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Cheap party food ideas?

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    MrsDibs    April 16, 2010   Columbus, OH

    Alright bees I need some ideas, DH and I are having a small-ish (8-12 people) house warming party for our friends in a couple weeks and we're trying to get an idea for food. Basically people will be arriving over the dinner hour and staying the night so we want to have some decent food because there will be quite a bit of booze. Some ideas we've had were shredded chicken sandwiches, a mashed potato bar, or just an assortment of snack foods. We'd really like some ideas that can be munched on all night (I.E. we can keep it in the crockpot or it doesn't need to be warm). What are your go to party foods?

     
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    DaneLady    August 25, 2012   Virginia

    Queso dip: mexi-velveeta, cream of mushroom soup (trust me), and hormel chili-no beans.  Crock pot & stir occasionally.

    Mini-quiche, taquitos, spanikopita: these should be in the freezer section, just bake & serve

    Hummus & veggies, fruit & cheese tray

    Pasta salad (pasta is super cheap & failry filling)

    Oh, and every time we have people over, I get these amazing cupcakes from a local bakery. 

     
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    tksjewelry    June 25, 2011   Omaha

    Deviled eggs are easy and always a hit.

    You can also sautee up some veggies and meats and lay them out for make your own fahitas.  We did those a few parties ago and they went over huge and was inexpensive.  We just used inexpensive steaks and sliced them up real thin.

     
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    totheislnds    February 12, 2011   NC

    @MrsDibs:  love shredded chicken sandwhiches! great for drinking haha and super easy to make in the crockpot

    pigs in a blanket are always yummy!

     

     
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    totheislnds    February 12, 2011   NC

    meatballs - if there is a crockpot of meatballs i'll eat all of them haha

     

     
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    SarahSmilesDec28    December 28, 2011   New Brunswick, Canada

    Meatballs in the crock (buy a pre-made bag, combine a can of cranberry sauce and a jar or two of Heinz chili sauce for a great, easy sweet and sour!)

    Tortilla roll-up pinwheels (http://www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-feta-pinwheels-16213) or you can do a mexican version

    Pulled pork in the crock with little slider buns

    7 layer dip w/ chips

     

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