The 70 best finger food ideas for your next party
- Tomato & goat’s cheese pissaladière
- Air fryer zucchini balls with lemon yoghurt
- Little chicken and leek pies
- Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche
- Bacon and cheese arancini
- Salmon quichettes
- Sausage rolls
- Air fryer pickle chips with ranch dipping sauce
- Air fryer chicken nuggets
- Fried harissa-stuffed green olives
- Baked brie with pine nut dukkah
- Strawberry and elderflower mocktail
- Rosé sangria
- Bruschetta
- Passionfruit and pineapple spritzer
- Crispy fried pork dumplings
- How to make a classic mojito
- Spiced paneer and eggplant pakora
- Five-ingredient tomato fritters
- Mulled “wine” mocktail
- Salt and pepper squid
- Corn blini with avocado cream and crab
- Marinated baby bocconcini with prosciutto
- Roasted garlicky pumpkin and sage pies
- Caramelised leek and brie tartlets
- Arancini with tomato and balsamic sauce
- Pork balls with soy and lime dipping sauce
- Prosciutto wrapped haloumi
- Pear and walnut pizza
- Mini cream cheese tarts
- Bread crisps with confit tomatoes
- Poached eggs and smoked salmon on blini
- Chicken and mango rice paper rolls
- Tomato and rocket tarts
- Beef, haloumi and spinach borek
- Eggplant and haloumi skewers with roasted tomato sauce
- Beef and stilton pies
- Feta and spinach stuffed potato balls
- Fish scrolls with capsicum salsa
- Mango dream bars
- Chocolate and smoked almond ice-cream sandwiches
- Watermelon mocktail with strawberry & mint
- Espresso martini cocktail
- What is a fancy finger food called?
Figuring our your finger food ideas before a party or event can be as tricky as wrangling the event itself. Are you going for something sweet, something savoury? A punchy bruschetta on crispy bread? Or perhaps a snack sized cheese filled tart? We’ve rounded up our best finger food ideas, including dolmades, blini, mini tarts, bruschetta, quiches and croquettes – everything you need for your next party food menu. Plus a few cocktail and mocktail recipes for drinks inspiration.

Julie Goodwin’s French onion tarts on a serving platter

Julie Goodwin's devilled eggs on a serving platter for Christmas

Tomato & goat’s cheese pissaladière
Tomato & goat’s cheese pissaladière

Air fryer chicken drumsticks

Korean-style crunchy chicken wings

lemon & ricotta-filled zucchini flowers

Air fryer zucchini balls with lemon yoghurt
Air fryer zucchini balls with lemon yoghurt

Mini crustless quiche with bacon & tomato

Pork skewers with satay sauce & coconut rice

zucchini fries on a plate with a bowl of yoghurt sauce alongside

Little chicken and leek pies
Little chicken and leek pies

trout blini on a platter
Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche

Baked brie with quince and walnuts, and sliced pear and crackers on the side

Buffalo chicken wings

Fried broccolini

bacon and cheese arancini recipe
Bacon and cheese arancini

salmon quichettes
Salmon quichettes

Dolmades

sausage rolls
Sausage rolls

Ham and cheese croquettes

Pork and noodle spring rolls

Three mango daiquiris in cocktail glasses

Air fryer pickle chips with ranch dipping sauce
Air fryer pickle chips with ranch dipping sauce

Air fryer chicken nuggets
Air fryer chicken nuggets
Make a batch for your next party or a dinner the kids will love.

Fried harissa-stuffed green olives
Fried harissa-stuffed green olives

Mini felafel with cucumber yogurt

frickles withsriracha mayonnaise

baked brie recipe
Baked brie with pine nut dukkah

Strawberry and elderflower mocktail
Strawberry and elderflower mocktail

Artichoke and asparagus fritters with olive relish

Air fryer avocado fries

chile con queso

Rosé sangria
Rosé sangria

Blinis with smoked salmon

Zucchini koftas with harissa yoghurt

Bruschetta
Bruschetta

Cocktail recipes
Passionfruit and pineapple spritzer

pork dumplings
Crispy fried pork dumplings

Classic mojito
How to make a classic mojito

Spiced=m Paneer & eggplant fritters =m
Spiced paneer and eggplant pakora

Five-ingredient tomato fritters
Five-ingredient tomato fritters

Mulled “wine” mocktail
Mulled “wine” mocktail

salt and pepper squid
Salt and pepper squid

CORN BLINI WITH AVOCADO CREAM AND CRAB
Corn blini with avocado cream and crab

Marinated baby bocconcini with prosciutto
Marinated baby bocconcini with prosciutto

Haloumi and asparagus bites

Roasted garlicky pumpkin and sage pies
Roasted garlicky pumpkin and sage pies

Caramelised leek and brie tartlets
Caramelised leek and brie tartlets

arancini with tomato and balsamic sauce
Arancini with tomato and balsamic sauce

pork balls with soy and lime dipping sauce
Pork balls with soy and lime dipping sauce

Prosciutto wrapped haloumi
Prosciutto wrapped haloumi

Spinach and feta pinwheels

pear and walnut pizza
Pear and walnut pizza

Mini cream cheese tarts
Mini cream cheese tarts

Salt and Pepper Calamari

Bread crisps with confit tomatoes
Bread crisps with confit tomatoes

Roasted mushroom bruschetta

eggs and smoked salmon on blini
Poached eggs and smoked salmon on blini

Chicken and mango rice paper rolls
Chicken and mango rice paper rolls

Tomato- and rocket tarts
Tomato and rocket tarts

Beef, haloumi and spinach borek
Beef, haloumi and spinach borek

Eggplant and haloumi skewers with roasted tomato sauce
Eggplant and haloumi skewers with roasted tomato sauce

beef & stilton pies
Beef and stilton pies

fetta and spinach stuffed potato balls
Feta and spinach stuffed potato balls

Individual spanakopita

Fish scrolls with capsicum salsa
Fish scrolls with capsicum salsa

Mango dream bars stacked
Mango dream bars

CHOCOLATE AND SMOKED ALMOND ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES
Chocolate and smoked almond ice-cream sandwiches

Watermelon mocktail
Watermelon mocktail with strawberry & mint

Espresso martini cocktail
Espresso martini cocktail
What is a fancy finger food called?
Hors d’oeuvres, canapés and appetisers are all fancy versions of finger foods that have slightly different meanings. Hors d’oeuvres (pronounced “or derv”) is a French term for small savoury foods served before a meal – typically with cocktails and drinks – and is often used interchangeably with ‘appetiser’. But canapés are technically a type of appetiser with a bread or biscuit base and simple spread or cheese topping.
In fact, the variety of finger foods means sometimes other ‘fancy’ terms could apply, such as mezze, antipasto, charcuterie or tapas. But it does depend on what nibbles you’re serving and making. So if you want a fancy term that covers most dishes, hors d’oeuvres or appetisers are both usually safe bets.