30 Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers to Tide Guests Over Until the Feast
These simple snacks will whet guests' appetites without filling them up.
Here, we have more than two dozen of our favorite easy-but-impressive Thanksgiving appetizers for a variety of situations. If you're serving a late Thanksgiving dinner, hosting early guests, or both, then choose from some of our stylish fare like a simple fondue, an herbed cheese ball, biscuit sandwiches, or focaccia. These all pair well with a Thanksgiving cocktail to whet appetites and help everyone relax.
Lemon-Herb Cheese Bites
Instead of asking everyone to scrape a bit off of a big, classic cheese ball, let them each have their own!
Salmon Rillettes
Rillettes—an old-fashioned method of preserving meat in fat or cream—turn out to be one of those impossibly tasty cracker toppings. Here, cooked salmon soaks in wine and crème fraîche for a treat that's sure to disappear fast.
Beef and Raisin Empanadas
These tiny meat pies are popular all over the world, and for good reason: They're incredibly yummy!
Pimiento Cheese Deviled Eggs
The classic "caviar of the South" makes a perfect filling for deviled eggs.
Spicy-n-Sweet Snack Mix
This spicy-sweet mix is super easy to make. For added cocktail-party flair, serve it in parchment-paper cones.
Three-Cheese Fondue
Made with Gruyére, Emmenthaler, and cream cheese, this easy dip recipe is downright decadent. Serve with a side of our Cable-Knit Breadsticks.
Herbed Cheese Ball
This isn't your average party cheese ball. With creamy goat cheese, toasted pine nuts, and lemon zest, you'll never want to make another kind again!
Sweet-and-Salty Feta Cubes
These irresistible bite-size blocks of cheese are covered in crushed pistachios and a drizzle of honey.
Chorizo-and-Manchego Crostini
This sweet and savory crostini combo will be polished off in no time.
Ham Biscuit Sandwiches With Apricot Mustard
These are to-die-for: buttery, flaky, and fresh. Add sweet apricot and tangy mustard, and you've got the ultimate, crowd-pleasing appetizer.
Whipped Ricotta and Grilled Bread
Top off your velvety ricotta mixture with a blend of sliced garlic, fresh thyme, and olive oil.
Skillet Spinach-Artichoke Dip With Fire-Roasted Bread
Oven tied up with the big meal? Just mix everything together, drop it in your trusty cast iron skillet, light the grill, and cook it there! Best part: You can serve it straight out the skillet.
Pepita Guacamole
Finish off this traditional avocado mixture with an additional sprinkle of toasted seeds, and serve with your favorite tortilla chips.
Mozzarella, Red Pepper, and Bacon Skewers
These skewers are tasty but light, so guests won't fill up.
Sunchoke Chips with Warm Blue-Cheese Dip
This seasonal take on chips and dip is full of deep, rich flavors.
Pigs in Blankets
Everyone will appreciate a throwback to their favorite childhood food.
Roasted Peppers Stuffed with Goat Cheese
Sheepnose Pimento peppers, soft goat cheese, pine nuts, and raisins make up this savory dish.
Lemon Goat-Cheese Dip
Impress your guests without spending hours in the kitchen with this rich, zesty dip that takes only seconds to prepare.
Apricot-Prosciutto Focaccia
You had us at 'focaccia,' but the surprising combo of apricot and prosciutto doesn't hurt either.
Herbed Goat Cheese Dip
Whip up this super simple recipe in just 10 minutes flat.
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