80's style food ideas purlease!

Hot Dog Sausages on sticks

Vol-au-Vents

Quiche

Party Rings

French Fancies

Soggy Sandwiches

Iced Gems - still love these!

Not sure if these are more 70s than 80s but Ive had them at many a birthday party when I was kid in the 80s

Sausages on sticks

Jelly/Ice-cream

French Fancies

Crisps

Cheese and pineapple

chocolate rice krispie cakes

Prawn cocktails? You could have a lettuce leaf topped with some prawn cocktail. Easy to pick up and eat. Smoked salmon and cream cheese pinwheels - made with white bread of course! ?

A blancmange in the shape of a rabbit with green jell around the edge to look like grass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_ring

We used to have chicken kievs far more often then than we ever do now, Mum used to make them and they really were delicious - I may have to put them on the menu this week. If you can't be faffed to make them, mini kievs? Do they even do them now? PMSL you could do a Bernard Matthews range, turkey drummer anyone? Booodiful.

Black forest gateau/mini trifles

prawn cocktail

twiglets

vol au vants/Quiche

Arctic Roll

can't think of anything else

God I loved a party ring takes me right back!

Brilliant, thanks guys. All I kept coming up with was sweet stuff yet I still forgot party rings and iced gems!

Does anyone else remember Super Whip, a kind of instant whipped cream in a tub? My brother suggested a bag of 'broken biscuits' like mum used to buy from Kwik Save 😢 Every, single bloody one tasted of custard creams!

Prawn cocktail on a leaf is very doable . And I think Iceland sell mini-kievs. I used to live on Turkey Drummer sandwiches when I was about 14, I think I'd hurl just to look at one now though.

And i can make a version of that evil blancmange rabbit. I've got a cat jelly mould, I can make up some jelly, whizz it with some condensed milk and get cat blancmangey mousse!

Should be a great night, I've got this box set I Love 80s Movies.

Oh! What about drinks? Cream soda? Dandelion and Burdock?

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I remember those raspberry ripple mousses. Can't believe you can still buy them!! I loved Super WHip too!

Drinks: Babycham, Snowball

Smash! I used to love powdered mash potato with cheese and salad. Very bizarre.

Canned fruit salad with tip top?

I think I used to drink Vimto in the 80s.

Some great ideas here.

You could get some ice poles (pops?) Can you still get Cremola Foam?

Home-made, grown-up, slush puppies - crush ice in the blender and add raspberry liqueur, white rum, a splash of cranberry juice and lime juice to taste.

I still drink cream soda, dandelion and burdock, and vimto ?

Sounds like a fab. evening you have planned.

You could offer some pot noodles too ? There was an 80s episode of the supersizers on not so long ago, if you're still looking for ideas, you could see if it's still on iPlayer.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, really appreciated. Vimto makes me a bit ?

Just back from the supermarket armed with mini kievs, raspberry ripple meece and French Fancies. I also bought a Wispa and a bottle of Dandelion and Burdock for research purposes

Mrs M, what on earth is Cremola Foam. It sounds incredibly 80s chic!

Luthien, I'm well on for the grown up slush puppies. It should be a great night. I'm a big John Hughes fan and <two sheds icon> I've got a cinema projector and a big white wall</two sheds icon> so when I say movie night I really mean it!

Eep, H just reminded me that the Breville came out in the 80s! I've got one at the back of the cupboard so I'll definitely knock up a couple of them. I remember cheesy beans or spam. My mum once made corned beef hash toasties with left overs and it was actually gorgeous!

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Weirdly, before I logged on and saw your post today, Mr L. and I joined the Tesco DVD club and had been looking up John Hughes films to rent.

ETA: My Great Aunt had a Breville and a Soda Stream. I thought she was so cool.

Blimey a Breville AND a Soda Stream?! She must have been minted as well as awesomely cool!

I didn't know Tesco has a DVD rental club. I've just signed up for the free trial the first four movies on my list are all Muppet movies, followed by Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I am officially a child.

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