Planning a Jurassic-themed party? I have 21+ fun dinosaur party food ideas that will make your celebration even more special. From dino “bones” to carnivore snacks, there are so many great ideas to inspire you on this list.
21+ Fun Dinosaur Party Food Ideas Kids Will Go Crazy for
1. Chicken Wings
For the “carnivore” dinosaur crowd, chicken wings are a great option. You can make them yourself, or you can have them catered.
Chick-fil-A offers trays, and you can often find similar options in local grocery stores.
Make sure that you’re serving these with dipping sauce.
2. Dinosaur Egg Cake Balls
These cake balls are adorable, tasty and the perfect fit for a dinosaur party. For the base, you can either make cupcakes or cake from scratch, or you can purchase premade cakes.
You’ll need to crumble them up and then add a can of your favorite frosting. Be generous with the frosting. The cupcakes shouldn’t be crumbly. They should be easy to mold into egg shapes.
Let them freeze overnight. Follow Totally The Bomb’s recipe for fondant to complete your eggs.
3. Dinosaur Sundae
Looking for quick and easy dinosaur party food ideas? These sundaes are perfect, and you can serve them in individual dessert cups.
You’ll need vanilla ice cream and lots of green gel food coloring. The ice cream is divided into four bowls, each getting different amounts of food coloring to create a gradient effect in the cup.
Just before serving, you’ll top each cup with crushed Oreos, chocolate peanut M&Ms, mini chocolate eggs and dinosaur gummy candies.
4. Dinosaur Dessert Bar
These dessert bars are so delicious, and they make a fun addition to any party. White cake mix will save you time when preparing this recipe.
Cutefetti shows you how to use green and yellow food coloring to create a colorful, swirly cake. Then, you’ll top with frosting and dinosaur sprinkles.
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5. Jurassic Park’s Dinosaur Footprint Sandwich Platter
This sandwich platter is perfect for your dinosaur party. You can customize it however you want with different variations: turkey, ham or roast beef.
Offer different cheeses (cheddar, provolone, etc.) and toppings.
To make it match the theme, use a dinosaur footprint cookie cutter to make each sandwich shaped like a footprint.
Get creative with your options to really impress your guests.
6. Layers of the Earth Pudding Cups
These tasty pudding cups are both fun and educational because they reflect the different layers of the Earth:
- Inner core: marshmallows
- Second inner core: yellow vanilla pudding
- Outer core: orange vanilla pudding
- Inner mantle: red vanilla pudding
- Outer mantle: chocolate pudding
- Crust: crushed Oreos
- Grass: green coconut
Each dessert cup can be topped with a plastic dinosaur to keep with the theme.
7. No-Churn Dinosaur Ice Cream
A homemade ice cream that’s so fun to make and serve. Kids of all ages will absolutely love this treat.
Food coloring and toppings like chocolate eggs and fruit rolls make this ice cream special.
The Bewitchin Kitchen walks you through this recipe step by step.
8. Jurassic World Raptor Punch
No list of dinosaur party food ideas is complete without at least one punch recipe. Serve this punch in a glass beverage dispenser, so everyone can see the fun color.
It’s a super simple but tasty recipe that mixes Sprite, pineapple juice, Simply Lemonade and lemon-lime Kool-Aid drink mix.
Add the ingredients to your dispenser, and stir with a spoon.
9. Dinosaur Fudge
This dinosaur fudge is delicious and so colorful. Your guests will be clamoring to give them a try.
But what’s really great about this recipe is that it’s so easy to make. Simply melt white chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and unsalted butter in a saucepan. Add green food coloring, and pour into a baking pan.
Decorate with sprinkles, and refrigerate for at least six hours.
10. Oreo Bon Bon Dinosaur Eggs
These dinosaur eggs are adorable and tasty. You’ll start with a classic Oreo Bon Bon recipe, which only needs two ingredients: a package of Oreo cookies and a package of cream cheese.
Blend the cookies and cream cheese together to make a paste, and start shaping them into eggs. Then, dip them into melted white chocolate. Dip a new toothbrush into melted chocolate, and use it to flick and drizzle the chocolate on top. This last step creates little flecks of color.
11. Dinosaur Donuts
These donuts are so cute, and they’re not overly complicated to prepare. To make your life easier, use a donut maker.
