If you’re planning your Thanksgiving menu and want a quick bite that is both elegant and easy, these easy Thanksgiving Appetizers are the perfect place to start. From warm, creamy dips to crispy, bite-sized pastries, each one is packed with seasonal flavor and designed to impress without adding stress to your Thanksgiving Day. Many can be made ahead of time, leaving you free to focus on the turkey (or enjoy a Thanksgiving cocktail like this Lillet Spritz or Hugo Spritz). Whether you’re hosting a big family gathering or an intimate dinner, we all need a crowd-pleasing appetizer that will keep everyone happily snacking until it’s time for the main event.
Before the turkey hits the table, Thanksgiving appetizers bring a sense of comfort and celebration. With these creamy dips to bite-sized savory snacks, they’re the perfect balance of indulgence and ease. These starters make the gathering feel special with every last bite.
Caramelized Onion and Brie Puff Pastry Bites
These bite-sized apps are flaky, golden brown, and filled with sweet onions, tangy sundried tomatoes, and creamy melted brie in every bite. Elegant yet easy, they make a perfect appetizer that’s rich, savory, and irresistibly bite-sized.
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Whipped Cheese with Blistered Tomatoes Recipe
If you are looking for an easy appetizer to serve to a group that everyone will love, look no further than this Whipped Cheese with Blistered Tomatoes. The entire dish takes less than 20 minutes to make start to finish, can be prepared a day or two in advance and is absolutely bursting with flavour.
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Smashed Potato Blinis with Smoked Salmon
These Smashed Potato Smoked Salmon Blinis are a spin on the traditional Russian blini, only with golden brown and crispy smashed potatoes. With thinly sliced smoked salmon, capers, and red onion, topped with a rich sour cream and cream cheese mixture, you will quickly fall in love with this bite sized appetizer.
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Air Fryer Crispy Artichokes
These Air Fryer Crispy Artichokes are deliciously crispy on the outside and tender in the middle. Serve them with a lemony garlic aioli for an easy appetizer everyone will love this holiday season. This is one of those last-minute appetizers that will have people asking for more.
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Creamy Crab Dip with Goat Cheese
This isn't your average crab dip. It's a rich and indulgent creamy Crab Dip that has a base of cream cheese and goat cheese. It's the perfect appetizer to serve to a crowd; everyone will devour it in no time, and it can be served room temperature. Your Thanksgiving guests will devour this in minutes.
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Whipped Ricotta Cheese Dip with Hot Honey
This Lemon Herb Whipped Ricotta Cheese is an easy, delicious, creamy dip. Whipped ricotta, lemon, and thyme with a drizzle of honey make this creamy, zesty, and spicy all in one bite. This Ricotta dip is perfect to serve before the Thanksgiving meal and is ready in less than 10 minutes.
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Prosciutto, Pear and Gorgonzola Bites
These Pear, Gorgonzola, and Prosciutto Bites are the perfect appetizer that combines sweet, savory, and creamy flavors. These light bites are perfect for the holiday season, dinner parties, or simply as a fancy snack any time of year.
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Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Board
This gorgeous cream cheese board is the perfect appetizer to serve a crowd. It's my fun spin on the viral butter board trend taking over social media and is like a loaded salmon and cream cheese bagel but in dip form and every bite scooped onto a bagel or cracker is packed with flavor.
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Balsamic Zucchini and Pepper Crostini
This Balsamic Zucchini and Pepper Crostini is one of my favorite appetizers to serve before a Thanksgiving feast. The veggies are sautéed until tender and tossed in a rich balsamic sauce, which perfectly complements the creamy cheese and toasted slices of baguette. This is the perfect appetizer to make in advance and assemble before serving.
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Turkey and Cranberry Meatballs with Cranberry Orange Sauce
These Turkey Cranberry Meatballs taste like Thanksgiving in meatball form! They are loaded with seasonal ingredients and served with an orange cranberry sauce for dipping. These are the perfect addition to your holiday menu to serve all those hungry guests.
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Creamy Crab and Shrimp Dip
This Shrimp and Crab Dip is a spin on the hot shrimp dip recipe from my cookbook. It is the perfect crowd-pleaser that is so warm and creamy, and baked to golden perfection. You can prepare this dip up to 3 days in advance and simply heat it before serving.
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Creamy Chicken, Spinach, and Artichoke Dip
This Creamy Chicken, Spinach & Artichoke dip is a real crowd pleaser and a classic appetizer that everyone is going to love! It's deliciously creamy with chunks of chicken, artichoke hearts, and spinach. This one will disappear before you blink!
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Bacon-Wrapped Chicken and Jalapeno Bites
These Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Bites are the perfect appetizer to make for the big day. The pieces of chicken are topped with a slice of jalapeno, wrapped in bacon, and then smothered in a sweet and tangy sauce. These small bites are guaranteed to be a crowd favorite.
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Baba Ganoush
This easy-to-make Baba Ganoush is one of those delicious dips that is smooth and creamy and made with just a handful of ingredients. It's a fantastic dip to keep in the fridge to enjoy on a cheese board with pita bread or fresh veggies.
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