Ring in the New Year with Appetizers, Mini Desserts and Good Luck Food!
I think we’re all beyond ready to turn the calendar page and say goodbye to 2020 and looking forward to a healthier, happier and safer year in 2021!
While we won’t be entertaining as in previous years, there may be a recipe or some inspiration you can find for a quiet evening and celebration at home to ring in the New Year, so I’m sharing a round-up of recipes, along with some good luck foods (which we can all use!) for your New Year’s Day celebration.
Click on the links below highlighted in red for the complete recipe or post.
Ring in the New Year with a celebratory countdown table with clock plates, clocks and party horns and hats
Transform the Christmas tree to a New Year’s Countdown Tree, with the addition of gold and silver ribbon, streamers, party horns and tiaras for New Year’s Eve sparkling celebration.
These no-bake party size desserts are easy to assemble using ready-made cake from the grocery store. Make them as simple or as fancy as you like, add a sparkler in celebration and serve.
Chocolate Tuxedo Cups with Strawberries and Grand Marnier Whipped Cream
A festive, sweet bite for New Year’s Eve! Easy to dress, filling with your favorite ingredients.
New Year’s Eve Popcorn Party Mix
An easy sweet and salty treat that is highly addictive, and dressed to impress with gold and silver edible stars
Easy Entertaining to Ring in the New Year: A Festive Cheese Board
Easy to pull together at the last-minute and festive way to entertain
Short Cut Mini Chicken & Waffles with Pepper Jelly Syrup
A Southern dish turned-finger food, that’s fit for company and fun for New Years!
Parmesan-Crusted Crab Cake Bites with Chive Aioli
This little bite is a crowd pleaser! The crab mixture can be made a day in advance, then the bite-size cakes are baked in a mini muffin tin with a crust of Parmesan cheese and panko bread crumbs!
A make-ahead appetizer that’s light and bright and tantalizes your taste buds with tangy vinegar, bright citrus, with a slightly sweet licorice flavor from fennel
Blue Cheese Crostini with Balsamic-Roasted Grapes
Oh so good and easy! Roast the grapes in advance, allow to cool and refrigerate until ready to assemble. If you’re not a fan of blue cheese, substitute another soft cheese like goat, Boursin or Brie.
Honey-Rosemary Cherries and Blue Cheese Crostini
Make the cherry medley ahead of time and place bowls of ingredients and baguette slices for your guests to assemble a delicious self-serve party bite!
Warm Olives, so simple and so good!
Use your favorite olives, especially easy and convenient using a mixed assortment from the olive bar at the grocery store. Ready to serve in 10 minutes.
Good Luck New Year Layered Cornbread Salad
A layered salad with ingredients to bring good luck in the new year~ cornbread, corn kernels, black-eyed peas, and bacon. Romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes and smoked turkey, makes it a complete meal.
Good Luck New Year Appetizer: Black-Eyed Pea Hummus
Easy to whip up with a food processor and a delicious and healthy way to serve up some good luck for the New Year
Cornbread is considered a good luck food for the new year since the color resembles gold. The addition of broccoli and cheese makes for a moist and flavorful cornbread that sneaks in some green veggies!
Good Luck New Year Cornbread Skillet
Serve up your good luck for the new year with pork, black-eyed peas and collards under a layer of golden cornbread, in one skillet!
Wishing you a Sparkling Safe New Year and New Beginnings ♥
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Dang, you are simply the best! I want to party with you – anytime! Pass the good luck foods first, then you choose the order. They ALL look good to me! Happy New Year, indeed.
So many festive ideas Mary, we are doing all apps for New Years and I’m still working on the menu, so thank you!! I love all the sparkle and cute decorations you’ve used, Happy New Year!
Jenna
Oh Mary, I’d love to celebrate New Years at your house! What great ideas!
Happy New Years, flled with love , joy and many blessings.
Gert
You truly have me salivating before I’m out of bed, gulp!
Mary, Your round up of NYE recipes look delicious. You always present your food so beautifully. Wishing you and your family a safe, healthy 2021. Clara❤️
A wow New Years Mary. You sure know how to party. The apps looks amazing! Happy New Year!
