12 Easy Finger Food Appetizers
These finger food appetizers are perfect for casual gatherings.
When at an appetizer-only gathering in the early evening, I’m always glad to see heavy appetizers.
Light appetizers are generally not enough to fill me up, especially when I’m a hungry guest.
When I host early evening gatherings, I like to make a variety of finger food appetizers for guests to choose from so they don’t go home hungry.
About this Collection of Recipes
In this collection of recipes there are finger food appetizers that are on the heavy or heartier side.
They include shrimp appetizers, meatless appetizers with cheese, and appetizers with meat.
Thank You!
Before we move on to these recipes…A HUGE THANK YOU FOR VISITING CCC!
Let’s check out these recipes.
For each recipe in this collection, there’s a link to the respective post with step-by-step instructions, pictures and the printable recipe.
The recipes below are randomly numbered and are not in any particular order.
Shrimp Appetizers
1) Tempura Shrimp with Honey Mustard Sauce
The quick and easy honey mustard dipping sauce included in this recipe tastes wonderful with this tempura shrimp.
Tempura Shrimp with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
2) Fresh Spring Rolls with Shrimp
These spring rolls are easy to make…
…and the filling can be customized to your liking.
Fresh Spring Rolls with Shrimp – Tastes so good dipped in this easy peanut sauce.
3) Shrimp and Guacamole Mini Tostadas
These tostadas get their start with mini crispy corn tortillas…
…and shrimp cooked in butter and spices.
Also included in this recipe is a quick and easy guacamole topping.
Mini Shrimp Tostadas with Homemade Guacamole – These mini shrimp tostadas are an eye catcher and taste so good.
Meatless Appetizers with Cheese
4) Cream Cheese Garlic Bread
Warm garlic bread made with cream cheese is an irresistible appetizer.
And this garlic bread is perfect as a heavy appetizer at a gathering.
5) Grilled Cheese Roll Ups
This comfort food favorite is the perfect shape for finger food.
These grilled cheese roll ups are made with American cheese, wheat sandwich bread and butter.
They taste wonderful served by themselves or…
…served with a warm “dipping sauce”…good old fashioned tomato soup from a can.
6) Wonton Cheese Bites
Wonton cheese bites with 4 different fillings…
1) Brie, brown sugar and walnuts…
2) Brie and chives…
3) Sharp cheddar cheese and slices of fresh jalapeno…
4) String cheese and slices of fresh jalapeno.
And this also includes 3 quick and easy dipping sauces.
Wonton Cheese Bites with 4 Varieties
7) Nachos with Brie Cheese and Olive Tapenade
Homemade crispy corn tortilla chips topped with chili powder and salt…
…then put in a small serving skillet and topped with chunks of brie…
…and baked in an oven just long enough to melt the cheese and topped with olive tapenade.
The salty and tangy tapenade with the melted brie and crispy homemade tortilla chips tastes heavenly.
Brie Cheese and Olive Tapenade Nachos
8) Jalapeno and Cheese Taquitos
Corn tortillas filled with a stick of cheese and slices of fresh jalapeno…
…and rolled up to form a taquito and lightly fried.
They taste like a combination of crispy nachos and a jalapeno popper.
Appetizers with Meat
9) Crispy Breakfast Quesadillas
Here’s a hearty finger food that falls in the category of a breakfast-for-dinner recipe.
Quesadillas filled to the brim with cheese, scrambled eggs and breakfast sage sausage.
Cheesy and flavorful breakfast-for-dinner goodness.
10) Mini Pizzas with Easy Homemade Sauce
Pizzas made on a small kaiser roll with a simple homemade sauce.
The firmness of a kaiser roll stands up nicely to the pizza ingredients…
…and the crispy roll is perfect with each bite.
11) Ground Turkey Sloppy Joe Sliders
These homemade sloppy joe sliders are easy to make…
…and taste so good on a soft bun.
Ground Turkey Sloppy Joe Sliders
12) Chipotle Chicken Nugget and Honey Dijon Sliders
Sliders made with seasoned fried chicken…
…soft slider buns or Hawaiian rolls and topped with a quick and easy honey Dijon sauce.
They taste so good with the combination of spiciness in the chicken and sweet in the Dijon sauce.
Chipotle Chicken Nugget and Honey Dijon Sliders
Thank you so much for stopping by CCC!
SUBSCRIBE TO CCC
Don’t Miss a CCC Recipe! Subscribe now to Coupon Clipping Cook and get an email each time we have a new post. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO COUPON CLIPPING COOK.
More recipe collections from CCC:
12 Easy Breakfast Finger Food Recipes
Down-Home Comfort Food for Fall
20 Easy Pasta Recipes for Any Day of the Week
Deliciously Simple Recipes for Chicken
Side Dish Recipes
Popular side dish recipes:
Brown Butter, Sage and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes with Sage and Ham
Easy Macaroni and Cheese with Cavatappi Pasta
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pineapple and Macadamia Nuts
Main Dish Recipes
More main dish recipes you may like; “Slow Cooker (Crockpot) Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots“, “Linguine with Tomato Cream Sauce” and “Shrimp and Fried Rice One-Skillet Meal“.
Dessert Recipes
Easy dessert recipes:
