23 Lord of the Rings Recipes For The Perfect LOTR Party

Are your kids psyched for the third Hobbit movie? Thinking of throwing a Lord of the Rings themed party for their friends? Or maybe for your own friends? In honor of its opening day today, this article contains a list of Lord of the Rings recipes! Whether it’s just for fun, or if your child has a birthday coming up and would love nothing better than to munch on Lembas bread and wear a gold ring, these are some pretty awesome ways to show your LOTR spirit. Having gathered these ideas from blogs posting of successful LOTR recipes, the following posts show some real creativity with their LOTR themed food creations!

23 Lord of the Rings Recipes

While some of the referenced Lord of the Rings Themed Food might play only a small part in the book or none at all, these LOTR hosts have labeled their food creating the connection between item and story, such as “Rosie’s bread” or “Balin’s Spiced Beef.” Others, such as Lembas Bread, are mentioned directly throughout the books.

A Lord of the Rings Themed Food Menu Guide For The Perfect Lord of the Rings Party: 20+ LOTR Recipes

So, let’s start off with the cake, the most important part of any party. There are two different LOTR cakes that really stood out. The first is a cake representing the shire.

Shire Cake

Ring Cake

In order to give the one true ring more of the spotlight, this blog tries another style cake. Fashioned after the ring Bilbo wears, this cake is great for a smaller party of guests, and it looks awesome!

http://showerofroses.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-long-expected-party.html

Bilbo’s Seed Cake

The quote goes, “But I don’t mind some cake – seed cake, if you have any.” Per Balin, from The Hobbit, pg 19. Seed cake is mentioned pretty early on in the book, and these are two recipes that try their hand at making LOTR-worthy seed cake.

http://www.yammiesnoshery.com/2012/12/bilbos-seed-cakes.html

http://foodoftheshire.blogspot.com/2009/03/recipe-seed-cake.html

Berry Pie

While we’re on the topic of LOTR desserts, this Berry Pie recipe is perfect for any kind of hobbitses. Hobbits’ love of pies and scones is mentioned in the book, and so this pie was fashioned in their honor, and even miniature in size!

 

Now, on to entrees.

If you hope to stay in the true spirit of Middle Earth appetite, then these Lord of the Rings Recipes might be the way to go.

Hearty Stew

Nothing like a meat & potato stew to make your hobbits feel like hobbits and your dwarves like dwarves. This stew is what some LOTR fans made for their party:

http://mykitchencuisine.blogspot.com/2011/02/hearty-beef-stew-crock-pot-recipe.html?m=1

Or how about a Hobbit’s Vegetable and Beef Pie?

http://rachelschultz.com/2012/12/17/hobbits-vegetable-beef-pie/

 

LOTR Snacks

Of course we can’t forget the snacks. Here are a series of snacks with LOTR inspired titles to make everyone feel like their living in Middle Earth! Just click the links to see the full Lord of the Rings Recipes.

Lembas Bread

This site has a whole post on their Lord of the Ring’s party. My favorite part of their creativity is their Lembas bread. It is green construction paper marked to look like leaves, wrapped around a homemade type of bread and tied with brown string. Brilliant!

This post contains a real recipe for lembas bread that sounds easy and delicious.

http://www.geekychef.com/2008/12/elven-lembas-bread.html

Strawberries & Cream

This lovely quote about strawberries and cream will have your mouth watering, so why not provide some for your guests? Write the quote where it can be seen so your guests’ mouths will water too!

Here’s a delicious cream dip recipe: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/strawberries-with-fluffy-cream-cheese-dip

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/180073685075072131/

Lava Puffs

Replicate molten lava from the depths of Mount Doom with these cheesy puffs!

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/b7/ec/4d/b7ec4d4b5008d4a4825f869dac7ab03d.jpg

Beorn’s Honey Cake

Beorn the bear king plays only a small role in the story, but that doesn’t mean his Honey cakes should be overlooked. Check out the Lord of the Rings Recipes here!

http://www.geekychef.com/

Second Breakfast

These speared sausages have “Hobbit” written all over them, a perfect option for Second Breakfast!

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041644

Council of Elrond

This blog cleverly re-created the council of Elrond with Keebler elf cookies!

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041516

Gollum’s Goodies

How about referencing Gollum’s appetite for raw fish with these Swedish fish gummies?

“Gollum’s Fish Song
Rock and pool is nice and cool
So juicy sweet…
Our only wish to catch a fish
So juicy sweet…” – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

http://artmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-lord-of-rings-birthday-party.html

Dead Marsh Dip

Or creating your own mini marsh with a delicious guacamole dip?

http://artmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-lord-of-rings-birthday-party.html

Dragon Meat

This party host even went a little dark by getting dried jerky and labeling it “Dragons’ meat”. Not sure how that would sit with every crowd, but it’s an idea!  For these Lord of the Rings Recipes it is important to feel free to use your creativity!

http://www.bakingfortheoffice.com/2012/12/07/baking-for-hobbits-alternative-office-holiday-parties/

Orc Boulders

Another great idea are “Orc Boulders”, otherwise known as glazed donut hole. Yum!

http://www.bakingfortheoffice.com/2012/12/07/baking-for-hobbits-alternative-office-holiday-parties/

 

We approach now the most important, the most sought, the most powerful of Lord of the Rings Themed Food; The Rings.

Rings

This is always the big one – what to use as rings?

This post uses round pretzels, great for little fingers if you can find them sold by the bag.

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041572

Another popular idea is to use fried onion rings –

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041516

Or if you need an extra sweet treat, these peach-O’s and life saver gummies make great edible All-Powerful rings.

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041516

 

Beverages

Last but not least, we come to the Lord of The Rings themed beverage options.

Lord of the Rings Juice

For a younger crowd, sticking with juice and pop may be your desire. If that’s the case, wrapping the containers in logos is a neat way to portray the LOTR connection, like these do:

ttp://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041516

Elvish Elixir

http://www.solesearchingmamma.com/2013/10/a-lord-of-rings-birthday-for-andrew.html

Nothing like drinking Elvish elixir!

Wine of Moria

For adults, this host printed out maps of Middle Earth and wrapped them around wine bottles, a very nice touch!

http://catchmyparty.com/photos/1041516

 

What do you think of these Lord of the Rings Recipes?

If you’ve thrown a Lord of the Rings party, let us know what Lord of the Rings food recipes were successful in the comments below!