Easy, Cheesy Appetizers Your Holiday Guests Will Hover Around

FN.com Off the Menu, St. Patrick's and Bacon/ CC Healthy

FN.com Off the Menu, St. Patrick's and Bacon/ CC Healthy

Photo by: Kate Mathis ©2013, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Kate Mathis, 2013, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

FN.com Off the Menu, St. Patrick's and Bacon/ CC Healthy

Some people like receiving gifts. Others? They’d be quite pleased with one thing and one thing only: cheese — lots and lots of cheese. When family and friends converge at your place this holiday season, these are the cheesy appetizers you should greet them with.

Think of Melissa d’Arabian’s Bacon Ranch Cream Cheese Wellington (pictured above) as a cross between baked Brie en croute and a cream cheese log. After covering a bar of cream cheese in ranch dressing, chopped bacon and green onions, wrap it up in store-bought puff pastry and bake. It’s a flaky, oozing appetizer that’s elegant enough for entertaining, but the bacon and ranch flavors mean kids will love it too.

Photo by: Armando Rafael Moutela ©2014, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Armando Rafael Moutela, 2014, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Ree Drummond’s Tortellini Skewers are like individual pasta salads served on sticks. They take about 10 minutes to make, and they deliver lots of Christmasy color.

Food Nework Kitchen's Holiday One-Offs, Pizza Wreath

Food Nework Kitchen's Holiday One-Offs, Pizza Wreath

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Kate Mathis, 2016, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved

Food Nework Kitchen's Holiday One-Offs, Pizza Wreath

Some people deck the halls by hanging festive wreaths on their front doors, but we prefer slicing into this cheesy lookalike. Morph sausage- and pepperoni-filled pizza dough into a festive Pizza Wreath, topped with a golden-brown bow.

Giada's Antipasti de Salumi

Giada's Antipasti de Salumi

Giada's Antipasti de Salumi

Giada's Antipasti de Salumi

Cheery Christmas cookies aren’t the only holiday treats that are better shaped with a cookie cutter. Liven up Giada De Laurentiis’ Antipasti de Salumi by arranging it with slices of cheese shaped like stars, Christmas trees and more.

Ina Garten’s elegant Herb Coeur a La Creme appetizer may look so perfect that guests will think it just had to be store-bought, but that’s actually far from the case. In fact, her herb-packed cheese spread is easy to assemble at home, and it takes just 15 minutes from start to finish.

Check out more holiday appetizer recipes from our friends of #FallFest:

Devour: Spread Holiday Cheer with These Cheesy Appetizers

The Lemon Bowl: Baba Ganoush Recipe

The Wimpy Vegetarian: Miso Mashed Potato Stuffed Mushrooms

The Mom 100: Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries

A Mind “Full” Mom: Christmas Tree Deviled Eggs

The Fed Up Foodie: Italian Cheesy Bites

Healthy Eats: 7 Lighter Ways to Kick Off Your Holiday Meal

Taste with the Eyes: Holiday Entertaining: Oysters with Caviar

Swing Eats: Turkey Bacon Wrapped Dates with Cheese, Marcona Almonds, and Herbs

Creative Culinary: Pecan, Pineapple and Gorgonzola Cheese Ball with Dried Cranberries

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