Get these sweet treats for your friend’s birthday…

While cakes have been used to celebrate birthdays for hundreds of years, there's nothing wrong with switching things up and partying with one of these delights alternatively.

Doughnuts

Get this amazingly snacky deep-fried variation as against the traditional birthday cake. Pile up glazed doughnuts into a mountain and cover it with icing and sprinkles. You can also provide a variety of gourmet doughnuts split into pieces so that everyone gets a taste of the different flavours. You could even go all out and build a doughnut wall for a larger gathering by hanging a variety of colourful or monochrome doughnuts from a pegboard.

Cake made with Rice Krispies.

Make three springform pans of Rice Krispies treats to make a triple-layer marshmallow-type delicacy, with or without frosting. To make slicing easier, just make them very gooey.

Cotton candy as a sweet treat.

Serve cotton candy balls in a large bowl, or make a "cake" out of it by icing a clean Styrofoam cone and putting cotton candy balls to the frosting before it sets. Kids would love to binge on this – the balls indeed, stick right on and the frosting acts as a holding agent.

Chocolate fondue fountain.

When you dip fruit, marshmallows, bits of cake or brownies, and savoury morsels like cheese and pretzels in a chocolate fountain, the treat serves as entertainment and dessert. One of the most popular methods to ensure an added touch of fun, glamour, and sophistication at your party is to provide your guests with a chocolate fountain. The contraption piques the interest of partygoers of all ages, but it has a particularly strong influence on grownups.

Small desserts in a jar.

Cupcakes aren't the only one-of-a-kind party favours. Mini cheesecakes like cheesecakes or dirt cake inclusive of chocolate pudding, whipped cream, crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies, can be made in small mason jars. These are also the latest indulgent in the dessert area.

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