Are you looking for Cinco de Mayo appetizers to serve at your fiesta next week?  We’ve rounded up 50 of the BEST Cinco de Mayo appetizers from around the web.  There are several tasty dips including various recipes for salsa, guac, bean dip and more.  Then you’ll find more filling appetizers such as taquitos, nachos, quesadillas, and poppers.  The recipes vary from mild to spicy, vegan to beef.  There should be something to satisfy even the biggest appetites at your get together.

Cinco de Mayo Appetizers:

1. Best Pico de Gallo Recipe by The Coupon Challenge

2. Restaurant-Style Blender Salsa by Cooking with Curls

3. Homemade Cilantro-Lime Salsa by Heidi’s Home Cooking

4. Easy-to-Make Salsa Recipe by Organized 31

5. Tex-Mex Guacamole by Year Round Recipes

6. Homemade Chips and Guacamole Dip by Midwestern Moms

7. World’s Best Guacamole by Family Food and Travel

8. Chunky Restaurant Style Guacamole by Heidi’s Home Cooking

9. Southwestern Black Bean and Corn Salad by Noshtastic

10. Super Easy Guacamole Dip Recipe by The Coupon Challenge

11. Best Ever Guacamole by Trial and Eater

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Make a fun treat for your Fat Tuesday party with this Mardi Gras doughnuts recipe.   What better way to enjoy doughnuts than in fun colors?  You can also make your own homemade glaze and top with sprinkles if desired.

What is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras refers to events of the Carnival celebrations which begin on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany also known as Three Kings Day.   It reaches the peak on the day before Ash Wednesday.   In the US, the most notable celebrations occur in New Orleans arriving in North America as a French Catholic tradition.

Ingredients

1 French vanilla cake mix
1 Stick of unsalted sweet cream butter
1 Cup whole milk
3 Eggs
1 Mini Doughnut maker
pink, purple, green and blue gel colors
4 Bowls to split the batter into four colors
Rainbow sprinkles

Doughnut Glaze Ingredients:

2 C powder sugar
1/4 C milk
1 tsp vanilla

Doughnut Directions:

1. Turn on the mini doughnut maker and let preheat while you make the batter.

2. Using a stand up mixer, combine the cake mix, butter, eggs, and milk and mix until combined.

3. Using four bowls, split the batter up evenly into the four bowls.

4. Put 1 color into each bowl and mix until combined

5. Take a small spoon and scoop some of each color into the bottom of the mini doughnut maker.

6. Bake until they are golden brown, about 3-6 minutes.

7. Repeat until all batter is used.

8. Set aside to cool while you make the doughnut glaze.

Doughnut Glaze Directions

1. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients and mix until combined

2. Take a cooled doughnut and dip the top of the doughnut into the glaze

3. Place onto the plate and sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles.

Do did you make any changes to this Mardi Gras doughnuts recipe?

You might also like our recipe on how to make homemade glazed donuts.

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Show your support with these pretty White Breast Cancer Awareness Oreo Pops.  These would be great for a school raffle, bake sale or just to get creative with your kids.

INGREDIENTS:

6 Double Stuff Oreos
1/2 cup White Candy Chips
6 Sticks
1 tsp Crisco
Pink Fondant

DIRECTIONS:

1. Roll out a small amount of fondant to about 1/16″ thickness.
2. Cut 6 ribbons of fondant, sape and place in refrigerator to firm.
3. Twist open each of the Oreo cookies.
4. Using the stick, make an indentation in the white filling of each cookie.
5. Heat Candy Chips and Crisco by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Allow to cool for 2 minutes.
6. Dip stick in melted candy and then insert stick in indentation of cookie.
7. Place cookie back together and place in refrigerator to set for 5 minutes.
8. After cookies have set, reheat candy for 30 seconds and stir.
9. Lay Oreo in melted candy and spoon mixture over cookie to coat completely.
10. Carefully remove from candy so the cookie doesn’t come apart, and let excess candy drip off.
11. Lay Oreo on wax paper. Place ribbon on cookie and gently press in to set.
12. Immediately place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to set candy mix.

How do you show your support?