Looking for Thanksgiving appetizers to serve before the main meal? This collection has plenty of ideas to help you plan your holiday spread, from creamy dips and cheese balls to savory finger foods, puff pastry bites, stuffed mushrooms, and deviled eggs. You'll also find seasonal recipes featuring cranberries, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes. Choose a few favorites to serve alongside your Thanksgiving dinner menu.

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🥓 Finger Foods / Bite-Sized
Pigs in a Blanket
Pigs in a blanket bake at 375F for 15 minutes. Get the 4-ingredient recipe plus make ahead, freezing, and reheating tips for parties and game day.
Sausage Balls
These Easy Sausage Balls are made with loads of cheddar cheese, ground sausage, and Cheddar Bay biscuit mix for a truly addictive appetizer!
Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board
Make a Thanksgiving charcuterie board for your next holiday gathering. Filled with meats and cheeses, pecans, cranberry sauce, and apple butter.
3-Ingredient Bacon Wrapped Dates
This 3-Ingredient Bacon Wrapped Dates recipe is incredibly easy to make with your choice of cheese and always a crowd favorite!
Pear & Brie Cheese Salad Skewers
These pear and brie cheese salad skewers are such a quick + easy, sweet + savoury party appetizer idea that your guests will love!
Turkey Cranberry Pinwheels
These Turkey Cranberry Pinwheels are perfect for a school lunch box, work lunch, or for feeding a hungry, football-watching crowd.
Butternut Squash Crostini
The best holiday appetizer! Roasted butternut squash, shallots, and ricotta cheese combine for these delicious butternut squash crostini.
Roasted Feta Stuffed Dates Appetizer with Walnuts
Make these Feta Stuffed Dates with walnuts in under 30 minutes! These roasted dates are the perfect appetizer for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
🧀 Cheese Appetizers
Baked Brie
Gooey baked brie is topped with candied pecans, fig jam, dried cranberries, and thyme for a sweet and savory appetizer everyone adores.
Classic Cheese Ball
This Classic Cheese Ball recipe is an easy appetizer for any party, made with cream cheese, cheddar, fresh chives, spices, and pecans.
Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball
Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball is cream cheese mixed with white cheddar cheese, dried cranberries, pecans, and chives for an addicting spread!
Marinated Cheese
A classic appetizer, this Marinated Cheese is so easy to make and perfect for entertaining, BBQs, picnics, holidays, & potlucks + gluten-free.
Crispy Fried Goat Cheese Balls
These goat cheese balls are coated in herbed breadcrumbs, fried until golden, and served with a drizzle of honey to make the perfect cheese appetizer.
🍯 Dips & Spreads
Easy Spinach Artichoke Dip
This spinach artichoke dip recipe is going to be your new favorite at-home appetizer. Creamy, decadent, and always a crowd pleaser!
Pumpkin Whipped Feta Dip
Do yourself a solid and try this Pumpkin Whipped Feta. Made with cream cheese, maple syrup, and thyme, it's the go-to app of the season!
Creamy Whipped Ricotta with Honey and Herbs
This Creamy Whipped Ricotta with honey and herbs is the perfect dip recipe for everything from holiday parties to weekday snacks.
Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip is a delicious cranberry salsa atop smooth cream cheese. It's the perfect appetizer for any holiday gathering.
Creamy Vegan Caramelized Onion Dip
Creamy, super flavorful vegan caramelized onion dip! Easy, protein-packed, and perfect with veggies, crackers, or on charcuterie boards.
🍄🟫 Vegetable Appetizers
Stuffed Mushrooms
Classic Stuffed Mushrooms recipe featuring baby bella mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, herbs, onions, and more cheese.
Crispy Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Cheese
A fun appetizer, party food, or Super Bowl snack, these Crispy Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Cheese make the perfect bite. Gluten free and low carb.
Sweet Potato Bites
These sweet potato bites are roasted, then topped with goat cheese, walnuts, rosemary, cranberries and honey. An easy appetizer for entertaining.
Cream Cheese Cucumber Bites
Cool, crisp, and easy, Cream Cheese Cucumber Bites are the perfect 3-ingredient appetizer. They’re ready in just minutes and full of flavor!
Caprese Skewers
These easy Caprese Skewers with Balsamic Glaze are the perfect fresh appetizer! Made with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, they’re ready in just 15 minutes.
🥐 Puff Pastry Appetizers
Bacon Puff Pastry Twists
Bacon puff pastry twists are tasty bacon appetizers that can also be served as breadsticks with creamy soups. Just 5 ingredients and 10 minutes for easy, last-minute entertaining!
Cranberry Brie Bites
These cranberry brie bites are the perfect blend of creamy, tangy, and buttery goodness, wrapped in golden puff pastry for an elegant yet easy appetizer.
Puff Pastry Pinwheels
Puff Pastry Pinwheels made with store-bought puff pastry sheets, sweet and hot mustard, nutty parmigiano reggiano and salty paper-thin slices of prosciutto. Sure to be the hit of your party!
Mushroom Tarts
This savory mushroom tart is layered with earthy mushrooms, caramelized shallots, cheese, and a buttery pie crust.
Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Tart
This Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Tart is made with puff pastry,caramelized onion and whipped goat cheese, fig jam, and more caramelized onions.
Puff Pastry Sausage Rolls
These mini puff pastry sausage rolls feature flaking crust stuffed with seasoned pork sausage and baked until golden brown.
🍤 Classic Favorites
Mini Quiche Recipe
Skip the coffee shop sous vide egg bites and make your own Mini Quiche. Try all four flavor variations for this easy egg breakfast recipe.
Thanksgiving Appetizer Deviled Eggs
Thanksgiving Deviled Eggs are an easy appetizer party food idea. Gorgeous Fall color, garnished with sage and thyme to celebrate the season.
Bacon Wrapped Smokies
These Bacon Wrapped Smokies are the perfect appetizer! They're made with 3 ingredients and take 10 minutes to prep. A total crowd-pleaser!
Cocktail Meatballs
TESTED & PERFECTED RECIPE – Toss that old recipe that calls for grape jelly and chili sauce; these cocktail meatballs are so much better.
Oven-Roasted Shrimp Cocktail with Old Bay
Oven-roasted shrimp cocktail with Old Bay is a modern twist on the classic appetizer, offering a warm, flavorful alternative to traditional chilled shrimp.
Baked Jalapeno Poppers
Recipe for Baked Jalapeno Poppers from Ellie Krieger's Comfort Food Fix. Photos, nutritional info, WW points and how to video included.
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