Mary ~ wishing you and yours a wonderful and healthy 2021 !! Your appy ideas look amazingly delicious. Hugs, Dorinda
You are AMAZING!!! I can’t think of another word perfect enough to describe your blog and you! Thank you so much for all the creativity, inspiration and beauty you’ve given us this year. I look forward to each and every one of your posts in 2021.
Happy New Year, Mary!
Thanks for always providing so much inspiration!! Happy New Year to you!!
This is so incredibly festive! The appetizers are absolutely mouth-watering. Just the domestic fantasy I need right now without being able to actually HAVE a New Year’s Eve party. But you better believe I’ll be saving all of this for New Year’s 2021! Fabulous display as usual. I feel spoiled. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Good Morning Mary, fantastic recipes to save for next years party. This year my husband and I will be celebrating New Years Eve at home by ourselves so I plan to try the crab bites and the blackened pea hummus. I have plans to go to a nearby seafood market tomorrow morning for scallops and North Carolina shrimp and am now adding crab to the shopping list. Do you think it’s possible to prepare the crab recipe in mini tart pans rather than mini muffin pans?
Hi Virginia! I haven’t done the crab recipe as mini tarts before. I think they would be tasty if you don’t mind experimenting as they may not hold together as well as the mini crab cake bites. You could mix the filling in advance and bake them off as needed. Happy New Year ♥
Thanks for the advice, I may just give it a try. Happy New Year to you as well.
Id like to sample each and everything that you’ve shown, Mary! Happy 2021 to you, and thank you for a years worth of inspiration. 🎆🎉❤️
Mary,
Your posts are such a welcome respite, reminding us that there will be a new year soon and we can return to spending time with family and friends! I’m always learning something new from your posts, like cornbread resembling gold and bringing good luck. What a fun tradition to add to the New Year’s Eve buffet!
Oh Mary, you are Amazing, you make every celebration so special, we are going to serve many of these fun treats, even though there will be just the two of us. When Covid is totally in the past we are going to have a big get together and high light all you creative ideas
I think we will munch on appetizers for New Years too! Looks so wonderfully yummy and festive! Happy New Year Mary!
The cheese board and a nice bubbly drink would make me happy Mary! Happy New Year:@)
It all looks amazing, Mary. I have done so well all year maintaining my weight, but I have over indulged during December. I dread dieting…🤦🏼♀️
Everything is so festive and yummy, you do it up right every time! Thank you for each and every blog. You’re the best! Happy New Year! 🥂
Thank you Cyndi! Thank you for all your visits and sweet comments this past year. Happy New Year to you and your family and a belated Happy Birthday to you! ♥
We have celebrated News Years Eve with two other couples for the past 40 years. Our children grew up together and after they were grown, we would call them at midnight in their respective places to wish them new year’s blessings. This will be only the second time in all those years that we will not be together with our friends. After scrolling through all of these goodies, I have decided to make New Years Eve “care packages” to deliver this afternoon. That way, we can share the treats at midnight and hopefully ring in 2021 as a year of hope and good health. Thank you for sharing these mouth-watering recipes. I’m off to the kitchen! Blessings to you and your family for 2021~
Awww…thank you Ann! I know your friends will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Hopes and prayers that life will return to normal for our holiday celebrations in 2021. ♥
What time should I be at your home to celebrate the new year with you and all you scrumptious looking goodies? Honestly you are so talented and creative that days without a post from you is like a day without sunshine! Thank you for all you share with us! Happy and HEALTHY New Year to you and your family
Thank you for your sweet and generous comment Stephanie! Happy New Year to you and your family ♥
If not for COVID, we would all be on our way to your house ! I am sure it tastes as good as it looks.
Lola and Sophie seem to be party animals. Cute as ever.
Happy New Year
Mary, your New Year’s Eve was fancier than ours. I did set a pretty table, but we ordered out! Green chili pork stew was the dish! Love seeing your celebrations and all the delicious food choices!