The BEST Holiday Appetizers - Quick and Easy Stress-Free Christmas Appetizers and Savory Snacks
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Merry Christmas friends, I’m Mel welcome to my kitchen. Tis the season and if yours is anything like mine it seems like you’re making some kind of finger food or appetizer to take somewhere every other day. It can get a little much, but I can help. I’m sharing 4 quick and easy, STRESS FREE Christmas appetizers and these won’t break the bank either friends. They’re made with simple, inexpensive, everyday, pantry staple grocery items. We’re gonna turn them into some savory snacks and delightful delicious bites!
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Momma Mel you have saved me with these recipes. My momma has cancer so this year I'm hosting Christmas Eve and you have given me so many ideas with all your videos. I'm only 30 so I have zero experience hosting something this big. Im happy to take the stress off my mom though so she can enjoy it and just be. Thankful for you and your videos!
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Bless your heart, we will be praying for your momma and all your family. What a blessing that you are picking up the family traditions and keeping spirits up this season. Thank you for sharing this with me and I hope you and your family have a precious and delicious Christmas 🎄 ❤️ 🌟
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Praying for your mom
Your husband is so cute... I love to see a man take a big ol' bite of something & really enjoy it. My husband has passed away, so I miss having him to cook for. You two are a sweet couple. I wish you both a very Merry Christmas & a happy, healthy New Year!! God's blessings to your entire family.
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So sorry for your loss friend, 🙏 I will have you in my prayers especially during this season
@@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel Oh my! Your reply was a lovely surprise & really made my day. Thank you so much for your thoughtful words & prayers. This will be my 4th Christmas without my husband, Donnie. We were together for almost 30 years, so I'm still working on finding my "new normal". I try to stay positive, as I know he'd want me to, although this time of year is tough. I don't want to turn into a Scrooge, so I'm doing all I can to keep my spirits up. We weren't blessed with children, so it's not that easy when you don't have family to help pull you out of your low spirits. But I do my best. Momma Mel, you are a special lady, & watching your videos always lifts my mood. Thank you for that. God bless.
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In June I retired from the Army after 20 years of service. My kids are 10 & 11 and being a stay at home mom for the first time in their entire lives (and mine!!) has been so intimidating. I know that sounds crazy, but my husband and these kids are expecting a lot out of me & I don’t want to disappoint.
My relationship with my parents is strained & we don’t speak much. Finding your channel has touched my heart in ways in honestly don’t even know how to express. I can’t wait to try these wholesome recipes with my family. Especially with the cold fall weather we’re getting here in Alabama.
Just wanted to drop a quick note & tell you how much I enjoy your videos! My daughter & I love the warmth & sweetness of your easy peasy home cooking style! 💕
@ShaquilleOtmeal31 bless your sweet heart, and I 100% understand how you're feeling. When I first got married I knew absolutely nothing about cooking and stuff. My momma did everything when we were growing up. She had to teach me alot after I left home 🤣 but hey I fell completely in love with being a wife and mom and taking care of them. Don't be too hard on yourself, keep it simple and celebrate every little win! Thank you for your service to our country, I truly appreciate all that you have sacrificed for the last 20 years. And I just have a feeling that you are gonna ROCK this stay at home wife and mom thing! And thank you for such kind words, I realize how lucky and blessed I've been with my family and not everyone has a close relationship with theirs. And sometimes sadly that is for the best, I don't know, or need to know, the details of your situation BUT you have the opportunity to set the tone for the relationship your kids will have with you and your husband and one another when their adults now and it seems to me you are taking that to heart and doing a great job 👍🏼❤️ We can't undo what has been done to us but we can do better for those we love and take care of. 💖😊 I hope your family has a beautiful and Merry Christmas 🎄❤️ and thank you so much for being here and sharing your heart with me. I appreciate you ❤️
Thank you for your service,my daughter is also retired military
You got this mama @shaquilleotmeal31! My mom wasn't around much at all for me either. Pray always & over your family!Thank you for your service!!
Oh my. I think I gained 5 pounds just watching this video. Those all look so good.
