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36 Thanksgiving Appetizers

Published: October 3, 2022 | Last Updated: December 16, 2022 | Lisa 5 Comments
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Last Updated December 16th, 2022 at 01:29 pm by Lisa

These are the best Thanksgiving Day appetizers for savory snacks, easy appetizers, and a bounty of party ideas for your celebration. Whether you bake up some warm canapes, make easy no cook appetizers like a dip, or create a beautiful holiday charcuterie board, there are dozens of delicious recipes here to put out before your Thanksgiving feast...

A collection of Thanksgiving appetizers with recipe ideas, and party decorating tips for a Fall party.
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  • Easy No Cook Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes
  • Hot Appetizers, Dips, & Soups
  • Sweet Treats, Cocktails, & Sippers
  • Party Ideas For Thanksgiving Appetizers
  • Delicious Thanksgiving Appetizers FAQ
  • More Fall Appetizers & Party Food
  • Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes ~ Plus Autumn Deviled Eggs

Easy No Cook Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

When oven space is at a premium, make your favorite Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes that won't need any cooking on the day of your gathering and can be made ahead! Try easy flavorful dips and no bake elegant appetizers to dish up for the Thanksgiving holidays. These easy recipes include deviled eggs, dips, a cheese ball, or a creative Fall Crostini bar...

Fall Crostini Bar

One way I love to entertain is a Crostini Bar, arrange a festive table with fall touches 🍂 , and have the guests help themselves. It is the easiest Thanksgiving appetizer, and the best part is the setup and assembly that is so easy. There are recipes for a whipped goat cheese crostini topping and tons of ideas for things to put on top for your party! 🥖🍷🧀

All these fall flavors and toppings for crostini can be made ahead of time, mixed, and matched for yummy bites while people sip on beverages...

A rustic table with small bowls filled with toppings for a fall appetizer crostini bar.
A collage of photos showing a Fall Crostini bar set up with all the toppings, and ideas to set up a party.
Fall Crostini Bar
Learn how to set up a crostini bar with topper ideas to entertain for Fall, Friendsgiving, or Thanksgiving. Elegant no-fuss Fall party food to serve at your gathering. Take a crostini toast, spread either the whipped goat cheese or feta, and add toppings you love.
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A rustic table with small bowls filled with toppings for a fall appetizer crostini bar.

Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board

Create a stunning Thanksgiving charcuterie board filled with your favorite sliced meats, different types of cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts, and a few festive and sugary holiday treats for hungry guests on turkey day or anytime during the holiday season! 🥖🍂🍇🧀

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A bountiful Thanksgiving charcuterie cheeseboard fill with colorful meats, cheeses nuts and more for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board
Create a gorgeous easy Thanksgiving charcuterie board filled with your favorite sliced meats, an assortment of cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts, and a few and sugary treats. A Fall cheeseboard is so easy to put together for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving or Fall gatherings. Make for an after-school snack board for kids, or to host a happy hour for friends with simple appetizers and drinks.
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A bountiful Thanksgiving charcuterie cheeseboard fill with colorful meats, cheeses nuts and more for Thanksgiving.

Easy Everything Bagel Cheeseball

Make a “pumpkin-shaped” 🎃 Everything Bagel Cheeseball for your gathering, it’s the perfect appetizer to make ahead and is always a hit! An easy 15 minute recipe to take to a Fall gatherings. Arrange on a plate with crackers, bagel chips, or pita chips.

Every time I make this easy cream cheese dip, people just go crazy and want the recipe. Oh, and this recipe shows you an easy way to get a real pumpkin stem and how to create that cute pumpkin shape…

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Everything Bagel Cheese Ball
Serve a pumpkin-shaped Everything Bagel Cheese Ball Fall appetizer for your next party, it's always a hit! Easy to make-ahead in 15 minutes, chill, and take to a party. This cheeseball makes a wonderful Thanksgiving appetizer!
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A pumpkin shaped cheese ball on a platter with pita chips and crackers.

Cheese Appetizer

Try this gorgeous finger food Cheese Appetizer 🧀 with layers of deli-style sliced cheddar cheese, a cream filling loaded with chopped nuts, and dried fruit like dried cherries or tart cranberries.

