What are good foods to bring to a party?!

Okay, so I just had my birthday party, at a hotel, and it was AWESOME! Everyone agreed. So much that we decided that it would be so cool, the day before halloween, to have another hotel sleepover. The whole thing for my birthday cost about $150, for food and room. We could divide the cost for the room by 6 of us, and bring our own food instead of buying a party tray. And we decided where we could sleep, and that my mom would be the best adult at the party (not a hover mom, lets us do what we want as long as we stick together. She is not the ind of person who thinks something terrible will happen if she doesn't come with 6 12-almost 14 year old girls) and we know where the stuff in the hotel is and the pool hours, so all that's left is the food.


Normally, for family parties, my mom makes an eggplant dip and I make tapenade. But, once again, the ages are 12-14, and that won't work. I don't want to have to make boring pasta salad, or sandwiches. So I want ideas of things you can make, in a big bowl, that people tend to like.


The pickiness varies. 2 of them are super picky, the rest are just a tad picky. The super picky ones will have to eat what they bring if they don't like our food. But remember, the age group will probably not want olive spread that looks funny.

Also, the hotel has a fridge, but it is small and there isn't much room between the racks, and there is a little microwave.