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Appetizers & Snack Recipes

Recipes for party appetizers, dips and spreads, and a variety of finger foods and snacks.
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Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites

If you love bacon and need a great snack for the game, look no further! Try this recipe for flavorful chicken chunks wrapped with bacon and basted with a honey mustard mixture.

Simple Sugared Bacon

This easy sugared bacon makes a tasty snack for a game day party, or use it in larger pieces to wrap small pieces of cooked chicken or scallops. These are like candy, great for game day parties or tail gating.

Andouille Slices with Creole Mayonnaise on Toast Squares

These need to be put together shortly before serving so the toast doesn't get soft...that is, I assume so. I've never been able to keep them around long enough to find out!

Cream Cheese Tart with Tasso or Ham

This is quick, easy, fun to make and results in a delicious tart with serving possibilities ranging from lunchbox items to elegant hors d'oeuvres.

Crispy Fried Pickles

These fried pickles would make a fabulous Southern style appetizer for any special get-together, and they taste great with a sauce made with Ranch dressing and barbecue sauce. This recipe is from Southern Living Off The Eaten Path, by Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Hot Garlic-Orange Olives: Fast & Fabulous Party Food

These are quick and easy to make, and loaded with flavor from the herbs and garlic. They are different from other seasoned olives as the orange zest adds an unusual touch, as does serving them hot.

Pizza Pinwheels

These easy pizza pinwheels are made with crescent roll dough, pepperoni, cheese, and favorite chopped toppings. It's an easy pizza pinwheels recipe made with crescent rolls.

Spiced Meatballs

These easy spiced meatballs make a tasty appetizer for a holiday party. Appetizer spiced meatballs recipe.

Pigs in Blankets

Pigs in blankets, always a favorite snack for holiday parties and game day gatherings. Mini hot dogs or Li'l Smokies are wrapped in savory homemade cheese dough and served with mustard and chili sauce or barbecue sauce.

Smoked Sausage Bites

These sausage bites make a quick and easy appetizer to prepare for a party or get-together. I used chicken and apple sausage, but other smoked sausage would work as well.

Ham and Cheddar Bundles

Mustard livens up a mixture of ham and cheddar cheese in these tasty crescent roll snacks. These would be perfect for a kids party or friendly get-together.

Barbecued Chicken Wontons

Barbecued chicken wontons, a chicken appetizer recipe made with barbecue sauce and wonton dough. Fried chicken wontons with barbecue sauce.

Appetizer Pulled Pork Sandwiches

These mini pulled pork buns are fantastic little sandwiches for a passed hors d'oeuvres party or holiday gathering. Delicious pulled pork sandwiches for a party.

Mini Peach Cobblers

Tiny peach cobblers are easily made with canned peachs and pie pastry. Delicious little cobblers for a party, tasting, or gathering.

Mini Cheddar and Green Onion Quiches

Make these mini quiches for a passed hors d'oeuvres party or other special event.

Tapenade

This tapenade is easy to make, and it's delicious with crackers or small, thin slices of bread.

Top 10 Appetizers - Popular and Tastiest Appetizer Recipes and Snack Recipes

The top 10 appetizers and snack recipes, including sausage balls, easy dips, cocktail franks, and more.

Cheesy Mexican Appetizer Recipe - Mexican Style Appetizer Recipe With Cheese and Peppers

A Mexican-style appetizer recipe with bean dip, cheese, jalapeno peppers, chili sauce, and guacamole and tortilla chips. Mexican appetizer recipe with cheese.

Tangy Cocktail Franks - Easy Crockpot Appetizer Hot Dogs

Easy tangy cocktail franks, with cocktail franks, pineapple, currant jelly, and seasonings. A delicious crockpot appetizer recipe.

Cheese and Chutney Stuffed Celery - Stuffed Celery Recipe and Similar Appetizers

Stuffed celery with cream cheese and chutney, along with more recipes for stuffed celery and other finger foods and appetizers. A stuffed celery recipe, so easy for any party or gathering.

Glazed Sausage Bites - Sausage Appetizer Recipe

Sausage appetizers with herbs and a sauce of ketchup, brown sugar, and other ingredients. A glazed sausage bite recipe.