Grab a few ingredients, and make this recipe the night before your party. You can even use nuts or dried fruit you have on hand. It's a fun party food idea for cheese boards or charcuterie boards too...

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Easy Layered Cheese Appetizers
Gorgeous layered cheese appetizers with deli-style sliced cheeses and a creamy filling loaded with chopped nuts and dried fruit. Eat them as a snack or fancy finger food hors d'oeuvres! Keep the simple ingredients on hand for any potluck or holiday party, and assemble up to a day ahead. People will be fascinated by the elegant stacks, and they are so pretty on charcuterie or cheese boards.
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White round plate filled with cheese appetizers with crackers and garnished with basil.

Salted Caramel Apple Dip

Easy to make, this Salted Caramel Apple Dip 🍏 has green crisp apples, salted caramel sauce, and crushed Health bars. Prep this ahead and keep the apples bright and fresh with a little lemon juice. Always a crowd pleaser and party hit with just a few ingredients.

People will ask you for this recipe…I promise.

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Caramel Apple Dip Recipe
Make a Caramel Apple Dip with crisp green apples, salted caramel sauce, and crushed Health bars. A beloved recipe for potlucks, holiday parties, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and all through the Autumn apple season.
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Slices of green Granny Smith apples around a white dish with a sweet dessert dip inside a low small white dish with a ruffled edge, and a piece of apple sticking into the dip.

Caramel Apple Brie Skewers

Need a fast easy appetizer for Halloween or Thanksgiving? Caramel Apple Brie Appetizers come together in minutes, and they are always wildly popular at Fall parties!

If you like caramel apples, then you will love this scrumptious combination with creamy brie, the crunch of macadamia nuts, and tart-sweet dried cranberries. It is addictive...

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Caramel Apple And Brie Skewers
Need a fast easy appetizer for Halloween or Thanksgiving? Caramel Apple Brie Appetizers come together in minutes, and they are always wildly popular at Fall parties! If you like caramel apples, then you will love this scrumptious combination with creamy brie, the crunch of macadamia nuts, and tart-sweet dried cranberries. It is addictive.
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A white platter filled with apple brie skewers for Thanksgiving appetizers.

Holiday Cheeseballs (4 Flavors)

These four Festive🎄🎅🏻 Holiday Cheeseballs are the best appetizers to serve all season long and are shaped like ornaments...

  • White Cheddar Rosemary Pomegranate
  • Cheddar Pimiento
  • Garlic Chive Goat Cheese
  • Blue Cheese Cranberry Pecan

The holiday season is upon us, and I am here to make it a little bit easier for you with some perfect holiday appetizers. You just can’t go wrong with cheese balls, so which one will you make?

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4 Cheese Balls
Make Cheese Balls for holiday appetizers this year. There are four flavors of these Christmas appetizers to serve for party food all season.
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4 cheese balls shaped round and topped with curly bows and ornament hooks to serve as Christmas appetizers.

Meyer Lemon Tapenade

Delightfully fresh Meyer Lemon Tapenade🍋🍃🫒 is one of the fastest appetizer recipes, and has many other uses in your cooking! Scoop this healthy appetizer up with mini yellow, orange, and red peppers cut in half for "chips" for a clean low carb option. Or serve with good crackers or toasted baguette slices. It is loaded with good olive oil, Meyer lemon, green and kalamata olives.

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Meyer Lemon Olive Tapenade (Anchovy Free)
Delightfully fresh Meyer Lemon Olive Tapenade is an anchovy free recipe. Perfect addition to cheese boards with crackers and crostini toasts!
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A vintage French ceramic bowl filled with freshly made meyer lemon olive tapenade with a silver spoon and sliced baguette to eat as an appetizer.

Marinated Mozzarella Balls

Everyone loves cheese appetizers, and there is nothing easier than Marinated Mozzarella Balls  🌿🧀on a gorgeous Charcuterie Board with some crackers, crusty bread, and drinks to get the party going...

Marinated Mozzarella Balls Recipe
Everyone loves cheese appetizers, and there is nothing easier than Marinated Mozzarella Balls on a gorgeous Charcuterie Board with some crackers, crusty bread, and drinks to get the party going.
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Fall Snack Mix

Addictively sweet and salty Fall Snack Mix 🦃🧡 will disappear at your Thanksgiving feast! The salty nutty flavor is so good with the sweet M&Ms and candy corn. Great for movie nights or to give as a gift.

