62 finger food options to wow your guests

Finger food are dishes served as small portions, to be eaten with your hands. Examples are recipes served in pots, on a skewer and also the varied options of canapés.

These foods are very common at events such as 15th birthday parties, weddings and graduations, but they can also shine at friends and family gatherings at home. Check out some recipes to impress your guests:

Finger food on a stick

1. Heart of Cheese: This is one of those perfect recipes for last minute events! The cheese heart takes only one ingredient and takes less than 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C. It is important to grate the cheese to a medium thickness so that the consistency is good. Use parmesan or cured mines.

2. Meatballs: How about preparing ground beef meatballs for the next party with friends? They are baked and have a super simple preparation. Serve with a different sauce to enhance the flavors.

3. Crunchy meatball with oatmeal: the traditional meatballs get a new face when breaded with oatmeal and fried. Its preparation is similar to that of the common meatball: season the meat with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, chives and chopped parsley and combine with an egg and oat flakes. It’s a delight!

4. Loin with pineapple: they say that good food, besides being tasty, is very beautiful. This is the case with the pineapple loin skewer, a revamp of the classic holiday party recipe. This finger food option is a bit of work, but the end result is worth it.

5. Tomato, cheese and bacon: the secret of this dish is to choose good quality ingredients. The skewers are composed of sweet grape tomatoes, also known as cherry tomatoes, combined with a cheese of your choice and cubes of fried bacon. Serve as you wish.

6. Mini cheese bread: who doesn’t love cheese bread? This typical Brazilian dish pleases children and adults alike, being perfect for birthday parties, family gatherings or to take to a celebration with friends. The preparation is that of the cheese bread you probably already know. The difference is in the size of the buns, which must be two and a half centimeters in diameter.

7. Pancake on a stick: this recipe involves a little trick. You must prepare the pancake dough in normal size, then cut it into small circles, with the help of a kitchen cutter, fill according to your preferences and place them on a toothpick. The end result is fun!

8. Hot dog: cachorrão is a typical recipe for every June party or birthday celebration. You can present the recipe in a different way by replacing the bread with a cornmeal dough with wheat flour. For an even more special touch, serve the hot dogs skewered on sticks.

9. Caprese: caprese salad on a stick is a starter option that pleases even those looking for alternatives to a healthier diet. This recipe does not burn and can be prepared in a few minutes.

10. Tapioca dadinho: having a vegan option to please your guests can be a positive point in your event. The secret to this dish is to add brewer’s yeast to the dough, an ingredient that will be responsible for giving the dice a unique flavor.

11. Potato: this potato stick on a stick is ideal to serve as an appetizer or main dish, accompanied by some delicious sauce. Best of all, it only soils one baking sheet and uses only 4 ingredients. Too easy!

12. Apple, arugula and parma: Parma ham has a strong flavor capable of creating a super nice contrast, if combined with other delicious ingredients, such as caramelized apple and arugula. This skewer presents itself as a light and creative option to escape the common cold plate of weddings, birthdays and graduations.

canapés

13. Pork canapé with chutney: here the combination of pork and pineapple is reinvented once again, in the form of a canapé. The sliced ​​pork tenderloin acts as a base while the citrus flavor of the chutney provides a contrast to the recipe. Offer to guests with the dish already at room temperature.

14. Brustolada polenta canapé: the first step towards the success of this recipe is to make the polenta, which should be served when it is already very firm. With it cold and already cut into balls of three centimeters in diameter, pass the pieces in the very hot frying pan, so that it reaches the brostulated appearance. Finally, just add cheese and the golden sausage slices over the polenta and serve.

15. Parmesan Canapé: this finger food option is ideal to serve as an aperitif with a glass of wine. The base of this canapé is a buttery biscuit made with wheat flour, butter, sour cream, roasted garlic, herbs and seasoning. For the filling, use ricotta paste, roasted tomatoes and fresh thyme.

16. Zucchini Canapé: This vegan recipe is ready in just 20 minutes and promises to surprise you. The secret to the crunchiness of the dish is to fry the zucchini in the oil before assembling the canapés. It’s a delight!

17. Carpaccio Canapé: Carpaccio is great for hot days, as it is a fresh protein option. Start by placing breadsticks on a tray, then place half a slice of carpaccio on each of them and then add the caper, mustard and lemon sauce on top. Finally, sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on the canapés.

18. Coalho cheese canapé with coffee molasses: if you want to impress your dinner guests, this canapé with molasses and coalho cheese is the right choice! Sweet and sour flavors are delicious options to get out of the ordinary during meals and this is the function of molasses, which here appears as a sauce to complete the cheese canapé.

