12 Puff Pastry Appetizers for Your Next Party

Savory Carrot Ribbon Tart Recipe

With its tangle of bright carrot strips and bits of spicy chorizo, this beautiful tart makes an exciting appetizer or even a light main dish. An all-butter puff pastry, such as Dufour, gives especially flavorful and flaky results, but it's delicious made with any kind of puff pastry.

Cheese Puff Pastries Recipe

Serve these savory cheese puff pastries atop our Apple-Onion Soup for a light first course at your next holiday dinner.

Mini Quiches Recipe

Five ingredients and five minutes of baking gets you these tasty pastry cups filled with egg and cheese and topped with bacon.

Holiday Brie en Croute Recipe

This pastry-wrapped soft cheese, topped with cranberries, apricots and almonds, is great for the holidays but it's so good, you'll want to serve it year-round.

Caramelized Onion-Apple Bites Recipe

The combination of sweet caramelized onion, tart apple, and fontina cheese is hard to beat, especially when it's spooned on top of pastry triangles. Plus, this is an appetizer that you can make in advance—a perfect choice for your busy holiday season.

Zaatar Straws Recipe

In this fun use of puff pastry, top the pastry with olive oil and spices, cut into strips, and then twist the strips into bundles. Zaatar is a savory Middle Eastern spice mix that typically includes sesame seeds, thyme, marjoram, and sumac. Serve these breadstick-like bundles with Garlicky Yogurt Dip.

Spinach and Artichokes in Puff Pastry Recipe

Biting into one of these hearty appetizers is like eating spinach-artichoke dip that's rolled up in a rich pastry. You can make these ahead and freeze them up to three months.

Chicken Sausage Puffs with Creamy Mustard Dipping Sauce Recipe

This healthier take on pigs-in-a-blanket calls for pressing cut chicken sausage links into squares of puff pastry, brushing with an egg wash, and baking for 18 to 20 minutes.  These puffs pair perfectly with our homemade mustard dipping sauce.  

Puff Pastry-Wrapped Jumbo Shrimp Recipe

Want to impress your guests?  Then whip up a batch of  these delectable puff pastry-wrapped shrimp stuffed with a mix of cheese, bacon and parsley.  They're superb!

Creamy Chicken Alfredo Turnovers Recipe

Chopped rotisserie chicken and frozen puff pastry sheets are perfect shortcuts for this easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer. These impressive turnovers are perfect for gatherings, like holiday parties and tailgates, and come together at the last minute. Serve leftover filling with pasta to get even more mileage out of this recipe.