The game of bingo has become one of the most popular online games and is growing in popularity all the time. It is also one of the top games being played at game nights across the country as people still have virtual entertainment nights in.
It is, however, a game that you don’t want to play with messy or sticky fingers, either with a smart device or with an actual physical bingo card. Here are some great-tasting and healthy ideas for six-finger foods for your bingo night to avoid messy bingo cards or smudged smart screens.
Fruit
Whether it’s cleverly cut and presented or just left whole (depending on the fruit), this is always a fantastic option for finger food. Fruit is also a great healthy option that will keep players satisfied and provide the energy and enjoyment that the players need.
The most popular presentation of fruit at a bingo night is as antipasti skewers or on cocktail sticks allowing the gamers/players to get fed with no mess. It’s worth reiterating that no one wants messy hands or a sticky screen when playing online bingo for real money.
Try interesting combinations such as melon and Parma ham, apple, and cheese, or base them on a specific theme, but please keep them drip and fruit juice free.
Canapes
As long as they are dainty enough to be eaten in one bite, then the canape is the perfect finger food. You can put whatever you want on them and have fun layering them with the things that you like most.
There are just so many canape ideas and recipes online that you will not struggle to find something for everyone’s tastes, and these are also a great option to go fully vegetarian with.
Mini Pizzas
The mini pizza is a finger food staple and will also be able to provide a range of options, flavors, and textures. They’re simple to make, and although they’ve been on the kids’ party menu for ages, they haven’t made it big at the adult table.
It is an opportunity to experiment with all the toppings you may not risk on a full-size pizza. They’ll be great for a bingo night.
A Cheese Board
Cheese and wine are a perfect bingo combination, and the cheese board or platter is exemplary finger food for bingo. You will need a full assortment of cheeses and perhaps enquire beforehand from guests if there are any preferences and which cheeses are no-nos.
Cheese is awesome to eat as a finger snack, either on crackers or just as is, but it can also be very divisive (think strong smelly blue cheeses that you either love or hate), so just be sure as to what you and your guests like.
Chips and Dip
These are the fillers that are required at any party, casino, or bingo night. Choose plain potato crisps or tortilla chips, and then have dips that are full of flavor but aren’t too messy or fluid.
Keep the dips thick, like hummus and guacamole, and the chip and dip combo will keep guests happy over the long term.
Crispy Coated Cauliflower
It has become a bit of a fad, and panko or tempura-covered cauliflower is one of the finger foods of the moment.
Whether it’s breaded and baked or coated and fried, anything with a crispy, flavourful coating is something that you want to be part of the finger food platters at a great bingo night.
Cauliflower is the filling of the moment and a healthy, tasty choice at that. Alternatively, any other vegetable that can be covered, coated, and crispened in the fryer will do.
Keep in mind that you’ll have the bingo card in hand or the smart device being used to play online, and as such, you don’t want sticky or messy fingers.
Provide good hand wipes and ensure that the finger food that you do choose from the wide variety out there is suitable and appropriate for the type of bingo that you have chosen to play.
