Recipes For New Year's Snacks With A Photo: Simple And Original Options With Different Ingredients, Including For Children

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We meet guests: simple and original recipes for New Year's snacks

Our hostesses treat the preparation of the New Year's table responsibly and with all their hearts. This feast is distinguished by the richness and sophistication of dishes. The range of products on offer provides a wide field for the embodiment of culinary fantasies, for example, in the preparation of snacks or salads.

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• 1 New Year's Snack Recipes

  • 1.1 Delicate appetizer of cucumber and lightly salted red fish

    1.1.1 Video: rolls of cucumber and red fish

  • 1.2 Bright vegetable appetizer with Philadelphia cheese

    1.2.1 Video: appetizer of cucumber with tomatoes and Philadelphia cheese

  • 1.3 Stuffed eggs with red caviar and cheese

    • 1.3.1 Video: stuffed eggs with red caviar
    • 1.3.2 Original appetizer with ham
    • 1.3.3 Video: How to Make a Christmas Wreath Snack

  • 1.4 Snack "New Year's Chickens" from eggs

    1.4.1 Video: New Year's "Chickens"

  • 1.5 Festive "Christmas balls"

    1.5.1 Video: an appetizer for the New Year's table in the form of Christmas balls

  • 1.6 Unusual Citrus Chicken Fillet Snack

    1.6.1 Video: chicken fillet snowballs

  • 1.7 Snack salad in tartlets with eggs, ham and vegetables

    1.7.1 Video: salad in tartlets

  • 1.8 Cold appetizer with herring

    1.8.1 Video: how to make stuffed herring

  • 1.9 Snack of red fish with cheese "Santa Claus's Bag"

    1.9.1 Video: how to make Santa Claus's Bag from red fish

  • 1.10 Christmas trees for the festive table

    1.10.1 Video: a spectacular tree of snacks on skewers

  • 1.11 Stuffed Eggs with Spicy Filling

    1.11.1 Video: stuffed eggs with shrimps

  • 1.12 Red caviar sandwich appetizer

    1.12.1 Video: sandwiches with red caviar in New Year's decoration

  • 1.13 Salad appetizer in the form of a Santa Claus hat
  • 1.14 Multi-colored cheese balls
  • 1.15 Star Cracker Avocado Snack
  • 1.16 Crab salad in an unusual presentation

  • 1.17 Appetizer rolls of cucumbers for the New Year's menu

    1.17.1 Video: 5 Simple and Delicious Snacks for Your Table

  • 1.18 New Year's snack "Tangerines"

    1.18.1 Video: Tangerines Snack

• 2 Video: full menu for the festive table

New Year's snack recipes

The recipes below will help you find the right combination of ingredients and set the table beautifully.

Delicate appetizer of cucumber and lightly salted red fish

Served in the form of a roll. For cooking you will need:

• slightly salted red fish - 100 g;
• soft cheese - 200 g;
• long fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
• dill;
• garlic to taste.

Step by step description:

1. First you need to make the filling: send soft cheese at room temperature and finely chopped fish to a bowl.

   

   Mix soft cheese with sliced red fish

2. Chop the dill and send it to a mixing container.

   

   Add finely chopped dill to the ingredients in a bowl

3. Stir the ingredients and add chopped garlic if desired.

   

   Add garlic to the filling to taste

4. Using a shredder or vegetable peeler, cut the cucumbers into thin, long slices.

   

   Cut cucumbers into thin slices

5. Place the filling on each strip and spread it in an even layer.

   

   Place the prepared filling on a slice

6. Gently roll the cucumber into a roll and garnish with a sprig of dill.

   

   Roll up and decorate with sprigs of greenery

Video: cucumber and red fish rolls

Bright vegetable appetizer with Philadelphia cheese

This spectacular snack can be prepared in minutes. The following ingredients are required:

• fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
• cherry tomatoes - 250 g;
• Philadelphia cheese - 250 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• dill;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• paprika for decoration.

