Anyone have any idea on appetizers using toothpicks.?

Question

so my moms birthday is coming up and it is fiesta theme. i bought some fiest toothpicks, but have nothing to do with them. so i was wondering if anyone has any ideas of what i can put on them. you know how some poeple do olive, cheese, ext. anyone have any other combinations.

Answer 1

Not really feista related but these are pretty good.

spread cream cheese across a peice of deli sliced ham and roll a pickle spear up in it.  Good stuff.

Answer 2

make little sandwiches, and put toothpicks in them, or make little cheesecakes and put it in them!

Answer 3

Anyone have any idea on appetizers using toothpicks.?

so my moms birthday is coming up and it is fiesta theme. i bought some fiest toothpicks, but have nothing to do with them. so i was wondering if anyone has any ideas of what i can put on them. you know how some poeple do olive, cheese, ext. anyone have any other combinations.

It is different to what I usually answer - but I know the answer for your culinary delight exploration because I did this for an event - it was a smashing hit with people at the event by the way. I could not resist answering this question.

Try this:

1) Sweet appetizer

With your toothpicks - have a fruit cocktail - I mean slices of fruits in place different order in the toothpick or even better kebab stick if you acquire this it would be great.

The fruits will be slices or cubes of the following fruits depending on size of fruit which are strawberries, papaya, kiwi fruits, melon, mango, pineapple and maybe cherries as well depending how much space do you have on the toothstick or kebab stick.

For the dip - obviously you need a dip - try any fruit yoghurt as a dip - a fruit dip.

It was definitely hit with the guest I can guarantee this.

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2) Tasty savoury delight.

Try Satay as a very good example for a good starting point for an savoury appetizer.

Acquire slices of chicken and obviously fried it in a deep fried cooker - maybe a Tefal fried cooker if you have one or simply pour oil into a saucepan and heat it up for 2 minutes and then pour the slices of small chicken pieces obviously with some adult supervision in case anything happens and fried it. Once the chicken is fried and cooked in the oil, and take out the chicken out of the saucepan and leave it dry on pieces of kitchen towel to soaked up the oil. After that take the chicken and slide the fried chicken pieces on the toothsticks or kebab sticks most appropriately which you acquire from store or shops.

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For the sauce - I suggest peanut or chilli sauces as a dip. Obviously I hope no one is allergic to peanuts. If not you are OK to use peanuts as a dip. Crush the peanuts in a blender until it becomes a powder and pour it into saucepan with sunflower oil and warm the mixture until it becomes a paste and add some teaspoon of ginger powder and garlic powder to give it an elemnt of taste or something else if you desire. Once the peanut powder becomes a paste, it is ready to put on the table as a dip for your Satay.

3) If you have a Canape set.

You could do anything basically for your toothpicks.

You could have slices of peppers, carrots, cucumbers, olives, small onions like you will see in pickle onion jars and etc as definite vegetable Crudités.



Use hot or mild Salsa dip could be use with the slices and peel vegetables. It will be definitely a hit with the guest.    

4) Use Prawns and slices of fresh raw Red or Pink Salmon which could be place onto the sticks.

Then use Prawn Cocktail sauce or Seafood sauce as the dip for the occasion.  

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5) Other combinations with various dips, sauces, chutneys, pickles.

Pickle Gherkin (very small type of cucucumber) with pickle onions on the toothpicks or kebab stick with very hot chilli sauce to give it a kick.

Salami meats (Chicken or Beef) with cheese (Feta, Mozarella, Parmesan, Cheddar and etc)

Small fried baby potatoes with Cherry tomatoes - as a dip - use Taramasalata sauce.



Marshmallows with Jelly babies - dipped could be creamy Nutella Chocolate dip or whipped cream sprayed onto it.

Spicy small sausages with cheese with a savoury mild mint youghurt dip. .

Have cubes of Cheddar Cheese with pineapple with chilli sauce.

Fried meatballs or fried Scampi with a youghurt dip.

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I am also wondering besides Toothpicks or Kebabs Sticks. Try also Chinese Spring rolls and Chinese Dim Sums which you acquire from any Chinese Restaurants. Also try Samosas - the various fillings Samosas: Vegetables, Meat and Chicken Samosas. You can acquire this from any Indian or Pakistani Restaurants. You also acquire many types of yoghurt dips and chilli dips which is free of charge once you bought them.  

The question was refering to toothpicks and how to use them for your mom birthday occasion. I based my answer on this. But I have added a little bit of alternative and extra to give you extra choices of the matter.

