Make Edible Baby Yoda Nachos
Yeah, I HAD to do it, I absolutely had to make these Edible Baby Yoda Nachos! If you love the Mandalorian and The Child why not make these FUN and edible nachos!
And who wouldn’t want to have a little snacky bite of The Child?? I know I do. Apparently wanting to have a quick bite of Baby Yoda is something called Cute Aggression. Oops! Here’s a Baby Yoda Recipe you can enjoy with zero guilt for Star Wars Day or anytime!
Star Wars Day Food!
This Baby Yoda Recipe will make all your Mandalorian and Star Wars Fans HAPPY! This is the perfect Star Wars Day Food for Star Wars Day on May The Fourth (be with you!)
Baby Yoda Recipe for the WIN!
But I’ve got the answer, Baby Yoda Nachos. Perfect for snacking AND keeping you from eating cute babies. You’re welcome.
Edible Baby Yoda Nachos
These are really just nachos with Wholly Guacamole spread on top to look like Baby Yoda. Add a couple of pieces of jalapeños, some sour cream, olives, and boom Baby Yoda Nachos.
Got your OWN favorite nacho recipe? Make those and top it with a guacamole Baby Yoda!
You can also use homemade guacamole. I just grabbed the pack of guacamole because avocados in Alaska are hit or miss. And the few I bought for sushi night were hardly pretty.Sometimes store-bought mashed avocados or guacamole are just better.
Star Wars Party Food??
YESSSSS! These made the perfect Baby Yoda Snack for ANY Star Wars Themed party, especially Star Wars Day. You can make one big platter of nachos OR make smaller plate-sized servings for kids.
Now if you’ve got teens at the party, you’ll need to make about 5 batches of these because to them a Baby Yoda Snack is serious food.
Who is Baby Yoda? OH MY GOSH!
He is the STAR (probably unintentional) of the Mandalorian series on Disney+. I’m pretty sure Mando is supposed to be the star, but who could stand up against the adorable Baby Yoda? NO ONE.
Not even Mando. Ok, maybe mando!
Baby Yoda or Grogu as we now know him is “The Child”
But to US, and to many many fans he’s Baby Yoda. The purists will auto-correct you and say “the Child” every time you talk about him/her. But we KNOW and love him as Baby Yoda.
Notes on the Edible Baby Yoda Nachos:
- prep everything in advance so when the nachos come out you can put the toppings on and serve them while they’re still hot
- Use whatever topping YOU like on nachos, including beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, and so on
- the ONLY required items are chips, guacamole, lettuce, a jalapeño, sour cream, and white onions
Need MORE Ba-Yo?
- Check out all of these adorable Baby Yoda Soup Memes my friend Lizz over at More Than Thursdays collected. I LOVE THEM ALL.
- Make these ADORABLE Baby Yoda Snowflakes there are directions and a file for the Cricut Machine OR directions for Hand-Cut as well.
- Grab ALL the Mandalorian Funk Pops
- Start planning your Baby Yoda Costume for next fall!
- Print your own (FREE!!) Baby Yoda Valentines over on Eat, Drink, and Save Money!
Baby Yoda Nachos
Equipment
Ingredients
- 15 oz bag of corn chips your preferred brand
- 2 cups shredded cheese
- 2 cups cooked ground beef or beans
- chopped lettuce
- chopped tomatoes
- salsa
- diced onions
- 8 ounces Wholly Guacamole
- olives
- jalapeños for ears more if you like it spicy
Instructions
- preheat broiler
- spread 3/4 quarters of the chips on a baking sheet
- sprinkle on half the shredded cheese
- add beef or beans if using, you can heat these in advance if you want to
- add the remaining cheese
- broil until the cheese melts and the beef or beans (if using) are warm
- meanwhile, split the jalapeño, remove the seeds, and cut a little sliver off for his mouth
- when the cheese is melted remove from the oven
- add your toppings such as lettuce(save some for Baby Yoda), tomatoes, olives, salsa
- to make Baby Yoda: add more chips to one side of the pile of the nachos to form the robe/sack
- add a layer of lettuce to the top of the nachos and spread evenly
- add the guacamole in a rough circle, add the peppers as ears, olives for eyes, and a little sliver of pepper for his mouth
- use a cookie scoop to add his cowl made of sour cream and sprinkle that with diced onions to form the sheepskin look
- add more chips to round out his cowl
- serve with any remaining chips
- stand back because once kids see this there’s a lot of screeching and photos being taken
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This is super cute! I will definitely be making this for our next Star Wars watch party. Pinned!
May the Force be with you!
Maria
This is so smart! I usually shy away from themed food because mine often ends up wasting a lot of food just to be cute. I love that there is no waste here! And it’s adorable!
Thanks! I usually don’t do a lot of themed food recipes either but I couldn’t resist.
Baby Yoda made me do it! LOL
Hi I’m sorry to bother you I want to make these but can’t figure out where the lettuce goes.
If you read the recipe the lettuce goes on after you heat it up. You set some aside to put the guacamole on for his face.
This is hands-down the most creative nacho recipe I’ve ever seen! Turning snack time into a Baby Yoda masterpiece is genius—and perfect for Star Wars Day. I love how fun and customizable it is, especially for kids. Definitely bookmarking this for our next themed party. Thanks for the smiles (and the guac cravings)!