Ya only need 4 ingredients. So good to put out for a happy hour. Nothing could be simpler, try not eating it all…

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Fall Snack Mix
This Fall Snack Mix will disappear at your Fall, Halloween Party, or Thanksgiving feast. It has just 4 ingredients that are magical together.
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Easy Onion Dip

Sour Cream Onion Dip 🥣🧅 (aka California Dip or Sour Cream Dip) one of my go to easy dips! It has just 2 ingredients. Made in minutes, serve with potato chips and assorted cut veggies.

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Sour Cream Onion Dip Recipe
Onion Dip aka California or Sour Cream Dip is the easiest recipe ever, with only 2 ingredients! Made in minutes, serve with a large bowl of your favorite potato chips and assorted fresh-cut veggies. This is a classic iconic American party food dip that has earned a respected place in many people's hearts with its savory onion flavor.
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Crudites With Dip

Crudités with Green Goddess Dip 🥒🥕🥦 is a fun way to serve a fancier "veggie tray" with your dip in cups, and a purple cabbage "bowl" for a unique relish tray at your party.

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Crudités and Green Goddess Dip
Crudités with Green Goddess Dip is an easy appetizer. Serve veggie cups and a purple cabbage "bowl" for a unique relish tray at your party!
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A cutting board with crudites and dip with bright colored vegetables cut into strips and sticks.

Autumn Deviled Eggs

Who doesn't love deviled eggs? A famous holiday and party appetizer, these Autumn Deviled Eggs 🦃🍁 simply take a classic deviled egg recipe and add a couple of Fall twists...

The full recipe card is below with lots of deviled egg tips for your party.

A rustic piece of tree cut into a platter with Thanksgiving deviled eggs filled with rust colored filling and garnished with herbs.
Thanksgiving Deviled Eggs Recipe
Thanksgiving Deviled Eggs are an easy appetizer party food idea. Gorgeous Fall color, garnished with sage and thyme to celebrate the season.
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Holiday Deviled Eggs

This EASY Holiday Deviled Eggs 🎅🏻🎄🥚 recipe is festive and MAKE-AHEAD Oh Yesssssss!!! Just a few simple ingredients, sip with bubbly or drinks at your holiday party.

Festive Holiday Deviled Eggs on a white platter garnished with fresh herbs like rosemary and pomegranate seeds look so pretty, and they are tasty. Learn the Easiest Way To Seed A Pomegranate plus my tips to open pomegranates. ❤️💎

A platter of holiday Christmas deviled eggs garnished with rosemary and pomegranate seeds.
Christmas Deviled Eggs Recipe
Serve Christmas Deviled Eggs as festive appetizers with bubbly Champagne or drinks at your holiday party. Whip these together in a matter of minutes for a perfect holiday appetizer or a first course. Sprinkle a few sparkling ruby red pomegranate seeds that look like holly berries, with sprigs of rosemary, and celebrate the holiday season with creamy deviled eggs.
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Pomegranates: Seed, Juice, and Recipe Ideas
Get Pomegranate Seeds out the easy way. Learn the simple trick to open, seed, and juice pomegranate arils in step-by-step instructions.
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Hot Appetizers, Dips, & Soups

Be sure to have some hot delicious food before the main event. Put out a pot of hot soup served in mugs, to warm people up and hold them over till dinner is on. Or bake up a melty hot dip and serve with chips or bake a tray of savory palmiers.

Jalapeno Popper Soup

Creamy Jalapeño Popper Soup 🌶🍲tastes just like the cheesy jalapeño poppers we love. The spicy heat of the peppers is mild as this original recipe uses canned jalapenos and green chiles and melty cheeses for just the right kick and level of heat.

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Jalapeno Popper Soup Recipe
Creamy Jalapeño Popper Soup tastes just like the cheesy jalapeño poppers we love. The spicy heat of the peppers is mild as this original recipe uses canned jalapenos and green chiles for just the right kick and level of heat. On chilly Fall or Winter nights, make a hot pot of soup filled with spicy jalapeños and a mixture of cheeses.
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Two bowls of creamy jalapeno popper soup in white handled soup bowls garnished with thin sliced jalapenos and cheese.

