Easter Appetizer Recipes

Kick off your holiday celebrations with our light and bright Easter appetizer recipes, whether you're hosting a traditional dinner or a Sunday brunch.

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Shrimp cocktail on a ceramic plate with cocktail sauce and sliced lemons, on a stone background with a yellow dish towel.
Plump and Tender Shrimp Cocktail Recipe
Savory Bacon-Cheddar Pancakes With Corn and Jalapeño Recipe
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Broccoli Salad With Radicchio, Basil, and Pistachios Recipe
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Salt-Wilted Brussels Sprout Salad With Hazelnuts and Goat Cheese Recipe
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Grilled Green Bean Salad With Red Peppers and Radishes Recipe
Overhead of a Spanish-style ripe tomato and olive-oil packed tuna salad.
Ensalada de Tomate con Ventresca de Atún (Spanish-Style Tomato and Ventresca Tuna Salad) Recipe
Golden brown chaat crisps resting on a ceramic plate.
Papris (Crispy Wheat Chips for Chaat and More)
OVerhead view of mochi
Homemade Yakimochi (Grilled Mochi With Soy Sauce and Nori)
Overhead view of Kefta Briouates
Moroccan Kefta and Bell Pepper Briouats (Ground Meat and Bell Pepper Pastries)
Overhead view of finished che on a platter with peanut toppings
Chè Chuối (Vietnamese Banana, Tapioca, and Coconut Milk Dessert)
golden brown tater tots
19 Sides to Go With Wings
A torn open brown paper lunch bag holding popped popcorn.
Microwave Brown Bag Popcorn
A pile of homemade chicken nuggets with a bowl of sweet 'n' sour sauce
Homemade Chicken Nuggets With Sweet 'n' Sour Sauce Recipe
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Home-Style Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette)
A bowl of whipped feta dip garnished with olive oil and chopped nuts.
Whipped Feta Dip Recipe
Rows of sliced Korean kimbap, which look similar to sushi and are filled with colorful sliced vegetables
Kimbap (Korean Seaweed Rice Rolls) Recipe
Scallion pancakes cut into slices, stacked on top of each other on a round wooden cutting board with a ceramic bowl of dipping sauce.
Extra-Flaky Scallion Pancakes Recipe
A loaf of focaccia on a wire baking rack.
Homemade Focaccia Bread Recipe
A slice of Spanish potato and onion tortilla on a small grey plate with salad on the side.
Tortilla Española (Spanish Egg and Potato Omelette) Recipe
Oven-fried buffalo wings on a white rectangular plate with celery sticks and a glass cup of bleu cheese dressing.
The Best Oven-Fried Chicken Wings
A small platter of Japanese pork and cabbage gyoza or dumplings.
The Best Gyoza (Japanese Pork and Cabbage Dumplings) Recipe
Buldak, Korean fire chicken served in a cast-iron skillet
Korean-Style Fire Chicken (Buldak) With Cheese Recipe
Thai-style grilled pork skewers on a rectangular platter with lime wedges
Moo Ping (Thai-Style Grilled Pork Skewers) Recipe
Sous vide Buffalo chicken wings on a blue plate with cup of blue cheese dressing and celery sticks on the side.
Sous Vide Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe
Bowl of Sichuan-style wontons in hot and sour vinegar and chili oil sauce
Suanla Chaoshou (Sichuan-Style Wontons in Hot and Sour Vinegar and Chili Oil Sauce) Recipe
A small bowl filled with a large pile of chaat spice mix
Chaat Masala (Indian Street Snack Spice Blend) Recipe
A tray of easy, ultimate Clams Casino with a lemon wedge.
Easy, Ultimate Clams Casino Recipe
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Quick and Easy Dill Pickle Chips for Hamburgers and Sandwiches Recipe
Golden, fried crab rangoons on a blue ceramic plate which also holds a small glass bowl of sauce, on a pink stone background.
Crab Rangoon (Crab Puffs) With Sweet and Sour Sauce Recipe
Pan Con Tomate (Spanish-Style Grilled Bread With Tomato) on a white ceramic plate.
Pan con Tomate (Spanish-Style Grilled Bread With Tomato) Recipe
An oval black ceramic plate holding a pile of golden brown tequeños and a small bowl holding the avocado dipping sauce called guasacaca.
Tequeños (Venezuelan Cheese Sticks) Recipe
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Tteokbokki From 'The World's Best Spicy Food'
A large silver bowl filled with tamale dough
Basic Mexican Tamale Dough Recipe
A vibrantly-flavored Jamaican beef patty cut in half on a colorful plate
Curried Jamaican Beef Patties Recipe
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12 Spicy Snacks That Bring the Heat
Nigerian meat pies on an ovular serving platter.
Nigerian Meat Pies
Puff Puff stacked neatly in a bowl in a pyramid formation
Puff Puff (Nigerian Fried Yeasted Dough)
Overhead view of a table scene. Two plates of empanadas are placed on top of a traditional Argentinian fabric with a blue and white checkered. In the middle of the frame is a dark wooden table with 3 empanadas in a line, surrounded by a beer, playing cards and a half eaten empanada.
Beef Jerky Empanada
Lavash triangles on a serving platter with dipping sauce.
Lavash Triangles Recipe
Bowl of honey roasted peanuts on a textured green fabric next to a glass of beer
Honey-Roasted Peanuts
Three wood skewers with 4 squid balls each on a purple plate set against a blue background
Taiwanese Deep-Fried Squid Balls Recipe
Overhead of a focaccia di Recco on a serving board
Focaccia di Recco
Two kheema samosas on a plate, one broken open to show its interior
Lamb Kheema Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Ground Lamb)
Samosas on a serving plate with a ramekin of herb chutney alongside
Aloo Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Potato and Peas)
Buttermilk fried rabbit pieces on a serving plate
Southern Fried Rabbit
Two potato mochi on a serving plate next to platter with more potato mochi
Fried Potato Mochi
Platter of batter-fried chicken pieces flanked by yellow drinks on a marble countertop
Batter-Fried Chicken
Three slices of puff pastry zucchini tart on a plate
Zucchini Tart with Cream Cheese, Mozzarella, and Thyme
Slices of tomato tart on a plate, set in front of a cutting board with the rest of the tomato tart
Tomato Tart With Whipped Ricotta
sizzling sisig
Sizzling Sisig (Filipino Crispy Pork with Eggs)
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Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Egg Rolls)
kilawin
Kilawin: Grilled Pork, Punchy Sauce, Can't Lose
Filipino Ukoy fritters on a a blue plate with dipping sauce and beer on the side
Ukoy (Filipino Shrimp and Vegetable Fritters)
an overhead shot of boreks on a marble surface
Borek (Armenian Spinach and Cheese Turnovers)
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Papri Chaat (Indian Street Snack With Potato, Chickpeas, and Chutneys) Recipe
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Sourdough Rye Crackers With Coriander and Fennel Recipe
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Sourdough Anchovy Croutons Recipe
A plate of crispy buffalo fried cauliflower, with celery sticks on the side of the plate.
Crispy Buffalo Fried Cauliflower (Vegan) Recipe