Zesty Snack Mix Recipe With Honey Roasted Peanuts

A zesty snack mix recipe with peanuts, butter, cereal, and potato sticks, along with seasonings.

Taco Snack Mix - Snack Mix With Taco Seasonings

An easy taco seasoned snack mix recipe, made with pretzel sticks, melted butter, chips, and cereals.

Olive Cheese Nuggets Recipe

Olive cheese bites recipe with olives, cheese, and flour, and butter. An olive appetizer recipe.

Cheesy Barbecue Popcorn - Holiday Snack Recipe With Popcorn

A popcorn snack with butter, seasonings, and Parmesan cheese. Popcorn snack for holidays or snack time.

Sweet Potato Sausage Balls - Easy Sausage Balls With Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potato sausage balls, made with mashed sweet potatoes, shredded cheese , sausage, and other ingredients.

Muffuletta Canapes - Muffuletta Appetizer Recipe

Little appetizer sandwiches, with biscuits, cheese, pickled vegetables, salami, and olives. Muffuletta appetizer recipe.

Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes - Easy Cherry Tomato Appetizer Recipe

Cherry tomato appetizer recipe - stuffed cherry tomatoes with cream cheese and seasonings.

Spinach Bites - Spinach Appetizer Recipe

Spinach appetizers, made with frozen chopped spinach, stuffing crumbs, eggs, butter, and cheese, along with herbs and seasonings. A spinach appetizer recipe.

Asparagus Roll-Ups - Party Appetizer With Asparagus and

An asparagus appetizer with mayonnaise and bread.

Sausage Cheese Balls - Sausage Balls Recipe

A favorite appetizer in this area, sausage is combined with biscuit mix and cheese. Sausage and cheese balls for appetizer or snack.

Chicken Puffs Recipe - Chicken Appetizer Recipe

Chicken puff recipe with filling of cooked chicken, Swiss cheese, and mayonnaise.

Onion Appetizer Rounds - Onion Appetizer Recipe

Onion appetizers with mayonnaise topping. Onion appetizer recipe.

Spinach Appetizer Recipe - Beggar's Purses With Spinach and Cheese

A Spanikopita-style beggars purses with spinach and feta cheese. Spinach beggar's purses with mushrooms, spinach, and cheese.

Sasuage Roll-Up Recipe - Sausage Appetizer With Biscuit Dough

Sausage appetizers, made with sausage and biscuit dough. An easy sausage roll-up recipe.

Ranch Style Party Mix Recipe

A party mix with cereal, pretzel sticks, dried dill, ranch dressing mx, and other ingredients.

Chicken and Bacon Bites - Fried Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites Recipe

Chicken and bacon snack recipe, an appetizer with apricot sauce or other dipping sauce. Chicken fried appetizer recipe with bacon, deep fried.

Appetizer Meatballs With Special Barbecue Sauce

Meatballs with doctored barbecue sauce. Ingredients include barbecue sauce, apricot jelly, an ground beef.

Bacon Wrapped Scallops - Holiday Scallop Appetizer Recipe

Scallops are wrapped with bacon slices then broiled. A delicious appetizer recipe made with bacon and scallops.

Tortilla Roll-Ups With Ham or Smoked Turkey - Tortilla Appetizer Recipe

Tortilla roll ups with ham or smoked turkey, along with lettuce, cream cheese, and seasonings. Ham roll-ups with tortillas.

Rumaki Recipe - Chicken Liver Appetizer

Rumaki recipe, made with water chestnuts, chicken livers, and bacon. A chicken liver appetizer, also known as rumaki, with water chestnuts, bacon and soy sauce.

Noodle Nibbles - Easy Chow Mein Noodle Snack

Savory snack with chow mein noodles, soy sauce, butter, and hot sauce, along with seasonings. An easy noodle snack mix.

Potato Skins Recipe

Easy potato skins, made with green onions, seasoned salt, and sour cream.

Donna's Nachos - Easy Nacho Recipe

Donna's nachos made with tortilla chips, refried beans, lean ground beef, jalapeno peppers, and cheddar cheese.

Stuffed Celery Recipe with Cream Cheese and Mayonnaise - Appetizer Recipe with Cream Cheese

A very simple but delicious appetizer recipe - celery stuffed with cream cheese and mayonnaise mixture. This is a stuffed celery recipe with mayonnaise, cream cheese, paprika and Worcestershire sauce.