Spicy Candied Pecans

Sweet and Spicy Candied Pecans 🍂🌰 flavored with pumpkin pie spice are crunchy sweet with a kick of heat! They make a wonderful holiday homemade food gift, wrap in mason jars with cute gift tags, and a bow…

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Candied Pecans Recipe
Candied Pecans with pumpkin pie spice flavors are crunchy and sweet with cinnamon-sugar, and a kick of heat. Use as a holiday or Fall appetizer on a grazing table, or charcuterie cheeseboard, or pack up as a homemade holiday food gift. These easy candy pecans are egg-free, gluten-free, and great for snacks. Wrap in pretty decorated mason jars, and add gift tags. Someone will be delighted.
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Jalapeno Popper Dip

Habit-forming oven-baked Jalapeno Popper Dip 🌶 is a 7 ingredient hot appetizer that is always a party hit! A melty hot dip that is scrumptious dipped with corn chips, tortilla chips, or crackers.

For more than 12 people, I would double this recipe and grab a couple of bags of corn or tortilla chips. Have fun serving this at your next party or gathering and watch it disappear right before your eyes.

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Jalapeno Popper Dip Recipe
Jalapeno Popper Dip is always a hit! Make this melty hot appetizer for parties with simple pantry ingredients and scoop up with large corn chips. Double this recipe for large groups, it goes fast! It's so easy, and all the ingredients combine into utter flavor deliciousness!
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Parmesan Cheese Croutons

Serve buttery Parmesan Croutons 🥖🧀 with hot soup, chilled salad, as a snack, or on a cheeseboard, these croutons are made in minutes with baguette, melted butter, spices, and parmesan cheese.

Warning, these are addictive...

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Croutons ~ Plus Leftover Baguette Recipes
Serve with hot soup, chilled salad, as a snack, or on a cheese board, these croutons are made in minutes with baguette, butter, spices and parmesan cheese.
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Firecracker Shrimp

Firecracker Shrimp 🔥🍤 is a popular appetizer recipe you can oven bake or deep fry, then dip into a creamy spicy sriracha dipping sauce.

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Firecracker Shrimp with Sriracha Dipping Sauce
Firecracker Shrimp is a popular appetizer recipe you can oven bake or deep fry. Then dip them into a creamy spicy sriracha dipping sauce!
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Brie and Bacon Palmiers

Brie and Bacon Palmiers 🥓🥟 baked in 15 minutes with 3 ingredients. You will need store-bought puff pastry, crisp crumbled bacon, and some brie. An easy last-minute appetizer packed with bacony goodness and that classic brie taste…

Brie and Bacon Palmier Appetizer Recipe
Brie and Bacon Palmiers baked in 15 minutes with 3 ingredients. You will need store-bought puff pastry, crisp crumbled bacon, and some brie. An easy last-minute appetizer packed with bacony goodness, golden puff pastry, and that classic brie taste...
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A white platter filled with brie and bacon palmier appetizers golden brown and ready to eat.

Filet Mignon Steak Appetizers

Bacon-wrapped Filet Mignon Steak Appetizers 🥩🥓 are an elegant special appetizer for parties or special occasions. Pair these tasty bites with a cool creamy balsamic horseradish sauce for dipping. It has a touch of spicy horseradish and a savory depth of flavor from the balsamic.

Looking down on a white platter filled with bacon wrapped filet mignon appetizers and a bowl of white horseradish sauce.
Filet Steak Appetizer With Horseradish Cream
Bacon-wrapped filet mignon steak appetizer paired with a creamy balsamic horseradish sauce for dipping. These will be a hit at your party!
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A glass bowl filled with horseradish dipping sauce with bacon wrapped filet mignon appetizers on toothpicks.

Beef Wellington Puff Pastry Appetizers

These Beef Wellington Appetizers 🥩🧀🥟 are a modern take on the classic English dish made easy with golden brown edges of flaky puff pastry, juicy filet mignon, and a creamy mushroom filling.

Lady holding a freshly baked beef wellington appetizer made from puff pastry.
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Bake delicious hors d'oeuvres of individual servings of beef wellington appetizers, they are so fancy to pass around at a party. These beef wellington appetizers are a modern take on the classic English dish made easy with golden brown edges of flaky puff pastry, juicy filet mignon, and a creamy mushroom filling.
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Five freshly baked puff pastry beef wellington appetizers on a rectangle white platter.

