So I decided to throw this blue-themed party last weekend because my kid’s been obsessed with the color since watching that underwater cartoon. Wanted food that’d wow both the little monsters and grown-ups without costing a fortune or taking three days to make.
Planning Phase Madness
First thing Saturday morning, I raid my pantry staring at ingredients like a detective. Realized real fast there ain’t many naturally blue foods – blueberries are basically purple! Googled “edible blue stuff” and found out about spirulina powder and butterfly pea flower tea. Ordered both online real quick while chewing my nails hoping they’d arrive before the party.
Grocery Store Struggle
Hit the supermarket with my crazy list:
- Cream cheese (three blocks, ended up using five)
- White chocolate chips (for blue dye camouflage)
- Jello boxes – grabbed every blue flavor they had
- Potato chips (weird choice? Wait for it…)
- Baguettes that looked sadder than I felt
Forgot food coloring entirely had to Uber to craft store while cursing under my breath.
Kitchen Chaos
Blue Dip Disaster: Mixed cream cheese with sour cream and blue spirulina powder. Looked like Smurf puke. Kept adding white chocolate to tone it down. Kid walks in, screams “MONSTER MASH!” and runs away.
Chip Hack Save: Painted blue food coloring onto plain chips with pastry brush. They actually turned out cool like ocean waves after baking 5 minutes. Crispy blue salty magic.
Jelly Fish Cups: Made layered blue Jello in clear cups. Dropped spoonfuls of Greek yogurt in mid-set for “jellyfish.” More yogurt sunk than floated. Called them deep-sea creatures instead.
Last Minute Panic
Two hours before guests arrive, realize everything’s varying shades of ugly blue. Grabbed edible glitter like my life depended on it. Sprinkled that fairy dust on EVERYTHING – cookies, fruit skewers, even the blue lemonade. Suddenly looked intentional and magical.
Party Verdict
Kids inhaled the glittery blue cookies like tiny hungry piranhas. Adults pretended to dislike blue chips but kept sneaking them. Blue cocktails disappeared fastest – vodka with butterfly pea tea changes color from blue to purple when you add lime! Mind-blowing party trick. Would I do it again? Yeah, but with industrial glitter supply.