What would you bring to an appetizer/dessert party to share?

[Anonymous]

Going to an evening holiday party - all women in our 40s. We are all supposed to bring something to share - like snacks/apps or dessert. I feel like nothing I bring ever gets eaten at these type of get togethers. Any ideas that are always a hit? Something I can either buy made or make with minimal effort (maybe that's why my offerings never get eaten . . . )

[Anonymous]

Baked Brie? Chocolate covered strawberries? Caprese skewers?

[Anonymous]

A nice cheese plate. Soft cheese, hard cheese, some grapes or pitted olives, nice crackers.

[Anonymous]

Cannolis.

[Anonymous]

Goat cheese stuffed dates. With or without bacon.
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/goat-cheese-stuffed-bacon-wrapped-dates/

[Anonymous]

You have to know your crowd. One group I attend didn’t care for any of my offerings until I started taking baklava, which was a hit. I live in Rockville and would pick up an assortment from Yetka. If you live elsewhere you might find a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern grocery or deli near you through Google.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to know your crowd. One group I attend didn’t care for any of my offerings until I started taking baklava, which was a hit. I live in Rockville and would pick up an assortment from Yetka. If you live elsewhere you might find a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern grocery or deli near you through Google.

https://yektamarket.com/

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I should clarify that my group had both men and women and was older than your group. I don’t know if your group would have the same preferences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to know your crowd. One group I attend didn’t care for any of my offerings until I started taking baklava, which was a hit. I live in Rockville and would pick up an assortment from Yetka. If you live elsewhere you might find a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern grocery or deli near you through Google.

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This is your answer right here. I would never eat baklava, even after living in the middle east for years--I just don't like it. I will always eat cheese/charcuterie, some people won't. There is no such thing as an app or dessert that everyone loves or will eat.

[Anonymous]

Trader Joe’s chocolate. You could even make a charcuterie board with it. So easy - and everyone likes to nibble on their holiday options.

[Anonymous]

Baked brie en croute is always popular.

[Anonymous]

Bake some frozen spanakopita

[Anonymous]

Trader joe macarons.

[Anonymous]

I prefer individual finger foods - I think things like baked brie are awkward to eat in a group. Spanakopita, crackers already prepared with a cheese spread and fig jam, cranberry brie bites in puff pastry, flatbread sliced in individual pieces, toasted ravioli, etc. I have also put hummus in little individual cups and stuck celery and carrot sticks in the hummus.

[Anonymous]

I also prefer individual finger foods. For dessert ideas, I’d make smitten kitchen’s brown butter rice krispie treats and make them in a small pan so they are high and I’d cut them small - or, I’d get small clear plastic cups and put a layer of plain whole fat yogurt, then lemon curd and too with a few berries and crumbled granola or graham crackers.

[Anonymous]

Oh, please. Deviled eggs. Inhaled every single time.