Celebrate this autumnal festival with one of our Bonfire Night food and drink ideas. Wrap up warm and tuck into Bonfire Night cake and plenty more treats to enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Bonfire Night ideas
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Wild boar sausage toad in the hole
This is a simple twist on a classic – swapping out everyday pork bangers for something a little more adventurous, perfect for keeping you warm on Bonfire Night.
Mac ’n’ cheese with ham and pickled onions
Our easy macaroni and cheese is packed with cooked ham, pickled onions and three types of cheese. Serve straight to the table and let everyone dig in.
Giant cheese-stuffed Mexican meatballs
Dark chocolate and dried ancho chillies add richness and heat to this indulgent meatball bake. Serve for a Bonfire Night feast with friends!
Bonfire Night Catherine Wheel sausages
It’s not just the name that makes this dish perfect for a bonfire or firework party. The mix of sticky, sweet, savoury and a pop of heat from the mustard is exactly the kind of thing you want to be eating on a cold autumn night – fire blazing, scarves done up tightly and sparklers at the ready.
Slow-cooker chilli with jalapeño cheddar cornbread
A bit of everything goes into this chilli to create the ultimate winter warmer – dark chocolate, lager and Worcestershire sauce along with plenty of herbs and spices. Throw all the ingredients into a slow-cooker and let the mince soak up the flavours for four hours. Try more of our best chilli recipes here…
Pig cheek goulash
Once the slow-cooked pork is meltingly soft, shred into the sweet, smoky tomato sauce and serve with ribbons of pappardelle for a hearty meal. Give everyone a bowl to tuck into while watching fireworks.
Bonfire Night snacks (finger food)
Need bonfire party food ideas to feed hungry guests while watching the fireworks or gathered around the fire? Check out our snacks for Bonfire Night here.
Sticky sausage baps with beer-braised onions
Everyone loves those little sticky cocktail sausages you get at parties – so here is a super-size version in a soft bap.
Sweet potato melts with rosemary, garlic and chilli
Top your baked sweet potatoes with gruyère, cheddar and rosemary for a comforting winter warmer.
Creamy pumpkin soup with blue cheese and sage toasties
Serve this in big mugs with fat fingers of melty cheese toasties for dipping.
Green chilli cheese toasties
Turn the heat up on Bonfire Night with one of our this melting, oozing cheesy toasties, spiked with chilli. Even more toastie recipes here…
4 quick and easy camembert toppers
Having a Bonfire Night feast? We’ve jazz up baked camemberts with some quick and easy toppings, a great way to feed hungry guests.
Mozzarella dippers with spicy dipping sauce
These cheesy dippers are a perfect nibble to squirrel away for when you have friends round over fireworks season.
Cod dogs with tomato and dill relish and harissa lime mayo
The fiery mayo and refreshing salsa add the perfect finish to these cod dogs, a great alternate to hot dogs on a cold winter’s evening.
Korean chilli-cheese fries
Load French fries with Korean chilli flakes, gochujang, coriander and plenty of cheese for an indulgent sharing dish to serve at your Bonfire Night gathering.
Bonfire Night desserts
Make one of our comforting Bonfire Night puddings for a warming way to end your savoury feast.
Bonfire Night cake
S’mores, bonfire-torched marshmallows sandwiched between biscuits with chocolate, are a classic in the US for a reason. This recipe mashes up all of those flavours into one seriously epic cake.
Spiced toffee apple and ginger cake
The apple sauce makes this cake deliciously squidgy. Serve warm as a pudding with cream or ice cream, or just at room temperature with a hot drink.
Whisky caramel and banana self-saucing pudding
Add a splash of booze to this banana and caramel dessert for extra indulgence! Ready in under an hour, this comforting pud magically creates its own sauce and is best served warm with a dollop of ice cream, perfect for a warming sweet treat on a cold Bonfire Night. More boozy bake recipes here.
Old-school apple crumble
This classic dessert is a firm family favourite and you won’t go wrong with this foolproof recipe. Light up the fire and hunker down with a bowl of comforting crumble.
S’mores chocolate and salted caramel pots
Here the classic US campfire snack of toasted marshmallow and chocolate squished between two biscuits is reworked to create an elegant layered dessert.
Ginger sticky toffee pudding
Check out these seriously decadent ginger sticky toffee puddings. A dark, rich toffee dessert spiked with fiery ginger – serve with cream, ice cream or custard before a night of sparklers and fire!
Teurgoule (rice pudding)
Soft, creamy and spiced, this slow-cooked rice pudding from Normandy is as good cold as warm, and particularly nice with stewed apples on the side.
Bonfire Night drinks
Bonfire Night means hot flasks of drinking chocolate, hot toddys and more. Try our warming drinks to take to the fireworks with you.
Luxury hot chocolate with mix ’n’ match toppings
Set up a little table outside with all the toppings, then let people help themselves to create their own take on the ultimate hot chocolate.
Mulled beer
Forget cider and wine, mulled beer a great alternative to drink over the cold and festive season – full of autumnal flavours of cinnamon, cloves, star anise and clementine.
Campfire cocktail
This sweet and smokey Bonfire Night-inspired cocktail is a great boozy way to heat up on a cold November night!
Spiked hot chocolate
A comforting, boozy hot chocolate is the perfect treat to warm up with when your outside enjoying fireworks with friends!
Mulled tea punch
This is a take on kinderpunsch, a non-alcoholic German drink served as an alternative to glühwein. Make it for an easy, booze-free drink over the festive season.
Blackberry whisky
The subtle spiciness of blackberries is a perfect match for whisky to warm the bones. Add in whole toasted spices (such as cardamom) to infuse.
Mulled hot chocolate
Use up leftover red wine to jazz up your hot chocolate over the cold and festive season. Fill a flask with this spiced hot chocolate and take to your local bonfire party to keep you warm.
Bonfire Night treats
Bonfire Night sweet treats don’t get better than these indulgent baking ideas, from cinder toffee to toffee apples and s’mores cake.
Toffee apples with Bourbon and butterscotch
Indulge in these boozy sticky toffee apples this Bonfire Night for a grown-up treat.
Toffee apple cake
Drizzle extra toffee or caramel sauce over this squidgy cake for an indulgent Bonfire Night treat – perfect for entertaining friends and family.
Baked toffee apple cheesecake
Everyone loves cheesecake, so give yours a Bonfire Night makeover with our decadent toffee apple dessert – an impressive way to end any dinner party on a cold Bonfire Night!
Wagon Wheel brownies
We are going old-school with these knockout jammie Wagon Wheel brownies. Wagon Wheels are one of everyone’s favourite lunch box treats, so we decided it was time to bring back this retro biscuit with a bit more va va boom.
Supermalt ginger parkin
Parkin is a classic Bonfire Night treat. Try our twist on this spiced cake. Fizzy drink Supermalt not only gives an extra malty edge but those bubbles work magically to lighten the sponge as well. If you can’t find Supermalt, use cola or ginger beer for the bubble effect.
Chocolate chip cookies
Fill your pockets with our perfect cookies – soft and chewy in the middle with a perfectly crisp outside. Packed with oozing dark chocolate and topped with sea salt flakes, these quick cookies will keep kids entertained on the way to the local bonfire.
