Appetizers

No matter how good they are, even the best recipes need a little shaking up from time to time. The winners of this recipe contest put a premium on creativity by giving us inventive—but still crowd pleasing—updates on classic party foods: chips and salsa, chicken wings, spinach dip, cheese balls, and deviled eggs.

  • WINNER

    Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

    This recipe puts a new spin on a classic party snack. Ordinary flour tortillas become cinnamon-sugar tortilla chips for dipping.

    Submitted by: Mary Van Driest, Oostburg, Wisconsin

  • FINALIST

    Mexican Spinach Dip

    This recipe puts a new spin on a classic party snack.

    Submitted by: Angelia Filer, Dickenson, Texas

  • FINALIST

    Pesto Cheese Ball

    This recipe puts a new spin on a classic party snack.

    Submitted by: Barbara Lanke, Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania

  • FINALIST

    Curried Honey-Mustard Wings

    This recipe puts a new spin on a classic party snack.

    Submitted by: Sheryl Little, Sherwood, Arkansas

  • FINALIST

    Crabby Deviled Eggs

    This recipe puts a new spin on a classic party snack.

    Submitted by: Dianne Miller, Arnold, Maryland