37 Best Shower Recipes

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Whether planning a bridal shower or a baby shower, these 37 shower recipes will help you serve dreamy, elegant, crave-worthy finger foods to celebrate! Choose from appetizers, sandwiches, salads, dips, drinks, desserts, even chilled soups to plan a complete party menu truly worthy of your big event.

37 finger food and appetizer recipes for bridal and baby showers

It’s always such a special honor to host a beautiful shower for a sweet friend or family member. There’s nothing more exciting than walking through life together, celebrating important events and sharing excitement for their next big step!

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What Foods Do You Serve at a Shower?

And what kind of celebration would it be without just the right kind of party food? Whether you’re planning a brunch, luncheon or early afternoon event, all good shower food should be easy for your guests to hold and eat while mingling and enjoying the party.

Drinks and punches should be made in batches and simple to serve (or even self serve), so that no one has to man a punch bowl or mix drinks the whole time.

In short, party food should circulate the room as easily and beautifully as you and your guests do! And each shower recipe on this list was carefully curated just for that. Even chilled soups are portable when served in elegant shooter cups.

What Foods Do You Serve at a Shower?
Finger Foods/ Appetizers
Sandwiches
Salads
Dips
Chilled Soups
Drinks
Desserts
My Shower Must-Haves

Finger Foods/ Appetizers

Pimento Cheese Ball made with cream cheese and served on a cracker.

Favorite Southern Pimento Cheese Ball

Peach Skewers with Ham & Mozarella

Bacon Parmesan Asparagus Twists

Tomato & watermelon bruschetta on french bread

Summery Watermelon Bruschetta

Southern Cheese Straws

Easy Italian Marinated Olives

Party serving idea for Louisiana pickled shrimp

Louisiana Pickled Shrimp In a Jar

Shrimp & crab stuffed deviled eggs are perfect for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, cookouts and parties.

Louisiana Shrimp & Crab Deviled Eggs

Honey Spiced Pecans

Blueberry Muddy Buddy Snack Mix

Sausage & Cream Cheese Hand Pies

Dill Ranch Snack Crackers

Sandwiches

cucumber cream cheese sandwich on pumpernickel bread with strawberries

The Best Cucumber Sandwiches

Strawberry Cream Cheese & Ham Sandwiches on buttery croissants.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Sandwiches

A plate of biscuit sliders and a jar of pineapple red pepper jelly

Pineapple Red Pepper Jelly & Biscuit Sliders

An overhead view of pimento Cheese in a bowl

The Best Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

A completed Southern Shrimp Salad Roll on a plate with half a lemon and some dill.

Southern Shrimp Salad Roll with Lemon Dill Mayo

Tasty Lemon Chicken Salad

Salads

chunks of watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mint and a honey lime dressing to serve as a side dish or dessert.

Berry Watermelon Fruit Salad

How to serve Waldorf Pasta Chicken Salad

Waldorf Chicken Pasta Salad

Strawberry Asparagus Salad

A close up of a bowl of tortellini pasta salad.

Tuscan Tortellini Salad

Apple, Cheese, Celery Salad

Dips

Whipped Feta with Honey Dip

Dipping some strawberry salsa with a chip

Fresh Avocado Strawberry Salsa

A bowl of Creamy Chicken Dip being dipped with a corn chip.

Ultimate Creamy Chicken Dip

Ham and pineapple dip with cream cheese, green onions, pecans and mayo is a quick and easy appetizer dip

Ham & Pineapple Hawaiian Dip

A dish of Louisiana Hot Shrimp & crab Dip

Million Dollar Shrimp & Crab Dip

Creamy Peppercorn Parmesan Cheese Dip

Chilled Soups

Chilled Avocado Soup

Chilled strawberry bisque in turquoise soup bowls garnished with sliced strawberries and mint.

Summer Sweet Strawberry Bisque

Drinks

Ruby Grapefruit Punch

Coffee Punch in a white punch bowl with cups.

Classic Southern Coffee Punch

Champagne Julep Punch

Pomegranate Lime Punch

Pineapple Orange Fizzy for Brunch

Best homemade mint lemonade in a chilled mug

Refreshing Mint Lemonade

Desserts

Easy Mini Naked Cakes

Lemon Basil Squares: A New Southern Twist on an Old Favorite

Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake made in a bundt pan

Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze

Pink Champagne Cupcakes

Marshmallow Fruit Dip with cool whip, cream cheese and champagne extract surrounded by fruit.

Marshmallow Champagne Fruit Dip

Dreamy Coconut Pineapple Trifle

My Shower Must-Haves

Hosting a shower is such a joyful occasion and having the right serving pieces makes it so much easier! Here are a few of my go-to platters, drink dispensers and serving dishes with which I love to set a shower or party buffet. You can also visit the Southern Discourse Amazon Store for more shower hosting goodies!

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Whether planning a bridal shower or a baby shower, these 37 recipes will help you serve dreamy, elegant, crave-worthy finger foods to celebrate! Choose from appetizers, sandwiches, salads, dips, drinks, desserts, even chilled soups to plan a complete party menu truly worthy of your big event.

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May 11, 2022 at 3:39 pm

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