Best Appetizer recipe tried and true w guest?

I dont want copied from foodnetwork I can do that:)


I want ones you have tried and found to be successful w your guest or family members.


simple would be a plus.


Also the family at spring break is having a cook off one family against the other considering there are seven kids i need them to be kid friendly..(I need to win)lol


Any help there would be appreciated with your wonderful recipes.Best Appetizer recipe tried and true w guest?
I love this one and it's so easy. I have had great success with this one..


Take cherry tomatoes and hollow them out,


stuff them with a mix of crumbled bacon, chopped lettuce and mayonnaise.


You need more stuffing then you think, so it's better to have more than not enough.


It tastes like little blt's.


Another variation is you mix the bacon crumbles, chopped tomato's, chopped lettuce, and sour cream and top on little toast pionts.


It's very easy and even kids can help.


Enjoy!Best Appetizer recipe tried and true w guest?
This recipe for Crab Cups has always gone over big and is simple to make.





1/3 cup cream cheese, softened


1/4 cup canned crab meat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed


2 tbsp chopped green onions


1 package frozen miniature phyllo tart shells


jalapeno jelly





In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, crab and onions until blended.





Place the tart shells on an ungreased baking sheet.





Drop 1 tbsp of the crab mixture into each shell and top with a dollop of jalapeno jelly.





Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until heated through.
These are the easiest and yummiest appetizers. I get requested to make these at all our parties even with the kids (my 12 year old loves them). This was a high-rated recipe on allrecipes.com, but I played around with it a bit and came up with some changes that makes it even better.





Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms





1/2 pound ground pork sausage (I chop mine up in the food processor so it's very fine)


1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened


1 (8 ounce) package fresh mushrooms, stems removed





DIRECTIONS


Preheat oven to 350.





Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and transfer to a medium bowl.


Blend cream cheese with the sausage. Stuff mushroom caps with the cream cheese and sausage mixture.





Arrange stuffed mushroom caps on a medium baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes and then put under the broiler for 2 minutes to brown.





I added the following changes to the recipe.





I fry up garlic with my sausage and add onion powder to the mixture.





I also melt some butter and mix it with seasoned bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese. I then take the mushrooms once filled and dip it into the bread crumbs.





They take some prep time, but they are very delicious.





EDIT: I didn't but that sounds like it would be awesome. I love jalepeno poppers, but it may not be popular with kids. I may try that with jalapenos instead for superbowl this weekend. Thx!





These mushrooms are a hit whereever I take them. I had a coworker at our christmas party this year had the perfect quote. She said eating it was like ';a party in your mouth';.