With cooler weather and lots of fun sporting events, fall is the perfect time to get together for a potluck. SignUpGenius makes it easy for your guests to let you know which dish they're bringing — no more parties with five different desserts and no sides. Whether you're throwing the party or coming as a guest, here are 50 fun fall potluck themes and ideas.
Party Themes
- Chili Cook-Off - Practically everyone has their own famous chili recipe. Tell your friends to fire up the slow cookers and bring a batch to share. Your guests who aren't cooking inclined can bring the fixin's like cheese, sour cream and corn chips.
- Wine and Cheese - Have everyone bring a bottle of their favorite wine and a block of their favorite cheese (or sliceable meat) for the ultimate charcuterie spread.
- Tailgate - Serve your favorite tailgating foods like pigs in a blanket or opt for football-shaped fare like chocolate brownies with cream cheese laces. Decorate with green tablecloths adorned with white goal line markers.
- Soup Supper - Warm up on a chilly evening by having guests bring their favorite soups to share. Even dessert can be a soup of sorts: chocolate fondue with strawberries and other yummy dippers.
- Pumpkin Party - Jump headfirst into the ubiquitous fall flavor by telling guests everything they cook must have pumpkin as an ingredient — bonus points if it's served out of an actual pumpkin.
- Casseroles - Nothing says fall like a hot casserole. Ask your guests to bring their favorites (and leave the oven preheated for any last-minute warm-ups).
- Friendsgiving - Host a Thanksgiving-themed potluck with your best friends. Assign everyone a traditional Thanksgiving dish to bring like turkey, stuffing, candied yams or macaroni and cheese.
- Fiesta Night - Decorate with sombreros, piñatas and bright colors so your guests will feel right at home eating tacos, chips, salsa and other Mexican fare.
- Finger Foods - No forks allowed at this potluck. Tell guests to cook up their favorite finger foods like pigs in a blanket and mozzarella sticks. They're easy to transport and even easier to eat.
- - Break out the gingham tablecloths and serve up some pulled pork, brisket, ribs and all the fixin's. Fall's temperate climate will even allow you to have this messy food outside. Decorate with mason jars, twine, burlap and other rustic textures.
