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Party Recipes

Browse 28 party recipes with photos, prep and cook times, full ingredient lists, and step-by-step instructions.

Desserts

Raspberry Coconut Magic Bars with White Chocolate

Raspberry jam with seeds provides a tangy flavor to these coconut bars, which also contain sweetened condensed milk and white chocolate. Tips for picking and using raspberry jam include selecting raspberry jam with significant red bits of seeds and stirring the raspberry jam into only a portion of the sweetened condensed milk (see cut bars).

45 minOct 23, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Bread with Ribeye and Provolone

Ribeye with marbling is a suitable choice for a sandwich appetizer such as a Philly cheesesteak. French bread used as an appetizer by several people who would like steak is an option. Thinly slicing the ribeye makes cooking the appetizer in a pan easier. Ribeye is still tender after cooking in the pan and oven with provolone cheese.

40 minOct 22, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Hissy Fit Dip with Sausage and Velveeta

Prepare Hissy Fit Dip in advance for when feeding a crowd, then heat it close to serving time and place the dippers out last. This 12-serving skillet dip begins with browned sausage under a creamy cheese base, while sour cream provides tang to the filling (it maintains its structure on a chip).

35 minOct 20, 2026

Dinner

Crispy Fried Battered Chicken Tenders With Puffy Craggy Wet Batter

For family and tailgating meals, fried chicken strips taste and feel much like fair-style fried chicken. Seasoned chicken pieces are coated with a cold-water batter and fried until golden brown and crispy on the outside, with juicy chicken tenderloins on the inside, not a dry coating.

25 minOct 19, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Caramel Apple Bark With Crisp Green Apple and Salty Pretzels

Make caramel apple bark using four common supermarket ingredients and a microwave. Most of the work in making this recipe involves microwaving and cooling each bark layer. Fresh green apple slices provide tartness in this no-cook dessert made with pretzels and milk chocolate and caramel.

Oct 18, 2026

Lunch

Vegan Chicken: Firm Seitan Fillets With Savory Miso Brine

Serve these vegan chicken strips at a family meal or cook multiple batches for other recipes. Steamed seitan strips with tofu, cannellini beans, miso, and vital wheat gluten can be torn or shredded after soaking in a wine and miso solution.

555 minOct 17, 2026

Lunch

Easy Shrimp Ceviche with Bright Citrus and Creamy Avocado

Make shrimp ceviche ahead of time to serve at parties, either in individual servings with tortilla chips or in salads or small cups. This ceviche recipe includes cooked shrimp and lemon and lime juice with other ingredients such as cilantro, red onion, tomato, and avocado to create a creamy taste.

Oct 17, 2026

Dinner

Air Fryer Mummy Dogs with Golden Crescent Dough

Serve these at Halloween parties or as a quick Halloween meal. To make Air Fryer Mummy Dogs, place a hot dog inside a crescent roll that has been cut into strips. Leave some dough on the roll to create openings for pieces of candy to represent eyes. Air frying takes 6 to 8 minutes to brown the crescent dough.

18 minOct 16, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Caramel Apple Dip: Fluffy Cream Cheese Dip with Peanuts and Mini Chips

To make an easy dessert dip, prepare most of the cream cheese mixture and refrigerate it; mix in caramel and other ingredients just before serving. This caramel apple dip recipe serves 24 people and incorporates a light, cool texture from Cool Whip and topping ingredients such as roasted peanuts, cinnamon, and mini chocolate chips.

5 minOct 8, 2026

Dinner

Shredded Beef Tacos with Rich Chipotle Tomato Sauce

Dinner takes 1 hour 20 minutes to prepare, with 10 minutes of hands-on work time, and a pressure cooker like an Instant Pot can reduce cooking time. Shredded beef tacos include simmered chuck or brisket and a spicy, chunky chipotle sauce as taco meat.

80 minOct 7, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Toffee Chex Mix: Sweet and Salty Make-Ahead Snack Mix

Prepare a 36-portion batch of Toffee Chex Mix to give as gifts to teachers and other holiday recipients or have on hand as a snack. Baked Toffee Chex Mix can be prepared in advance and kept for later use. Cereal, nuts, and pretzels in the mix will be coated with crunchy or chewy toffee, depending on the length of time you bake the mix.

