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Finger Foods and Dips

When you’re hosting an event, finger food recipes are a must! Below you’ll find a collection of recipes perfect for eating casually while socializing with friends and family. They’re portable, easy to handle, and you don’t need a fork to enjoy them. They allow you to taste a large variety of foods in one sitting, and can be held in one hand while you carry a drink in the other.

Finger foods, sometimes referred to as “canapes” rose in popularity during Prohibition and have been a staple at small parties at home, potlucks, buffets, and, of course, Super Bowl celebrations.

The finger food recipes below are fun, unique, and tasty. Your guests will love them!

A white plate filled with falafel balls next to a bowl of tahini sauce.

Falafel

Chocolate dipped strawberries, some with nuts and some chocolate strawberries drizzled with white chocolate on a parchment lining paper inside a medium-size circular gold tin can in foreground, with a linen napkin on the side. Three fresh strawberries, and two small bowls with white and dark chocolate chips separately in background.

Chocolate Strawberries

Featured wide horizontal shot - a bowl of roasted eggplant salad with red peppers in a white bowl on a white marble countertop. Fresh tomatoes, dish of olive oil peppers and pita in the background.

Roasted Eggplant Salad

Horizontal shot - bowl of sunflower butter on a marble countertop with wooden spatula, bread slices, and cloth towel. Jar of sunflower seeds in background.

Sunflower Butter

Square featured shot - White bowl of vegetarian chopped liver topped with chopped hard boiled egg and chopped parsley, with a wooden spatula, bunch of fresh parsley, wooden platter of crackers, and linen napkins beside it, on a marble countertop.

Aunt Bev’s Vegetarian Chopped Liver

Overhead square shot - plate of Lemony Marinated Chicken Skewers on countertop, lemon and parsley garnish on wooden cutting board beside the plate.

Lemony Marinated Chicken Skewers

Sweet and sour meatballs on a plate with cloth napkin beside, more meatballs in dish in background.

Jewish Sweet and Sour Meatballs

A large glass serving bowl filled with a layered dip that includes hummus, greek yogurt, Israeli salad, olives, feta cheese, and cilantro. A dish of pita chips is sitting off to the side.

Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip

Overhead view of a tray of small roasted potatoes topped with a lox topping and garnished with capers

Mini Lox Potatoes Appetizer

Close up shot - crispy golden latkes on a white plate with sour cream and applesauce. Fork and knife with cloth napkin on the side. Pile of potato pancakes in the background.

Gluten Free Crispy Yukon Gold Latkes

Horizontal shot - white bowl of red pepper hummus with gold spoon, cloth napkin on side. Pita and dish of carrots in background.

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

A serving platter filled with salmon cakes on a bed of lettuce next to a dish of spicy Sriracha sauce.

Sriracha Seared Salmon Cakes

Horizontal shot - dish of chopped liver garnished with chopped hard boiled egg and fresh parsley, with lettuce, serving knife and rye bread pieces, on a wooden cutting board.

Chopped Liver

Overhead shot of Roasted Eggplant Yogurt Dip topped with pomegranate arils and fresh mint, on a platter with pieces of pita.

Roasted Eggplant Yogurt Dip

White platter of Middle Eastern Burgers char-grilled on a bed of purple onion rings and herbs, with spicy sriracha mayo sauce on the side, dish of olives in background.

Middle Eastern Burgers

Four lemon pesto vegetable skewers on white plate on wooden table, lemon, pesto and oil in background with napkin.

Lemon Pesto Vegetable Skewers

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