Fried Green Tomatoes

These are the best Fried Green Tomatoes 💚🍅 and one of the most famous Southern recipes of all time. Each slice has a crunchy crust to dip into a creamy remoulade, buttermilk ranch dressing, or comeback sauce.

A white long plate with a stack of fried green tomatoes with remoulade and buttermilk ranch dressing.
Fried Green Tomatoes With 3 Dipping Sauce Recipes
These are the best Fried Green Tomatoes, and one of the most famous Southern recipes of all time. Each slice has a crunchy crust to dip into a creamy remoulade, buttermilk ranch dressing, or comeback sauce. There are a few secrets to frying them perfectly golden crisp, and the three dipping sauces take these right over the top.
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A white long plate with a stack of fried green tomatoes with remoulade and buttermilk ranch dressing.

Tomato Basil Soup

Tomato Soup with Basil Dumplings 🍅🪴🍲 can be rich and chunky or creamy smooth and is loaded with a veggie rainbow. Serve in mugs at your party with crouton shards.

A white cup with tomato soup and basil dumplings.
Tomato Soup With Basil Dumplings
Tomato Soup with Basil Dumplings can be rich and chunky or creamy smooth and is loaded with a veggie rainbow for a hearty lunch or dinner. What makes this hearty soup recipe so good, are the fluffy basil dumplings! Total comfort food in a bowl, as they soak up the hot creamy homemade tomato soup.
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Cheese Soup

A classic famous Cheese Soup 🧀🍲 with simple ingredients and extraordinary deep rich flavors. You can also have small hot mugs of soup before the main course of your Thanksgiving meal.

A large cheese crouton on a bowl of cheese soup.
Cheese Soup Recipe
An easy classic famous Cheese Soup Recipe that is so creamy, has simple ingredients, and extraordinarily deep rich flavors. Serve with croutons. Serve with crispy croutons. Famously served at The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas in the 1886 Bakery and Cafe.
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White bowl filled with cheese soup and a homemade crouton on top.

Buffalo Cauliflower "Wings"

Buffalo Cauliflower 🧡🌿 is a healthy appetizer that tastes like "Buffalo Chicken Wings" these are baked, full of flavor, and have absolutely NO guilt. Dip these Cauliflower Wings in blue cheese or ranch dressing...

A lady holding a piece of buffalo cauliflower "wing" over a bowl of ranch dip in the background.
Buffalo Cauliflower Wings Recipe
Buffalo Cauliflower Wings are a healthy appetizer that taste and look just like chicken wings. Baked full of zesty flavor, vegetarian, gluten free, and absolutely no guilt of extra calories. Created in a Southern California pub, dunk these buffalo wings into your favorite dipping sauces like blue cheese dressing or buttermilk ranch for the perfect game-day snack with a cold beer.
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Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing Recipe
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing from scratch uses real fresh ingredients, and it tastes so much better than bottled products. Get the secret mixing tip with 20+ creative ways to use it in recipes all week long.
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Crunchy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Crunchy Pumpkin Seeds 🎃 are a perfect snack and add just the right crunch to a Thanksgiving salad.

Roasting pumpkin seeds is a Fall family tradition. Try this delicious recipe, I hope it becomes a Fall tradition for your family too.

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds ~ Low Carb Keto Snack Idea
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are great to sprinkle on soup and in salads. Learn how to roast pumpkin seeds for a low-carb keto snack idea.
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Tater Tot Nachos "Totchos"

Make these Tater Tot Nachos "Totchos" 🥔🥑 with Pulled Pork and a creamy Tomatillo Sauce for relaxed weekends at home, parties, on game day, or even a simple dinner!

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Tachos Tater Tot Nachos Recipe
Tachos are a delicious modern twist on the classic nachos appetizer! Tater tot nachos have layers of golden crispy tater tots in place of tortilla chips loaded with juicy pulled pork or rotisserie chicken, creamy tomatillo sauce, lots of melted cheese, and other scrumptious favorite nacho toppings. Tater Tatchos are an easy comfort food dish that can be put together quickly for snacks, cozy game day football food, or heck why can't this be dinner...
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A close up of a oval cast iron pan with tater tots, pulled pork, cut avocado, and drizzled with white sauce.

