Finger Foods and Easy Appetizers for a Party

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Whether you are going out and about for New Year’s Eve parties, looking for the perfect Christmas Eve appetizers, hosting basketball or football games watch parties, or just having a girls’ nights at home, we all are always looking for finger foods and easy appetizers for a party. Here is a list of my favorite dips, meatballs, cheese plates, sliders, sweets, and punches I make for parties all the time. These are perfect Christmas appetizers or even ideas for New Year’s Eve parties too. Prioritize what I should make for the festivities of ringing in the new year.

Whether you are going out and about for New Year's Eve parties, basketball or football games, or just girl's nights at home, we all are always looking for snacks, appetizers, sweet treats, and cocktails.

Find a list of our best appetizers I put together with some of my favorite foodies. But here you can find some of our favorite savory appetizers to classic dips and even some of the best dishes using cream cheese to shrimp.

Cheese Boards and Spreads Appetizers

Make your life easy, just put together a charcuterie board, cheese plate, cheese balls, or a simple shredded cheese dip for a quick appetizer.

Murray's Smoked Cheese Dip

Murray’s Cheese Dip

Caramelized onion baked brie crescent round is a simple brie en croute recipe made with caramelized onions and brie for a baked brie recipe.

Caramelized Onion Baked Brie enCroute or Crescent Rolls

Cheese Board

How to Make a Cheese Board

Everything Bagel Stuffed Celery

Everything Bagel Stuffed Celery

Cheese Ball

Dips, Salsas, and Queso Appetizers

From queso to salsa, these dips are always a hit at any party or watch party you are throwing.

Smoked queso is your favorite queso dip made with Velveeta, Rotel, onions, taco meat, and peppers made in a cast-iron skillet on your smoker or grill.

Smoked Queso

Chili's Restaurant Style Salsa

Restaurant Style Salsa

Crock Pot White Pizza Dip recipe is a great alternative to the traditional sausage queso dip. Brings all the flavors from pizza on the end of chip.

Crock Pot White Pizza Dip

Spicy ranch 7-layer taco dip is Layers of taco-seasoned refried beans, guacamole, sour cream with ranch, lettuce, cheese, pico de gallo, olive, and cheese!

7-Layer Taco Dip

This crock pot hot bacon and corn dip recipe is a new family favorite dip as it is ooey-gooey cheesiness with a hint of heat with jalapenos keeps everyone coming back for just one more dip.

Crock Pot Hot Bacon Corn Dip

Crock Pot Sausage Queso Dip

Sausage Queso Dip

Air Fryer Snacks

With everyone having air fryers now, let’s use them to make all the best appetizers!

Air Fryer Ravioli is a homemade version of St. Louis style toasted ravioli in the air fryer made with cheese ravioli dipped in an egg wash and then breaded with parmesan cheese and bread crumbs then air fried.

Air Fryer Ravioli

Remove from the air fryer after cooking 5-7 minutes. While the steak is frying, mince garlic and melt butter to make garlic butter for dipping the steak fingers in.

Air Fryer Cube Steak Bites

Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Tater Tots are the best made at home tater tots. So simple and ready in under 15 minutes. For extra crunch, make mini tater tots for the ultimate crispy to soft inside combination. #AirFryer #NinjaFoodi #TaterTots

Air Fryer Tater Tots

Wraps, Sliders, and Flatbreads

Here are some great finger foods in form of wraps, sliders, mini sandwiches, and flatbreads. There are plenty of low-carb options here too.

Three simple ingredients to make these dill pickle wraps for an easy low-carb and gluten free snack. #Keto #LowCarb #KetoSnacks

Dill Pickle Wraps

Cheesy Artichoke Bread is a simple appetizer combining artichoke hearts with lots of cheese, garlic, and onions on Italian bread for perfect finger food for any party. #Appetizers #Artichokes #Cheese #CheesyBread

Cheesy Artichoke Bread

Taco pinwheels are the perfect way to use up leftover taco meat and tortilla shells in a different way than just as tacos again by simply mixing cream cheese, salsa, and taco meat together and spreading over the tortilla shell before rolling up into a pinwheel.

Taco Pinwheels

This unique jalapeño popper recipe is just four ingredients - crescent rolls, cream cheese, bacon, and jalapeños.

Jalapeno Bacon Poppers

Ham and cheese ranch wraps are staple in our house in the summer. The simple recipe can be made quickly and travels well to where ever the family is heading.

Ranch Wraps

Keto chicken bacon ranch wraps are a 5-ingredient low-carb snack or appetizer that is easily put together with deli chicken slices, ranch cream cheese, cheese, and bacon.

Low-Carb Chicken Bacon Ranch Wraps

Ham Sandwich on Hawaiian Sweet Roll

Hawaiian Roll Ham Sandwiches

Roast beef Hawaiian roll sliders, or more affectionately called Sandy's Sandwiches, combine butter, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce, and poppy seeds for a butter glaze that compliments these baked roast beef and cheese sandwiches.

