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Appetizers and Snacks

Fresh flavorful appetizer recipes and snack ideas for kids and adults!

Simple to put together, this Upscale Charcuterie Grazing Table is sure to WOW guests over the holidays. Or any time of year!  what to pair with aged cheddar | appetizers | canape ideas | fancy | christmas | new years eve | champagne and cheese #Tillamook #dairydoneright #ad @tillamook

Browse below for the best homemade snacks, small bites and starters recipes organized by post date. You can find it all whether serving two or a crowd! Or search by season, ingredient type or recipe type like dips, boards, breads, muffins and all sorts of other appetizers and snacks for parties, picnics and all day, every day.

Zucchini and feta fritters with dill recipe.

Zucchini and Feta Fritters

Oysters Kilpatrick

This Chana Chaat Indian Chickpea Salad recipe transforms simple ingredients like tomatoes, chickpeas and potatoes into a flavorful dish that can be enjoyed as a snack, salad or condiment. chickpea chaat | chickpea chaat recipe | Indian salad with chickpeas | chana chaat recipes

Chana Chaat Indian Chickpea Salad

Cranberry jalapeno cream cheese dip close up in a white dish with buttery crackers.

Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip

Three onion dip with green onion and vidalia onion and crispy onions on a plate with a knife and toast points.

Caramelized Onion Dip with Labneh

Top down view of a board full of snacks like pizza rolls, toaster strudels, fruit roll ups, celery sticks, pepperoni slices, crackers, peanut butter, pickles and more.

90s Snack Board

Not-cho 'Cheese' Crispy Kale Chips are oven baked with a zesty nacho-inspired seasoning made from cashews, nutritional yeast, salsa and more. kale chips | kale chips recipe | crispy kale | how to make kale chips | baked kale chips | spicy kale chips | kale chips nutritional yeast

Not-cho Cheese Crispy Kale Chips

Tomato Bruschetta with Cheese is a delicious Italian antipasto recipe with cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, squeaky cheese, garlic and basil. bruschetta recipe | tomato bruschetta | easy bruschetta tomate

Tomato Bruschetta with Cheese

Blistered Shishito Peppers with dipping sauce is a delicious easy appetizer recipe that can be cooked in a cast iron on the stove, grilled on the bbq, baked in the oven and even made in the air fryer. shishito peppers | shishito peppers recipe | japanese peppers

Blistered Shishito Peppers

Caprese Clams are a delicious steamed clams recipe with manila clams, bursting tomatoes, garlic and thick cut croutons in a luscious basil, lemon white wine sauce. steamed clams | clams recipe | manila clams | steam clams recipe | how to steam clams

Caprese Steamed Clams

Watermelon Fruit Salad Bites are a delicious refreshing watermelon salad served as a bite sized red, white and blue appetizer. fruit salad | watermelon salad | fourth of july fruit salad

Red White and Blue Watermelon Fruit Salad Bites

Broiled Lobster Tails are a delicious elegant seafood recipe that actually very easy to make at home. lobster tails| lobster tail recipe | broiled lobster tails

Easy Broiled Lobster Tails

A chilled seafood platter with boiled vegetables and dipping sauces

How to Make a Seafood Platter

Cold shrimp cocktail with lemon herb prawns and homemade cocktail sauce

Lemon Herb Shrimp Cocktail

Baked Cheese Tomato Mushroom Toast are a simple and easy appetizer with bubbly baked cheese, bursting cherry tomatoes and perfectly roasted mushrooms served in a skillet with garlic toast. bruschetta recipe | skillet dip | goat cheese mushroom toasts | baked cheese recipe

Baked Cheese Tomato and Mushroom Toast

Firecracker Shrimp Rolls are a handheld appetizer with a sweet and spicy flavor and addicting crunch that keeps you coming back for more! Sweet Spicy Firecracker Shrimp | Sweet Shrimp | Spicy Shrimp | Shrimp egg rolls | shrimp lumpia | shrimp recipe | make ahead appetizer

Sweet Spicy Firecracker Shrimp Rolls

Swirl of honey being poured onto a skillet of roasted feta

Hot Honey Fire Roasted Feta Dip

Homemade Cheesy Multigrain Crackers topped with pears and thyme served with wine as a part of a wine and cheese party.

Multigrain Gouda Crackers with Pear & Thyme

Mac and Cheese Waffles turn leftovers into crispy, golden brown mac and cheese that you can hold in your hand. With bacon, scallions and garlic, this homemade mac and cheese recipe is over-the-top flavorful! mac and cheese waffles | best macaroni and cheese | waffle recipe | mac n cheese | waffle maker recipes | mac and cheese waffles

Mac and Cheese Waffles

Cracker Snack-Kits filled with a variety of yummy and nutritious mix-and-match ingredients are a perfect snack or meal for even the pickiest of eaters! Healthy snacks for kids at school on the go | snack recipes | Japanese bento box |

Cracker Snack Kits

Smoked Oysters with Spicy Miso Butter is a great grilling recipe for easy entertaining by Major League Baseball team, the Seattle Mariners! Seattle mariners | smoked oysters | grilled oysters | miso paste | miso butter | grilled oysters in shell | compound butter

Spicy Miso Butter Oysters

These Simple Upscale Grazing Table Ideas are sure to WOW guests over the holidays. Or any time of year! 

Simple Upscale Grazing Table Ideas

When you know How to Make a Dessert Charcuterie Board, it’s easy to create a fun and interactive spread for any event! charcuterie board | dessert cheese ideas | how to make where to buy a charcuterie board out of wood | cheese plate idea without meat | charcuterie tray for a crowd for party brunch

How to Make a Chocolate Dessert Board

Grilled oysters rockefeller on the half shell still on the grill.

Quick Grilled Oysters Rockefeller

Colorful deviled eggs made from naturally dyed hard boiled eggs in a variety of different colors.

Natural Dyed Colored Deviled Eggs

Golden brown baked dates wrapped in crispy bacon on a white plate

Hot Dates! Bacon Wrapped Dates

Copper cup full of crispy caramelized roasted pumpkin seeds

Brown Sugar Sriracha Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Mini meatball recipe made with soy sauce, sesame seeds and green onions.

Sesame Soy Meatballs

Close up of homemade guacamole recipe with lime and cumin shown with the avocado pit in to maintain freshness and prevent browning.

Smoky Lime Guacamole

Whipped feta dip with herbs served with fresh vegetables.

Whipped Feta Herb Dip

Chewy Chocolate Homemade No Bake Granola Bars are a simple granola bar recipe that are easy to make in minutes and can be customized with whatever mix of ingredients you'd like. granola bars recipe | how to make granola bars | no bake granola bars | simple granola bar recipe

Chewy Chocolate Homemade No Bake Granola Bars

Bacon Deviled Eggs are a delicious, easy, classic deviled egg recipe that tastes gourmet but is as simple to make as eggs and bacon. deviled eggs | deviled eggs recipe | classic deviled eggs | deviled eggs with bacon

Bacon Deviled Eggs Recipe

Create a Cheese Plate at home with these basic tips and add a good bottle of wine or bubbly for an amazing date night in!

How to Create a Cheese Plate

Classic Easy Banana Bread Loaf Recipe

Roasted pumpkin seeds on a sheet pan.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

A few days before my birthday we packed a picnic and headed to my favorite local shellfish farm for a Beach & Bubbles Birthday seafood feast. at Taylor Shellfish Farms in Washington state #farms #local

Steamed Clams on the Grill – Taylor Shellfish WA

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