How to make a festive New Year's Eve party platter
Make your New Year's Eve party an instant success with the right party platter. Your guests inevitably expect to snack on tasty foods, but you can spice up even ordinary or healthy foods with the right presentation. New Year's Eve parties are almost always include drinking, so serve food continually throughout the night to keep your guests from getting too tipsy or hungry. Does this Spark an idea?
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Serve foods that are bite-sized and easy to eat. Foods like sliced apples or bananas, cheese cubes, meat or bread are simple to eat and won't require your guests to carry around silverware.
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Insert colorful toothpicks into each piece of food for ease of eating and to add color and decor to the platter. You can use ordinary toothpicks and attach a festive sticker to the end for added color, buy pre-colored toothpicks or even purchase miniature umbrella toothpicks to add even more excitement.
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Place a small centerpiece in the center of the platter in lieu of dipping sauce. Choose something that matches the theme of the night or even a small helium-filled balloon with a decorative weight. If you prefer to serve dipping sauce, avoid the expected and aim for something colorful or unusual, such as a new salsa or hummus instead of Ranch dressing.
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Cover a thick piece of cardboard with tinfoil or colored paper if you don't own a large enough platter.If you're serving drinks, sprinkle glitter across the platter before you place the glasses on it to give an added sparkle to the platter.
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