It’s like the best early Christmas present ever. Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theaters on December 18 just in time for the holiday season. What better way to celebrate Star Wars and the festivities than by throwing a Happy Hothidays party!
The ice planet of Hoth is the perfect theme for a winter fete. Decorate the scene with fluffy faux snow, AT-ATs of all sizes and maybe even a rogue Wampa. Just watch your arms.
Hoth can be deadly cold during the winter and your guests will require sustenance that is both warm and hearty. Serve up big bowls of creamy White Cheddar Mac n Cheese alongside delicious Snowtrooper White Chili.
Create an all-white sweets display for guests to snack on throughout the party. Sweet treats like yogurt-covered raisins are a good stand in for Wampa Bones, while vanilla meringues make for light and airy Snow Mynocks. On Hoth there are tauntauns, and where there’s tauntauns there’s tauntaun pellets. Except these are mini marshmallows, a much better alternative.
Let your party guests choose between ice cold blue Bantha milk served with festive straws or warm cups of luscious Hoth chocolate, topped with crunchy Vader cookies.
Finally, you can decorate the whole display with shiny AT-AT cookies and stormtroopers donning little red Santa hats.
This joyful holiday party is a fun display for guests to snack, mingle and enjoy Star Wars and the holiday season!
Supply list:
Target
Michaels
Think Geek
Stormtrooper Star Wars cookie cutter
Things 4 Thinkers
Stormtrooper Santa Cookies
ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
red food gel dye
black icing
white icing
In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and the sugar. Add the egg and vanilla.
Add the flour mixture until combined. When it pulls away from the sides of the bowl, the dough is ready.
Pull off ? of the dough and put it back in the mixer. Add red gel food coloring and mix until combined.
Wrap up the plain dough and the red dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until you are ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep baking sheets with silpats or parchment.
Roll out the plain dough to ?-inch. Cut and press the cookies using the Stormtooper cutters. Move to the prepped baking sheets.
Roll out the red dough and cut triangle shapes for the hats, and place onto the heads of the Stormtrooper cookie dough.
Bake for 10 minutes and let cool on a wire rack.
Once the cookies are cool, with a #3 tip and black icing add details to the Stormtrooper’s face. Then go in and use a #4 tip with white icing to add a fluffy brim and pom pom to the red hat.
When the icing is dry the cookies are ready to serve.
White Cheddar Mac n Cheese
ingredients:
8 ounces elbow macaroni
1-1/2 cups white cheddar cheese, shredded
6 ounces evaporated milk
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
In a bowl whisk together the evaporated milk, butter, dry mustard and salt. Set aside.
In a large pot, boil water and cook the macaroni according to directions. Drain but do not rinse.
Add the hot pasta back into the pot along with the milk mixture and the cheese. Stir to coat until the cheese melts, stirring constantly.
When the cheese is melted and all the pasta is covered, it’s ready to serve.
Snowtrooper White Chili
ingredients:
2 cups roast chicken, cooked, deboned and cut into chunks
2 stalks celery, diced
1 small onion, diced
1 can Northern white beans
2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup sour cream
salt and pepper
In a crock pot add the chicken, celery, onion, beans and chicken broth.
Season with cumin and garlic powder.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Stir in the sour cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Jenn Fujikawa is a lifestyle and food blogger in Los Angeles. More of her geeky creations and award-winning recipes can be found on her blog, justJENN recipes.
