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14 Graduation Party Dessert Ideas That Will Match Your Party’s Theme

March 13, 2019 By Cassidy Lucille 56 Comments

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This post is all about graduation party dessert ideas.

Desserts are the most aesthetically pleasing part of any grad party.

The main course and appetizers can be displayed very nicely, but it’s hard to make them as pretty as desserts.

My favorite part about desserts is their ability to match your theme’s colors and add a perfect finishing touch to your graduation party.

These dessert ideas are customizable and guaranteed to work at any grad party!

This post shows you 14 graduation party dessert ideas.

Graduation Party Desserts

1. Chocolate Covered Oreos

School Colors Chocolate Covered Oreos - some for LN and some for college
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Chocolate covered oreos are delicious!

Here’s a fun way to incorporate your school colors or keep up your theme’s colors with these chocolate dipped oreos in a bucket of coordinating colored candies.

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2. S’more Bar

S'mores Bar - cute dessert buffet idea for a camping party.
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A s’more bar is perfect for an outdoor graduation party.

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Hershey's Milk Chocolate Standard Bar
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Honey Maid Graham Crackers
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3. Cupcake Display

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This rustic cupcake display is perfect for a rustic graduation party.

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Graduation Party Cupcakes
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These are perfect to match with your theme’s colors.

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4. Candy Bar

Graduation Candy Signs set of 9 Candy Bar Sign Candy Sign | Etsy
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Candy bars are super cute and very easy to throw together. Here’s a couple of my favorite displays.

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Graduation Party Ideas. Candy bar sign. Candy bar. Graduation decorations by felicia
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College graduation themed candy bar!
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5. Diploma Cookies

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Such a cute way to display these cookies!

6. Strawberry Shortcake Kabob

Check this out for many creative college graduation party ideas full of DIY projects and graduation party dessert ideas. These angel food cake skewers are so yummy and easy to make!!
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These skewers with strawberry, angel food cake and drizzled in chocolate make for a perfect dessert platter.

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7. Build Your Own Fruit Pizza

Our graduation party...Build your own fruit pizza!
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This is such a cute idea!

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8. Graduation Cupcake Toppers

Totally going to do this diy graduation party decorations
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Graduation cap cupcake toppers are perfect for adding to any cupcake. Get them here:

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9. One Smart Cookie Bar

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What a great way to display cookies!

I especially love the containers used for holding all of the cookies.

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Tabletop Chalk Board
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10. Graduation Cap on a Stick

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These graduation caps are so cute, and easy to make!

Instead of using a sour straw, you can find something that matches your theme’s colors.

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11. Bucket of Freezies

wait this is such a creative graduation party food idea
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Perfect for an outdoor graduation party!

12. Root Beer Float Bar

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A root beer float bar is such a good idea for a dessert bar, and isn’t something that’s super popular!

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13. Strawberry-Brownie-Marshmallow Kabobs

Strawberry brownie kabobs
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These are a perfect dessert, especially for a grad party!

Similar to fruit kabobs, these are more tedious to make but can be worth the work for such a photo perfect end result!

Make the brownies in the mini muffin tin shown below.

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14. Wine Glass Desserts

It's graduation season, which means it's time for graduation party food! These unique Graduation Party Food Ideas will help you find a way to make some fun finger foods for your graduate!
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I thought this was such a cute idea!

Fill plastic wine glasses with chocolate covered candies and top with a cupcake.

Try and coordinate the colors to match your grad parties theme!

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This post showed you 14 graduation party dessert ideas.

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