My 24 Favorite Winter Appetizer and Cocktail Recipes.

Getting ready to ring in 2018 with my 24 favorite winter appetizer and cocktail recipes.

Blood Orange Champagne Mule | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

With New Year’s Eve just a few days away, I wanted to share 24 of my very favorite appetizers and cocktails to help ring in the the start of 2018. If there’s one thing every good New Years Eve celebration needs, it’s a few really delicious appetizers and of course…really great drinks.

For Christmas Eve this year, my family and I headed to a party at a friend’s house. Normally, we will do dinner at our house with beef tenderloin and the fixings, but this year we went with something a little different. The party was a potluck and I was asked to bring booze and as many appetizers as possible. As you guys know, I don’t make appetizers often, but whenever I do I always say I need to make more, because um, hello? Appetizers are the BEST.

Thankfully I have plenty of yummy (ahh…and cheesy) appetizers, and even more cocktails in the Half Baked Harvest recipe archive that are screaming, “MAKE ME”. I sifted through them, and below are 24 of my family’s very favorite appetizers and drinks. I made everyone do a vote on Christmas Eve night and these are the recipes that have been deemed “the best of the best”.

Hopefully you can find a few you love that will help you and your family celebrate the start of a New Year!

PS. I hope everyone is enjoying some time off with friends and family! Tomorrow we’ll be talkin’ tacos!

Cranberry Brie Pull Apart Bread

Sweet and Savory Bacon Wrapped Puff Pastry Twist

Sweet and Savory Cheesy Bacon Wrapped Puff Pastry Twist | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

3 Ingredient Blue Cheese Appetizer (made this for Christmas Eve)

3-Ingredient Blue Cheese Appetizer | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

5 Ingredient Cranberry Brie Puff Pasty Cinnamon Sugar Swirls

(Idiot Proof) 5-Ingredient Cranberry + Brie Cinnamon Sugar Puff Pastry Swirls | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Brie Stuffed Crispy Baby Potatoes

Sweet ‘n’ Savory Roasted Nuts and Pretzels

Baked Brie and Prosciutto Rolls (made this for Christmas Eve)

Baked Brie and Prosciutto Rolls | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Roasted Lemon Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Honey Butter Roasted Acorn Squash with Burrata and Pomegranate

Honey Butter Roasted Acorn with Burrata and Pomegranate | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Lemon Feta Dip with Garlic Tomato Vinaigrette

Roasted Red Pepper Meze Platter (made this for Christmas Eve)

Middle Eastern Roasted Red Pepper Meze Platter | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Black Bean Turkey Nachos with Jalapeno Yogurt

Herbed Goat Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

3 Ingredient Cheesy Pizza Pretzels

Beer Pretzels with Chipotle Queso

Skinny Cajun Sweet Potato Fries with Garlic Cheese Sauce

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Pomegranate Guacamole with Fried Plantain Chips

My 6 Favorite New Years Eve Cocktails:

Blood Orange Champagne Mule

Cranberry Orange Margaritas

Chai White Russian

Vanilla Chai Tea White Russian | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Cranberry Thyme Spritz

Rudolph’s Rockin’ Pomegranate Jingle Juice Punch

Minty Grapefruit Moscow Mule

Frosty's Frosted Moscow Mule | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

BONUS WARMING DRINK: Cinnamon Toddy

Naughty and Nice Cinnamon Toddy | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

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