Who doesn’t love a good birthday celebration? Birthdays are full of all kinds of traditions, from tearing open presents to decorating with balloons and streamers. One tradition that tops them all is the birthday cake.
But as much as we all love cake, sometimes it can get a little bland and boring. If you’re looking to spice things up for an upcoming birthday celebration, try one of these six birthday celebration treats that aren’t cake.
Cookies
When you’re looking to satisfy a sweet tooth but don’t have the patience for cake, cookies make an excellent, easy alternative.
Cookies come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Using cookies as your birthday celebration treat opens up many options for you: chocolate chip, sugar, s’mores, oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodle, red velvet with white chocolate chips, and more.
This sweet treat is also much easier to serve than cake. There’s no slicing and passing out pieces, which takes forever (and the cake slicer is always the last to enjoy). Cookies are self-serve and often don’t even require decorating.
That said, if you need a dessert and an activity for a children’s party, you can always put together a fun cookie decorating station.
Flowers and Treats
When you’re celebrating someone special to you, you want to make sure they’re getting the royal treatment. Put a solid exclamation point on their birthday celebration by ordering them FruitFlowers® instead of a cake.
That’s right, treats and flowers! It’s the perfect combination of beautiful fresh flowers and delicious fruits, chocolates or sweets, like chocolate covered strawberries or boxes of chocolate confections. You can also get a matching card to complete the set.
The customizable option is a fun and unique choice to make someone’s birthday special.
Ice Cream Bar
Summer birthdays are exciting because they mean no school, warm weather, pools, and beaches. But serving a heavy cake on a hot, humid day just doesn’t sound very appealing. How about an ice cream bar instead?
This cold, creamy dessert was made for summertime. Skip the cake and grab three or four different ice cream flavors along with a host of popular toppings. Let everyone build a sundae and create their own masterpieces.
It’s sure to be a hit.
Macarons
Macarons are very trendy, very fun, and very tasty. Like other cookies, this French-style dessert comes in an endless number of flavors and colors. They can fit in with any theme – just match the color to the decorations.
Macarons can be a bit tricky to make on your own, but they’re not impossible with a little bit of practice. Once you nail the technique, making them in large batches is super easy. They make for a fabulous display when you arrange them on a platter or table, and the small size is great for portion control.
Pie
Birthday pie? Who ever heard of such a thing? Don’t knock it ‘till you try it – you might just start a new trend.
Some people are not cake lovers. We get it, cake is great for those who love all things sugary, while you enjoy something sweet yet fruity. You can’t go wrong with a celebratory pie.
And like our good friends, the cookies, the options are endless when it comes to pie. Go for a classic flavor like apple cinnamon, cherry, blueberry crumble, or even a peach pie. And if you do have an aching sweet tooth, step outside the box with a s’mores or peanut butter pudding pie.
Pies can also be just as pretty as cake. You can toy around with various lattice designs and cutouts to achieve a display worth celebrating. If you’re feeling extra crazy, serve your pie with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
Plus, think about how cute your birthday candles will look on a pie.
Melon Cake
Perhaps you want a fun and sweet celebration without all the loaded calories and mountains of sugar. Don’t worry – you can still enjoy your birthday and stay healthy while doing it.
You can make a melon cake with any melon, but watermelon works the best for a crowd since it’s the largest. Cut a large watermelon in half, trim the edges, and stack the pieces for a two-layered melon cake.
You can leave it as is or whip up some cream with a bit of sugar for a sweet topping. Decorate the “cake” with other small fruits like blueberries, strawberries, grapes, and kiwi. Slice and serve just like a typical cake!
Final Thoughts
Birthday celebrations can be oh-so-sweet, even without the cake. Switch things up this year by choosing one of these non-traditional birthday celebration treats, and make the occasion even more special!
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