PRAYERS
Your husband seems so precious! He's right, I find the most simple things often taste the best.
I think so too!
The Red Lobster are basically biscuit mix and the topping is Old Bay and Garlic Powder, and maybe some dried parsley. You can find the amounts you should use for the pouch size, online. It's way cheaper than buying the mix, and really no more trouble. The biscuits and topping taste exactly the same if you use the drop biscuit recipe.
For another twist on sausage balls- one pound hot breakfast sausage, one box Krusteaz honey cornbread mix, 16 ounces grated cheddar cheese. Mix together and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. You can sub any sausage you like, maple would be good too.
Yummy Yummy 😋 why can't ALL of these be in my Tummy!!☺️ Happy Holidays Sweetheart!💚🎄❤️
Lol they need to be 🤣 Merry Christmas 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
Love how Patrick served as your taste tester. ❤😊 The sausage balls look great - and loved seeing how you froze them so a large batch doesn’t go to waste with just a few people. Thanks!!
Hey Aunt Mel. Hope y'all are safe from those tornadoes that hit yesterday. We are safe here. I look forward to every video by my favorite home chef. Shhh, don't tell the others. Lol.
😂 so funny, and we are safe and good, hope there wasn't much damage your way either
@@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel glad y'all are safe. We are safe. It hit about 2 hours away from us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Clarksville and surrounding areas.
Hello Mrs Alma,Hope y'all are having a wonderful evening.Please keep us in prayer ,Oscar lost his Aunt this morning.Love from Lula Mae and Family.
@lulamcrae2851 hey Lula. We're doing pretty good a little under the weather. So sorry to hear that. Please give our thoughts and prayers to Oscar and his family. We'll be praying for y'all.
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I have been away for a few weeks while my husband completed his radiation treatment. I am catching up with you in the kitchen. I am making my grocery list to make our new years dinner and treats. This and all your videos are great and very much appreciated.
Oh honey, I hope he is tolerating his treatments well. I will keep you both in my thoughts and prayers. Glad you are back!
Wonderful ideas especially for these Mississippi men. Just informed they want finger food for Christmas so happy to see this video 🎉
I bought everything I needed to make the sausage balls, yesterday, and made them this morning. I just took the pan out of the oven, I have another pan in the freezer.
Yeah! Aren't they delicious 😋
They are really good. I will be making these again@@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel
You can take lil smokies and wrap thing with bacon and layer them with brown sugar in a crockpot for 4-6 hours on high just until the bacon get done
Boy, that sounds delicious!
The recipes looked really good and your taste tester did a great job
Thanks, he is a great tester 😊🤣 and he never has many complaints 👍🏼
Pretty lipstick!~ Loved watching hubby try all the treats. His grunts and eye rolls said it all, dang good!
Thank you and I can't wait to show him your comment 🤣😂
Love your Dolly potholders!!
Thanks my friend Tiffany made them for me. She has a channel too youtube.com/@SmalltownSix?si=VTjSqZKp76_Qvukw
I saw Prancer sitting in the back of the couch.
Happy birthday, Titus! God bless your 40s!
I just love watching your videos. It makes me feel like I’m in my family’s kitchen. I miss my family, I’m now the oldest and my youngest aren’t into creating traditions and memories..
Awh, I feel like we're all here together, too ❤️ and you just keep those traditions alive and one day they will come around 🎄❤️🌟
OMG! You are the BOMB, Mama Mel!!! These look so good!! I can’t wait to try them!! Especially those Cheddar Bay sausage Balls!! Thank you! I’m 73, and These, I CAN HANDLE!!!😊😊😊❤🎉
I like simple and easy but also delicious, so glad that these are helpful!
Loved this video and how cute your husband was testing all of the treats
Thanks so much for watching 😊
What a great idea to use cream cheese and the cheddar bay biscuits. If you only have Bisquick you could always add the Old Bay Seasoning to it. I have made a chicken pot pie and topped it with homemade cheddar biscuits. I melt butter and add the old bay seasoning and brush the top of the biscuits when they come out of the oven. Oh my, they are so good!
I'm so thrilled you popped up on my feeds.
