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21 Top Easy New Year’s Eve Appetizers

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by: Joanna Cismaru
12.30.21

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21 Top Easy New Year’s Eve Appetizers – get your New Year’s celebration off to a rocking start with some of JoCooks top appetizer recipes.

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What a year it’s been and as the end of the year is quickly approaching I wanted to share with you a collection of my favorite appetizer recipes that would be perfect for you to make and celebrate the New Year in style.

1. Garlic and Parsley Butter Shrimp – gorgeous jumbo shrimp slathered in an exquisite garlic and parsley butter and baked to perfection.

Garlic and Parsley Butter Shrimp

2. Spicy Cheesy Corn and Tomato Dip – you’ve got perfection here with this spicy, creamy and cheesy corn dip. Time to start the party!

Spicy Cheese Corn and Tomato Dip

3. Sweet Chicken Bacon Bites – Perfectly seasoned chicken pieces, wrapped in glorious bacon, rolled in brown sugar and baked to golden perfection. Need I say more?

Sweet Chicken Bacon Bites

4. Easy Meatballs – These easy meatballs are a popular Romanian dish, easy to make and perfect appetizer. Check out what makes these meatballs unique.

Easy Meatballs

5. Avocado Mozza Puffs – little puff pastry morsels filled with mashed avocado, fresh mozzarella cheese and salsa.

Avocado Mozza Puffs

6. Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms made healthy by just stuffing them with onions, mushroom stems, roasted peppers and a bit of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms

7. Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Blue Cheese Dressing – These Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Blue Cheese Dressing are spicy and delicious, yet super healthy. Perfect for an appetizer or a snack.

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

8. Chimichurri Meatballs – These Chimichurri Meatballs are epic, so easy to make, yet super impressive and perfect for your holiday party, served with an incredible chimichurri sauce.

Chimichurri Meatballs

9. Baked Parmesan Zucchini Sticks – delicious zucchini sticks breaded with Panko breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese, at only 78 calories a serving.

Baked Parmesan Zucchini Sticks

10. Baked Parmesan Tomatoes – super simple appetizer and a fun way to eat your tomatoes! Magic happens when you pair together tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.

Baked Parmesan Tomatoes

11. Crockpot Sweet and Tangy Asian Meatballs – if you like meatballs you’ll love these Asian style meatballs, they are sweet and tangy and made in a crockpot!

Crockpot Sweet and Tangy Asian Meatballs

12. Guacamole Deviled Eggs – If you enjoy deviled eggs, you will love these guacamole deviled eggs. These deviled eggs are made with a homemade guacamole and garnished with cilantro.

Guacamole Deviled Eggs

13. Skillet Pull Apart Bread with Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Skillet Pull Apart Bread with Spinach and Artichoke Dip

14. Calzone Pinwheels – pretty bites that are easy, cheesy and adorable. Perfect little appetizers full of flavor, they’re cheesy and delicious.

Calzone Pinwheels

15. Pepperoni Pizza Potato Skins – so good, you can’t stop at just one! If you love pizza and you love potato skins, then this is your perfect appetizer!

Pepperoni Pizza Potato Skins

16. Baja Spinach Dip – even if you are no fan of spinach, you will want to indulge in this delicious dip. It’s cheesy, it’s spicy, it’s phenomenal!

Baja Spinach Dip

17. Mini Caprese Salad Bites  – a most delicious salad served in a most elegant way. The perfect appetizer for a party, or just simply because!

Mini Caprese Salad Bites

18. Bang Bang Chicken – From the super crispy chicken to the delicious sweet chili mayo, this recipe is perfection!

Bang Bang Chicken

19. Cheesy Flat breads – it’s cheesy, it’s gooey, it’s delicious, it’s your next snack.

Cheesy Flatbreads

20. These Asian pork rolls are the perfect party treat or snack. This delicious ground pork and water chestnut mixture is wrapped in puff pastry, cut into little rolls, baked to perfection then served with a spicy honey mustard sauce, making them a quintessential comfort food.

Asian pork rolls

21. Antojitos – spicy, cheesy, creamy, the ultimate appetizer. These antojitos are loaded with cream cheese and peppers and are baked to perfection.

Antojitos

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  1. Boyd Kobe says

    November 27, 2018 at 12:45 am

    Mmm, these look delicious! So creative. I am excited to try one of them this week! Thank you for sharing!

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  2. Agnes Duduzile Brook says

    July 31, 2017 at 5:47 am

    Fantastic recipes and thanks for sharing, my lovely family would love them.

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  3. Jane says

    December 18, 2015 at 5:31 am

    Gotta tell you, you’ve got some great appetizers….making a bunch for New Years Eve….thanks

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    • jo says

      December 18, 2015 at 8:34 am

      Wonderful, would love to hear how you like them!

      Reply
  4. Jac says

    June 13, 2015 at 4:24 am

    so many nice recipes to try on your 21 nye list, well worth a perusal

    Reply

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