40 Best Finger Foods For Appetizers, Parties, And Tiny Cravings

Get your party started with these bite-sized potato cups filled with a creamy and tangy mixture of mashed potatoes, sour cream, and spices, topped with crispy bacon and chives.

Recipe: Deviled Potato Bites

Have your wine and eat it, too, with this easy appetizer. Fresh rosemary functions as both flavor and a DIY skewer. Plus, they make for a pretty presentation. Spoon the red wine reduction sauce on top of your steak bites just before serving and voila!

Recipe: Rosemary Steak Bites

Score a touchdown with these savory and spicy buffalo chicken football hand pies, packed with flavorful buffalo chicken and creamy blue cheese. Perfect for game day or any party, these hand pies will have your guests cheering for more!

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Football Hand Pies

I swear my brain unlocked a new level the day I learned that jalapeño poppers were this easy to make.

Recipe: Jalapeño Poppers

They might be crispy and easy to break, but I wouldn't be surprised if you finish these off in one bite each. 

Recipe: Shrimp and Avocado Tostadas

A mixture of cream cheese, butter, spinach, and Parmesan cheese means each bite of these mushroom cups will be a savory, buttery explosion of flavor.

Recipe: Creamy Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms

Skewers can be bland and boring. Thankfully, that's not the case for these little guys, which are marinated in a spicy coconut milk- and peanut butter-based sauce.

Recipe: Chicken Satay Skewers

Shredding the chicken into tiny pieces means these balls will be easy to form and maintain their shape. 

Recipe: Cheesy Chicken Balls

Dredging and frying your ravioli in oil instead of simply boiling it transforms this simple pasta into a crispy appetizer.

Recipe: Toasted Ravioli

Just because you discovered pigs in blankets as a child doesn't mean you can't enjoy them as an adult. 

Recipe: Pigs in Blankets

Make these smaller if you're serving them as finger foods, or size them up to make them part of a meal. 

Recipe: Chicken Pesto Pinwheels

Slicing this humble spud into discs and lining them up into stackers means they have more surface area for rich garlic Parmesan flavor and crispy edges. 

Recipe: Garlic Parmesan Potato Stackers

Usually, Brussels sprouts need only olive oil and a pinch of salt to become tasty finger foods. Add a layer of bacon to 'em, and you'll never want to eat them differently again.

Recipe: Bacon-wrapped Brussels Sprouts

Fun fact: "Chicken fried" refers to the way that meat is prepared; aka, seasoned in flour and cooked in oil. 

Recipe: Chicken Fried Steak Bites

Another reason to love egg rolls: They work great with virtually any filling, even sloppy joe ingredients.

Recipe: Sloppy Joe Egg Rolls

Using thick-cut bacon will ensure that it doesn't tear in the process of folding your knots or cooking. 

Recipe: Bacon-wrapped Parmesan Garlic Knots

Who needs catering when you can make cornbread crab cakes from home? If you're a fan of lobster rolls, clam chowder, or other seafood-centric foods, you'll love these savory rolls. 

Recipe: Cornbread Crab Cakes by Lawrence Page

Using a hearty portion of gochujang in this recipe means these wings are sticky, sweet, and spicy at the same time.

Recipe: Spicy Korean Chicken

A mixture of cumin, chili, and chopped tomatoes transform your favorite after-school snack into warmly spiced, mouth-watering fries.

Recipe: Masala Fries

Extra crispy and seasoned with a mixture of garlic, ginger, sake, soy sauce, and sesame oil, this recipe for Japanese popcorn chicken is a favorite for anyone who loves fried chicken. 

Recipe: Japanese Popcorn Chicken (Karaage)

If you just bought a bunch of fish and have no idea what to do with it, try out this recipe for fish fingers. Simply bread them, bake them, then dip them in this creamy, slightly zesty avocado dip!

Recipe: Fish Fingers with Avocado Dip

Veggie spring rolls are the perfect anytime finger food, to be honest. They're light, astonishingly easy to make, and a great way to get your veggies in.

Recipe: Veggie Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Panko breadcrumbs are a shortcut to Crunchy Town. Here's a recipe to learn how to give your chicken a fried texture without the use of a single drop of oil. 

Recipe: Chicken Tikka Goujons

It might sound tedious, but if you dry every sliced zucchini with a paper towel, the panko mixture will stick much better. 

Recipe: Zucchini Fries

Chopping your onions and bell peppers into fine pieces will make sure you don't accidentally pull out all the fillings when you take your first bite. 

Recipe: Chicken Fajita Quesadillas

Slightly sweet, crunchy, and sturdy enough to stand up to a deep-fry, carrots are a surprisingly perfect vegetable to use in fries. 

Recipe: Garlic Parmesan Baked Carrot Fries

Rubbing garlic on crunchy bread is one of the best and easiest cooking tips you'll ever learn. 

Recipe: Tomato Basil Bruschetta

Turns out, you don't actually have to eat chicken to enjoy the zesty, savory flavor of buffalo wings. 

Recipe: Buffalo Cauliflower

Take one tube of biscuit dough, throw on some butter, cheese, and seasoning, and these garlic rolls are ready to be served.

Recipe: Pull-Apart Garlic Rolls

I honestly can't believe there's zero flour (and hardly any carbs!) in this recipe. Just four zucchinis, cheese, one egg, and seasoning to bring it all together. 

Recipe: Cheesy Zucchini Sticks

These work great with chicken, pork, sautéed mushrooms, or beans. 

Recipe: Mini Chicken Tacos

A few tips to make sure your onion rings don't fall apart while frying: Freeze them for at least one hour and ideally longer, use a little more cheese than necessary as some might ooze out, and bread them thoroughly.

Recipe: Mozzarella Stick Onion Rings

If you're serving finger food for a mixed group of people, you'll want to go for an easy dish like this, which is guaranteed to be universally loved.

Recipe: Pizza Puff Pastry Twists

This pair of apple and Brie is as classic as melon and prosciutto. Serve them as soon as the cheese is melted for optimal flavor.

Recipe: Apple Brie Crostinis

Serving a seven-layer dip can be a recipe for a huge mess, especially if you're hosting a large party. These little cups make sure everyone gets a generous portion of each of the seven layers, in their own little tortilla cups.

Recipe: Seven-Layer Dip Cups

Try and make these bite-sized, as they'll be hard to handle once they're oozing out hot broth. 

Recipe: Pan-Fried Soup Dumplings

Everything from paprika and chili powder to cajun seasoning and lemon pepper are great if you want to add an extra kick of flavor to these fritters. 

Recipe: Broccoli Cheddar Fritters

To nail Filipino lumpia, you'll want to use lumpia wrappers, which are slightly thinner than other egg roll wrappers. Then, pan-fry them until they're flaky and crunchy. 

Recipe: Homemade Lumpia

Easy to make and so satisfying to eat, these croquettes are the perfect thing to serve to a hungry group with loud stomachs.

Recipe: Japanese Ham & Cheese Croquette (Korokke)

Who said pigs in a blanket have to be made with puff pastry? Made with pizza dough brushed with eggs, this version is slightly crispier and denser, and makes for a hearty snack.

Recipe: Pigs in a Pretzel Blanket