Favorite snack food to take to holiday parties....

[ORDisneyfans]

Fancy: Nice cheese tray with variety of cheeses, crackers and grapes or a nice anti pasta platter with salami, olives, marinated artichokes, mushrooms, mozzarella balls or cubes and roasted peppers. Chilled shrimp on ice with cocktail sauce.

Casual: Homemade pumpkin muffins or selection of tea breads. Harry and David's red pepper chutney over cream cheese with crackers.

In a hurry: BBQ sauce and meatballs or little smokies in a chafing dish!


I am am almost always requested to bring desserts! My favorite being homemade pecan bars or so papilla cheesecake (google it!) Super easy using cream cheese, butter , cinnamon sugar and crescent roll dough. though I find it to be not that budget friendly.

 

[skw444]

Here are my 2 go to recipes. The first is meatballs in a crockpot with a jar of chili sauce and a jar of grape jelly. So easy and so yummy. My second one takes a little more time. You take a club cracker and put a little brown sugar on it and then wrap it with bacon and bake it in the oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees.

 

[Elainey]

So easy and so good and creamy!

 

[maggiew]

So easy and so good and creamy!

I google it. Looks easy and yummy!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/five-minute-fudge-wreath-recipe/index.html#

Maggie

 

[cornflake]

Homemade yeast bread with honey and spice butter.

I get Rhodes yeast bread from Walmart and real butter. I follow the instructions on the bread and usually make more than one loaf. (It's hard to guess, but usually I think 1 loaf = 10 servings and 1 person = 1.5 to 2 servings.)

For the butter, I let a half pound of butter completely soften, then I whip it with a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, a half cup of confectioner's sugar and a half cup of butter and maybe a tablespoon of whipping cream (if I have it in the house, if not, I leave it out). Of course, the amount depends on the number of people at the party.

People love it and it's really cheap.

As to the OP, no one has ever asked me to bring snack foods to a holiday party.

I often bring a dessert though, brownies or biscotti or festive cookies or some such.

 

[jmqidoc]

My favorite thing to make for holiday parties ... Olive Penguins..

http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2011/12/13/black-olive-penguins/
I usually cut some Mozzarella Cheese and Mont Jack cheese for some "Ice Blocks" Never fails to get the guests giggling

 

[snarlingcoyote]

As to the OP, no one has ever asked me to bring snack foods to a holiday party.

I often bring a dessert though, brownies or biscotti or festive cookies or some such.

Someone finally gets the joke!

Just keep your mouth shut, put it on the table and everyone thinks you slaved in a hot kitchen for hours.

 

[skeettafic]

Someone finally gets the joke!

Just keep your mouth shut, put it on the table and everyone thinks you slaved in a hot kitchen for hours.

LOL!

I can't believe no one mentioned Buffalo Chicken Dip!!!! MMMMMM!

 

[ZoeBell]

LOL!

I can't believe no one mentioned Buffalo Chicken Dip!!!! MMMMMM!

It's the best. I Make a pretty darn good one too.

 

[ZoeBell]

I have a really good and easy BBQ meatball appetizer.

In a crockpot
Frozen(or fresh) meatballs
Equal parts grape jelly and chili sauce

Heat until hot
Serve and enjoy

 

[MaggieBailey]

I make baked corn dip.... I don't measure things - so this is all guesstimating , just kind of toss and stir -
2 cans white corn, drained, 2 blocks cream cheese;softened, 1 cup shredded cheese ( I use pepper jack) and a few tablespoons chopped pickled jalepenos. Mix it all together, cover and bake til warm through and bubbly. I serve it with crackers and pretzels. Mmm! I love this stuff and don't even like corn, lol.

Also, I like to do baked - Brie - trim it, spread seedless raspberry jam on it, wrap in phyllo and bake.

And reindeer pretzels! Mini pretzels on a cookie sheet, set a Hershey kiss on the middle loop, warm in the oven just enough to soften the kiss, stick a red M&M on it and viola! Its a Rudolph!

 

[marthachick]

Someone finally gets the joke!