French Onion Dip

French Onion Dip 🧅 is an easy appetizer with caramelized onions and fresh ingredients. This party appetizer tastes even better if made ahead.

Whip up this homemade onion dip, and take a look at all the creative ways to use up leftovers (if there are any)...

Ruffled potato chips on a plate with homemade French onion dip.
French Onion Dip Recipe
French onion dip is an easy appetizer with rich flavor from caramelized onions and fresh simple ingredients. This party appetizer tastes even better if you make it a day or so ahead! This an easy dip recipe for parties, and holidays, and a classic to serve on exciting big game days with a big bag of potato chips. Whip up this homemade onion dip, and take a look at all the creative ways to use up the leftovers of this creamy dip if there are any!
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Buffalo Chicken Appetizer

Whip up this Buffalo Chicken Appetizer 🧡🐔 made with tortilla chips, buffalo wing sauce, blue cheese, and crisp celery. It comes together in 20 minutes with just simple 6 ingredients. It takes a nod to hot wings, and is so easy!

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Buffalo Chicken Appetizer
Buffalo Chicken Appetizer made with tortilla chips, buffalo wing sauce, blue cheese, and crisp celery made in 20 minutes with 6 ingredients.
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Zucchini Chips

Bake a batch of low-calorie Zucchini Chips 🍋 to scoop into a garden-fresh Lemon-Dill Yogurt Dip. This clean recipe is a healthy appetizer snack idea. What a great way to use up summer squash when it is popping up faster than you can pick it.

The crisp crunchy coating is so unexpected, and the dip is guilt-free...

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Baked Zucchini Chips Recipe
Make a batch of low-calorie Baked Zucchini Chips and scoop them into a lemon-dill yogurt dip. What a great way to use up summer squash when it is popping up faster than you can pick it!
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Shrimp Cocktail

An easy appetizer and party food, Shrimp Cocktail 🍤 is made by oven-roasting large shrimp, then dipping them in the fresh homemade cocktail sauce!

This recipe is one of my favorite things to serve for happy hours, holidays, and celebrations. Roasting shrimp is the way to go versus traditional boiling, it's so much easier, and the roasting adds deep rich flavor...

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Shrimp Cocktail Recipe
The best Shrimp Cocktail (prawn cocktail) is made by oven-roasting, then dipping them in homemade shrimp cocktail sauce! The shrimp cooks in just 15 minutes and is such an easy appetizer for the holiday season, New Year's Eve, or party food for special occasions and celebrations. Roasting is a great way to go versus dealing with a large pot of boiling water, a sheet pan is so much easier with less cleanup, and the roasting adds deep rich, delicious shrimpy flavor.
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Sweet Treats, Cocktails, & Sippers

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread 🧡🍫 baked with pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, orange juice, and milk chocolate chips. Dense, moist, delicious, and so chocolaty.

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Pumpkin Bread Recipe
A rich delicious Pumpkin Bread scratch recipe with warm Fall spices, fresh orange juice, and loaded with milk chocolate chips. This quick bread recipe comes together in minutes, with just a spatula and a bowl! Bake this as a classic pumpkin bread recipe or add nuts like pecans or walnuts and bake.
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Palmiers

Palmiers 🥟☕️ are airy flaky crisp French cookies with only 2 ingredients. This sweet treat easy dessert bake is divine any time of day, and are so good with a cozy coffee drink.

A white heart shaped dish filled with fresh baked palmiers.
Palmiers
Palmiers are airy flaky crisp French cookies with only 2 ingredients. This sweet treat easy dessert bake is divine any time of day!
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Pumpkin Spiced Latte

A Pumpkin Spice Latte 🎃☕️ made with fresh pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, milk, and strong hot coffee. Create a coffee house in your own kitchen...

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Pumpkin Spice Latte
Whip up a Pumpkin Spice Latte made with real fresh ingredients, and cozy Fall spices. Top your PSL with decadent toppings like whip cream and Fall sprinkles. You can swap in the plant-based milk you love, and add some good strong hot coffee or a shot of espresso.
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A glass mug filled with Pumpkin Spice Latte with whip cream and sprinkles.

