50 Recipes for a Hawaiian Tropical Party

This year is a big milestone birthday for me – I turn 40 in September! I do not know where all the years of my life have gone, but they seem to have gone by even more quickly over the past 5 years! For my birthday, we are headed to my favourite part of the world  – Florida – to celebrate, but it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t throw a birthday party! So I decided that I would host a party a month before, and call it the last month of my 30s party!

In my mind, all good parties have a theme, and one theme that I have always wanted to do for myself, but never quite gotten around to doing it is Hawaiian Tropical! I did get close with a party I threw for my sister, but it was a fairly small gathering, and I didn’t go to town as much as I plan to with my 40th!

I shared my 40th birthday party invitations recently, and for the next stage of planning, it’s the food and drink. I’ve rounded up 50 recipes that could be used for a Hawaiian Tropical Party from some great bloggers out there, and a few of my own recipes.

Tropical & Hawaiian Recipes

There are recipes for: burgers & sandwiches, kebabs & skewers, pork & chicken dishes, fish & seafood, salads, sides & dips, desserts & cakes, and drinks & cocktails. The tropical Hawaiian recipes I have gathered here will definitely give you lots of options for the party you throw!

Burgers & Sandwiches

1. Baked Ham & Cheese Sliders – Food Network
2. Hawaiian Burger – The Pioneer Woman
3. Hawaiian Pulled Chicken & Pineapple Burgers – Recipe This
4. Char Siu Glazed Pork & Pineapple Buns – My Recipes
5. Hawaiian Barbecue Veggie Burgers – Organized 31
6. Hawaiian Hot Dogs – The Endless Meal

 

Kebabs & Skewers

1. Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs – Moore or Less Cooking
2. Grilled Jerk Prawn & Pineapple Skewers – SAHM
3. Hawaiian Beef Teriyaki Skewers – Favorite Family Recipes
4. Glazed Ham & Pineapple Kebabs – She Knows

 

Pork & Chicken Dishes

1. Kalua Pig – Nom Nom Paleo
2. Hawaiian Pulled Pork – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
3. Spam Musubi – Two Red Bowls
4. Huli Huli Chicken – Guy Fieri, Food Network

 

Fish & Seafood

1. Panko Crusted Tilapia with Mango Salsa – Wanna Bite
2. Cornflake & Coconut Shrimp – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
3. Ahi Poke Salad with Macadamia Nuts – The Fit Blog

 

Salads, Sides & Dips

1. Papaya & Avocado Salad – My Recipes
2. Hawaiian Macaroni Salad – Thrifty Jinxy
3. Big Kahuna Hawaiian Salad – Lunch Box Bunch
4. Cucumber Salad – All You
5. Jewelled Rice Salad – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
6. Nutty Noodle Salad – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
7. Tropical Island Rice – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
8. Tropical Noodle Salad with Chicken – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
9. Caramelized Maui Onion Dip – My Recipes

 

Desserts & Cakes

1. Piña Colada Shortcake – Busy Mommy Media
2. No Churn Piña Colada Ice Cream – You Brew My Tea
3. Tropical Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Tortilla Chips – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
4. Tropical Pineapple Coconut Bars – Moore or Less Cooking
5. Ohana Bread Pudding – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
6. Pineapple & Coconut Upside Down Cake – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
7. Marvellous Mango Ice Cream – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
8. Piña Colada Popsicles – Swanky Recipes
9. Tropical Fruit Skewers – Party City
10. Tropical Island Banana Cake – Sandra Lee, Food Network
11. Aloha Cupcakes – Bakerella
12. Tropical Cookies – Sweetie Petitti
13. Tropical Honey Mint Pineapple Fruit Salad – Honey & Lime
14. Piña Colada Cupcakes – Sally’s Baking Addiction

 

Drinks & Cocktails

1. Blue Passion Fruit Mojito – Honey & Lime
2. Mai Tai – My Cocktail Masterclass
3. Tropical Agua Fresca – The Purple Pumpkin Blog
4. Tropical Rum Punch – Ann’s Entitled Life
5. Piña Colada – Ann’s Entitled Life
6. Blue Hawaiian – Ann’s Entitled Life
7. Mocktail Hawaiian Sangria – Organized 31
8. Strawberry Piña Colada Lava Flow – Swanky Recipes
9. Green Fruit Tea – Country Chic Cottage
10. Cherry Rum Punch – Mom On The Side
11. Luau Cocktail – Mom On The Side
12. Chief Lapu Lapu Cockatail – Modern Tiki