The smell of roasting peanuts, grilled hot dogs and buttery popcorn -- all redolent of a trip to the ball park. Replicate these sensations with a tream building- sports-themed birthday party, team building sports-bar theme night or a simple get-together to watch the big game on television. Wow your guests with the traditional and personalized snack foods found at stadium concession stands.
Snack Bar
Stage an area in the party venue for a snack bar that allows participants the option to grab-and-go with their food items. Arrange a nacho and taco bar with cooked and seasoned ground meat, nacho cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, diced onions, jalapenos, bacon bits, sour cream and diced tomatoes. Allow participants to help themselves to a plate of sporty snack foods just like the ones served at the ballpark or stadium.
Finger Foods
Commonly found in concession stands at sporting events, finger-food candy and snacks such as Boston Baked Beans, sunflower seeds and Hot Tamales go over well. Offer Big League Chew bubblegum, peanuts in the shell and Cracker Jack as traditional baseball options as well as Corn Nuts and Slim Jims for additional hand-held snacks. In addition to snacks and candy, serve miniature hot dogs or sausages wrapped in crescent roll pastry and sliders with cheese and vegetable toppings.
Sweets
Personalize cakes and cupcakes with sports-themed decorations. Trim a 13-by-9-inch cake into a football shape and embellish it with brown and white icing. Cupcakes iced in white frosting can be transformed into baseball cupcakes with pieces of red licorice or red pastry gel. You can decorate an 8-inch round cake in the style of a soccer ball using black and white icing accents, or trim a sheet cake into the shape of a jersey and use icing to personalize it with your team's colors and insignia.
Stadium Snacks
To go all out with your celebration, rent sno-cone, popcorn and cotton-candy machines for big-time authenticity for sport teams in team building. Purchase enough supplies in advance to feed each guest in attendance at least two portions -- it's hard to stop at just one of these treats. Enlist volunteer help to make the snacks to order.
Snack Bar
Stage an area in the party venue for a snack bar that allows participants the option to grab-and-go with their food items. Arrange a nacho and taco bar with cooked and seasoned ground meat, nacho cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, diced onions, jalapenos, bacon bits, sour cream and diced tomatoes. Allow participants to help themselves to a plate of sporty snack foods just like the ones served at the ballpark or stadium.
Finger Foods
Commonly found in concession stands at sporting events, finger-food candy and snacks such as Boston Baked Beans, sunflower seeds and Hot Tamales go over well. Offer Big League Chew bubblegum, peanuts in the shell and Cracker Jack as traditional baseball options as well as Corn Nuts and Slim Jims for additional hand-held snacks. In addition to snacks and candy, serve miniature hot dogs or sausages wrapped in crescent roll pastry and sliders with cheese and vegetable toppings.
Sweets
Personalize cakes and cupcakes with sports-themed decorations. Trim a 13-by-9-inch cake into a football shape and embellish it with brown and white icing. Cupcakes iced in white frosting can be transformed into baseball cupcakes with pieces of red licorice or red pastry gel. You can decorate an 8-inch round cake in the style of a soccer ball using black and white icing accents, or trim a sheet cake into the shape of a jersey and use icing to personalize it with your team's colors and insignia.
Stadium Snacks
To go all out with your celebration, rent sno-cone, popcorn and cotton-candy machines for big-time authenticity for sport teams in team building. Purchase enough supplies in advance to feed each guest in attendance at least two portions -- it's hard to stop at just one of these treats. Enlist volunteer help to make the snacks to order.