8 Spring Food Trends for Your Wedding Reception Menu

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By: Jen Glantz

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When your guests arrive at your wedding, they’ll be filled with excitement and anticipation for all of the moments ahead of them. Whether you’re having a heartfelt ceremony, doing a first dance, or surprising your guests with upbeat entertainment, the people there with you on your big day will look forward to it all and will help you make your celebration memorable.

But one part of your wedding that they may look forward to the most is when they fill up their plates with delicious food. So, as you're planning your cocktail hour appetizers and your reception menu, finding unique and interesting food with a fun twist is a great way to treat your guests. If you’re having a spring wedding, here are some food trends to consider that are sure to be a big hit.

Spring Salad with Burrata

If you want to offer guests a salad option, either during your cocktail hour or reception, a spring salad with burrata is a great pick.

Fill the salad with ingredients that are fresh for spring, like asparagus, snap peas, green beans, mint, and basil. Top it off with creamy burrata cheese and a vinaigrette dressing.

Chat with your caterer to see if they are able to source some of the ingredients from local vendors or farmers to give the dish extra freshness for the season.

Gazpacho Soup

To celebrate the end of the winter season and the chilly weather, consider replacing some hot appetizer options with one or two cold ones instead. A perfect starter for your springtime reception is gazpacho soup.

Decide what ingredients you’d like to use in the gazpacho by looking at the rest of your menu and choosing fruits or vegetables that fit in with the entire meal.

You could pick a tomato gazpacho with cucumber and peppers if you’re going with a lot of meat options for dinner, or a cucumber, herbs, and scallion gazpacho if your menu has a lot of vegetable or fish dishes.

Oyster Bar

If you’re looking for a fun station to have during your cocktail hour or even as the reception begins, consider going with a raw oyster bar. Oysters are especially best to eat during the late winter months into the early spring months, so consider this food menu idea if your wedding is in that time frame.

This is a great spring option if you’re getting married near the water because your caterer can source local oysters so they are extra fresh and tasty.

If you want to offer more than just oysters, you can go with a full raw bar that offers shrimp, crab, and lobster.

Individual Charcuterie Plates

Charcuterie boards have become a wedding food trend over the past couple of years. But rather than offering one large charcuterie board for all your guests to pick at, consider having individual charcuterie plates that greet each guest when they arrive at their reception table.

You can curate these plates to have your favorite items on them or go with ingredients that are in season for spring, like gorgonzola, apricots, pistachios, and artichoke.

Spring Taco Bar or Truck

Looking to get away from traditional wedding food and do something different? Consider offering a taco bar during your reception or a late-night taco truck during the last few hours of the party.

You can offer veggie options with avocado, potatoes, and red cabbage, as well as meat and fish options, using your favorite spring flavors and ingredients.

Grazing Boards

Another trend that’s shown up during the past few wedding seasons is offering different types of grazing boards during cocktail hour.

Rather than having a handful of stations, you can save money while keeping your guests’ stomachs happy, and offer different grazing board tables.

Consider having a fruit and meat board, a hummus and vegetable board, and a guacamole and chips board. Ask your caterer to garnish these boards with local ingredients that are fresh for the spring season.

Lettuce Wraps

If you’re looking to add a healthy option to your spring menu, or one that’s gluten free, consider going with a DIY lettuce wrap bar. You can offer any type of leafy lettuce for the wrap that’s in season for spring, like cabbage leaves, romaine hearts, or even jicama, and let people scoop different types of premade salads onto the lettuce, like tuna, chicken, or egg salad.

This is a great option for a brunch or lunchtime wedding reception where people are looking to eat a little bit lighter.

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Fruit and Cream Dessert Bar

If you want to add in a fresh but sweet dessert option for spring, go with a fruit and cream dessert bar.

You can have people DIY their own treat, offering ice cream or whipped cream as the base, and fruit toppings that are in season for spring, like strawberries, pineapples, cherries, or kiwis.