Baby Food Taste Testing

by Cathryn
(London, KY)

I have to tell you about a game we played when I hosted my best friend's baby shower 4 years ago. It was so much fun! I highly recommend it! It's called the Baby Food Taste-testing game. I read about it in a baby shower planning book. The supplies you'll need are 10 jars of baby food, all of different flavors and combinations; 10 popsicle sticks per participant; and paper and pen for each participant. (And of course a lovely prize!)

Remove the labels from each jar and write down which food is in which jar. Keep the labels! They come in handy for a tie-breaker. Use a permanent marker to label the jars A, B, C, D and so on. The object of the game is for all participants to use their popsicle sticks to taste-test a sample of each food, and write down their guesses. Whoever gets the most correct guesses, wins! In the event of a tie, you can pull-out the labels and ask the winning participants a trivia question about the ingredients or nutrition facts.

This game was a riot when we played it at my friend's shower. Just seeing the faces on my guests as they tasted things like "Macaroni and Cheese" and "Chicken and Vegetables" is priceless! Especially when they are expecting something sweet and get just the opposite! LOL