Reuben Bites Recipe - Reuben Appetizer Recipe

Recipe for reuben bites appetizer with crescent roll dough and sauerkraut.

Cocktail Spinach Balls Recipe - Appetizer Recipe

Recipe for spinach balls appetizers, a party or holiday snack recipe.

Dilled Olive Snacks

Recipe for dilled olives for a party appetizer or holiday gathering.

Guacamole Pie - Avocado Appetizer Recipe

A guacamole pie, an avocado appetizer made with avocado, lemon juice, sour cream, monterey jack cheese, black olives, tomato and taco seasoning.

Stuffed Celery Recipe - Celery Stuffed with Cream Cheese Blue Cheese Mixture

Celery stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, blue cheese, and herbs. A stuffed celery recipe.

Bacon Puffs Recipe - Bacon Puffs with Cheese and other Appetizer Recipes

Bacon puffs are made with bread and bacon and cheese, rolled up then baked. Bacon puffs are served hot as an appetizer.

Easy Tuna Bites - Recipe for Tuna Appetizer with Cream Cheese

Tuna is mixed with cream cheese, horseradish, and lemon juice, then rolled in parsley. Easy tuna appetizer recipe with cream cheese.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts - Appetizer Recipe Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

A tasty bacon appetizer broiled in the oven. Bacon slices are cut in half and wrapped around water chestnuts which have been marinated.

Taco Appetizer Recipe - Tiny Tacos for Snack or Appetizer

Bite-sized tacos for parties or snacks. This tiny taco recipe is made with corn tortillas, tomato, avocado, onion, garlic, lettuce, cheese, and other ingredients.

Cocktail Franks - Cocktail Hot Dogs or Franks with Currant Jelly

Cocktail franks or hot dogs are cooked with currant jelly, chili sauce and mustard. Cocktail franks recipe or use cut up hot dogs.

Salmon Recipe - Recipe for Salmon Roll-Ups with Crescent Rolls

Salmon recipe - roll ups with canned salmon and crescent rolls. Salmon crescent roll recipe.

Tortilla Roll-Ups - A delicious tortilla roll-up recipe

Tortilla roll-ups are a popular appetizer served with salsa. Tortilla roll-ups recipe with cream cheese and green onions, green chiles, red pepper, and other ingredients.

Chicken Appetizer Recipe - Chicken Bites Recipe

Chicken is ground then mixed with eggs, onion, water chestnuts, and mushrooms and deep fried. Chicken appetizer recipe - chicken bites.

Ground Beef Nachos Recipe - Nachos with Ground Beef and Cheese

Nachos with cheese and ground beef and refried beans. A recipe for nacho delight.

Shrimp Stuffed Celery Recipe - Celery Stuffed with Shrimp and Pineapple Mixture

Celery stuffed with shrimp, pineapple, mayonnaise, green onion, and other ingredients. An appetizer stuffed celery recipe with shrimp.

Holiday Appetizers

Here's a collection of appetizers for holiday entertaining or other special occasions. Recipes include cheese balls and bites, chicken wings, bacon wrapped shrimp, tortilla roll-ups, veggie pizza, meatballs, dips, and more.

Party Snacks

Popcorn snacks, spiced and savory nuts, cheese straws, nachos, and breadsticks, along with many more snack recipes.

Appetizer Recipes

Appetizer recipes, including snacks, spiced nuts, chicken wings, meatball recipes, cheese straws, sausage balls, and many more. A variety of tasty appetizer recipes for parties, games, and get-togethers.

Salmon Mousse or Crab Mousse

Salmon Mousse or Crab Mousse

Favorite Football Foods

Here are links to several recipes for perfect football food, ranging from roasted and salty munchies to filling meals.

Delicious Party Food - Holiday Snacks and Appetizer Recipes

Looking for easy and delicious appetizers? Try one of these recipes, including recipes for meatballs, easy pinwheel snacks, artichoke dip, stuffed mushrooms, and many more.

Delicious Party Food - Holiday Snacks and Appetizer Recipes

Looking for easy and delicious appetizers? Try one of these recipes, including recipes for meatballs, easy pinwheel snacks, artichoke dip, stuffed mushrooms, and many more.

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