10 Quick And Easy Bite-Sized Appetizers For Your Next Party
If you’re in a pinch and have a party to host, all you really need is a few ideas for some bite-size treats that can easily be passed around. And the best part is that they are super easy to make. We’re talking grilled cheese shooters, mini caprese sticks, mini bread bowls, mini chicken and waffles, and so much more. They’re almost too cute to eat… almost.
Grilled Cheese Shooters
Difficulty: Easy
Prep: 20 Minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
2 Grilled Cheeses
1 Can Tomato Soup
Preparation:
Make your grilled cheese following any recipe. Meanwhile heat up your soup.
Cut the crusts off your grilled cheese. Then cut vertically into 4 pieces. Repeat for next sandwich.
Lay the sliced sandwiches on the side of a shot glass.
Fill shot glass with tomato soup, serve and enjoy!
Mini Caprese
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
1 Package Cherry Tomatoes
1 Pack of Mini Mozzarella Balls
Basil Leaves
Preparation:
Slice cherry tomatoes in half.
Squeeze each half until all the seeds come out.
Place a basil leaf inside the empty tomato shell.
Place a mozzarella ball inside the shell.
Serve with balsamic and enjoy!
Tuxedo Basil Meatballs
Difficulty: Easy
Prep: 30 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Servings: 10
Ingredients:
Cooked Meatballs
Cooked Bow Tie Pasta
Basil
Preparation:
Take a toothpick and skewer a cooked bow tie pasta.
Next, skewer a basil leaf.
Finally, skewer a meatball.
Serve with sauce of your choice!
Mini Bread Bowls
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Total: 20 Minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
8 Dinner Rolls
Prepared soup of your choice
Shredded cheese
Parsley
Chopped Bacon
Preparation:
Cut a hole into your dinner roll and hollow it out.
Ladle in about ½ c of soup.
Top with cheese, parsley, and chopped bacon.
Serve and enjoy!
Mini Chicken and Waffles
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Total: 10 Minutes
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
1 Fully Cooked Waffles
16 Mini Chicken Nuggets
16 Pipets
Maple Syrup
Preparation:
Cut waffle into squares. There should be 16 perfect squares.
Place a piece of cooked chicken nuggets on top of the waffle.
Fill a mini pipet with maple syrup, and press into the chicken and waffle.
Serve and enjoy!
Mini BLT
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1 baguette
Mayo
Cooked Bacon
Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes sliced in half
Preparation:
Slice your baguette into thin slices
Spread a thin layer of mayo onto the slices of bread.
Lay down some lettuce, bacon, and a tomato
Serve and enjoy!
Vegetable Garden
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10
Total Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 11
Ingredients:
1 Jar Tapenade
1 Veggie Tray
Preparation:
Spread a thin layer of tapenade onto the bottom of a small plate
Place vegetables onto the tapenade
Serve and enjoy!
Cheese Bites
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10
Total Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 22
Ingredients:
3 Premade cheese balls
1 Pack of chips
Melon Baller
Preparation:
Take a melon baller and scoop out a ball of cheese.
Place cheese on a serving tray.
Place a chip point side down onto the ball of cheese
Serve and enjoy!
Tortellini
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10
Total Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 20
Ingredients:
1 Bowl cooked Tortellini
1 Bag Sun Dried Tomatoes
1 Jar Marinara Sauce
1 Jar Pesto
1 Jar Alfredo Sauce
Preparation:
Take your tortellini and skewer one onto a stick
Then take a sun dried tomatoes and skewer that. Follow that with a tortellini, tomato, and another tortellini.
Serve with a sauce of your choice and enjoy!
Mini Cheesecakes
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10
Total Time: 15 Minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1 Cheesecake
1 Pack of strawberries
8 Oz Chocolate (melted)
Tools:
Biscuit Cutter
Preparation:
Using a biscuit cutter, punch out 12 mini cheesecakes out of the larger cheesecake and transfer onto a baking sheet.
Dip a strawberry into chocolate and place on top of the cheesecake.