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Appetizers & Snack Recipes

Recipes for party appetizers, dips and spreads, and a variety of finger foods and snacks.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs
A great tasting Asian style sweet and sour sauce makes these meatballs an excellent party snack. The meatballs are baked, then they're simmered in the sauce and served from a slow cooker or chafing dish.

Mini Broccoli Quiches
This tiny quiches make a nice party appetizer, and they're easy to fix with prepared pie crust dough.

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.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
These flavorful bacon appetizers are broiled in the oven. Bacon slices are cut in half and wrapped around water chestnuts which have been lightly marinated.

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.

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

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!

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

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 tasty deep 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
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.

Smoked Sausage Bites
These sausage bites are quick and easy appetizer to prepare for a party or game day 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.

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.

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.

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

Cocktail Franks in Currant Jelly Sauce
Cocktail franks or hot dogs are cooked with a simple currant jelly sauce. This is a nice party appetizer, or take along to a potluck event.

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.

Spinach Bites
These spinach appetizers are made with frozen chopped spinach, stuffing mix, eggs, butter, and cheese, along with herbs and seasonings.

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

Barbecued Chicken Wontons
Barbecued chicken wontons, a chicken appetizer recipe made with barbecue sauce and wonton dough. The wontons are deep fried with a tasty chicken filling, served with bbq sauce.

Taco Snack Mix
This easy, tasty snack mix is seasoned with taco seasoning mix and a little butter. It's made with a variety of cereals, tortilla chips, and pretzels.

Zesty Snack Mix
Here's a zesty snack mix recipe with peanuts, butter, cereal, and potato sticks, along with seasonings.

Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
These easy little stuffed tomatoes make a nice snack or appetizer for a spring or summer event.

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

Muffuletta Appetizer
Little muffuletta appetizer sandwiches are made with biscuits, cheese, pickled vegetables, salami, and olives.

Asparagus Roll-Ups
These broiled asparagus roll-ups make nice party sandwiches.

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

Chicken and Bacon Bites
Looking for a tasty and easy chicken snack? This chicken and bacon snack is great with prepared sweet and sour sauce, or fix your own favorite sauce to dip them in.

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

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.

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

Ranch Party Mix
This is a flavorful party mix made with cereal, pretzel sticks, dried dill, and ranch dressing mix.

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

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.

Easy Pesto Pinwheels
A simple 3-ingredient appetizer made with crescent roll dough, prepared pesto, and mozzarella cheese. Serve these simple pinwheels warm for a delicious little snack - they're great with wine!

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

Cream Cheese and Chutney Stuffed Celery
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.

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

Sausage Cheese Balls
A favorite appetizer in the south, sausage is combined with biscuit mix and cheese. Sausage and cheese balls make an excellent appetizer or snack.

Onion Appetizer Rounds
In this simple recipe, toasted bread rounds are broiled with a topping of mayonnaise and thinly sliced sweet onion.

Tortilla Roll-Ups
Tortilla roll-ups are a great tasting and popular appetizer served with salsa. They're easy to make with a filling of cream cheese, sour cream, and Tex-Mex flavors.

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

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

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

Tortilla Roll-Ups With Ham or Turkey
Tortilla roll ups are filled with ham or smoked turkey, along with lettuce, cream cheese, and seasonings. Slice and serve with salsa or dip.

Rumaki
This is a tasty rumaki recipe, made with water chestnuts, chicken livers, and bacon.

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

Ground Beef Nachos Recipe
Krista's nachos are made with ground beef, flavored with taco seasoning. These are great for game parties or gatherings.

Crab or Salmon Mousse with Baguette Slices
This salmon mousse (or crab) is a substantial appetizer, but not so rich that it will leave guests too full to enjoy dinner. The salmon or crab, chives, pepper, bell peppers, and pimento stuffed olives add so much flavor that it isn't necessary to have all the flavor come from fat.

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.

Party Planning: How Many Appetizers For Each Guest
Are you having a party and serving appetizers? How many appetizers should you serve for each person, and what kind of variety should you serve?

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