Fun Winter Foods You’ll Love

Baked Cheese Tartlets

Ashton Kelley Photography

Start off your cocktail hour with winter-friendly snacks like baked-brie-and-cheese tarts served with nuts, fruit jams and pear slices.

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Tomato soup and grilled cheese
Kristen Gardner Photography

Take a classic cold weather combo and shrink it down to cocktail-hour size, like these winning tomato soup shooters and grilled cheese wedge plates.

Potato Bar (With Toppings!)

Mashed Potato Bar
Julina Marie Photography

There’s a potato for everyone when you set up a table at your reception topped with tater tots, baked and mashed potatoes, french fries and stuffed potato skins. And trust us—there won’t be any leftovers at this food bar!

Soup Sips in Mini Mugs

Soup shooters
Meg Perotti

Get creative with how you serve winter staples. Mini mugs make soup a portable, easy-to-sip hors d’oeuvre.

Macaroni-and-Cheese Bites

Mac-and-cheese bites
Jason Burns Photograph

Crowd-pleasing comfort food like mac and cheese gets a fun, cocktail-worthy twist in bite-size servings.

Macaroni-and-Cheese Bites

Roasted Veggies
Millie Holloman

Crowd-pleasing comfort food like mac and cheese gets a fun, cocktail-worthy twist in bite-size servings.

Hot Chocolate and Toppings Bar

Hot Chocolate With Custom Sleeves
Robin Proctor Photography

Treat your guests to a cup of hot cocoa (with calligraphed drink sleeves). Set out a buffet of toppings choices, from rock candy and peppermint stick stirrers to whipped cream and sprinkles.

Mini Chocolate Lava Cakes

Mini chocolate lava cakes
Watson Studios

In place of, or in addition to, the wedding cake, offer warmed individual chocolate lava cakes!

To-Go Poutine Bar

Poutine Bar

A Simple Photograph

Set up a to-go poutine bar at the end of the reception to satisfy guests’ late-night cravings. This Canadian tradition starts with a base of french fries and is topped with gravy and cheese curds.

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Source: The Knot by Bridget Clegg
Featured Image: Studio Finch Photography

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