Nostalgic birthday party food you had as a child

[Anonymous]

I remember bowls of punch with little glass cups and fruit floating in it - that’s about it. Maybe the little ice cream cups, but they were often little Italian tortoni with ground almond on top from a local place. I guess we were fancy.

[Anonymous]

Homemade cake and icing. Homemade vanilla ice cream which always turned out soft.

[Anonymous]

I made cupcakes baked into ice cream cones for my kids/their friends and they loved it. I always requested those for my own birthday parties lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made cupcakes baked into ice cream cones for my kids/their friends and they loved it. I always requested those for my own birthday parties lol

I made those cone cupcakes for a bake sale in 1985 and made a lot of money.

A lot of good answers have been given.

I think rainbow sherbet used to be more popular.

Cake toppers were more simplistic. We used to use those cheap hard icing letters that were sold on a cardboard backing in the baking aisle.

Based on what I've read on DCUM, we played Pin the Tail on the Donkey at older ages than kids today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember cynical push pops, similar in size to a toilet paper roll, but had a little plunger that pushed the ice cream up.

I could use a cynical push pop about now.

[Anonymous]

My mom always made me artichokes on my birthday. Yeah, maybe a little weird, but I still like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made cupcakes baked into ice cream cones for my kids/their friends and they loved it. I always requested those for my own birthday parties lol

Those were the BEST! I always loved when someone brought them to school for a birthday treat. At home, I’d always request a funfetti cake. I make these for my children too- except I make the cake and frosting homemade (not boxed mix with coordinating funfetti frosting in a tub)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember cynical push pops, similar in size to a toilet paper roll, but had a little plunger that pushed the ice cream up.

I could use a cynical push pop about now.

And this is now my favorite autocorrect

[Anonymous]

Mom made sponge cake filled with dulce de leche.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember cynical push pops, similar in size to a toilet paper roll, but had a little plunger that pushed the ice cream up.

I could use a cynical push pop about now.

And this is now my favorite autocorrect

I also appreciate a cynical push pop, but sometimes just the kids get those while I enjoy my irked coffee—just the thing on a summer afternoon.

And we all love jaded tomato sauce (Rao’s in a pinch, but ideally one that’s over $10/jar…the extra expense adds to the whole effect). 😉

[Anonymous]

Ice cream from a box and served in slices
The sherbet tub that you float in a punch bowl with ginger ale
Homemade chex mix with ranch dressing powder
Fruit roll ups
Potato chips with chive dip on the side

[Anonymous]

Birthdays were awesome because I got to pick out the box of cake mix at the store. I'd always pick something weird like pineapple. Plus, we'd get potato chips and real Cokes in a can.

[Anonymous]

Just see if an ice cream truck can stop by during rounds.

[Anonymous]

Charles potato chips. Bottle seltzer for ice cream floats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6yo is turning 7 in July and this is our first inside of home/backyard birthday party. We had an apartment rec center previously.

I want to indulge my childhood memories for this. So far I remember:

Homemade Rice Krispy Treats
Ice cream cups with the wooden sticks and I think a time or two the neopolitan square ice cream bars
Juice jugs - the mini ones Huggies
Pizza or Hot Dogs were the main course choices nearly always

What else did people often have at parties back in the 80s/90s?

Why do you want to pass to your kid the food you liked 30 yrs ago?
A lot of times those things don't translate.

Just have your kid pick a few of his favorite foods abd let him create his own nostalgia.