80 minOct 6, 2026

Dinner

Copycat KFC Chicken With Golden Crunchy Herb-Spice Crust

Pantry ingredients can be used to create KFC-style chicken recipes at home. Soaking chicken in buttermilk for 4 hours reduces inactive preparation time. A combination of chicken cuts coated in seasoned breading containing paprika, garlic, thyme, pepper, and other spices can be fried to a golden, crunchy exterior and juicy interior.

280 minOct 6, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Chicken Fried Steak Bites with Crunchy Seasoned Coating

Chicken fried steak bites can be prepared and served in 50 minutes. Chicken fried steak bites are a good choice for serving at parties and other social events with family members. Serve cube steak cut into small pieces fried in seasoned flour until crunchy and golden brown with country gravy.

50 minOct 5, 2026

Dinner

Crack Chicken Tenders with Ranch Parmesan Ritz Cracker Coating

Choose similar-sized chicken tenders to bake. Similar-sized tenders will bake evenly and stay juicy with coatings. These Crack Chicken Tenders include oven-baked chicken strips coated with crushed Ritz crackers for a buttery, crunchy topping and seasoned with Ranch-Parmesan flavor, prepared with a simple mayonnaise binder.

30 minOct 5, 2026

Dinner

Crockpot Chicken Nachos with Creamy Salsa Con Queso

These Crockpot Chicken Nachos for Eight are an easy, mess-free meal for weeknights and game days. Prepare chicken with taco-seasoned and other ingredients. Top tortilla chips with cheese and chicken to provide a distinctive topping that complements the texture of tortilla chips and lets diners assemble their own nachos.

220 minOct 5, 2026

Dinner

Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches with Crisp Fried Chicken and Tangy Coleslaw

Make these Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches in 30 minutes. Deep-fry bite-size pieces of flaky chicken and serve on toasted brioche rolls with pink-orange sauce, pickles, and coleslaw.

90 minOct 4, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Golden Chewy Toffee Cookies with Buttery Toffee Bits

Choose toffee bits with a buttery, caramel taste. Adding toffee bits to golden toffee cookies will result in small areas of sweetness. Baked toffee cookies will have a crumbly texture in some spots and a soft, vanilla flavor in other areas.

40 minOct 4, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Air Fryer Pasta Chips With Parmesan and Italian Seasoning

These are good for after-school snacks and family parties. Air-fried pasta chips are crunchy and chewy. Ingredients include cooked ziti and Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning.

9 minOct 2, 2026

Dinner

Halloween Finger Hot Dogs With Tangy Ketchup Blood Effect

Precook six Halloween Finger Hot Dogs. Have rolls and ketchup ready for serving. Ingredients in Halloween Finger Hot Dogs are moderately salty sausage and sweet rolls and the condiment ketchup.

25 minOct 1, 2026

Dinner

Pan Fried Beef Tacos with Crispy Flour Tortillas and Green Chiles

Choose ground beef that browns like crumbs and combine with canned diced tomatoes and green chiles to create a beef filling. Pan-fried beef tacos consist of flour tortillas filled with shredded Mexican-style cheese and ground beef. The tortillas are crispy from frying and help contain the beef filling.

35 minSep 30, 2026

Desserts

Mini Biscoff Cheesecakes With Creamy Cookie Butter Filling

Twenty minutes of prep time is needed for these Biscoff cheesecake bites, which need to chill in the refrigerator. Biscuit crumb bases are placed in cupcake liners to make individual bites, then topped with and drizzled with cookie butter and liquid Biscoff. Chill for at least two hours before serving.

140 minSep 29, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Biscoff Truffles With Crunchy Cookie Bits and White Chocolate

Choose a smooth, spreadable Biscoff cookie butter and Biscoff biscuit chunks for no-bake Biscoff truffles. The cookie butter filling and biscuit pieces give the truffles texture. Truffles coated with white chocolate and Biscoff have spiced, caramel flavor.

30 minSep 28, 2026

Desserts

Coffee Truffles with Creamy Coffee Centers and Dark Chocolate Shell

Choose freeze- or spray-dried instant coffee products over other forms of coffee as ingredients to add coffee flavor to the filling. Some no-bake coffee truffles have a moist, creamy coffee cheesecake filling and a chocolate coating and firm texture.

10 minSep 27, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Crispy Parmesan Cauliflower Bites with Golden Panko Crust

Choose a medium cauliflower with compact florets and no discoloration to ensure equal coverage and cooking of small floret pieces. Parmesan Bites is a warm baked dish of cauliflower florets coated with a Parmesan and panko mixture that has browned, slightly crispy exteriors and soft interiors.

40 minSep 26, 2026

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