58 Easy Finger Food Recipes Everyone Will Love

• Time Commitment:1 hour
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser

Say hello to our new favorite flavor combination. Instead of crisping everything in a pan, these guys are made all on one sheet tray. Easy-peasy.

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<30 minutes, <10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser

It’s like a Hawaiian pizza, but way fancier. Even better, everyone in the room will love them.

• Time Commitment:1 hour
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, vegetarian

Best to make a double batch of these. They’ll disappear faster than you can say “cheddar.”

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, beginner-friendly

No need to peel your squash beforehand.Delicata’s thin skin is totally edible (and totally delicious).

• Time Commitment:40 minutes (+ chilling)
• Why We Love It:vegan, <10 ingredients

You’ll be sure to please all theplant-basedeaters at the party, not to mention everyone else too.

• Time Commitment:55 minutes
• Why We Love It:beginner-friendly, no sugar, vegetarian

Looking toreallyshake things up? Look no further. These easy and unexpectedphyllobites are creamy, spicy and irresistible. Serve them with hot pepper jelly to really wow the crowd.

• Time Commitment:3 hours, 10 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, special occasion–worthy, vegetarian

Did someone saygoat cheese? We’ll be oven in ten.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, beginner-friendly

C’mon, who doesn’t love mozzarella sticks? These are like the adult version, and they’re so, so tasty.

• Time Commitment:35 minutes
• Why We Love It:special occasion–worthy, crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients

The ’90s called and they want their dip back, so we transformed it into a modern, puff-pastry-based app instead.

• Time Commitment:15 minutes
• Why We Love It:special occasion–worthy, beginner-friendly, crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, <15 minutes

店里买的饼干是十全十美的,但如果you really want to impress your guests, make your own. (Psst:You can still buy thepie dough.)

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, <10 ingredients

Oh hi, most-crowd-pleasing appetizer of all time. Don’t forget the blue cheese dressing for dipping.

• Time Commitment:50 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly

An easy way to pleaseeveryone? Take an all-time favorite food (pizza),使它的。

• Time Commitment:23 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser, special occsasion–worthy

Guess what? These guys require only four ingredients and less than 25 minutes to make.

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<30 minutes, crowd-pleaser

Crispy meat, tender chicken and plenty of marinara sauce for serving: This is a cocktail party no-brainer.

• Time Commitment:25 minutes
• Why We Love It:beginner-friendly, <30 minutes, <10 ingredients, no cook

We gave the usual cream-cheese-and-turkey wheels a little makeover, with fancy Italian cold cuts,kaleand roasted peppers. Are you hungry yet?

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, gluten free, special occasion–worthy

Top them to your heart’s desire: smoked salmon, cream cheese, fresh cranberries, the list goes on and on.

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, special occasion–worthy, <30 minutes

Here’s a secret entertaining tip: Cut up fancy toast into small bites for an easy appetizer that also looks really impressive.

• Time Commitment:45 minutes
• Why We Love It:vegetarian, <10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser

Boringroasted vegetables? We’ll pass in favor of these obsession-worthy cauliflower bites.

• Time Commitment:50 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, beginner-friendly

You might never go back to smoked cocktail sausages again.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, gluten free, crowd-pleaser

If you want to make an entrance, bring these to a friend’s party and watch them disappear. Just be prepared to share the recipe.

• Time Commitment:25 minutes
• Why We Love It:<30 minutes, vegetarian, crowd-pleaser, gluten free

These are like the cool, hip version of your mom’s cream-cheese-laden jalapeño poppers from the ’80s.

• Time Commitment:45 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, gluten free, low sugar, <10 ingredients

Every single bite has the ideal ratio of crispy to creamy. We’ll take three.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, special occasion–worthy, beginner-friendly

Because every gathering—fancy or casual—should include cheese straws.

• Time Commitment:25 minutes
• Why We Love It:gluten free, <30 minutes, crowd-pleaser

Who needs buns when you haveBrussels sprouts? These might be the cutest appetizer we’ve ever seen (and we’ve seen a lot).

• Time Commitment:15 minutes
• Why We Love It:no cook, <15 minutes, vegetarian, beginner-friendly

Can’t find heirloom tomatoes? No worries: Usecherry tomatoesinstead. They’ll taste just as good, promise.

• Time Commitment:20 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, <30 minutes, vegetarian, low sugar

Whoever first thought to combine sweet and salty was agenius.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:beginner-friendly, <10 ingredients

This hits all the right notes: It looks like it took a ton of effort, is effortless to whip up and tastes amazing.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 15 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, beginner-friendly, crowd-pleaser

If you cansautéonions, you can make these. Truth be told, the most difficult thing you’ll have to do is thaw the puff pastry.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, vegetarian

Introducing the most grown-up (and delicious) lollipops to exist. This beats veggies and dip any day.

• Time Commitment:1 hour
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, no sugar, crowd-pleaser

They’re baked, not fried, so it’s fine to eat the whole batch. (Right?)

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<30 minutes, vegan, gluten free, <10 ingredients

Would you believe us if we told you these are totallyvegan? The secret is nutritional yeast, which tastes cheesy without any dairy.

• Time Commitment:35 minutes
• Why We Love It:keto, low sugar, crowd-pleaser

Confession: We’re not even on theketo diet, and we’re definitely going to have seconds.

• Time Commitment:1 hour
• Why We Love It:<500 calories, vegetarian, beginner-friendly, crowd-pleaser

Homemadesushi? Too much work. Homemade veggie sushi?Soeasy. Fill them with whatever vegetables you like, and serve with chopsticks.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegetarian

Careful: One bite of these babies, and your guests will be back every weekend for more. But since the glaze requires just five ingredients, maybe you won’t mind.

• Time Commitment:50 minutes
• Why We Love It:high protein, gluten free, crowd-pleaser

Once again, the oven beats thedeep fryerby a landslide. This is a classic wing recipe, but with less cleanup and less oil.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, high protein

They’re. So. Little! (We’ll take two.)

• Time Commitment:1 hour
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser

They’re as good as, if not better than, any restaurant version. The sweet chili sauce is the cherry on top.

• Time Commitment:55 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, low sugar, crowd-pleaser

Yes, we 100 percent approve of servingadult chicken nuggetsto your party guests. Any questions?

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:<30 minutes, crowd-pleaser, high protein

Alternatively, you could take it to the next level with these Korean-inspired chicken bites. The gochujang dipping sauce is*chef’s kiss.*

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 30 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, gluten free

One bite and you’ll be transported to Santorini.

• Time Commitment:15 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, <15 minutes

Everyone will think you spent all afternoon working on these sammies. Don’t tell them it’s rotisserie chicken and store-boughtbuffalosauce.

• Time Commitment:2 hours, 30 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, low sugar

How many can we eat? The limit does not exist.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 5 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, gluten free, <10 ingredients

Save the bag of chips for a lazier day and make these instead.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, <10 ingredients

It’s essentially a savorymonkey bread, and we guarantee you won't be able to stop eating it.

• Time Commitment:55 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, <10 ingredients

These have all the things we love aboutlasagna(sauce, cheese, noodles) without the tedious assembly or messy slicing and serving.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegan, dairy free

It’s surprisingly creamy and decadent without any dairy. Even the non-vegans will gobble it up.

• Time Commitment:40 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser

Wonton wrappers are the secret to making these adorable finger foods. They’re packed with refried beans, cheese and scallions,yum.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 20 minutes
• Why We Love It:high protein, special occasion–worthy, crowd-pleaser

The recipe calls for firing up your grill, but here’s a tip: You can totally make them in your oven, broiler or even on the stove.

• Time Commitment:45 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients

Everything is exponentially more delicious when it’s wrapped inprosciutto. These start with store-bought pizza dough for extra convenience.

• Time Commitment:50 minutes
• Why We Love It:<10 ingredients, crowd-pleaser, vegetarian

Giant pockets of cheesy, saucy bread? What’s not to love?

• Time Commitment:6 hours, 10 minutes
• Why We Love It:slow cooker recipe, crowd-pleaser,

We love meatballs. We love chicken tikka masala. So we combined them and used our Crockpot (plus a bit of garam masala) to develop layers and layers of flavor. The recipe serves four as a main, but more as an appetizer.

• Time Commitment:30 minutes
• Why We Love It:no cook, crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly, <10 ingredients

Layer your favorite deli meats and veggies (like mortadella and artichoke hearts for lots of flavor) between mini slices of bread. Just like that, your next-level appetizer is ready.

• Time Commitment:45 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, vegetarian, kid-friendly

We guarantee they’re exactly what you’re craving. (And your kids will go bonkers.)

• Time Commitment:45 minutes
• Why We Love It:vegetarian, crowd-pleaser, special occasion–worthy

Dish these veggie poppers up with tangy dipping sauce and cute toothpicks and then watch them disappear like magic.

• Time Commitment:1 hour, 30 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients

Pop quiz: Which appetizer will have your guests buzzing for days: (A) veggie platter, (B) canapés or (C) bite-sized chicken and waffles? The answer isdefinitelyC.

• Time Commitment:15 minutes
• Why We Love It:no cook, crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly

We’re firm believers that everything tastes betteron a stick, includingsalad.

• Time Commitment:35 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, kid-friendly, vegetarian

These fritters can be made with fresh or frozen corn, so they’re a year-round treat. You’re welcome.

• Time Commitment:35 minutes
• Why We Love It:crowd-pleaser, kid-friendly, beginner-friendly

They’re just as easy to make as the original, but with a special “pretzel” treatment that gives a gorgeously golden brown crust, and a sprinkle ofeverything seasoning.