Hi Friends! As the warm weather months are fast approaching we are getting excited about summer entertaining. Here are 25 of our favorite appetizer, snacks and drink ideas from the archives for your next summer party. Enjoy!
Have any summer favorites of your own? We'd love to hear. Happy entertaining! xo. Emma + Elsie
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Oooooh – this post is perfect because we are having a small dinner party next week! I want to try some of these!
Love,
Stephanie May*
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YUMMY! My Goal is to try making everything atleast once.. but judging by how delicious they all are I am sure they will be getting made a lot more then just once!
Avocado salad and mojitos are perfect for summer lunch! I love photographing cocktails too.
Sam
http://liveandlove.typepad.com
Everything looks delicious!! 🙂
That ‘s fantastic food and healthy! I’ve read some people use this recipies for making party?! I also cook some delicious fried potato and meat! I use special equipment for it. here https://bestairfryer.reviews/. It can be seemed expencive to buy fryer specially for party, but than you realize that you can use it all way long!
Everything on this list looks AMAZING!
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All so good and delicious!! xx
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must.. eat.. something..
…cucumber margarita, mmmm, sounds delicious i have to try it! 🙂
When the weather gets warmer in the East Coast I am planning to do some of these for a BBQ!
I love your food posts. Makes me want to cook myself! I definitely want to try out the homemade funnel cakes!
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you are inspired for me!
Ooooh these look amazing!I am definitely making whisky sours at the next barbecue – I love taking mini victoria sponges(http://tinyurl.com/be5a2t8) to barbecues or garden parties as they look pretty and are sooo yum or a panzanella (http://tinyurl.com/aj2f27o) oh and of course chicken and bacon burgers (http://tinyurl.com/am6tu59)xx
i actually just posted about how hosting a summer party is on my summertime to-do list! we haven’t had a housewarming party yet and are waiting until the new house is juuust right. so these came at a great time!
YUM! These all look absolutely delicious and perfect for summer entertaining!
xxx
Lady à la Mode
Oh my God these are amazing! I’m hungry again and I just ate.. 😀
Such awesome ideas! Can’t wait to have BBQs this summer! Lemonade is my favorite thing right now! Thanks for sharing
everything looks soooo good!
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they look so good, the cake pop is so cute!!!
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it’s look great, want to do it 😉
loveee it! Very nice ideas! I will use! xx
Thank you girls so so much for this post! It’s finally feeling like spring here in Paris, and summer is right around the corner. These will make it unforgettable 🙂
Smiles and all the best,
Savannah
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Okay, I really just want to come hang out with you and watch all this magic happen 🙂 Thanks for all the inspiration!
perfect list! i’m definitely going to make the rosemary lemonade and brussel sprout chips.
tr[i]b[e]cca
OO, so many yummy things
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IF I COULD jump into my computer screen and have my way with each of these- I sure would. They all look AMAZING! I can’t WAIT to try all of them. Thanks for sharing. Super-duper YUMMY!
Awesome! I just went ahead and pinned half of these. Thanks for adding to my recipe collection, as always! 🙂
Looks delicious !
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Love from Paris
Think I’m gonna go for a margarita/avocado/fries/mojito/cornonthecob/cupcakes/pizzabites/lemonades/cakepops night ! got some work to get done…
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these photos are killing me! yum
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The food looks absolutely delicious… I’m really hungry now. I love homemade chips as well! The drinks also look so good
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first of all: hi from germany! when i was little, my thai mom would make green papaya salad with peanuts at least once a month and serve it with sticky rice. it’s luscious, fresh, and spicy, and it goes really well with a little bread and some grilled fish. i inherited the recipe from my mom (who inherited it from her mom who inherited it from her mom and so on) and today my friends always request that i make some when we get together to barbecue. you can find the basic recipe here: http://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/green-papaya-salad
p.s.: instead of green papaya you can also use cucumber and make an asian style cucumber salad!
Everything looks so delicious, can’t wait to try some of them out.
http://sincerelylara.com
Mouthwatering goodness
wooow! soo yummy! thank you!! 🙂
Everything looks great!! I’ll never be able to decide which recipes to make…
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Fun collection! 🙂
These all look delicious! I will have to try my hand at making some of them over the summer, especially the pizza bites 😀
Elanor xxx
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Love love LOVE this post ! It’s everything I want for summer gatherings ! Thanks for the amazing lemonade and cocktail ideas !
