Quick & Easy Christmas Appetizers on a Budget

These sliders are a huge hit in our house and they are so easy to make! It takes just 20 minutes to make these and you can cut them in smaller portions to use as snacks or appetizers.

Place your Triscuit crackers out on a platter, spread with cream cheese, and top with bacon, tomato, and parsley, a super easy and quick appetizer idea. (Plus now Triscuit crackers come in tons of flavors too)

Add some Christmas cheer to the deviled eggs by adding avocado, tomatoes, and seasonings of choice. (You'll only keep half the egg yolks after boiling your eggs). Garnish with tomatoes and parsley leaves (optional) and serve. Deviled eggs always go fast!

These cream cheese wontons can be filled with a sweet or savory filling and baked in the oven or fried! Filling ideas include cream cheese and cherry pie filling, Nutella, and more!

These Fried Tortellini Bites are surrounded by a crispy Parmesan Crust and make a fantastic appetizer with some warm marinara sauce for dipping!

This easy Christmas appetizer idea only takes about 30 minutes to prepare once you have assembled all the ingredients and, since there are only four ingredients total!

These healthy tomato pops are perfect for Christmas parties with their bright red color but would work well at any party or picnic and are sure to tempt your guests all year round. 

You will need a star cookie cutter for these little sandwiches. These tiny veggie sandwiches are made with cucumber, red chilies, and, and your choice of cheese. Save the shapes you cut out with the cookie cutter to make more tiny bites.

You only need 5 ingredients to make these delicious cheese cookies! You likely have everything you need at home too. These appetizers only take 35 minutes to make and one batch of ingredients makes about 30-40 cookies!

Lil Smokies are a huge hit for any gathering! They are super easy to make and can be left out to snack on while the big meal is being cooked!

These Creamed Corn Biscuit Cups allow everyone to eat the classic side dish as an appetizer! Using pre-made biscuit dough, these cups are easy and hold a super creamy filling!

Air Fried Mac and Cheese Balls are everything we love about mac and cheese, transformed into perfectly crunchy, bite-size finger food

These crockpot meatballs only require three ingredients and just a few minutes of prep time. These meatballs are a bit different and made with a grape jelly marinade.

This cheesy delicious pull-apart bread only requires 6 ingredients! You might have most of what you need already in the pantry/fridge. You can make this dish in less than 30 minutes!

Cheese balls are an easy appetizer to make and are often very filling! Don't worry though this pumpkin-shaped cheese ball isn't pumpkin flavored at all!

Chips and dip are a classic appetizer these days. You can create just about any dip and put chips with it for them to enjoy. This recipe shows you how to make the favorite seven-layer dip in smaller portions. (Great idea if you've got smaller kids eating too)

Lil Smokies are such an easy-to-make snack! You can use your oven or crockpot to make these. If using your oven you can bake them and keep them warm in a bowl with a cloth over top. They make spicy, cheese, and original flavors now too.

Fruit might not be what you think of when you say appetizer, but it still works! Fruit can be combined with a healthy dip like yogurt and everyone can snack while they wait for the main course.

Add a little bit of spice to your favorite hush puppies recipe! You already had on hand most of what you need to make this recipe and mostly what you need is baking items like eggs, sugar, baking soda, salt, etc. Even better they only take 25 minutes from scratch to the plate!

You can't ever go wrong with bacon right? As far as frugal goes you can always get bacon bits or pieces in a bag and use them instead of regular bacon. After the bacon, you only need the pastry and your onion! (You can add cheese too)

These mini tot bites are made with bacon, cheese, and tater tots! Perfect size for a snack on the go if people are coming in and out of the kitchen. You can make a ton of these from one batch of ingredients and on a budget too!