I'm planning on doing finger foods this year for our Christmas get-together... and these look like they will be going on my food list! Thank you!!
I love the way Mr Patrick describes the flavors.
❤️👍🏼 me too, he just loves bacon, what more can we say 🤣
I made just about everything in this video for Yule. Thanks for the ideas!
You're so welcomed ☺️ I'm so happy this helped you out Merry Christmas 🌟🎄❤️
That blue and white mixing bowl with the flowery pattern, that's so pretty! Where did you get it? What size is it? I do most of my ordering online so it's hard for me to gauge size.
Love your Pepper Jelly Dip
I love Harry and David onion pepper relish but it is so expensive today. Luckily I have found a recipe that is spot on. I have been making it an canning it for gifts.
How interesting my BF who is Puerto Rican always makes a dip that is made with cream cheese, pimento peppers, and spam and he puts pineapple jam on it. And we dip Ritz in it.. It's very similar to yours just swap the spam out for bacon. We're definitely gonna try this version next time.
Yummy yummy yummy! Mel, those are mind blowing appetizers and so simple to do too. I think the favorite one I want to try is the Crack Chicken Bundles! We have done regular chicken bundles but this one seems like it will be a run away hit. The dip is so interesting too, and I can't wait to try it too. Thanks again for showing us Christmas simplicity at its finest! Hope u have a wonderful week dear friend! 🙋♀️🎁🎄⛄️🏠💕💕💕
Thanks so much Sandy and I loved the sausage balls best of them all but I have always loved sausage balls 🤣 And I believe you will love the chicken bundles, too. I really love savory snacks 😋
@@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel I think I'll look for Turkey Sausage to cut down on the fat so I won't get such bad Gout symptoms. I wonder if I made a penade if I could withhold the Cream Cheese? If u never had Gout, u would know the pain is no fun at all! Thanks again for such yummy recipes, Mel!
Momma Mel, I just wanted to let you know I made your crackers, bacon and brown sugar appetizer and it was DELICIOUS! I made mine with Ritz cracker since that was what I had on hand. I can't believe how unbelievably easy this was and so delicious! Thank you for sharing!
So glad to hear a good report back, it crazy how simple and easy it is and how delicious it turns out!
I know he loves your cooking !!! He's a cutie 😊
I jut subscribed. So glad i happen to find you. Um making the bacon for a oarty tomorrow and the others will be for another gathering!!! 😋
Sue here: Mom Mel, loved these finger foods!!! I'm going to make all of them for my ladies sip, eat, and paint party!!! Dessert? A big bowl of Peppermint Patties, Peanut Butter Cups, and M&Ms 😋 Thank you ❤
Oh yeah! They're gonna be a hit and your party sounds like so much fun! Enjoy and Merry Christmas 🎄 ❤️ 🌟
Those sausage balls look amazing 🎉
Must try
My mouth was watering when watching this one. Yummo
Sausage biscuits are my fav then the glazed bacon bites. But they’re all good! Yum! Happy Holidays!
Oh my goodness thank you Mel for this. I was wondering what new things I was going to take to our Christmas Eve party. I think my favorite was the pepper jelly one. I could almost taste it☃️🌲❤️
"The detriment of my waist"..😂😂😂😂..I truly enjoy spending time with you. Stay blessed 🙌
LOL and I love the cream cheese
YUM!! Thank you for the recipes! I will definately be trying them. Hope you didn't receive any damage from the storms. Love & hugs from West Tennessee
So glad you liked these and thank you for your prayers and thoughts, we were spared. Hope you were safe too, seems like our neighbors in the middle got the worst of it 🙏
Omg too funny santa,i love it ..love the recipes ❤hugs from Canada 🇨🇦 merry Christmas 🎄🎁
That cream cheese pepper jelly appetizer!!🙌❤️
They all looked good and delicious - but I think my favorite were the sausage balls and bacon cracker!! Yummy
Could you make the cracked chicken bites with frozen sweet roll dough and let them rise and roll them out a little bit and use those instead of crescent rolls
I think I'm gonna try boudin instead of the chicken mixture for the 1st one. Boudin and cheese.