Awesome! I was just sitting down to make plans for our outdoor bbq rehearsal dinner and decided to check in with A Beautiful Mess. Perfect timing!
I love, love, LOVE your drink recipes. Also, I made your avocado salad and it was DELISH! Great recap!
So hungry right now, got my wisdom tooth removed today, so can’t really eat. Looking at these pictures is like torture…:( http://www.flaircat.com
that avacado salad is amazing looking. I will deff be serving that at my next house party!
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The photos are gorgeous, as is the food I’d imagine. The lemonades look wonderful!
Ah all of it looks great! I’ll definitely be trying some of them out this summer!
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Feeling so inspired. Yummmmm
I honestly just pinned every single one of those recipes!
Thanks for sharing this.
xoxo
I think the Pineapple Upside Down Cakes look the most delicious! Which was your favorite recipe that you created?
AH! Avocado Salad! Genius, Love it!
This post has so many perfect ideas! My dad’s favourite cake is pineapple upside down cake… I’ll need to make those cupcakes the next time my fiance and I go out to my parents’ farm.
My all time favorite Summer time drink is a watermelon martini with fresh watermelon juice!!! I can’t wait until watermelons are in season for this reason!
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Homemade pickles and Thai beans sound delicious!
Lauren
livinginaboxx
Perfect timing! I’m throwing a surprise party for a friend on my rooftop deck this weekend. I was planning to make frozen fries (and even got some cute paper containers for them) but I’m definitely going to give those brown sugar fries a try instead 🙂
I like the cheese pennants too! 🙂
Want to try cucumber margarita!
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So many amazing things to make!
Carina xx
http://carstina.blogspot.co.nz/
Oh my, everything looks soooo delicious! I always feel like cooking and baking after reading your blog 🙂
/Tine
http://solastdecadeblog.blogspot.dk
Thanks for sharing this, this will come in handy for the summer. Really awesome post.
deary me this made me incredibly hungry/thirsty
Anything with avacado, I’m sold!
Jillian – http://epic-thread.blogspot.com
Oh man, the brussel sprout chips! Awesome post!
I got a bunch of useful tips from your post. I’m lovin’ at the moment the whiskey ginger and the cucumber water!
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#10, the s’mores, holy hell! Why have I never thought of that before! Simply amazing!
The green beans and Brussels sprouts look amazing! Must try this weekend!
OH it looks so good! I love the little flags on the cheese 🙂
oooo I remember the corn on the cob ideas! YUMMY
grace
http://herumbrella.com
frozen hot chocolatee! mmm perfect for pool parties!
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So cute, I love all of these ideas! Especially the cheese tray and mini corn dogs : ). So glad it’s finally Spring!
Mary
http://marymarysgarden.wordpress.com
it’s seen so yammi……
now i feel hungaryyyyy
OMG! How can you keep fit with such delicious recipes, girls? Hahahaha…
I love your website, so, I love you, beautiful ladies!
Keep posting…
Kisses and bear hugs from Brazil,
Sue 😉
These all look Amazing! I don’t even know where to begin except to say that I can’t wait to try some of these. The avocados look delish and are so colorful and beautiful.
Jen
http://fashionablyfestive.blogspot.com/
Oh wow, some fantastic ideas here! Really like the look of the whiskey gingers 😉
Yummy I want to try all of these delicious recipes!
These are great ideas – I am inspired!
Heather: http://www.tulsalifestyled.com
And now I’m wishing I had a backyard! I am looking forward to my move back to iowa, at least I will have close friends for bbq’s there, even if my boyfriend will not be around for a bit 🙁 I will definitely be hitting some of these fabulous recipes up!
Some great ideas that I should remember for the graduation party my friend and I are going to give this summer.
At the moment my favorite thing I like to make when people come over is probably cheese-curry cookies. I could eat them all day.
Beautiful and delicious…..I am gonna to try them all! Thanx for sharing
Absolutely love all of these ideas! I cannot wait to try some of these and have an outdoor party!
Ariana
Shopaholic Undercover
Oh baby, that Rosemary Lemonade sounds SO RIGHT about now…
This is such a epic list of things I must make.
OH MY GOODNESS. The further down this list I went the more my mouth hung open and watered.
Cucumber water, oh how I love cucumber water!