Step-by-step description:

1. Chop the dill finely and add it to the cheese bowl. Send chopped garlic, salt and pepper there.

   

   Mix cheese, chopped dill and seasonings

2. Mix the ingredients until smooth and fill a pastry bag with it.

   

   Fill a pastry bag with cheese filling

3. Make longitudinal grooves on the cucumber with a knife or carving tool.

   

   Make grooves with a knife on a cucumber

4. Cut the cucumber across into medium slices.

   

   Cut the cucumber into slices

5. Divide the cherry tomatoes into wedges.

   

   Cherry cut into wedges

6. Squeeze the cheese from a culinary bag onto the cucumber wedge and put a slice of tomato on top. If desired, decorate the appetizer with paprika and herbs.

   

   For each cucumber slice, squeeze the filling and put a slice of cherry

Video: appetizer of cucumber with tomatoes and Philadelphia cheese

Stuffed eggs with red caviar and cheese

Snacks from the "haste" row are especially popular, because there is not always enough time to prepare something complicated for a festive table. List of required ingredients:

• boiled eggs - 4 pcs.;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• mayonnaise - 2-3 tbsp. l.;
• Red caviar;
• dill;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Step by step description:

1. Cut the eggs lengthwise into two halves, send the yolks into a separate container and grind them with a fork.

   

   Separate the yolks from the proteins

2. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add to a bowl with grated yolks, season with mayonnaise and mix well.

   

   Grind the yolks, add mayonnaise and grated cheese

3. Fill the halves of the eggs with the mixture.

   

   Fill the protein with the filling

4. Put red caviar on top and garnish with a sprig of dill.

   

   Put red caviar on top of the filling

Video: stuffed eggs with red caviar

Original appetizer with ham

An edible Christmas wreath with adorable Santa Clauses will not only decorate the table, but also attract the attention of children. To prepare such a snack you need:

• cherry tomatoes - 200 g;
• yogurt or sour cream - 150 g;
• hard cheese - 150 g;
• zucchini zucchini - 1 pc.;
• thin slices of ham - 100 g;
• grated Parmesan cheese - 50 g;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• olives;
• black peppercorns;
• greens.

Cooking steps:

1. Chop the garlic, grate the cheese, mix with yogurt or sour cream.

   

   Combine grated cheese, yogurt and sour cream in a bowl

2. Slice the zucchini into spaghetti. To do this, you can use a special grater. Season with salt and add a few drops of olive oil.

   

   Make long noodles from zucchini using a special grater

3. Cut the tomato across and peel it.

   

   Cut the tomatoes into halves, remove seeds and pulp

4. Fill the resulting tomato cup with the cheese mixture, put the "hat" on top. It will be Santa Claus. Make him eyes out of black peppercorns.

   

   Make Santa Claus from halves of tomatoes

5. Wrap the cheese mass in slices of ham.

   

   Make a roll from a piece of ham

6. Roll small balls from the rest of the mixture, these will be snowballs.

   

   Make "snowballs" from the remaining cheese mass

7. On a large flat dish, place the greens in the shape of a wreath and lay out the ham rolls, tomato slices, sliced zucchini.

   

   Put all the components on a flat plate, forming a wreath

8. Place Santa Clauses in the center and arrange cheese snowballs. Sprinkle on top with "snow" of grated Parmesan.

   

   Sprinkle the appetizer on top with finely grated cheese

Video: how to make a Christmas wreath appetizer

Egg New Year's Chicken Snack

Cute chickens will delight the kids. It's easy to make them, but you need to stock up on time. list of required products:

• cracker cookies - 8 pcs.;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• boiled egg - 1 pc.;
• hard cheese - 120 g;
• boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise;
• black peppercorns;
• parsley.

