PARTY & GROUP FUN · PRINTABLE COOKING CHALLENGE
Savoury Mix-Up
A printable cooking challenge game for 2–8 players or teams. Draw ingredients and a secret twist, make real savory snacks, then taste and score everyone’s creations.
For
Adults and families with older children
Players
2–8 players or teams
Time
About 30–45 minutes, plus preparation time
FIND YOUR KIND OF FUN
A little more about the activity
Bring a little friendly competition to the kitchen with Savory Mix-Up, a printable cooking party game for 2–8 players or teams. Ordinary ingredients become the starting point for a savory snack or light dish, with a secret twist to work into your creation. It is a chance to cook, improvise and share the results together.
Each player or team draws one card from each of four ingredient decks: Base, Core, Savory Layer and Topping, plus one secret Twist Card. Use all four ingredients to create your snack and work in the twist, keeping it hidden until the final reveal. Your combination sets the challenge, but what you make with it is up to you.
Name your creation, present it and reveal your twist, then taste and score everyone else’s snacks. The judging sheets cover Taste, Presentation, Ingredient Magic and Twist, with the highest total score winning. Custom ingredient cards let you add your own choices, and a new draw gives you a different challenge next time.
For dinner parties, Friendsgiving gatherings and family cooking sessions with older children and adults.
What is included
A 31-page printable game pack, provided as A4 and US Letter PDFs, including:
72 ingredient cards across four decks: Base, Core, Savory Layer and Topping, with 18 cards per deck
18 secret Twist Cards
9 blank Custom Ingredient Cards
How to Play instructions
A Host Prep guide
A two-page Ingredient Planner
A Judge Sheet with scoring guidance and a Final Scoreboard
A Print, Cut & Play guide and optional patterned card backs
READY TO GET STARTED?
Before you begin
You will need a printer or printing service, paper or cardstock, scissors or a paper cutter, pens and a timer. Provide the ingredients, plates, bowls, utensils and kitchen equipment your group will use, with enough space to prepare the snacks. Use the Ingredient Planner to choose what will be available before play, taking allergies and dietary needs into account. Allow time to shop and prepare beforehand, and supervise children as appropriate.
Print & enjoy
Purchase through Etsy, download your PDFs and print at 100% / Actual Size. Follow the included Print, Cut & Play guide to prepare the cards; the patterned backs are optional. Remove cards for ingredients you will not have available, then separate and shuffle the four ingredient decks and the Twist deck. Print a Judge Sheet for each player or team and one Final Scoreboard.