I love throwing board game nights but generally loathe planning the menu. Finding good game night snacks can be such a tricky thing! Unless you want to spend the weekend scrubbing hot wing sauce from your Rummikub tiles, first and foremost, game night snacks need to have minimum mess. To me, that means game night foods should be effortlessly eaten with one hand, via stick, chip or napkin. They should also be easy to prepare in advance then throw in the oven, or serve cold. You don’t wanna spend your night in the kitchen when there’s a murder in the conservatory to solve, you know? Here’s a recipe list to help us all serve up kick-ass game night snacks to people with various diets.
1. Soft Pretzel Bites
2. Roasted Veggie Flatbread
3. Tofu Katsu with Chilli Sauce
Via Lazy Cat Kitchen
4. Thai Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce
via The Curvy Carrot
5. Tomato & Mozzarella Caprese Skewers
via The Kitchn
6. Vegan Roasted Cauliflower Bites with Nacho Cheese Sauce
via Fat Free Vegan
7. Spinach & Feta Spanakopita Triangles
via Our Best Bites
8. Italian Breadstick Popcorn
via Pastry Affair
9. Spinach Dip Bites
via Lil’ Luna
10. Spicy Charred Baby Octopus Skewers
11. Mini Spinach and Mushroom Quiches
via Food Network
12. Baked Feta with Tomatoes
via Smitten Kitchen
13. Parmesan Chicken Bites
via Damn Delicious
14. Guacamole Potato Skins
via Fat Free Vegan
15. Sun-dried Tomato and Basil Pinwheels
16. Bacon Corn Dip
via Damn Delicious
17. Greek Meatballs (Keftedes)
via My Greek Dish
18. Baked Zucchini Fries
via Damn Delicious
19. Aussie Party Pies
via RecipeTin Eats
20. Baked Kale Chips
via Smitten Kitchen
21. Greek Yogurt Honey Blueberry Muffins
via Baker By Nature
22. Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes
23. Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
via A Pinch of Yum
okay these look great but the baby octopods freak me out
SAME i think if i saw those at a game night i’d probably spend a good chunk of it crying over them
Yeah, I’m not a vegetarian but after watching octopuses open jars and everything else I’m fairly sure I can’t ever eat one…
Everything else looks delicious!!
But messy snacks are what game night (or in my case D&D night) is all about… These do look nice though.
This makes me want to have a game night!!
How did you know I needed a chocolate cupcake recipe to impress my lovely vegan Celiac gal pal? Also the guacamole potato skins look so tasty.
I never thought to combine guac and potatoes, so that recipe stopped me in my tracks!
ha ha party pie shoutout! those are the fanciest party pies I’ve ever seen though. in fact I’m not sure they should qualify if they don’t come out of a box.
Woah, this post is like adulting on steroids. Ty for the recipes.
I want to make all of these. But just for long term snacking. My friends get way too aggressive when we play board games
Bacon. Corn. Dip.
What. The. Fuck.
I just read this and am already having elaborate fantasies of being a plus one to a games night and sneaking off with the host to the mountains where we feed each other bacon corn dip.
Bacon corn dip: what I didn’t know I was missing.
Can confirm baked kale chips are super tasty. I just wanna eat everything on this list – with both hands.
This list is divine! Thank you so much for including vegan options :) I want a straddler games night so bad
But but but octopus is too tender to grill, it’ll over cook :(
And would be too tempting to pull a Michigan J. Frog with. What would that even be with an octopus?
Cephalopoda S. Octopus…?
I scrolled down a little too fast to see all of the pictures, and I thought I read Italian Breadstick Porn instead of Italian Breadstick Popcorn.
Seriously, go home right now and make those pretzel bites. You won’t regret it.
Unless… you do what I did, and eat them all with the cheese sauce whilst home alone and scrolling through things you could watch on Netflix, before your SO comes home.
Although, they were so delicious I don’t regret that either! *cue evil laughter*
Hi Crystal,
Personally, I wouldn’t touch any of these except the cookies. Our game nights are for junk food. :)
Amazing! Very useful for board game nights! Kale chips!? that’s a new one for me. Awesome!
There is so much variety here I am confused about which one should I try first? Simply loved it
I lvoe the 18th Baked Zucchini Fries most!
what a nice article you have on your blog