Step by step execution:

1. Grate boiled egg and garlic on a fine grater.

   

   Chop eggs and garlic

2. Grate processed cheese there, add pepper and mayonnaise. Stir until smooth.

   

   Mix eggs with mayonnaise

3. Grate hard cheese in a separate container.

   

   Grate hard cheese

4. Put slices of boiled carrots on the cookies.

   

   Put a slice of boiled carrots on a cracker

5. Make a ball from the cheese mass and roll it in grated cheese. Place the resulting balls on a cookie and carrot base.

   

   Make balls from and roll in cheese

6. Now we need to arrange the chickens: cut the beak and crest from the carrots, make the eyes from the peas of black pepper.

   

   "Chickens" served with herbs

Video: New Year's "Chickens"

Festive "Christmas balls"

You can decorate not only the Christmas tree with Christmas balls … To prepare such a snack you will need:

• walnuts - 100 g;
• boiled chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• hard cheese - 150 g;
• mayonnaise;
• pomegranate seeds;
• paprika;
• greens;
• green onions;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Step-by-step description:

1. Grind all ingredients. Add processed cheese and half a serving of nuts to the chicken.

   

   Grind all ingredients for a snack

2. Add most of the grated cheese.

   

   Add grated cheese to the nuts

3. Do the same with chopped herbs.

   

   Add greens to the mass

4. Season with salt and pepper, add garlic and mix, gradually adding mayonnaise. A homogeneous mixture should not be liquid.

5. Form balls from the mass and roll them alternately in herbs, nuts, pomegranate seeds and grated cheese. For a change, paprika can be added to grated cheese. Make “eyelets” for balls from green onions.

   

   Make "loops" from the feathers of green onions

Video: an appetizer for the New Year's table in the form of Christmas balls

Unusual citrus appetizer with chicken fillet

For lovers of a combination of chicken meat and fruits, you can prepare an exquisite snack. It is served to the New Year's table in the form of snowballs.

Ingredients:

• boiled chicken meat - 300 g;
• nuts - 50 g;
• cream cheese - 150 g;
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
• orange zest - 1 tbsp. l.;
• orange juice - 2 tbsp. l.;
• coconut flakes - 50 g;
• curry, salt to taste.

Execution order:

1. Grind chicken meat, add zest and orange juice to it.

   

   Mix chopped chicken fillet with orange zest and juice

2. Chop the nuts and add to the chicken, season with salt and curry.

   

   Add chopped nuts to a bowl of other ingredients

3. Bring the mixture to a pasty mass by mixing the products with soft cheese and sour cream.

   

   Add cheese and sour cream to the mass

4. Roll the balls up with wet hands, roll them in coconut and leave in the refrigerator for at least an hour and a half. The snowball-shaped snack is ready to be served with your favorite greens.

   

   Roll balls from the resulting mass and put on a dish with herbs

Video: chicken fillet "snowballs"

Salad appetizer in tartlets with eggs, ham and vegetables

To prepare beautiful baskets with salad and mushrooms, you will need products:

• ham - 150 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc.;
• cherry tomatoes - 250 g;
• mayonnaise -70 g;
• sour cream - 70 g;
• tartlets;
• whole pickled champignons - for decoration;
• green onions, dill - for decoration.

You need to cook in the following sequence:

1. Cut the ham into small pieces and send to a bowl.

   

   Cut the ham into small cubes

2. Add chopped egg and grated cheese there.

   

   Add finely chopped egg and cheese to a bowl of ham

3. Cut the cucumber into cubes, finely chop the green onion. Leave part of the onion for decoration. Season the salad with mayonnaise and sour cream.

   

   Add mayonnaise to the salad

4. Fill the tartlet with the resulting salad mixture.

   

   Put the prepared salad in the tartlets

5. Grate the cucumber and use it to decorate the basket.

   

   Make curly cucumber rings

6. Put pickled mushrooms on top of a tartlet with a snack, add green onions and dill sprigs. Garnish with cherry tomato slices.

