Celebration Recipes for the New Year

Celebration recipes for the New Year like our savory appetizers and sweet treats are perfect to go with your midnight glass of champagne. Here are some of our favorites, beloved by all year after year.

This Smoked Queso with Chorizo is a creamy, cheesy sensation. If you want a beautiful centerpiece for your hors d’oeuvres table, try this fresh and lovely Caprese Flatbread or a Twisty Pesto Bread Appetizer.

For the New Year’s Eve sweet tooth, look no further than Fluffy Vanilla Mousse Parfaits (bonus, they’re super easy!). Of course, if you can’t decide what to make, everyone loves a lavish spread – check out our Cheese and Charcuterie Board Tutorial for all the details on how to make yours.

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Flatbread Pizza Margherita

Titled graphic collage of 9 finger food images.

40+ Finger Food Ideas

A round charcuterie board mixed with bread, meat, tomatoes, fruits, and cheese.

Easy Charcuterie Board

Nachos with cheese sauce, cilantro and tomato toppings.

Velveeta Cheese Dip

A round dish with pigs in a blanket and a bowl of sauce in the middle.

Pigs in a Blanket Casserole

A serving of buffalo dip on a platter with crackers and vegetables.

Dairy Free Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ham and cheese pinwheels on a white serving platter.

Ham Cheese Puff Pastry Pinwheels

A bowl of cajun crab dip with shrimp with croutons served on a wooden platter with a bowl of carrots.

Cajun Crab Dip

Sliced cowboy ribeye on a wooden board.

Cowboy Ribeye

Knorr spinach dip on a serving rectangular bowl with a wooden spoon. Served on top of a round wooden board with crackers and vegetables.

Knorr Spinach Dip Recipe

Bisquick sausage balls on a large white platter with a small jar of dipping sauce on the side.

Easy Sausage Ball Recipe with Bisquick

Four glass cups filled with chocolate bread, pudding, and topped with whipped cream.

Vanilla Mousse

Spoon lifting whipped cream and mousse from a small bowl.

3 Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

Serving dish with corn dip on a white background.

Cream Cheese Corn Dip

Large cast iron skillet full of smoked chorizo queso.

Smoked Queso Dip

Twisted wreath of homemade pesto bread, ready for serving.

Pesto Cheese Bread

bread rolls in a circle around camembert cheese as a Christmas wreath.

Baked Camembert and Bread Appetizer

oven baked wonton cups in a muffin pan.

How to Make Wonton Cups

a photo collage of appetizer recipes which is jalapeno poppers, mushroom dumplings, spicy meatballs, and jalapeno wonton cups.

20+ Best Appetizers

Hand holding filled wonton appetizer in chopsticks.

Mushroom Dumplings

a white serving tray with a baked flatbread with mozzarella and tomato and sprig of fresh basil next to a red and white napkin.

Flatbread Pizza Margherita

a hand holding a pita chips dipping it to the Mediterranean-inspired roasted red pepper feta dip on a bowl with a spoon beside it and grapy striped cloth, and a bowl of pita chips and salt in the background.

Feta Roasted Red Pepper Dip

dipping easy sausage balls into a spicy hot mustard sauce in a clear weck jar.

Turkey Sausage Balls

appetizer toothpick stuck in a meatball made from palmetto cheese balls with a dipping sauce in the background and a tray of more appetizer balls.

Pimento Cheese Sausage Balls

A serving bowl of pretzel cheese dip next to pretzels and a bowl of salt.

Cheese Dipping Sauce for Pretzels

a cut holiday prime rib roast ready to serve.

Prime Rib Roast (Ribeye Roast)