Fireball Whisky Cocktails

Fireball Whisky Cocktails 🧡🔥🍹are made with orange, cinnamon, cloves, apple cider, and cinnamon flavored whiskey. Serve these fireball whisky drinks for game days, the holiday season, brunch, Fall parties, and Thanksgiving Day.

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“Fireball” Whisky Cocktails
"Red Hot" Fireball Whisky Cocktails made with orange, cinnamon, cloves, and apple cider. Serve fireball drinks for Fall parties, brunch, and Thanksgiving Day!
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Fireball Whisky Cocktails with cinnamon sticks wrapped in orange peel for garnish.

Fireball Punch

Fireball Punch 🧡🍎🔥🍊 "big batch cocktails" are made with orange juice, apple cider, and Fireball whisky that tastes like cinnamon red hot candies. Besides, could it just be the prettiest bowl of Thanksgiving punch? Even the guys love this party punch, warning it is strong!

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Fireball Thanksgiving Punch with orange, apple cider, and Fireball whisky. Serve Fall "big batch cocktails" for Friendsgiving & Thanksgiving.
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Party Ideas For Thanksgiving Appetizers

People really enjoy a bite here and there before (and even after) a Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving dinner party. And for most big day gatherings, it's an all-day or week-long feast so having lots of snacks and munchies is a must!

We all enjoy the classic Thanksgiving menu with turkey, side dishes like mashed potatoes, dessert pies, and all the fixings like stuffing, sweet potato casserole, and sweet cranberry sauce. But everyone loves those tasty appetizers while they wait! Here are some Thanksgiving party ideas and tips to set up for your event.

  1. Plan an area for all your appetizers. A nice long table, a dinner table, or a kitchen counter space all work great. Just plan for your number of party guests, and space to walk around the table.
  2. Use serving pieces you have, look high and low for the thing you have-trust me you have great pieces to use.
  3. Use sticky notes and decide ahead where dishes will go so guests can help you set up.
Looking down on a table filled with toppings and crostini toasts at a party.

Simple Home Gathering

  1. Arrange Thanksgiving appetizers on large round trays or cheeseboards right on your coffee table. I love to entertain casually this way. Watch silly Christmas movies or Football and just relax all day and night.
  2. With 2-3 appetizers, that is a party! 🎉 I usually make 1-2 hot ones, and the rest are ones I prepare ahead and or are cold dips or snack mixes and easy things to pull from the fridge. Arrange a bag of chips and crackers on the platter and you are ready.

Serving Inside Or Outside?

Plan for the weather, I have found that by the time Fall rolls around most of us will be entertaining indoors because the weather is so unpredictable.

But you can set it up outside or inside, and I have lots of ideas for you in my Fall Crostini Bar recipe post. This is an easy beautiful way to entertain in Autumn.

Use what you have to create different heights and to keep people moving around trying different appetizers. Try to set up a scene with levels, and place things up high, low, and spilling out of baskets. Here are a few things you might need.

  • Cheese Boards
  • Trays
  • Small Bowls
  • Small Serving Spoons
  • Cheese Knives
  • Napkins
  • Utensils
  • Small Plates
  • Spreader Knives

Thanksgiving Centerpieces

Use fresh pumpkins, flowers, succulents, herbs, and Fall decor pieces you love. For more inspiration, take a look at my DIY tutorials on Succulent Pumpkins and Pumpkin Flower Arrangements!

The succulent pumpkins are so easy and will last all through Fall. Everyone loves them, and you can give them to guests as they head home...

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Delicious Thanksgiving Appetizers FAQ

What are some of the most popular Thanksgiving appetizers?

Finger foods and dips like meatballs, wings, spinach dip, goat cheese bites, feta dip, buffalo chicken dip, easy hummus, stuffed mushrooms, cheese boards with favorite meats and cheeses, antipasto skewers, cranberry brie bites, pigs in a blanket, and artichoke dip.

The most popular appetizers are hot and cold dips, crostini, shrimp cocktail, potato skins, cocktail meatballs, bruschetta, and stuffed mushrooms.

What are appetizers?


