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The 11 Best Christmas Party Food Recipes We Could Find on the Internet
The holiday parties are coming! And with them comes a need for new and creative holiday party finger food. It’s a tall order to come up with options that are delicious, creative, and relatively simple — not to mention nice to look at and easy to share. Old favorites (gingerbread, chips and dip) are great to fall back on, but new recipes are fun for you and for your guests. We've scoured some of our favorite food blogs for delicious, fun, and festive finger-ready treats. So check out these recipes and more on the sites we’ve linked to. Who knows? You just might find your new holiday party staple.
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Apple-Glazed Meatballs
Perfect party food = anything with toothpicks. This recipe from The Messy Baker also has the added benefit of a great wintery twist with the apple flavor.
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Baked Beet Chips
A healthy, colorful, and "I can't believe you made those yourself!" option for holiday entertaining: beet chips from Naturally Ella.
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Cranberry Crostini
Sweet, tart cranberry relish needs to be celebrated beyond its role as a turkey condiment afterthought. In this recipe from Cookie + Kate it tops nutty wheat bread and creamy goat cheese.
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Crispy Prosciutto Chips
In case you needed an even bigger "I can't believe you made those yourself!" reaction, Nom Nom Paleo brings you the Porkito, aka crispy prosciutto chips.
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Roasted Pecan & Acorn Squash Soup
Soup may not seem like a finger food but when you serve it in shot glasses or tiny espresso mugs it becomes portable and easy to sip. Though, with this Adventures in Cooking recipe featuring squash, honey, pecans, and chili powder, guests will likely wish they had a whole bowl.
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Marinated Brussels Sprouts Skewers
Soy sauce and honey give these wintery veggies a salty sweet glaze, and the portable skewers make them easy to graze on. Thanks, Naturally Ella.
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Butternut Squash Latkes
These hand-held latkes from Big Girls Small Kitchen swap out potato for butternut squash and integrate extra flavor with a cumin and Greek yogurt topping.
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Mini Vegan Pumpkin Pies
Pumpkin pie is fantastic. Mini pumpkin pie? Even better. This vegan recipe from Love and Lemons is an awesome (if labor intensive) way to impress your holiday guests.
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Pumpkin-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
From Simply Scratch comes a pumpkin-ey (and thus holiday-ey) spin on oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Sure to be a crowd pleaser.
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Mini Butternut Squash Pie Stacks
So, not only is there such thing as a mini pie stack, there's one from Climbing Grier Mountain that includes butter-and-sugar-roasted squash and MARSHMALLOW FROSTING PEOPLE.
Image: Climbing Grier Mountain