That bacon dip with that pepper jelly on it looks so good! Actually, everything looks delicious. I've just got to try those sausage balls, too. They will be a hit at my house. Merry Christmas! Love from Texas ❤
Every one of these will go on my table for our family Christmas Eve brunch! ❤️
Merry Christmas Mel! I thought about you last night. I hope you didn't get any bad weather last night, and that you and your family are safe. I am all about appetizers! All of these look delicious, but I can't wait to try the pepper jelly cheese dip. I absolutely love pepper jelly. Thank you, Mel.
Hey sweet friend. Hope you and your family are safe too. I thought of y'all when I heard it was in Mississippi, Tennessee, and surrounding areas.
@@MrsAlmaTrumble thank you. We had a bad thunderstorm with high winds. I didn't have any damage, just a messy yard. I am unsure where you live, but I hope you are safe, too. Merry Christmas! I always look forward to reading your comments.
@mississippigirl you're welcome, friend. I'm in Southwest Tennessee in-between Memphis and Nashville. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
And Merry Christmas to you too ❤️🎄🌟 we are safe here but prayers to those hit directly. Thank you for your prayers for us and hope you have a blessed week
Well I was thinking and praying for all of u, TN & MS was hit with lots of harsh weather + so happy to hear ur all OK! 🙋♀️⛄️💕💕💕
Happy Holidays ❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️ Thank you for sharing
I have 2 lbs of deer sausage in my fridge and I’m going to make the sausage balls out of it tomorrow. My husband and sons will be excited. I also have deer bacon and the rest of the ingredients for the bacon crackers. I’ve been wanting to try pepper jelly. Your appetizer video was perfect timing for me. Thank you for sharing these recipes. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
I’m definitely going to make the cream cheese and pepper jelly dip! That’s a new one for me! Patrick’s reaction sealed the deal! Merry Christmas and thank you for your channel 🎄
Thank YOU!
I made sausage balls with stuffing before and they were delicious. I can’t wait to try this version. Definitely making it for Christmas this year. Thank you for the recipe!
This is my first time watching you and I love your accent. The appetizers looked great. Also you husband is a cutie too. I will continue to watch for other great recipes!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!❤❤
Thanks so much, and you too! I love sharing recipes and it blesses my heart that you're here! I hope you enjoy watching some of my older videos and find some new favorites here with us in 2025!
I have to agree….Mt Dew is the best palate cleanser! 😂Thank you for all the great recipes.
Hello Mama Mel, Thanks for sharing the good looking recipes.Yall be blessed and have a wonderful week.Love from Lula Mae and Family.🥰🌲🧑🎄🎄☃️
Thank you so much friend, have a wonderful week too ❤️🎄🌟
Thank you thank you thank you for this. Love the idea of gloves for mixing.
Everything looked delicious! Have a great week Mel.
My favorite app is the little cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon and brown sugar 😋
Thanks so much and spoiler alert Patrick loves those too ❤️🎄🌟🤣
I just love you and your sweet family. Merry Christmas Mel.
Yum! Looking forward to making the sausage balls this way at Christmas. I've made them 'plain' for decades and can't wait to see reactions to your version. Thanks for sharing all these gems!
I felt the same way, time for me to give in and try the new recipes and I LOVED THEM 😍 Merry Christmas 🌟 ❤️🎄
They all look so good!
Thanks for all the great videos and recipes, Mel! Merry Christmas to you and your family! ♥️🎄
Well thank you SO much Sandy, I love creating and sharing here with you! Thank you so much for your encouragement and support and I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ❤️🎄🌟🎉
These recipes look awesome! Your husband is a good salesman 😊
😊 He's a keeper. Thank you so much for watching and Merry Christmas 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
Good appetizers! Merry Christmas Mel and Patrick 🎄🎄🎄
Just love how you talk through your recipes! You sound so loving and kind! Also love having your husband be your taste tester!! So glad I found you today! Merry Christmas
Thank you SO much for your kind words ❤️ And he is a good taster, sometimes shy 🤭
So fun to watch him eat it at the end! So glad I found your channel! Great recipe ideas!
