15 Festive New Year’s Eve Appetizers

Made with store-bought puff pastry, this baked brie is an easy yet impressive appetizer for a party. You’ll love my foolproof technique for wrapping the cheese.

Crisp and flaky cheese straws specked with fresh herbs make a delicious and fun hors d’oeuvre.

Think of this Asian-style hot crab dip with crispy wonton chips as a deconstructed crab rangoon.

Similar to htipiti, the salty and tangy Mediterranean mezze spread, this feta dip is fabulous with toasted pita or veggies.

This sheet-pan garlic butter shrimp is not only delicious, but it’s also super simple to make.

Sweet, salty and spicy, these rosemary nuts are perfect with cocktails or for snacking. Don’t say I didn’t warn you: they’re crazy addictive!

From L’Auberge Chez Francois, this blend of cottage cheese, sour cream, garlic, and fresh herbs makes an irresistible spread.

Slightly warm, with a crisp shell and a cheesy interior, gougères are the perfect little bite to serve with sparkling wine or cocktails.

These restaurant-style coconut shrimp are remarkably easy to make: you can do all of the prep ahead and the sauce comes straight out of a bottle.

Pimento cheese is a tangy and creamy cheese spread that’s often referred to as the pâté of the South. It’s wonderful on crackers, crudités, sandwiches, or even burgers.

This candied bacon has all the makings of an addictive snack: it’s crispy, chewy, smoky, salty, sweet, and spicy.

These tender meatballs in a light cream sauce are delicious on their own or served over egg noodles.

These Sriracha deviled eggs are truly devilish and totally pop-in-your-mouthable.

Throw away that recipe that calls for frozen meatballs and grape jelly — these homemade cocktail meatballs are so much better.

These ham and cheese sliders are doused in a tangy butter, mustard and poppy seed sauce. It’s impossible to eat just one!