Appetizers are grouped into three types; cocktails, canapés, and hors d'oeuvres and are a simple starter or snack to stimulate the appetite. They can be elegant and fancy or casual like simple cheese and crackers. Drinks containing alcohol are also considered appetizers before dinner.

How do you serve Thanksgiving appetizers?


For appetizer parties, pick a couple of hot cooked appetizer recipes and several cold dips or maybe a crudites platter. It's nice to serve a couple of things hot out of the kitchen during the party, and have other dishes ready to go, so you can dive into the yumminess.

More Fall Appetizers & Party Food

This Apple Crisp Recipe is a classic Fall dessert in America and is wonderful for the holidays or Thanksgiving. It comes together faster than a pie made from scratch!

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A collection of Thanksgiving appetizers with recipe ideas, and party decorating tips for a Fall party.
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Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes ~ Plus Autumn Deviled Eggs

These are 37 of the best Thanksgiving Day appetizers for savory snacks, easy appetizers, and a bounty of party ideas for your celebration. Whether you bake up some warm canapes, make easy no cook appetizers like a dip, or create a beautiful holiday charcuterie board, there are dozens of delicious recipes here to put out before your Thanksgiving feast.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
0 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 61kcal
Author Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

Epicurean Non-Slip Cutting Board
Chef Knife

Ingredients

deviled eggs

  • 6 boiled eggs
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon creme fraiche or sub soft cream cheese or sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons smoked paprika not the hot one!
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper

garnish decoration

  • sprigs fresh sage leaves garnish
  • sprigs fresh thyme leaves garnish

Instructions

hard boiled eggs

  • Make hardboild eggs: Boil, Instant Pot, or Steam method.
  • Peel and slice the boiled eggs, slice in half.

deviled eggs

  • PRO TIP: Instead of scooping out the yolk with a spoon (which can tear the egg) gently push from the back of the egg and pop the yolk out!
  • In a bowl, add the yolks, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, cream Fraiche' (or soft cream cheese).
  • Mix until well combined with a hand mixer, and load into a large zip log back fitted with a large star tip.
  • Pipe the filling back into the boiled eggshells, and garnish with a few fresh tiny sprigs of sage and thyme.

Notes

Deviled Eggs Top Tips

  • Instead of scooping out the yolk with a spoon (which can tear the egg) gently push from the back of the egg and pop the yolk out.
  • You can certainly mix the deviled egg filling with a spoon or whisk, but a hand mixer gives you a creamy fluffy texture that pipes beautifully.
  • Use a large gallon zip-top bag and large star tip to pipe the filling into the egg white shells, it looks gorgeous and professional.
  • Make-Ahead Tip: Boil the eggs, slice in half, and keep covered on a tray. Fill your ziptop bag with a piping tip, and have your tiny sage and thyme pieces and ready to go, then assemble in minutes right before your party.

Thanksgiving Appetizer Party Tips

  1. Use serving pieces you have, look high and low for the thing you have-trust me you have great pieces to use.
  2. Plan an area for all your appetizers. A nice long table, the dinner table, or a kitchen counter space all work great. Just plan for your number of guests, and space to walk around the table.
Use what you have to create different heights and to keep people moving around trying different appetizers. 
Try to set up a scene with levels, and place things up high, low, and spilling out of baskets.
  • Cheese Boards
  • Trays
  • Small Bowls
  • Small Serving Spoons
  • Cheese Knives
  • Napkins
  • Utensils
  • Small Plates
  • Spreader Knives

Nutrition

Serving: 12g | Calories: 61kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 711IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    October 05, 2022 at 8:09 am

    5 stars
    The crostini bar is such a brilliant idea!

    Reply
    • Lisa says

      October 05, 2022 at 3:50 pm

      Thanks, Sarah, it is a fun way to serve appetizers! Hope you give it a try...

      Reply
  2. Seanna says

    November 05, 2020 at 12:55 pm

    5 stars
    These all look so good!

    Reply
  3. Jill Adams says

    November 03, 2020 at 8:59 pm

    5 stars
    Love, love, love these delicious appetizers! Can hardly wait for Thanksgiving!! 🦃

    Reply
  4. Jessica Robinson says

    October 28, 2020 at 10:36 am

    5 stars
    These are such great ideas for fall appetizers! You have such wonderful recommendations for decorating too! And those deviled eggs!? Amazing!

    Reply

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