30 Awesome Graduation Party Desserts
It’s an exciting time in life to celebrate our child’s graduation! Celebrate with these creative 30 Graduation Party Desserts – the perfect graduation party food!
Also, check out this Ultimate Graduation Party Guide: Everything you need for more helpful information to planning a great grad party!
Graduation comes with so many mixed emotions…happy to see them accomplish so much and move on to the next chapter in their life and sad to see them leave home.
That said, I feel like the graduation celebration is for the graduate, but also a celebration for the parents. I was lucky; my daughter allowed me to plan her graduation party including details like the DIY Daisy Cake!
Do You Need A Cake At A Graduation Party?
While a graduation cake is a traditional graduation party dessert, it is not a must-have dessert. Consider doing cupcakes or mini cupcakes in school colors along with other types of desserts creating a graduation party dessert table.
I love the idea of using cupcakes as a simple easy to eat dessert option, and there are so many fun ways to display them like with a cupcake tower.
How Many Cupcakes Do I Need For 100 People?
At least one per person but to be safe have an extra 20% more for those guests who might like to eat more than one.
How Many Mini Desserts Per Person?
A good rule of thumb for small or mini desserts is 3-4 per person.
What Are Some Good Desserts For A Graduation Party?
When it comes to serving desserts at a graduation party, there are plenty of delicious options to consider. Here are some dessert ideas that could be a hit at a graduation celebration:
- Graduation Sheet Cake
- Diploma Cookies
- Graduation Cap Cupcakes
- Chocolate Dipped Graduation Pretzels
- Graduation Marshmallow Pops
- Grad Cap Pops
- Graduation Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Diploma Cake
- Grad Cap Cupcakes
- Peanut Butter Cup Graduation Caps
You might also like these Outdoor Graduation Party ideas for the ultimate creative graduation party or tips on How Much Money to Give for a Graduation Gift!
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Graduation Dessert Supplies:
Here is a list of food items you may need to create the unique graduation party desserts.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- M&M’s Minis
- Keebler Delux Grahams
- Red Licorice Laces
- Marshmallows
- Black Candy Melts
- White Candy Melts
- Decorative Paper Straws
- Black Construction Paper
- Push up Pop Containers
- Wilton Fondant
- Bubble Gum Tubes
- Pirouette Cookies
Graduation Party Desserts
Work with fondant to create flat tops for the round cupcakes and add the tassel with Twizzlers candy or edible fondant.
Grab these tubes and add large gumballs inside the tubes for a party favor idea. You can get gumballs in their favorite color or school colors.
Made by combining mini cupcakes, chocolate graham crackers, and twizzlers (in their school color or favorite color) as the graduation cap tassel. These sweet cupcakes are quick to make.
Make these secret stash cupcakes with premade Hostess cupcakes. Cut the tops off and carve out some of the insides. Add candy and then seal with chocolate frosting.
These hat toppers aren't edible but are cute to add to drinking straws at the party!
S'mores on a stick! These marshmallow pops are made with a bit of marshmallow, chocolate, and chocolate graham crackers!
Like working with fondant? These graduation pretzels are custom and adorable with little faces, diplomas, and hats!
Graduation Party Pretzel Pops Topped with Grad Caps - New Video Tutorial
Chocolate covered pretzel sticks are a quick and easy graduation part dessert you can make in bulk.
Marshmallows are super easy to work with and draw on. Use a chocolate marker to draw mini faces on the treats and you can use fondant to cover the lower marshmallow. Attach marshmallows with chocolate frosting or toothpicks in the middle.
Use chocolate-covered strawberries with little caps as the star of the food show! These can be simplified by adding white chocolate on the front with small dots of chocolate or mini chocolate chips as well.
These cookies are made with the well loved royal icing. You can use edible glitter to add the top of the caps or just split it into their school colors.
These treat pops are made with Oreo Cakesters but if you can't find those you can also use Oreo cookies that are chocolate dipped.
Layer peanut butter cups and frosting for these graduation push pops! Who said push pops are just for kids or ice cream?
Skip the sweets and get the salty snacks out with these graduation cap pretzels!
You can combine cookie dough with chocolate frosting to make these or follow the from scratch directions but it might take a bit longer to complete.
Pick any flavor cake you like and add fondant on top along with their graduation year to make this custom graduation cake!
You can make these from scratch or buy premade rolled Piroulines. Add them to a serving tray with small ribbons wrapped around to resemble a diploma.
This is a bit harder of a cake but it looks amazing! You will need to know how to handle fondant to create the graduation cap on top of this beautiful cake.
Combine two different colored cupcake liners (in their school colors) to make regular cupcakes. Top them with a mini Reese's cup, chocolate piece, and M&M to resemble a graduation cap.
Make this super sweet treat with cotton candy, cardstock, string, and small bottles. The perfect party treat for everyone.
Combine Ferror Roche candy with mini cupcake liners and a small tassel to make these adorable little graduation treats.
A frugal cake pop made from Reese's cup, chocolate square, M&Ms, and sugar striped candy, these are cute and quick to make.
These are a quick and easy cupcakes made from Hostess cakes, chocolate frosting, chocolate graham crackers, and M&M candy.
Turn a simple cake into a winner with these candy number pops displayed as the graduation year! So cute!
Using candy and cookies, turn a store-bought cupcake into these cool graduation cupcakes! Perfect for the graduation party dessert table.
Candy-Dipped Marshmallow Diploma Pops | Wilton
It’s time to celebrate our little graduates as well! Make your child feel special and celebrate with these Preschool And Elementary Graduation Desserts! Don’t forget to make sure you hang plenty of decorations like fun graduation hat decorations or even cool graduation banners so your youngsters feel like it is their special day!
Cute Graduation Cake Ideas!
Alphabet Cake | Cake Devils
Book Cupcakes | Catch My Party
Handprint Print Preschool Graduation Cake
A+ Apple Elementary Cupcakes | Kara’s Party Ideas
Preschool Graduation Cupcakes | The Little Delights in Life
Chevron Rainbow School Party | Catch My Party
Great list of graduation desserts…thank you for sharing!
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Yum! So many creative graduation party desserts! The cap-shaped cookies and diploma cakes are adorable and delicious touches.