   

   Put mushrooms and tomato slices in each basket

Video: salad in tartlets

Cold appetizer with herring

To serve herring on the New Year's table, different variations are used. one of the ways is stuffed fish, for its preparation you will need:

• slightly salted herring - 2 pcs.;
• boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
• boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
• pickled cucumber - 1 pc.;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• butter - 50 g;
• mayonnaise - 35 g;
• fresh herbs.

Step by step description:

1. Freeze the processed cheese in advance. Cut the herring into fillets.

   

   Peel and cut herring

2. Cut off the back of the fish.

   

   Cut the back off the herring

3. Cut herring pieces into small cubes.

   

   Dice herring fillet

4. Cut the carrots, eggs and cucumber into cubes and add to the fish. Send chopped greens there.

   

   Mix chopped boiled vegetables and herbs

5. Grate the frozen cheese and combine it with the total mass.

   

   Add grated cheese to vegetables and herbs

6. Combine ingredients with soft butter and mayonnaise.

   

   Add softened butter

7. Put the resulting filling on one half of the fillet and tamp a little.

   

   Put the finished filling on the fillet

8. Cover the filling with the other half of the fillet.

   

   Place the second fillet on top of the filling

9. Next, carefully and tightly wrap the herring in cling film. In this form, the herring should lie in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

   

   Wrap the stuffed herring in foil

10. Cut the appetizer into portions and serve.

    

    After 4 hours, remove the fillet from the refrigerator and cut into portions

Video: how to make stuffed herring

Red fish appetizer with cheese "Santa's Bag"

To prepare an original snack in the form of New Year's bags with gifts, you need the following products:

• slightly salted red fish - 200 g;
• red caviar - 50–70 g;
• soft cheese - 70 g;
• greens;
• ground black pepper;
• lemon;
• lettuce leaves.

Cooking steps:

1. Grind the herbs.

   

   Finely chop the greens

2. Combine cheese with chopped herbs, kneading until smooth.

   

   Mix cheese with herbs

3. Put some filling on the layer of fish. If the layers are not wide, then several pieces can be used.

   

   Put the filling on the red fish

4. Gather the edges of the layers and tie them up with a green onion feather.

   

   Roll up the layer with the filling into a bag and tie it up with green onions

5. Gently open the top of the bag and fill it with red caviar.

   

   Put red caviar on top of the filling

Video: how to make Santa Claus sack from red fish

Christmas trees for the festive table

Christmas trees from snacks on a skewer will look stylish on the New Year's table. A set of ingredients can be chosen for every taste. Below are recipes for a hearty and fruity Christmas tree. The following products are required:

Hearty snack

• hunting sausages - 200 g;
• hard cheese - 150 g;
• pitted olives - 1/2 can;
• stuffed olives - 1/2 can;
• quail eggs -12 pcs.;
• cucumber - 2 pcs.

Fruit tree

• banana - 2 pcs.;
• mandarin - 5 pcs.;
• kiwi - 2-3 pcs.;
• canned pineapple - 1/2 can.

Step by step execution:

1. As a basis, you can take the conical shape, which is sold in stores for needlewomen. This recipe uses carrots and apples to make the frame. The tops must be cut off evenly, then the remaining parts must be connected with toothpicks. Wrap the resulting blank in foil.

   

   Make a frame for a Christmas tree from an apple and carrot

2. Cut some of the cheese into slices, the rest into cubes.

   

   Cut hard cheese into cubes and slices

3. Cut different figures from cheese plates.

   

   Cut figurines from cheese plates

4. Put a curly slice of cheese and a slice of hunting sausage on a skewer.

   

   Skewer sausage and cheese

5. Combine olives on a skewer with a cheese cube.

   

   Put olives and cheese on a skewer

6. Cut the quail eggs in two and put them on a skewer with olive oil.

   

   Combine eggs with olives

7. Cut the cucumber into semicircular slices and also string.

   

