These delicious recipes will get any party started.

For an easy appetizer, serve the shrimp with toothpicks and the honey-garlic sauce for dipping.

Your guests would never guess how easy they really are to make.

Baked brie with pomegranate and pistachios on a white plate

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Once you make this Southern classic once, you’ll be whipping it up every week.

These simple Ham Biscuits take well to big-batch preparation.

Guacamole

Give your guac a Southern spin with the addition of bacon and pimientos.

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It’ll become your new signature appetizer.

The bite-size appetizer is the perfect balance of crunchy, creamy, and salty.

Ham Delights

Simple, yet irresistible.

Southern Living French Quarter Cheese Spread on a plate ready to serve with crackers

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Get enough ingredients for several recipes.

These will go fast.

Just pile a spoonful atop a block of cream cheese and serve with crackers for the easiest dish ever.

Southern Living Garlic Knots ready to serve with pizza sauce for dipping

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Simply stir together all the ingredients in a bowl and garnish to your liking.

Serve with slices of baguette, crostinis, crackers, or crunchy vegetables like carrots and radishes.

Basic Deviled Eggs

Mama always said not to mess with the classics.

Shrimp With Honey-Garlic Sauce

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These flavorful eggs have been on our appetizer spreads for as long as we can remember.

No, we didn’t think so.

Serve with pita and veggies.

Southern Living Black Bean Corn Salsa in a bowl to serve with tortilla chips, lime wedges, and glasses of beer

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Rotel Sausage Dip

This six-ingredient appetizer comes together in your slow cooker.

Plus, who can resist a big bowl of melty cheese?

Pizza Pepper Poppers

Say “Pizza Pepper Poppers” three times fast.

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By the time you’re through, the whole plate will be picked clean.

Make a batch (or two) and stash them in the freezer for any last minute entertaining needs.

The best part is there is no shortage of dipping options.

Caramelized Onion Dip

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Between slices of soft bread is layers of crunchy cucumbers, herbs, and cream cheese.

Southern LIving Fire Crackers in a bowl to serve

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Baked Brie Bites

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Southern Living Cheese Straws on a platter to serve

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Southern Living Ranch Snacker Crackers in a bowl to serve

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Southern Living Basic Pimento Cheese in a bowl to serve with crackers and vegetables

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Ham Biscuits on white plate with cups of orange juice - Southern Living

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Southern Living Classic Guacamole in a bowl to serve with tortilla chips on the side

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Southern Living Radishes with Miso-Sesame Butter on a platter to serve

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Ham Delights

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texas caviar in a bowl

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Southern Living Charred-Vegetable Guacamole in a bowl to serve with tortilla chips

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Southern Living Bacon Crackers on a platter to serve

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Southern Living Hasselback Sausage Bites on a platter to serve with dipping sauce

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Southern Living Texas Trash Snack Mix in a bowl ready to serve

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party cheese ball

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Southern Living Cowboy Candy in a jar and on top of cream cheese with crackers to serve

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goat cheese spread

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Deviled Crab Melts

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Classic Deviled Eggs

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Spinach-Artichoke Dips

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Rotel Dip

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Smoky Black-Eyed Pea Hummus

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Mini Tomato Sandwiches With Bacon Mayonnaise

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2-ingredient dip

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Bacon Bow Tie Crackers

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pizza pepper poppers

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Smoky Snack Mix

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Southern Living Cream Cheese Sausage Balls in a bowl to serve

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Mini Black Bean and Cheese Enchiladas

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Okra in a Blanket on decorated plate

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Creamy Feta Phyllo Bites

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Southern Living Cucumber Tea Sandwiches on a serving platter with a small plate of sandwiches beside

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Southern Living Charcuterie-Board Snack Mix in a bowl to serve

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Caesar Salad Bites

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