22 of Our Favorite Hors d'Oeuvres Recipes (2024)

A single baguette, sliced and used as a foundation, yields a host of easy-to-assemble appetizers. Prepare toppings the day before and add them just before serving. Offer guests small plates and forks to scoop up the extras.

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Bruschetta
Tomato and Olive Bruschetta
Marinated Calamari with Fennel
Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salsa

This roasted vegetable, redolent with garlic, shallots, and cognac, top garlic bread to make this spectacular, irresistible dish.

Recipe: Wild Mushroom Toast

For something different, consider starting your meal with a tasty bite of fig and ricotta cheese.

Slice a baguette, brush pieces with melted butter, and place them under the broiler until golden. Spread ricotta over the toasted bread, drizzle with wildflower or orange-blossom honey, top with a slice of ripe fig or fresh peach, nectarine, or plum, then serve.

Who knew artichokes could look so scrumptious? Everyone will know you did when this tray is carried into the room.

Recipe: Gilled Artichokes with Creamy Butter Dip

Frozen pastry dough and all-beef hot dogs make up these crowd-pleasing bites.

Recipe: Pigs in Blankets

This savory appetizer can easily be prepared ahead of time and needs little more than colorful spices, seeds, or nuts to dress them up for a party.

Recipe: Spiced Yogurt Cheese Balls

For a sophisticated starter, we grilled old-fashioned pickled shallots and garlic with bite-size cubes of peppered and seared beef sirloin, then placed them on garden-fresh basil leaves.

Recipe: Pickled Garlic, Shallots, and Pearl Onions

These savory treats are made with fresh biscuits, courtesy of Marc Meyer, executive chef at Cookshop and Five Points in New York City.

Recipe: Mini BLTs

Serve these light bites while they are still nice and hot. Wooden hors d'oeuvre picks—also found in pink and blue—keep the many layers in place.

Recipe: Mini Triple-Decker Pastrami Reuben Sandwiches

Expand your party menu with dependable staples from the pantry. Dried figs and prepared piecrust combine to make a sophisticated hors d'oeuvre.

Recipe: Prosciutto and Fig Crostata

Savory meat is sandwiched between homemade mini biscuits in this delicious party dish.

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Made with everyday pantry staples and kernels cut straight from the cob, these airy fritters will get eaten up as fast as you can fry them.

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Corn Fritters Yogurt Dip

Stand this small veggie filled with Creamy Lemon-Dill Dip in a tray or shallow serving dish. Shelled, dried runner beans are used here to create an attractive, easy-to-assemble presentation that helps anchor this hors d'oeuvre. Store-bought hummus, baba ghanoush, and tabbouleh can also be enjoyed as a filling.

Recipe: Creamy Lemon-Dill Dip