Roast Beef Hawaiian Roll Sliders

Cheesy Sausage Bagels

Cheesy Sausage Bagels

The cheesy ranch bacon pull-apart bread recipe is an easy appetizer made with a Hawaiian Bread round loaf that is filled with bacon, cheese, and, green onions ranch butter then baked to gooey crack bread perfection.

Pull Apart Bacon, Cheese, Ranch Bread {AKA Crack Bread}

Hawaiian roll hamburger sliders recipe is a loose meat cheeseburger sliders pan fried with onion soup mix and mayonnaise then baked on the butter topped rolls with lots of cheese.

Hawaiian Roll Cheeseburger Sliders

Italian Squares made with Crescent Rolls

Crescent Roll Italian Squares

Meatballs, Wings, Weenies and Stuffed Veggies

A crock pot full of whisky dogs or a cast iron skillet with jalapeno popper meatballs is like having mini entrees for appetizers.

Crock Pot Apple Bourbon Smokies are a sweet and tangy appetizer for change to a traditional smoked sausage appetizer recipe.

Apple Bourbon Glazed Lil’ Smokies

Smoked Honey Garlic Wings are a fantastic blend of sweet, savory, and smoky flavors that are perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re smoking them low and slow or grilling them, these wings will be a hit with everyone!

Smoked Honey Garlic Wings

Grilled shrimp and smoked sausage skewers are full of cajun flavors and grill quickly for a fast grilled meal. #Grilling #bigGreenEgg #Shrimp #Sausage #ForkMorePork #Cajun #Recipes

Shrimp and Smoked Sausage Skewers

Low-Carb Jalapeno Popper Meatballs combine hamburger with chopped jalapenos, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and lots of seasoning for the perfect gameday appetizer or quick dinner recipe.

Jalapeno Popper Meatballs

Low-Carb sausage balls use ground pork, cream cheese, parmesan and shredded cheeses to form the base for an oven baked pork meatball. #keto #lowcarb #meatballs #sausage

Sausage Balls

Whiskey dogs are a quick lit'l smokies appetizer made with ketchup, brown sugar, and whiskey either cooked on the stove or in a crock pot until the little weiners are hot.

Whiskey Dogs

Bacon cheeseburger stuffed meatballs on the grill are the perfect grilled meatball made with bacon bits, fried onions, ground beef, and a cube of Colby jack cheese.

Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Meatballs on the Grill

Bacon parmesan stuffed mushrooms are a gluten-free stuffed mushroom recipe is low-carb, filled with bacon, cheese, garlic, onions, and herbs that can be grilled or baked.

Parmesan and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms

These bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers have 5 ingredients and sure to be a hit at your next tailgate or party.

Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers

Sweet Treats

What’s a Christmas Eve party without a little something sweet. Whether you want a little morsel and a whole love chocolate, we have you covered with the perfect party treats.

Kahlua Pecan Brie is a simple four-ingredient recipe delivers with this baked Kahlua Pecan Brie. A perfect appetizer or dessert when served with pear and apple slices.

Baked Brie with Kahlua and Pecans

Strawberry Cheesecake Dip is a no bake cheesecake dessert made with cream cheese, whipped cream, powdered sugar, and fresh strawberries.

Strawberry Cheesecake Dip

Saltine cracker toffee is a four-ingredient candy recipe that is easy to make with saltine crackers, butter, brown sugar, and chocolate chips and baked quickly before being broken into pieces.


Saltine Cracker Toffee

Indoor Make-ahead S'mores are an easy recipe that can be made up in large quantities prior to any event where an easy to distribute and eat dessert is needed.

Baked Dipped S’Mores

Amish peanut butter recipe is the sweet combination of marshmallow fluff, peanut butter, honey and a totally random secret ingredient. 

Amish Peanut Butter

Chocolate peanut butter rock road clusters combine peanut, marshmallows, and rice krispies with melted dark and white chocolate and peanut butter for over-the-top peanut clusters.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Rocky Road Clusters

Party Drinks

All of this food needs washed down with something yummy to drink. From the best cocktail to a fun party punch, here are some great ideas for drinks to serve.

When the pink Country Time lemonade is mixed with the yellow of the pineapple juice, a fun orange punch is created with this pineapple lemonade punch that is slightly tart, and slightly sweet with a little fizz.

Pink Lemonade Pineapple Punch

Green sherbet punch is a lime flavored green punch combining lemon-lime Kool-Aid, pineapple juice and sprite with lime sherbet for a fun and flavorful drink.

Green Sherbet Punch

This is the best punch recipe. It combines pineapple, orange and lemon flavors for a an addicting drink for any party.

The Best Punch Recipe

Moscow Mule Punch is the perfect large batch cocktail recipe combining limeade, ginger beer, and vodka great for tailgates, pool parties and BBQs. #Vodka #CocktailRecipe #Cocktails #MoscowMule #Beer #LargeBatchCocktails

Moscow Mule Punch

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Whether you are going out and about for New Year's Eve parties, basketball or football games, or just girl's nights at home, we all are always looking for snacks, appetizers, sweet treats, and cocktails.
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