Delicious and Easy Appetizer Ideas for the Holidays

Once the rest of your holiday preparations are taken care of, it’s time to get started on the food. As delicious as cookies are, you need more than sugar to munch on during your festivities. These delicious and easy appetizer ideas for the holidays are savory treats you’ll want to snack on all day long!

The holidays are so crazy around here that the last thing I feel like doing on Christmas and New Years is cooking. Preparing some savory appetizers in advance lets mom kick her feet up and enjoy time with her family. We could all use a little more of that, right?

Cream Cheese Christmas Tree with Crackers and Pepper Jelly (A Wonderful Thought)

It doesn’t get much easier than this cream cheese appetizer! Simply form your tree, and your jelly, and boom you’re ready to serve.

Cheesy Bacon Ro*tel Appetizer Cups (Curly, Crafty Mom)

Looking for a more poppable appetizer idea? If so, these cheesy cups are perfect for you. Plus, hello, bacon!

Healthy Homemade Guacamole (Healthy Helper)

You can still enjoy the holidays without breaking your healthy eating habits. This homemade guacamole is healthy and delicious!

Slow Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip (Home Cooking Memories)

Love dishes that you can throw in the Crock Pot? Enjoy dipping crackers in this spinach artichoke dip without all the work.

Christmas Tree Pesto Puff Pastry Appetizer (Walking on Sunshine)

Add some festive to your appetizer with this adorable Christmas tree dish!

Crispy Mushroom Caps and Lox (Mighty Mrs.)

If you’re looking for an appetizer sure to impress, you can’t go wrong with this delicious recipe. The mushroom lover in me is drooling right now!

Coca-Cola Soaked Bacon Wrapper Scallops (C’mon Get Crafty)

Want more bacon? This amazing recipe has you covered with deliciously sweet and savory appetizer that everyone will love!

Bisquick Shrimp and Vegetable Appetizers (My Pinterventures)

These appetizers are so simple to make you won’t mind serving them at every holiday function this year.

Glazed Bacon Pretzel Crackers (Intelligent Domestications)

Words cannot express how amazing these bites are! You’ll want to make extras just to cover what you snack on before the party!

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Smokies (DIY Adulation)

Lastly, you can’t go wrong with these poppable bacon ranch smokies. They’re an easy and delicious appetizer idea that is easy to whip up in large batches to feed a crowd.

Feel free to take a break from the kitchen during the holidays with these delicious and easy appetizer ideas for the holidays! With so many to choose from, you’ll want to extend this no cooking thing into the new year for sure.

Now it’s time to link up at this week’s Merry Monday link party! Share your latest creations below and be inspired by what everyone else is sharing.