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Taylor Swift is everywhere these days, so why not let the Tortured Poets Department singer inspire your menu? Whether you’re rewatching the Eras concert tour movie, hosting a birthday party or bachelorette party for your favorite Swiftie, or are just really heeding the TDP listening party request to bring snacks, you might as well lean into things with a full lineup of appetizers, drinks and desserts featuring Taylor Swift food puns.
I started chronicling every Swift-related food I could think of after writing a story about hosting a Taylor Swift-inspired Super Bowl party for PureWow, and since I’m a sucker for a good theme party, I keep expanding this list with new dishes. (Taylor may churn out songs; I churn out…party snacks. Seriously. I got so into snack stadiums that for two years in a row, I helped create six-foot-long ones, including one featured on Good Morning America. It’s a bit of a problem.)
From lol-worthy to borderline cringe, here’s every ridiculous Taylor Swift-themed app, side, dessert, main and drink idea my friends and I could come up with (including two in honor of The Tortured Poets Department). If there’s one I missed, DM me, and I’ll add it!
40 Absolutely Absurd (and Delightful) Taylor Swift-Inspired Menu Ideas
24 Taylor Swift-Inspired Appetizers, Mains & Sides
- The Torched Potatoes Department (c’mon, we had to)
- This Is Why We Can’t Have Spicy Wings
- Anti-Gyros
- I Knew You Were Truffle (Fries)
- Meat Me at Midnight Charcuterie
- Kale It What You Want (Garlic-Parm Kale Salad)
- Shawarma Is My Boyfriend
- Taylor Totchos
- Better Than Revenge Chili
- Vigilante Shishito Peppers
- You Belong with Me(atballs)
- I Bet You Think About Brie (AKA You Belong With Brie, AKA The Tortured Puff Pastry Department)
- Cornelia Beef Sliders
- Getaway Carbs
- You Need to Kabob Down
- All Too Well-Done Steaks (aka beef jerky)
- Tim McGuac
- Picture to Burger
- Now That We Don’t Taco
- The Last Great American Deviled Eggs (a stretch, OK?!)
- Everything (Bagel) Has Changed (into bagel dogs, of course)
- Stay Stay Cheese-Stay-k
- I Know Pizzas
- Call It What You Wontons
9 Swift-Inspired Drink Ideas
Psst: Many of these are boozy, so please drink responsibly.
- Look What You Made Me Brew (beer cocktails)
- Bad Blood-y Marys
- Wildest Dreamsicles
- Lavender Hazes
- (Milk)Shake It Off
- White (Horse) Russians
- Champagne Problems Mimosas
- Starbucks Lovers Iced Coffee Bar
- Vogue-ka Diet Coke (Swift told Vogue this drink’s her fave back in 2016.)
7 Swift-Inspired Desserts
- Evers’mores Dip
- Donut Blame Me Bites
- Florida!!! Key Lime Pie Bites
- Lovin’ You Was Red (Velvet Cupcakes)
- Midnights Snacks (Cookies, obvi)
- Selena + Chef Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies (after all, the two besties constantly support each other)
- Literally Taylor Swift’s face on a cake
Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records or even Big Cream Cheese, though all are certainly featured largely here. I’m just a fan, creating something fun for other fans.