   Cut cucumbers into slices

8. Decorate the workpiece with prepared skewers.

   

   Skewers with fasten on the frame

9. A fruit tree is made in a similar way. Divide the tangerine into wedges. Cut bananas, kiwi and pineapple into slices.

   

   Make canapes from fruits on skewers

10. String fruit pieces on toothpicks and arrange a Christmas tree from the blanks.

    

    Fix the resulting canapes on the base

Video: a spectacular tree of snacks on skewers

Stuffed eggs with spicy filling

Cooking ingredients:

• boiled eggs - 7 pcs.;
• boiled shrimps - 14 pcs.;
• soft cheese - 70 g;
• mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. l.;
• Dijon mustard - 1 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• olive oil - 1 tsp;
• dill;
• slices of lime or lemon for decoration;
• salt, cayenne pepper, and paprika to taste.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Salt a little boiled shrimp, add cayenne pepper, lemon juice and a little olive oil. Leave them to marinate for a while. Divide the eggs lengthwise into two halves and free from the yolk.

   

   Leave the shrimps in a marinade of cayenne pepper, lemon juice and butter for a while

2. Send the yolks to a bowl, add chopped dill and garlic to them.

   

   Put the yolks in a bowl

3. Add mayonnaise, mustard, soft cheese and some cayenne pepper.

   

   Add chopped greens to the yolks

4. Stir the filling and place it in a pastry bag.

   

   Grind the filling and mix well

5. Fill the egg halves with the mixture.

   

   Fill the protein halves with a mass

6. Top with shrimp and a slice of lime or lemon.

   

   Place the shrimp gently on top of the filling

Video: stuffed eggs with shrimps

Sandwich appetizer with red caviar

The usual sandwiches with caviar are easy to arrange in the New Year's style. For cooking you will need:

• loaf - 1 pc.;
• red caviar - 120 g;
• cream cheese - 150 g;
• butter - 100 g;
• dill.

Step by step cooking:

• Cut a form for a sandwich from a slice of loaf. You can just cut off the crust.

  

  Cut the loaf into pieces

• Finely chop the dill.

  

  Chop the dill

• Spread the ends of the bread slices with softened butter.

  

  Grease the sides of the slices with butter

• Roll each piece in dill.

  

  Roll each piece in chopped dill

• Spread cream cheese on top of the sandwich. Send the remaining butter into a pastry bag.

  

  Divide the red caviar into pieces and use a pastry bag to deposit the butter

• Place the caviar on a slice of bread and garnish with butter.

Video: sandwiches with red caviar in New Year's decoration

Salad appetizer in the form of a Santa Claus hat

You will need the following products:

1. mushrooms - 200 g;
2. boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
3. hard cheese - 100 g;
4. chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
5. pomegranate seeds;
6. mayonnaise.

Prepare an appetizer in the following sequence:

1. Peel the boiled eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.

   

   Separate yolks and whites

2. Chop the yolks. Chop the proteins finely.

   

   Chop the whites and yolks

3. Cut the boiled chicken fillet into small pieces.

   

   Chop chicken fillet

4. Combine chicken, mushrooms, yolks and grated cheese in a bowl and season with mayonnaise. From the resulting salad, make a hat shape on a platter.

   

   Put the salad on a plate in the form of a Santa Claus hat

5. Cover the surface of the lettuce with pomegranate seeds, make the edge of the cap from the chopped protein.

   

   Decorate the hat with pomegranate seeds and squirrels

Multi-colored cheese balls

To prepare a snack you will need:

• garlic - 1 clove;
• hard cheese - 50 g;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• yolks - 3 pcs.;
• olive oil - 1 tbsp l.;
• olives;
• paprika;
• turmeric;
• greens.

Step by step description:

1. Prepare the cheese mass, for this you can use a blender: chop the garlic, hard cheese, yolks and processed cheese. Add olive oil to the mixture.