Just keep your mouth shut, put it on the table and everyone thinks you slaved in a hot kitchen for hours.

Like my homebaked cookies. Get Toll House or Pillsbury cookie dough and bake them at home. Therefore, they are homebaked.

 

[Robbi]

Firecrackers
1 box saltines ( 4 sleeves of crackers)
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
1 cup vegetable oil
1-2tbsp red pepper flakes
1tbsp garlic powder
Place all of the crackers in a dish/ pan with cover.
Mix all of the rest of the ingredients in a large measuring cup, bowl, etc.
Pour mixture over the crackers.
Flip the cracker container every half hour or so.
The crackers will absorb the oil but will not be soggy.
Serve with cream cheese. The mix of spicy and cool make some call these Cracker crack.

 

[disney212]

This is what folks always ask me to bring. Since you heat the sauce up it cooks out most of the alcohol.

Per each package of Little Smokies or you can use cut up smoked sausage
1 cup BBQ sauce (I make mine and use Markers Mark as part of the recipe)
1/4 cup Marker's Mark Bourbon
3 tablespoons honey

Mix all together and cook on the stove top or crock pot(on high) until it comes to a simmer, cook until thick.

 

[kiki02]

knorrs veggie dip mix with crudite.

could eat only this all night long. serious.

 

[4GoofyCrew]

I am not a big sweets fan so I usually opt for: tortilla roll ups.

Soften cream cheese and stir in diced carrots, green peppers, broccoli, etc. (any 'hard' veggies work good, you don't want them to get soggy).

Using a spatula spread onto flour torilla and roll the tortilla up. Refrigerate for several hours to re-harden the cream cheese. Slice rolled up tortilla into approximately 1 inch sections (I usually eat/save the ends for at home because they aren't as pretty...). Arrange on a cute plate or platter and viola! They always go quickly and get rave reviews! (And since I can't cook to save my life I take that as a compliment!)

 

[DisneyMomma81]

Cheese dip and tortilla chips! My family begs me to make it at every event!

It's: Velveeta cheese, beef OR sausage (I prefer sausage), 1 can rotel, and 1 can cream of mushroom soup.

I always make it in the crock pot.

We love this *but the C o M is new hmmm.... I warm it in the microwave for quicker eating. We've only used sausage.

 

[valee]

That office party is coming up - it'll be a tough decision between meatballs or smokies in bbq sauce, queso dip, or those adorable penguins. I don't like olives, but they're so cute that I may have to find the time.
If there was an oven nearby, I'd make my usual pesto pizza - just a flatbread smeared with pesto, topped with cheese, and popped under the broiler. (Costco makes some pesto that that works great for this, and I can use my spare ice cube tray to freeze the rest in small cubes to use for other dishes) I'll throw some grilled chicken on if it's going to be more of an entree, but usually just cut it up into pieces about 2" by 4" as a snack to grab or accompaniment to a tomato-based pasta. It's gotten raves from Michigan to Texas. My only problem is getting them from the kitchen to the dining room without "help" that eats half of them before they get to the table!

 

[Jenny3]

I haven't read all the responses but yesterday I brought a double recipe of "Man Candy" to our family party and it was a massive hit!

It's basically Lil Smokies wrapped in bacon and covered in brown sugar. Unbelievably good! And easy. I made them the night before, cooked the morning of and kept them warm in a crockpot.

 

[tyniknate]

Firecrackers
1 box saltines ( 4 sleeves of crackers)
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
1 cup vegetable oil
1-2tbsp red pepper flakes
1tbsp garlic powder
Place all of the crackers in a dish/ pan with cover.
Mix all of the rest of the ingredients in a large measuring cup, bowl, etc.
Pour mixture over the crackers.
Flip the cracker container every half hour or so.
The crackers will absorb the oil but will not be soggy.
Serve with cream cheese. The mix of spicy and cool make some call these Cracker crack.

These are awesome! I get asked about them everywhere I take them and there are never any left. Make sure the kids are aware they are hot, though. And my recipe calls for cayenne pepper in addition to the pepper flakes.