! The best part about this Harry Potter party food is that they are not hard to make.
Using white paper, cut out golden snitch wings (you can also find a printable for these). Then, tape these wings onto a Ferrero Rocher and set these out at your Harry Potter party.
37. Harry Potter Cake
If you are throwing a Harry Potter birthday party then a Harry Potter cake is a MUST for the birthday girl or boy. For my daughter’s party, we made a cake like the one Hagrid gave to Harry (you can see it in the picture above).
All you have to do is make their favorite cake and add pink frosting. Then, with green icing, write “Happee Birthdae” making sure to spell it wrong. Only true Harry Potter fans will understand this one.
38. Floo Powdered Donuts
Get some powdered donuts and add the floo powdered donuts food label and you have a fun Harry Potter party treat!
39. Wizard Hats
You can make wizard hat treats using fudge stripe cookies like these. Flip the cookies upside down and place a Hershey’s Kiss on top using icing.
40. Mandrakes
I LOVE this Harry Potter party food idea! We didn’t end up doing this but if my daughter has another Harry Potter party (which I’m sure she will) we are SO adding this to our Harry Potter party food list.
First, you’ll need a terracotta pot like this or a bunch of smaller ones and a glass bowl that fits inside the pot(s). Then, mix up some chocolate pudding in the glass bowl(s) and top it with crushed chocolate cookies for the dirt. Place the glass bowl(s) inside of the terracotta pot(s).
Next, make some chocolate-covered strawberries. Before the chocolate hardens, use a toothpick to make indents for wrinkles on the mandrakes (strawberries). Then, add eyes and a mouth with black icing.
Lastly, place the mandrakes (strawberries) in the dirt (glass bowl inside the pot).
41. Nimbus 2000
This is a super simple Harry Potter party food. Get a package of mini Reese’s peanut butter cups and a bag of mini pretzel rods.
Then, flip all the Reese’s upside down and stick mini pretzel rods in them and you have a bunch of Nimbus 2000 broomsticks for your party.
42. Treacle Tart
Treacle Tart is Harry Potter’s favorite dessert so you definitely cannot go wrong making this for your Harry Potter party!
43. Monster Book of Monsters Brownies
These are such a cute Harry Potter party food idea! All you need to make these Monster Book of Monsters are brownies, candy eyes, and licorice.
To start, make a batch of brownies and cut them into rectangular pieces. Then, add four candy eyes to the top of each brownie (along one of the long sides).
Wilton Candy Eyeballs
Next, cut the licorice into 2-inch pieces for the tongue. Then, partially cut each piece to make a forked tongue. You can also use fruit roll up for the tongue.
Lastly, slide it into the middle of the brownie near the eyes just far enough that it stays in but mostly sticks out.
44. Rubeus’s Rock Cakes
Hagrid’s rock cakes are mentioned throughout the Harry Potter books making them a great addition to your Harry Potter party food.
Instead of the tooth-breaking treat they are in the books, you could make a yummy batch of soft cookies with the “Rubeus’s Rock Cakes” food label.
If your Harry Potter fans dare to try them at the party they will be pleasantly surprised.
45. Cauldron Cakes
Are you planning to have cupcakes at your Harry Potter birthday party? If so, print off the Cauldron Cakes food label and you now have a Harry Potter theme party treat.
Honeydukes Treat Ideas
At my daughter’s party, we created a Honeydukes display with all sorts of candies and treats for the guests to snack on. It was one of my daughter’s favorite parts of her Harry Potter party.
If you are looking to set up a Honeydukes stand at your party then here are some ideas to try.
46. Bertie Botts Jelly Beans
These are a MUST! We ordered these Bertie Botts Jelly Bean boxes from Amazon and the guests had a lot of fun trying the different flavors. Be warned, these jelly beans have a mix of good and bad flavors.
While some taste good like blueberry, lemon or banana others are disgusting such as ear wax, vomit, and rotten egg (I guess that is the fun in these beans).
The guests at my daughter’s party unanimously decided that rotten egg was the worst flavor by far.
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans
47. Acid Pops
For Honeyduke’s Acid Pops, we just had a bowl of Smarties Lollies but you can use any type of sucker for these.
48. Chocolate Frogs
Chocolate Frogs are a fun Harry Potter party food to have at your party. Each chocolate frog comes with a cool collecting card that Potter fans will appreciate.
If the collecting cards aren’t important to you, then you could make your own by using a frog mold like this.
Harry Potter Chocolate Frog
49. Gringotts Galleon
You can find actual chocolate Gringotts Galleons on the Jelly Belly website otherwise you can use any chocolate coins like these.
50. Cockroach Clusters
For cockroach clusters, we just had a bowl of chocolate-covered pecan clusters. You can make your own or pick up a bag similar to these.
51. Droobles Gum
For Droobles gum we just used Dubble Bubble gumballs and paired them with the Droobles Gum Honeydukes label.
52. Chocolate Wands
Pocky sticks make perfect chocolate wands and a great Harry Potter Party food snack.
Pocky Biscuit Sticks
53. Dragon Eggs
Chocolate eggs like these Reese’s ones would make great dragon eggs for your party.
54. Butterbeer Chews
I initially picked up these caramel chews to use as Butterbeer chews. However, I ended up stumbling across the actual Harry Potter Butterbeer chews at a Farm and Fleet in Wisconsin, so I picked them up.
However, we were not impressed with the actual Harry Potter Butterbeer chews and my kids and I all agreed that they did not taste good, so we chose to use the caramel chews for the party instead.
55. Slytherin Snakes
Looking to include some Slytherin snakes? Gummy worms like these are great Slytherin snakes.
56. Jelly Slugs
Jelly slugs are another Honeydukes treat and Harry Potter party food. You can find Jelly Slugs off Amazon or the Jelly Belly website.
Harry Potter Jelly Slugs
57. Sherbet Lemons
Harry Potter fans know that Sherbet Lemons were one of Dumbledore’s favorites making them a perfect Honeydukes treat to have at your Harry Potter party.
You can get a bag of Sherbet Lemons like these or fill a bowl with any other lemon candy such as Lemonheads.
Sherbet Lemons
Lemonhead Hard Candy
Free Printable Harry Potter Food Labels
Once you have decided what your menu will be for your Harry Potter party make sure to download and print these free printable Harry Potter party food labels.
I recommend using Cardstock like this so your food tent cards stay up.
After you’ve printed them, cut out the food labels you plan to use and fold them in half. Then, place the food tent cards in front of your Harry Potter food.
If you have other Harry Potter party food ideas that I have not included, you can use the blank tent cards I have included on the last page of the printable.
Free Printable Honeydukes Treat Labels
If you plan to include Honeydukes treats at your Harry Potter party don’t forget to download and use these labels!
I hope this helps you plan the most fun and memorable Harry Potter party. I’d love to hear all about it!
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