christmas cookie party food help ideas please.....?

Question

I'm having a christmas cookie party next week with a small group of teen girls..... '

what food should we have, i'm thinking store bought refrigerator ravioli with alfredo and veggies and salad, quick simple but delisious, we will have hot chocolate and apple cider but then i need ideas for snacks/dips/and quick bits whilt we're baking and hanging out



any advice or ideas welcome


Thank you

Merry Christmas

God bless

Answer 1

Here are some different ideas for dips to go with chips plus some nibblies (Cocktail wieners or Lil smokies can be used instead of meatballs):

Mango Salsa
2 cups
Ingredients
1 mango, peeled, seeded, and chopped (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 medium red sweet pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 Scotch bonnet or hot green chile pepper, seeded and finely chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lime peel
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions
1. In medium bowl stir together mango, sweet pepper, green onions, chile pepper, oil, lime peel, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and black pepper. Store in refrigerator up to 24 hours. Makes 2 cups.
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Mango Salsa
about 2 cups
Prep: 20 minutes
Chill: 2 hours

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups chopped, peeled mango, papaya, peaches, plums, and/or pineapple
1/2 cup chopped red or green sweet pepper
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions (2)
1/4 cup snipped fresh cilantro or parsley
2 tablespoons lime juice or lemon juice
1 to 2 fresh jalapeno or serrano peppers, seeded and finely chopped, or 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Anaheim pepper

Directions
1. In a medium mixing bowl stir together fruit, sweet pepper, green onions, cilantro or parsley, lime juice or lemon juice, and jalapeno, serrano, or Anaheim pepper. Cover; chill at least 2 hours before serving.

2. Serve as a dip for chips or fresh vegetables or as a condiment for tacos, quesadillas, burgers, steaks, chicken, or fish. Makes about 2 cups.

Make-Ahead Tip: Spoon the salsa into a storage container. Cover and chill for up to 2 days.
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Papaya Salsa

Ingredients
1/2 of a small papaya, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1 small nectarine, pitted and chopped
1 hot red or jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1 tablespoon snipped cilantro or parsley
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon honey

In a bowl stir together the papaya, nectarine, hot red or jalapeno pepper, cilantro or parsley, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and 1 teaspoon honey. Cover and chill thoroughly.
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Chunky Guacamole
Prep: 20 minutes
Chill: 1 hour

Ingredients
2 medium plum tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 of a small red onion, finely chopped
1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 ripe avocados, seeded, peeled, and coarsely mashed
Tortilla chips

Directions
1. In a bowl combine tomatoes, red onion, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Gently stir in avacados. Cover the surface with plastic wrap. Chill for up to 1 hour. Serve with tortilla chips.

2. Makes 2 cups (sixteen 2-tablespoon servings
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Sweet and Sassy Meatballs
64 meatballs
Start to Finish: 30 minutes

Ingredients
1 16-ounce can jellied cranberry sauce
1 18-ounce bottle barbecue sauce
2 1-pound packages frozen cooked meatballs, thawed (32 per pound)

Directions
1. For sauce, in a large skillet stir together cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce. Cook over medium heat until cranberry sauce is melted, stirring occasionally.

2. Add meatballs to sauce. Cook, uncovered, for about 10 minutes or until meatballs are heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve immediately or keep meatballs warm in a slow cooker on low setting to serve. Makes 16 servings.

3. Make-ahead directions: Prepare as directed in Step 1. Stir in frozen or thawed meatballs. Place in an airtight container. Cover and chill for up to 24 hours. To serve, heat meatballs and sauce in a large skillet over medium heat until heated through, stirring occasionally.

4. Chipotle-Sauced Meatballs: Prepare as above, except substitute one 12-ounce bottle chili sauce for the barbecue sauce and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons finely chopped canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce.

5. Hawaiian-Sauced Meatballs: Prepare sauce as above, except substitute one 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained, for the cranberry sauce.
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Sweet, Hot, and Sour Meatballs
24 servings (48 meatballs)
Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
1/2 cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed
1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 pound ground beef
3/4 cup apple jelly
1/3 cup spicy brown mustard
1/3 cup whiskey or apple juice
1-1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Few dashes bottled hot pepper sauce

Directions:

1. In a large bowl combine egg product, bread crumbs, onion, milk, salt, and pepper. Add sausage and beef; mix well. Shape into 48 meatballs. Place meatballs in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, in a 375 degree F oven about 30 minutes or until done (160 degree F). Remove from oven; drain.

2. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan stir together jelly, mustard, whiskey, Worcestershire sauce, and bottled hot pepper sauce. Heat and stir until jelly melts and mixture bubbles. Add meatballs, stirring gently to coat. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly and meatballs are coated. Makes 24 servings (48 meatballs).

To Tote: Transfer meatballs and sauce to a serving dish; cover tightly. Transport in an insulated carrier.

Answer 2

A cheese & Cracker tray is a good idea, with fruit & Vegetable tray. Take your smokies and put them in BBQ sauce in a Crock Pot is an easy meat. Also I make a wonderful chicken salad that can be made the night before and served with crackers. Boil chicken breast but season the water with garlic powder, onion powder and chicken boulion. I just add a few shakes of each and about 3-4 boulion cubes. When this is done I let the chicken breast cool. While they are cooling I use a pampered chef chopper and chop up my onion and celery. Then I chop up my chicken. The chopper will chop the chicken just fine. I add all together and mix in bowl with mayonaise, salt and pepper to taste. Onion & Celery to taste also. Not to over whelming. BIG hit at all of my parties. Another meat idea is prepackaged meatballs if you don't want to do your own. (I always roll my own) They are already cooked I believe. Put it deep roasting pan and add 1 jar cocktail sauce and 1jar grape jelly or more to make enough sauce to cover meatballs. Heat through in oven at 300. These are also a big hit.. I do a lot of catering so I use these three alot.

Answer 3

Serve your ravioli and salad for the dinner part, and save the veggies for snacking.
7 layer bean dip with chips is always a hit--easy to do ahead of time, and good.
Deviled eggs, the veggies and the dip n chips is all I would do. The cookies are the finale ! Sounds wonderful. Have fun.

Answer 4

i had a house full of girls over and made the peanut butter cookies with a kiss on top metioned above-the girls called them "nipple cookies" LOL!
Here is a Q & E thing they will LOVE:

chocolate pecan turtles
you need small pretzel knots or squares, hershey kisses and whole pecans--
heat oven to 200 degrees, lay out all the pretzels on a cookie sheet, top each one with a kiss, stick in the oven for just a few mins, just enough to soften the kiss, keep an eye on them, they shouldn't melt down or look any different, my oven this takes about 2 mins. take them out of the oven and press down on each kiss with a whole pecan. since you are just barely warming the kisses none of the chocolate should leak thru the pretzel holes. move off cookie sheet and let cool for about 15 mins. soooooo yummy! good with rolos instead of kisses too!

Answer 5

I don't think you will really want any sweat snacks since they are going to be baking.
So maybe:

Chips and salsa(and/or cheese)
veggies and dip
mini pizza
cheese and crackers

Answer 6

jave finger foods. For example: Mini pizzas, or cookies and sweets

Answer 7

ohhhh those peanutbutter sugar cookies with chocolate kisses on top... i dont know what they're called....

Answer 8

veggie platter with ranch dressing...cheese and pepperoni platter