Serve Your Guests in Shooters!

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Lemon Meringue ShootersServing party food in shooters is becoming popular for social events and wedding receptions … from hors d’oeuvres to buffet dinners. Serving in shooters can give a special elegance to any food. For example in the first collage below, the French Fries look much more appetizing than if they were in one big container. In the shooters they are “elevated”! And tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches are taken to new heights, as well.

Serving beverages in shooters is something you’ve probably seen before, but there are ideas that are new, as well. Strawberry milkshakes with a decorative straw look elegant and hot chocolate shooters with mini donuts make an original treat. The last photo in the second collage is a different twist on a shooter … using a salt-rimmed lime to serve a Margarita shot! That will be a treat that your guests will likely talk about long after the wedding day!

Desserts are perfect for being served in shooters. Sometimes a huge piece of cake is more than most people want, nowadays. But a small shooter-filled goodie can be just the right size!

Shooters work well for vegetables, soup and shrimp

Mini Burgers and Fries, Vegetable Beef Soup, Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Shrimp, and Variety of Vegetables.

A Variety of Beverages in Shooteres

Strawberry Milkshake, Chocolate Milkshake and S’Mores, Hot Chocolate and Mini Donuts and Margarita Shots in Lime Shooters.

Dessert shooters

Banana Pudding, Dark Chocolate, Lemon Meringue Pie, and S’Mores.

Update 2014: I have added a new post on this subject … more ideas!

For more ideas for wedding reception food and beverage, see our Wedding Food and Beverage Pinterest Board.

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Photo Credits: myrecipes.com, pizzazzerie.com, finefrostings.com, honestcooking.com, vowsandcake.tumblr.com, stylemepretty.com, robertandkathleen.com/blog, and hostessblog.com, Source for Last Photo in First Collage – Vegetable Shooters from Nieta Gates at NJ Gates Events, Chicago, IL

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About Sher Silver

Sher Silver has been active in the bridal industry for more than 25 years. She was on the Pace Communications’ team that launched Elegant Bride magazine and she served as its VP/General Manager. In 1991, she was asked to start up the Exclusively Weddings’ division for Pace and develop its catalog and product line of wedding accessories, favors and wedding party gifts. Once the original assortment of products was successful, she soon laid the groundwork for adding wedding invitations to Exclusively Weddings’ assortment. This included printing them in-house, so that exacting standards could be adhered to. She brought together an array of wedding invitation designs and price points that incorporated a mix of styles from classic to contemporary. Elegant and tasteful, these invitations set a fresh, new precedent in the industry and Exclusively Weddings continues to be known for offering invitations with both style and value. In addition, Sher has a passion for developing products that make it easier for brides to plan their weddings. She conceived, developed, and was editorial director of The Handbook of Wedding Invitations and the popular wedding planning system, The Organized Bride®. She has also created a wide variety of innovative, best-selling wedding products such as personalized wedding day totes for bridesmaids, Daddy’s Girl® frame, “To Dry Your Tears®” hanky for mother of the bride, personalized pouches for wedding rings, wedding welcome bags for out of town guests and more! Sher loves helping brides with questions they may have about their big day and providing valuable information and ideas to make wedding planning easier.

20 thoughts on “Serve Your Guests in Shooters!”

  2. Hi! have a question, I’m planing a wedding and I love the idea of the shooters(sweets ones) would you tell me if they will be fine setting on the table outside, I live in Argentina ( sorry my english) The wheather will be for spring time on the beach. Thanks you!! love you post!!

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  3. I’m looking for the reciepe for the s’mores dessert shooters! Could you please send it to me I’d love to have them at the baby shower I’m hosting.

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    • Hi Desiree, I found the recipe and I copied and pasted it for you below because I kept getting a message that the blog URL expired and I was afraid it would not be there when you were looking for it! I also added the link, just in case! Enjoy!

      Sher

      Smore Shooters…Classy Enough for Adults but Kid Friendly!

      Marshmallow Frosting
      This frosting recipe is from Jennifer Shea of Trophy Cupcakes and was featured on Martha Stewart Living.

      Yield – This recipe will fill 12 tall shot glasses with some leftover
      Ingredients
      4 large egg whites
      1 cup sugar
      pinch of cream of tartar
      1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
      Directions
      Place egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer. Set over a saucepan with simmering water. Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and whites are warm to the touch, 3 to 4 minutes.
      Transfer bowl to electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and beat, starting on low speed, gradually increasing to high, until stiff, glossy peaks form, 5 to 7 minutes. Add vanilla, and mix until combined. Use immediately.
      Chocolate Glaze
      I absolutely adore this recipe from the Whimsical Bakehouse by Liv and Kaye Hansen. I was fortunate enough to visit their bakery a couple of years back and I met them both. Their shop is incredibly cute and their bakery delights are out of this world and so creative. Their books are a wealth of knowledge and the recipes are second to none. I use this chocolate glaze over cupcakes, cakes and of course in the Smore Shooters. This recipe will keep for a while in the fridge and also freezes well!

      Ingredients
      12oz semi-sweet chocolate – chopped finely
      1 cup of heavy cream
      1 tbsp unsalted butter
      1 tbsp light corn syrup
      Directions
      In saucepan on med-low heat, heat the cream until bubbles start to form – watch it very, very closely
      Add chopped chocolate to med size bowl. Add cream and leave it for 2 mins. Slowly stir to melt chocolate (whisking quickly creates air bubbles)
      Add butter and corn syrup. If mixture is not completely melted together, put in the microwave in 10 sec intrevals.
      Assembly
      The secret to these shooters and any layered dessert (Trifle) is to be very neat and tidy with your layers. That means making sure each layer is smoothed out evenly and touching the side of your dish but also the sides of the glass dish are kept clean. If you slop on the side and above the layer you are working on, take a cloth and wipe it otherwise the layers will not show properly. For creating this layered look in the shooter glasses, put your marshmallow frosting in a piping or ziploc bag. The glaze can be put in a bag but it will be in almost a liquid until cooled – use either a spoon or a ziploc bag.

      Layer the following: put 2 tsp of graham cracker crumbs in each glass, marshmallow frosting, chocolate glaze and then repeat. If you are using a piping bag for the frosting, just swirl it in the glass but make sure it touches the edges. Once filled to the top, garnish with graham crumbs and chocolate chips.

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  4. I have looked thru the website but unable to find any of the recipes. I an looking for the recipe for the lemon meringue shooters?

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  7. They sell these little desert dishes at Bed Bath and Beyond as well. I have picked up many of them but was at wits ends with what to do with them other than cheese cakes and pudding mixes. Thanks for all the great ideas.

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  9. Thank you for sharing all of these recipes. I really love this idea for gatherings. I was wondering where I would be able to purchase these different shooters? I’m planning a baby shower and would like to do dessert shooters with plastic shot glasses.

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