You’ll also need some cookie stampers for your fondant to transform your donuts into dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Notes walks you through each step of preparing these donuts.
12. Dinosaur Cupcakes
These dinosaur cupcakes are the perfect fit for your party, and they’re super simple to make. I recommend baking chocolate cupcakes for this recipe (it fits the theme and frosting colors better), but you could use vanilla if you prefer.
You’ll add green and brown frosting. To make your cupcakes look like dinosaurs, you’ll melt candy melts and pour them into star molds. Stick the stars into the frosting to create the dinosaur’s “spikes.”
13. Dinosaur Dirt Cups
Dirt cups are always a crowd pleaser, especially for kids. Each cup features layers of crushed Oreo cookies and chocolate pudding mixed with Cool Whip.
Top each cup with either a dinosaur gummy or a toy that guests can take home with them.
Serve these in individual dessert cups that your guests can take and enjoy at their own leisure.
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14. Dinosaur Sandwiches
One of the simplest dinosaur party food ideas on this list, but it also happens to be one of the cutest.
Kids will love these sandwiches. Use dinosaur cookie cutters to create these fun shapes, and offer different options. Turkey, ham, roast beef and even vegetarian options are ideal
15. Dinosaur Pasta
A tasty dish that everyone will love. The dinosaur pasta shape is the star of the show here. Feel free to customize the ingredients however you want, but this recipe calls for:
- Broccoli florets
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cubed cheese
- Turkey bacon crumbles
Combine all of the ingredients and serve warm. Or, if you want to turn this into a pasta salad, you could add ranch dressing to the mix.
16. Dino Pizza Bites
These pizza bites are delicious, and with a little creativity, you can easily match the dinosaur theme of your party.
You can use premade pizza bites, or you can prepare your own. To make the dinosaurs, use a cookie cutter on slices of fresh mozzarella. Top each pizza bite with a dinosaur, and serve.
17. Rice Krispie Treats Dinosaur Eggs
These dinosaur eggs are perfect for your party. Just follow the original Rice Krispies treat recipe. Cut your treats into squares, and then shape them into eggs.
Adding a few speckles of green and blue coloring to your eggs will make them more visually appealing and create that speckled look that dinosaur eggs are supposed to have.
18. Herbivore Tray
Want to offer some healthier food options? Try this herbivore tray. It offers raw fresh veggies, like carrots, tomatoes, celery and broccoli, along with olives and dip.
You can serve whatever combination of vegetables you want. I’ve found premade trays at the supermarket, which can save you even more time.
19. Dinosaur Charcuterie
This is one of my favorite dinosaur party food ideas because you can get so creative with it. The Pinner here cleverly carved a watermelon to look like a dinosaur head.
Each eye is made with half of a lime and a black olive. The “spikes” are made from a pineapple slice. The head of the pineapple creates a jungle-like feel.
As for the rest of the board, you can load it up with whatever you want. Here are some ideas:
- Hardboiled eggs
- Waffles
- Fresh berries
- Red grapes
- Sliced strawberries
- Babybel cheese
You can also add some nuts and veggies to the mix to round things out.
20. Dinosaur Eyes
Who doesn’t love a good deviled egg? Add a slice of a black olive to the yolk filling, and you have a dinosaur “eye.”
Just follow your favorite deviled egg recipe – minus the paprika topping. Add your olive slice, and you’re ready to serve.
Some people like to add red food coloring to the filling, but you don’t have to. This recipe looks and tastes great on its own.
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21. Dinosaur Cookies
How cute are these cookies? You can serve them as dessert at your party, and kids will love them.
Start with your favorite sugar cookie recipe. Shape the dough into balls, and use a toy dinosaur to place a “footprint” into each cookie.
Bake and top with green sprinkles.
22. Dinosaur Bones
I love simple food ideas like these. Kids love them, and making them is stress-free. In fact, you could cheat and use store-bought chocolate-covered pretzels.
But it’s just as easy to make them yourself. You’ll need some white chocolate melts and pretzels.
Dip each pretzel into your melted white chocolate. Allow them to set on a baking tray lined with wax paper. Chill for at least a few hours before serving.
I sometimes like to do a double coating of chocolate to make them extra tasty.