19. Canapé de linguiça: the Blumenau sausage, typical of southern Brazil, has a strong flavor perfect to accompany your favorite beer during happy hour. This recipe also combines grainy dijon mustard, pickles and slices of toasted bread for the base of the canapé.

Finger food in the pot

20. Guacamole: classic Mexican, guacamole becomes a differentiator when served as finger food at social events. The hardest part of the recipe is chopping all the ingredients. After that, just mix everything with the avocado pulp, which is successful.

21. Caramelized apples with chestnut paçoca: this delicious recipe allows you to work with both red and green apples. For caramelization, place the cubed apple in a frying pan, with half a cup of sugar and four tablespoons of butter. When the sugar is burning, add the juice of an orange to the mixture. To accompany, make a paçoquinha with crushed chestnuts, manioc flour and brown sugar.

22. Cold palm heart soup: have you ever imagined preparing a soup that doesn’t go over the fire? This is the main feature of this palm heart cream with natural yogurt and milk made in a blender. Its consistency should be not too liquid and not too solid, keeping it somewhere in between. Serving in individual cups, it gets even more special.

23. Penette gratin: the mini penne works great as a hot dish for a finger food meal. To give the pasta a special highlight, make a gorgonzola and pepper sauce and gratin the portions with grated Parmesan cheese. It’s fun!

24. Stuffed Potatoes: Potatoes are one of those ingredients that goes with almost anything, even beef stroganoff. Assemble the pots putting boiled potatoes with butter and milk, your favorite version of stroganoff and potato straw to finish. The best part of this recipe is that you can change the filling to your liking.

25. Cod mini gratin: here the typical Portuguese dish becomes a delicious gratin, seasoned with peppers, tomato, onion, olive oil and parsley. The creaminess is on account of 200 g of cream that must be added at the end of the preparation.

26. Escondidinho with cassava with meat and shimeji: Escondidinho is usually unanimous among people. In this version, shimeji is the highlight of the flavor combined with meat and cassava, drizzled with soy sauce and seasoned with chopped parsley.

27. Codfish cake: this deconstructed codfish cake will win you over! The common pasta goes in to cover the fish stuffing and then it is au gratin with grated Parmesan cheese. Opting for the baked cupcake is much healthier!

28. Nicoise salad: the nicoise salad is made with lettuce, tuna, chopped tomato, boiled egg, olives and vinaigrette dressing. Choosing salads as the main course of meals is nice for hot days and for those who prefer to consume lighter foods at lunch or dinner time.

29. Mini lasagna: lasagna is cute in this mini version. There is no secret between this assembly and the standard size one, just remember that the last layer must be sauce and cheese for fixings. The filling can be bolognese, ham, vegetables or any alternative you prefer.

30. Eggs in cocotte: cocotte are those mini pans or ramekins usually used to serve fake foods. In this dish, the egg is served with cream, buffalo mozzarella and fried bacon. After the ingredients are cooked, you will have a kind of cream ideal to be served with slices of bread.

31. Eggs in cocotte: cocotte are those mini pans or ramekins usually used to serve finger foods. In this dish, the egg is served with cream, buffalo mozzarella and fried bacon. After the ingredients are cooked, you will have a kind of cream ideal to be served with slices of bread.

32. Cassava cream: great option for the winter, the cassava cream is thickened with milk, margarine, olive oil and seasoning to taste. As a filling, the proposal is to serve a pepperoni ragu which is also responsible for decorating the dish.

33. Potato and leek cream: this cream of French origin has an alternative name known as vichyssoise. Potatoes and leeks appear accompanied by steamed shrimp, flavored with lemon juice and zest, lemon thyme and coarse salt. It’s a wonderfully delicate dish!

34. Cauliflower taboule: the proposal here is to cook it with cauliflower rice instead of the classic Moroccan couscous. To prepare, start by browning the onion and then grate and cook the cauliflower in thermal shock. Finally, mix the cauliflower with the other ingredients, season and serve with mint and tomatoes.

35. Shrimp shell broth with cassava: how about using the parts that are usually left over from the shrimp for a delicious broth? Here the shells and heads of the shrimp become stars accompanied by cassava, tomatoes, peppers, parsley, chives and seasoning to taste. The secret is to bet on the flavor!

36. Caramelized sausage: the main feature of this recipe is certainly simplicity. Just cut the sausage into slices, sauté them with oil and finally cover with cider to reduce and caramelize. It’s ready in just 15 minutes.

special finger foods

37. Sweet Potato Chips: These oven-baked chips will make a difference in your range of recipes. To make it light and crispy, the secret is to cut sweet potato slices very thin, in…