   

   Grind cheese, garlic, yolks with a blender

2. Chop a few olives very finely.

   

   Finely chop the olives

3. Separate a small part from the total cheese mass and mix it with olives. Form balls.

   

   Make balls from cheese mass

4. Also make balls from the remaining cheese mixture, roll some in turmeric, a few in paprika, and a third in finely chopped greens.

   

   Roll the finished balls in turmeric, herbs and paprika

Star-shaped avocado snack on a cracker

Ingredients:

• avocado;
• paprika;
• salt;
• pepper;
• bell pepper;
• crackers.

Cooking steps:

1. Season the avocado pulp with salt, pepper to taste and grind in a blender to a creamy consistency.

   

   Grind avocado in a blender

2. Using a mold, cut out stars from bell pepper.

   

   Cut the stars out of the bell pepper

3. Place the avocado paste on a cracker.

   

   Put the avocado mass on the cookies

4. The next layer is to put pepper stars. You can decorate them with red sauce.

   

   Decorate the appetizer with stars and sauce

Crab salad in an unusual presentation

A salad familiar to many can be served in portions in an original orange "plate". This requires the following products:

• orange - 1 pc.;
• crab sticks - 3 pcs.;
• whites of three eggs;
• corn - 50 g;
• mayonnaise.

Step by step recipe:

1. Make "plates" from the orange for serving salad: cut the fruit in diameter so that later it can be neatly divided.

   

   Cut the orange into halves

2. Gently, without damaging the peel, get rid of the pulp, make cloves around the edges.

   

   Make orange plates for the salad

3. Chop crab sticks.

   

   Crab sticks cut

4. Grind the egg whites.

   

   Finely chop the proteins

5. Combine products with corn and mayonnaise, mix well.

   

   In a salad bowl, mix the chopped ingredients and mayonnaise

6. Fill orange saucers with salad.

   

   Arrange the salad in the orange "plates"

Cucumber appetizer rolls for the New Year's menu

The ingredients are simple:

• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• walnuts - 50 g;
• hard cheese - 50 g.

Sequence of execution:

1. Grind the nuts with a blender.

   

   Chop walnuts

2. Grate hard cheese on a fine grater.

   

   Grate cheese

3. Using a peeler, cut the cucumber into slices.

   

   Make cucumber slices

4. Grease the cucumber slices with melted cheese and sprinkle with nuts.

   

   Put the filling on the slices

5. Add grated cheese and roll. To keep the appetizer in shape, fix the cucumber with a toothpick.

   

   Slice with filling roll up into a roll

Video: 5 simple and delicious snacks for your table

New Year's snack "Mandarins"

A bright New Year's snack in the form of tangerines can be prepared from simple products:

• processed cheese - 1 pc.;
• boiled carrots - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. l.;
• boiled chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
• boiled eggs - 2 pcs.;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• butter - 20 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Chop finely and fry the onion in butter until transparent.

   

   Fry chopped onions in oil

2. In a bowl, combine eggs and fried onions and mash with a fork.

   

   Mix onions and eggs and mash with a fork

3. Add chopped chicken fillet and processed cheese to the mass. Mix the ingredients well with half a tablespoon of mayonnaise.

   

   Add chicken fillet, cheese and mayonnaise to a bowl

4. Grease your hands with vegetable oil, form balls from the mixture.

   

   Form a ball from the prepared mass

5. Put ready-made tangerines on a dish or plate and serve.

   

   Serve tangerines, garnished with green leaves

Video: Tangerines appetizer

Video: full menu for the festive table

Snacks prepared for the New Year's table bring not only gastronomic, but also aesthetic pleasure. By giving preference to your own taste and listening to the wishes of loved ones, you can combine different components in the dish, which at first glance may seem incongruous.

Beautiful compositions for the celebration are created from both gourmet and simple ingredients. Even a novice housewife can beat and decorate any appetizer in an original way using skewers, tartlets and knives.