For a New Year's Eve party, you don't necessarily want a sit-down feast so easy appetisers that you can put together, set out and share with family and friends are ideal. These suggestions for appetizers are perfect as there is a mix of ones that your meat-loving friends will enjoy as well as your Veggie friends too.
We love a good buffet, it's easy to set up and clear up which is always a bonus and people can help themselves as well.
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Easy Appetizers for New Year's Eve Buffets and Parties
Over 20 delicious and easy appetisers ideal for your New Year's Eve party, prepare ahead of time and enjoy this selection of party foods.
Classic recipe for devilled eggs easy to make a family favourite for all.
What's better than meat balls, mozzarella stuffed meatballs are. These easy appetizers are great with some homemade pizza sauce to dip into them.
Delicious mushrooms stuffed with tomato, italian sausage, pepperoni and cheese a perfect fancy pizza appetizer or savoury snack.
We love dips and this Rotel Dip with Ground Beef over on 3 Boys and a Dog is one of our favourites. It's easy to make on the Stove and tastes amazing. My cheese-loving daughter and I love it with salad sticks or chips.
We love how simple these little Chicken bacon-wrapped bites are. Don't forget the toothpick to avoid sticky fingers.
This has been a hit every year with my husband who loves meat on the bone - the rest of us like making them with chicken breast and I think they must taste just as good you have to try them Teriyaki Wings from Deliciously Planted.
I love loaded potato skins so I had to give this recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Bites from Landeelu.com a try and it was delicious and took so much less time than my normal potato skins.
Cheese dip and some homemade tortilla chips are one of my favourites and this Five Ingredient White Queso from The Baking Fairy has been one of the best that we have tried - it uses real cheese instead of fake which is always a huge bonus to me.
When you decide at the last minute to have guests around for New Year's Eve you want an appetiser that is easy to put together and these Antipasto Skewers from Homemade Interest are perfect and with our love of Italian food, we have all of the ingredients there and ready.
Anything that is easy to hold and eat is ideal for party food and these Bacon Mac and Cheese Bites over on Entertaining with Beth are brilliant. They look great and that Mac and Cheese flavour is always a favourite.
Even more cranberry goodness in this Cranberry-Pecan Cheese Ball from Dessert Now Dinner Later perfect for the centre of a buffet and some help yourself goodness. Provide some crackers and it would be perfect.
These Easy Lasagna Roll-Ups over on Crystal and Co. are a little messy but they make up for that mess in deliciousness and get hold of some toothpicks and your fingers won't be as messy afterwards.
Sliders are easy to make but I love the twist that these French Dip Sliders from Chelsea's Apron have. They are full of yummy goodness and your guests will be raving about them for years to come.
How I wish I could eat this but my allergy prevents it however my husband loves this Coconut Shrimp from Deliciously Plated they are the perfect little mouth-sized bites.
Much like a mini pizza, these Cheesy Flatbreads from Jo Cooks are a favourite with the younger ones at New Year's Eve and those that me that just love the cheesy deliciousness.
This Baked Spinach and Artichoke Dip from Meatloaf and Melodrama are great with some crackers, or even some crunchy french sticks and is another perfect help yourself dish for your Party Buffet.
Over on Kevin and Amanda, these Crunchy Taco Cups are just amazing. I have made them filling with our homemade chilli and salsa which was delicious too and make a really good party appetizer as well as a lunchbox treat.
These hand-sized morsels of Meatball Subs from plain chicken are great to serve the guest they can walk around eating their meatball subs without the need for a plate and in a couple of mouth balls, they will be gone. Better make sure that you make enough of them for all the guests to enjoy.
Time for some delicious Parmesan Crusted Tortellini Bites from The Cozy Cook perfect for dipping and all that cheesy goodness would be great with tomato salsa or dipping sauce.
Hawiian Ham and Cheese Sliders Recipe - Easy Ham and Cheese Sliders
Another slider recipe although more traditional these Hawaiian Ham and Cheese Sliders from Eating on a Dime can be made in mini slider rolls and make perfect bite-sized servings for your guests.
One for the vegetarians these Easy Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms from Grits and Pinecones are perfect appetizers for New Year's Eve.
More Appetizer Ideas
Looking for something lighter then check out our dips, salsas, and chips which although great in summer also work really well for New Year's Eve too.
