List of Bunco Night Decorations and Recipes Ideas

My local MOMS group has a Bunco night once a month and this month it was my turn to host. As I do with most things, I got really excited and went crazy on Pinterest looking for Bunco or dice related recipes and decorations. There weren’t that many to be found and I had to sift through a lot of Bunco How-To’s to find some. So I thought I would quickly compile them into a list to share with everyone. Here’s what I found starting with decorations and ending with recipes:

Decorate with Dice – Fill any glass container with extra dice. I like the sunflowers in the picture and thought about doing pink tulips for my Valentine’s-themed Bunco night.

Photo/Idea Source: The Greenbacks Gal Blog

Dice Banner – How cute is this? All you need is some black paper, white paper, and some ribbon.

Source: Unknown.

Dice Toothpicks – Have some extra white and black paper left over from your dice banner? No worries. Use those leftovers to make adorable dice-topped toothpicks.

Photo/Idea Source: Stamp With Ann

Dice Tables – If you’re lucky enough to have 3 card tables that you use for your Bunco night, this idea is easy, quick, and fun! 

Photo/Idea Source: All Things Thrifty

Yard Dice – Make a set of these for your family to play with and to use for a quick decoration on Bunco night! Learn how here.

Photo/Idea Source: The Pinning Mama

Dice Shaped Money Jar -- Every bunco night needs a money jar. Why not spiff it up with some polka dots to make it look like a die? DIY instructions found here.

Photo/Idea Source: Sew Many Ways

Kleenex Box Dice -- Add a couple over-sized dice to your party decor. Hang them from the ceiling or stack them up on a side table. Learn how to make these simple dice out of Kleenex boxes here.

Photo/Idea Source: Fun Theme Party Ideas

Bunco Snack Mix – Here's my creation for the list. Click here for my own Cinnamon Sugar Bunco Snack Mix recipe!

Dice Crispy Treats – How cute are these? Simply make a pan of rice crispy treats, cut into cubes, and push chocolate chips into the sides. Boom done!

Photo/Idea Source: Beauty and the Stamper

Dice Cheese Ball – More like cheese cube. Ha. Learn how to make this adorable dish here or use your own favorite cheese ball recipe.

Photo/Idea Source: The Greenbacks Gal

Sugar Cube Dice Cupcakes – I love these. Add them to the top of some cupcakes or any other dessert to add some bunco cuteness to any treat. Click here to find the simple how-to. 

Photo/Idea Source: Every Day Donna

Oreo Truffle Dice -- Mmmm. My mouth waters just thinking about these. Find a yummy oreo truffle recipe here and dip the truffles into colored chocolate. Finally either use sprinkles or icing for the dots. 

Photo Source: Unknown

Cinnamon Sugar Bunco Snack Mix

It was my turn to host our monthly Bunco night and I wanted to add a little extra dice-related fun. So I Pinterested the heck out of Bunco recipes. (Actually, I compiled my favorites into a list that you can find here.) I found this fun snack mix idea from the Make the Best of Everything blog but she wasn't too clear on how to make them. So I did a bit more searching and found three different recipes to make this yummy Cinnamon Sugar Bunco Snack Mix! Here's how.

 First, lets start with the dice-shaped shortbread cookies. Here's the recipe for shortbread I used from Simple Bites.

Shortbread Cookies

• 3/4 pound (1 1/2 cups or 3 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together.
3. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and bring everything together with your hands. Dump into a cake pan and pat down to make a sheet of dough roughly 1/4 inches deep. 
4. Chill for 30 minutes and then cut into squares (mine were roughly 1x1 inches). 
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place squares on a cookie sheet (I used parchment paper) and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Let cool.

The above recipe suggested a lemon glaze, but I didn't think that would go well with cinnamon sugar. I found a better glaze from Gonna Want Seconds. The recipe is below.

Cinnamon Sugar Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• Mini chocolate chip cookies

1. Combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips, in a small bowl and mix until smooth. 
2. Use a small spoon (I used a baby spoon) or knife to spread a small amount onto each cookie.
3. Before the glaze dries, add mini chocolate chip cookies in the designs of dice faces. 

Now it's time to make the rest of the snack mix. I adopted my recipe from Chocolate, Chocolate and More. 

Cinnamon Sugar Snack Mix

• 1 1/2 cup pretzels
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• Half a bag of popped popcorn; unpopped kernels removed
• 4 tablespoons of melted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon course sea salt

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper. 
2. Mix pretzels, peanuts, and popcorn. Set aside.
3. Mix melted butter, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. 
4. Use either a large bowl or a ziploc and dump all ingredients into it to shake until everything is uniformly covered. 
5. Bake 7-8 minutes and let cool. Add your dice-shaped shortbread cookies and store in an air-tight container.