A Pirates Party Menu for Adults and the Kids Too!

This Pirate party will delight your guests old and young. There are some ideas that can be great for a more adult pirate party such as Warm Buttered Rum. Yum! Or ideas that are better for a kids pirate party such as those gold foil chocolate coins. A great party menu can really make your party outstanding and memorable for your friends and family. After all there's nothing a yummy as being able to chow down on someone else's foodstuffs.

Your pirate guests are probably too small to drink grog but there's plenty of buttered rum flavored cake, cookie and candy recipes to make an authentic Caribbean party. Purchased rum flavoring can be substituted for the vanilla flavoring in any favorite recipe. It is especially effective as a flavoring in icing so that a traditional birthday cake with rum flavoring is probably the best option. Decorate with a plastic cake topper treasure chest and use gold foil wrapped chocolate coins in a candy dish or party favor sized nut cups. What do pirates eat? Well they probably ate a lot of fish while laying low on deserted islands. Fish sticks and French fries are simple but appropriate menu options. Tropical fruits either served raw or in the form of fruit punch will also create the desired island atmosphere. A watermelon boat might be a fun and healthy way to further the pirate theme. Use three wooden skewers to create masts on the half watermelon that is scooped out with a melon ball maker. Make sails for the masts from cheesecloth or paper. Refill with the melon balled fruit pieces and small chunks of your other favorite fruits. A small skull and crossbones flag should be made on paper or cloth with magic marker and flown proudly over the other deserts at your party. Once you have your Pirate party menu down pat you'll be looking for some activities to keep your guests occupied. Arrgh! A costume party is lots of fun for this event and guests can come dressed as their favorite buccaneers. Have plenty of pirate themed games on hand to start up the minute your party starts to get a little run down and nothings more fun than a treasure hunt. Did someone say gold?