I'm going to make all of them 😊 thanks for sharing ❤❤
All these appetizers look wonderful. I’m definitely going to do the one with the crescent rolls. I also wanted to do the cream cheese dip but I unfortunately I’m unable to find the sweet red pepper jelly. I checked on the stores that carried the red pepper jelly and not one store had it and didn’t even know what it was. I found online the red pepper jelly but not the sweet one so my question is would it make a difference? Maybe if it doesn’t, I can purchase it online and have it for next year. If anyone reading this could help me out, I’d be so grateful.
Wishing all you a very Blessed and Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
I’m hoping and praying 2024 will be better than 2023.
Thanks, I'm going to make them all 😋
Hey there Momma Mel and Merry Christmas! I just found your channel last night and I subscribed immediately. I love to cook and entertain so finding your channel is wonderful. Let me say, I can't wait to try some of these wonderful Christmas snacks for the Christmas party my daughter and her husband are hosting on the 21st. There's going to be lots of people and lots of yummy party food and these will be perfect! Thank you so much for sharing!
Welcome and thank you so much for watching and subscribing, I'm so happy that you're here! I hope to see you in the comments often in 2025, too!
Merry Christmas Mel! Everything looks delicious as always. Thank you for sharing. Have a beautiful blessed day. Love Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. 🙏❤✝️👑🕊🎄❄️☃️
Simple, oh its looks so yummy. Keepers for sure.
Hope you enjoy
Wow! All looks delicious!
All looked good can't wait to see whst you bring Christmas for us. Love all you do for us. Thsnks
The Cairo and brown sugar bacon is soooo good, but messy. Gonna try this one
Merry Christmas!!! Enjoy watching your recipes, thank you
I want to make all of these!!❤❤
I like your decorations @ Thanksgiving&Christmas
your appetizers look yummy
Thank you 😊
Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing your talents.
Wow my mouth was wanting some of those goodies. I love savory finger foods. They look so yummy and I will be trying some of these for family gatherings and such! Thanks for the recipes. Oh and love your hair! It is the same style I have been looking at for some time now. Looks great on you❣️. Merry Christmas… I will be watching!!
The all sound amazing. I'll try all four. Happy Holidays.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!
Hey hey Mel ❤❤ I love me some appetizers ❤❤
Me too ✋️ ❤️🎄🌟
Delicious Happy Thanksgiving. ❤❤❤❤
Holiday appitisers yum
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Over the top!❤
I love every single one of these! I’m not sure which one I want to make first, but I’ll be making all of them! Thanks Mel! ❤
They all look delicious! 😋 Thanks for sharing!! ❤
Wow this looks so delicious, thanks Mel 🌲👍🌲👍🌲
My pleasure 😊
These look delicious! They are easy and quick! Merry Christmas! 🌲🎅
Merry Christmas, Mel! Thank you for all your videos. I really appreciate your hard work! The recipes always look so yummy. Can't wait to try them out!
Well thank YOU for your kind words, they mean so much to me. I appreciate you watching every week and hope you have a Merry Christmas 🌟🎄❤️
Outstanding Mel ♥️
Thank you !!
Patricia
Merry Christmas. Try pimento cheese in place of cheddar cheese. They are fantastic. And they stay much more moist than the traditional.
Thanks for the tip!
Thank you… love these❤
I enjoyed this soooo much! Thank you for sharing ❤
Love watching you thanks 😊
Thank you Mel.i needed some recipes.your are always good.have a blessed week❤
I'm definitely going to have to try these. I like to take the little smokey sausages. Wrap those with bacon and sprinkle some brown sugar over the top & bake them up, theyre's really good. Also you can put a bag of little smokies in the crockpot with a whole bottle of chili sauce and a can of cranberry sauce, and that's also really good. ❤
Se me antojaron mucho los panecillos de pollo 🤤🤤🤤 saludos.
Everything looks so delicious and I can hardy wait to try all of these recipes. I do have a question and that is what would I serve with the sausage balls. They look to big to just be an appetizer. I really like how easy each recipe is so easy and not having to buy a not of expensive food to make them. God bless you and wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. 🎄🎄🎄