Chocolate Themed Party - Life is a Party

Chocolate Themed Party: a chocolate dessert table, decoration ideas, and a make-your-own chocolate bar activity everyone will love.

Over the weekend we had a Chocolate Themed Party to celebrate my daughter Maddie’s sixth birthday, and I’m so excited to share all the fun details with you. Maddie loves chocolate, so when we started talking themes months ago, chocolate came out the clear winner.

Chocolate Themed Party Decorations

brown steamers
brown polka dot balloons
chocolate scented candles
“chocolate” flowers
brown paper lanterns and pom poms
chocolate soap

The theme set the stage for a simple colour scheme for the party of brown and white.

Streamers

I ordered some brown streamers on-line and to dress them up a little, I ruffled them on the sewing machine with some white. They turned out so cute, I love them. I think I’ll be ruffling lots of streamers in the future. 😉 To decorate the fireplace and the stairs I layered up the streamers with some pom pom yarn and brown ribbon. I love the layered, feminine look.

Balloons

I also ordered a bunch of brown polka dot balloons. on-line.

Hershey Kiss

We happened to have a cute little Hershey kiss guy that looked pretty cute on the couch.

Chocolate Flowers

I wanted to do some flowers for the party. I picked some pussy willows, and bought some white tulips, but I also wanted to incorporate some chocolate. So, I decided to make some “chocolate flowers”. I used some snack size chocolate bars and smarties and some washi tape.

I just cut a piece of wire for the stem, and used the tape to connect it to the chocolate bar, and wrap the wire.

They were pretty easy to make, and kind of a fun detail.

Chocolate Candles

Another fun detail, were the chocolate scented candles I found and put in simple glass vases on the table. The room smelt so, so chocolatey!

I filled another vase with just pussy willows and chocolate flowers, and used them as part of the centre piece on the dessert table.

Paper Lanterns and Pom Poms

Above the dessert table was one of my favourite things, a bouquet of paper lanterns and pom poms hanging down. So pretty, and a great way to add a little feminine charm to a brown and white colour scheme.

Chocolate Soap

Another fun little detail, I picked up some chocolate soap from the body shop for the powder room.

Chocolate Themed Party Games and Activities

I thought about a few different chocolate activities for the party, and settled on a Make Your Own Chocolate Bar idea.

Make Your Own Chocolate Bar

chocolate bar molds
milk chocolate raisins
dried blueberries
craisins
coconut
white chocolate chips
butterscotch chips
vanilla mini marshmallows
chocolate mini marshmallows
chocolate sprinkles
rainbow sprinkles
mini gummi bears
mini M and M’s
toffee bits
peanuts
walnuts
caramel corn
jelly beans
tin foil wrappers
paper labels
markers

I found some chocolate bar molds at a local candy making supplier. Then I melted down some milk chocolate Easter bunnies I found on sale after Easter. I set up the dinning room with lots of different add-ins in the cutest little polka dot paper cups.

We had a variety of nuts, dried fruits, and candies. Guess which was most popular? Here’s what we used: raisins, dried blueberries, craisins, coconut, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, vanilla mini marshmallows, chocolate mini marshmallows, chocolate sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles, mini gummi bears, mini M and M’s, toffee bits, peanuts, walnuts, caramel corn, and jelly beans. I just went to the bulk food store and bought a tiny little amount of each.

Our party guests had a great time decided what kind of chocolate bar to make.

After they were done, we popped them into the fridge to set. Before the party I cut paper to fit the size of the chocolate bars, and the children had a great time coming up with a name for their new chocolate bars, and decorating the labels.

Once the chocolate was all set up we popped them out of the molds, wrapped them in foil, added the labels and put them into their loot bags.

I loved how they turned out, and the kids thought it was super cool that they could invent their own new kind of chocolate bar. This was my favourite activities at the party.

Chocolate Themed Party Loot Bags

The chocolate bars they created
mini chocolate bars
chocolate scented play dough

Chocolate Piñata

Along with playing and eating, the birthday girl also requested we have a piñata. Chocolate themed piñata’s are a little hard to come by, so what’s a girl to do? Make your own. I used the Oh Happy Day tutorial to make an “M” for Maddie.

Then, I used tissue paper, to make the fringe decorations. We filled it up with mini chocolate bars. We made ours into a pull string one, instead of a smash one -I’m not too keen on children welding a baseball bat in my living room. 😉

It was lots of fun and the treats got added to their loot bags. Here’s my girls posing before the party started.

Chocolate Dessert Table

One of the highlights of the Chocolate Party was the amazing Chocolate Dessert Table. In fact this is what might have sealed the theme for Maddie.

I’m actually not the biggest chocolate fan, but I pulled out all my favourite chocolate recipes for this one. Here’s what we had

brownies
chocolate coconut cookies
toffee and chocolate chip cookies
triple chocolate mousse cake
chocolate pudding
donuts
chocolate fondue
turtles
chocolate covered almonds.

I only ended up making a few of the treats myself, so here’s all my secrets to an impressive, but not too tricky chocolate dessert table.

Some Homemade Chocolate Treats

I baked the toffee and chocolate chip cookies from one of our favourite family recipes. Also I made the chocolate coconut cookies, see the recipe here . Both recipes are pretty quick and easy, make a fairly large batch, and are tried and true.

I made the yummy chocolate pudding from a box, and served it in mini mason jars, with sweet little silver teaspoons.

The brownies are also from a mix (shhh). I made them even sweeter with little brown flags made from cute toothpicks and a little washi tape for flags. So simple and so cute.

Store Bought Chocolate Treats

We picked up the donuts the morning of the party. I asked Maddie what kind of chocolate donuts she wanted, and listed them all off. She said, “why not all them Mom?” Why not? So we got a few of each. I made little pom poms from some of the fringed streamers and tied them with a little brown baker’s twine on to a white toothpick. Love the little details, and they were supper easy.

Maddie asked specifically for a birthday cake, since we usually have cupcakes. I didn’t have an amazing chocolate cake recipe, so I decided to order a little one from our favourite local bakery. Great decision. It was delicious, and made the baking load for this party really manageable.

We also had a few of our favourite chocolates on the dessert table -turtles, and chocolate covered almonds.

I used a lot of glass dessert plates and serving pieces and wanted to add in a little more rustic and vintage feel, so I used a few little wooden boxes, a scramble tile “Madeline”, my chocolate flowers and pussy willows, an antique scale and some of the birthday party invitation chocolate bars -more on those and the free printable chocolate bar party invitations here.

Love how these little touches, made it all feel a little more relaxed and fun. You can also find the free printable food labels here.

Chocolate Fondue

I did want to have a bit of fruit available, so I did a chocolate fondue and fruit tray. We served the fondue in the kitchen, not on the dessert table, to make it a little easier for everyone,. I also used some plastic lined little paper cups, sometimes used for candy, so the kids could have there own little container of fondue. (Ever shared a fondue with little ones, here’s a great solution for the double dippers.)

During dessert my husband made everyone chocolate shakes, which we served with stripy paper straws. We also had mini water bottles (love this size for kid’s parties). The chocolate party was a great theme, and made for a truly “sweet” party!