I have many other ideas but I think it will take a long time to type it all up.

I hope this will help you in your quest.

Answer 4

To go with your fiesta theme, stack a cube of mexican cheese, like manchego, with an olive, and a piece of chorizo and spear with a toothpick.  You can even make a little sauce for dipping.  change up the flavors and use pepper jack, with a garlic lime shrimp, and a pimento.  There are so many variations!

You could also do little taco roll ups with tortillas and spear them with the toothpicks.

Answer 5

i buy little wienies and wrap them in bacon then roll them in brown sugar then pop them in the ove on a pie cooling rack over a jellyroll pan at 350 until the sugar carmalizes and they are really yummy

Answer 6

Take lunch meat honey ham.  Spread spreadable cream cheese on the meet.  Roll up.  Cut in the size pieces you want and secure the roll with the toothpick.  These are so yummy!

Answer 7

Cheese and pineapple

Cherry tomatoes and mozzarella

Pickled onions and tiny sausages

Cubed ham and olives

bacon and button mushrooms

strawberries dipped in chocolate

fruit sticks grapes, melon balls, pineapple chunks

Marshmallows and gummy sweets

Answer 8

these are always a HUGE hit

Cream Cheese Penguins

INGREDIENTS:

18 jumbo black olives, pitted

1 (8 ounce) package cream

cheese, softened 18 small black olives

1 carrot

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut a slit from top to bottom, lengthwise, into the side of each jumbo olive. Carefully insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese into each olive. Slice the carrot into eighteen 1/4 inch thick rounds; cut a small notch out of each carrot slice to form feet. Save the cut out piece and press into center of small olive to form the beak. If necessary cut a small slit into each olive before inserting the beak.

2. Set a big olive, large hole side down, onto a carrot slice. Then, set a small olive onto the large olive, adjusting so that the beak, cream cheese chest and notch in the carrot slice line up. Secure with a toothpick.

here are a couple other ideas

Mozzarella and Tomato Appetizer

INGREDIENTS:

24 long cocktail toothpicks

48 cherry or grape tomatoes,

rinsed and dried

6 thin slices prosciutto, each

cut into quarters 24 bite-size marinated

mozzarella balls

24 fresh basil leaves

1/4 cup Italian salad dressing

DIRECTIONS:

1. Thread each toothpick with: one tomato, 1/4 of a slice of prosciutto folded into a small square, one mozzarella ball, one basil leaf (folded if it is large), and one more tomato.

2. Arrange appetizers on a serving platter. Drizzle with your favorite Italian salad dressing.

Jalapeno Yummies

INGREDIENTS:

1 (8 ounce) package cream

cheese, softened

1 (1.25 ounce) envelope dry

onion soup mix

6 fresh jalapeno peppers,  halved lengthwise and seeded

6 slices bacon, cut in half

12 toothpicks

1/2 cup sour cream, for dip

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix the cream cheese with the onion soup mix in a bowl until smooth. Fill the jalapeno pepper halves with the cheese mixture. Wrap each pepper with a piece of bacon to enclose the filling, and secure with a toothpick.

2. Place peppers in a skillet over medium heat, and cook until the bacon is crisp on all sides, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool slightly and serve.

3. To make the dip, place the sour cream in a bowl, and mix with any leftover cream cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate until needed

Strawberry Pineapple Chicken Bites

INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 pounds skinless, boneless

chicken breast halves - cut into

small chunks

1 (12 ounce) jar strawberry

preserves 1 (8 ounce) jar chili sauce

1 (8 ounce) can pineapple

chunks

1 dash salt

1 dash ground black pepper

toothpicks

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, and cook the chicken chunks 5 minutes, until browned on all sides. Reduce heat to medium, and pour in the preserves and chili sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

2. Mix the pineapple chunks into the skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking 2 minutes, until heated through. Serve with toothpicks.

Scallop and Prosciutto Bites

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound large scallops

4 ounces thinly sliced

prosciutto

toothpicks 2 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground

black pepper

3 tablespoons white wine

DIRECTIONS:

1. Wrap each scallop with a thin slice of prosciutto and secure with a toothpick.

2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place the scallops into the pan, and cook for about 2 minutes on each side. Season each side with pepper as it is cooking. Once each side has been fried, sprinkle the white wine over the scallops, and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.

3. Remove the scallops from the pan to drain on paper towels. When slightly cooled, transfer to a serving tray, and remove the toothpicks to serve.