Pastry Appetizers

Get the best recipes for appetizer pastries. Wrapped in pastry and baked or fried, these little pockets of 5-star flavor make the party.

puff pastry squares with Cheddar and beef piled on a board

Roast Beef and Cheddar Puff Pastry Pockets

high angle looking at a white plate full of pigs in a blanket

Pigs in a Blanket

upside down apple and brie puff pastry tart.

The Upside Down Apple & Brie Puff Pastry Tarts Our Test Kitchen Calls “Magic”

beautifully baked round ricotta torta topped with halved fresh cherry tomatoes on a gray plate

“Toy Box” Tomato Ricotta Cheese Torta

white bowl of corn chips topped with chili, shredded cheese, onion, and jalapeno

an overhead view of air fryer spanakopitas on blue plates served with a yogurt dipping sauce.

Air Fryer Spanakopita

a close up, overhead view of a platter of neatly arranged air fryer samosas, served with a yogurt cilantro dipping sauce.

Air Fryer Samosas

close up view of a Tomato Tart on a cooling rack

Chef John's Tomato Tart

Chinese Sweet Bun Dough

A plate of air-fried raspberry brie bites topped with flaky sea salt

Air-Fried Raspberry Brie Bites

A platter of beef empanadas on a wood surface

Empanadas (Beef Turnovers)

Cranberry apple brie bites on a plate.

Cranberry Brie Bites

A puff pastry tarte de soleil served on a platter surrounded by plates and drinks

This Easy Tarte de Soleil Is a Total Showstopper

Cheesy Mushroom Puff Pastry Bites

Filled baked crescent rolls with spinach and feta on board

Stuffed Crescent Rolls

board piled with seasoned cheese puff pastry twists and bowls of ketchup and mustard for dipping

Savory Puff Pastry Twists with Parmesan and Everything Seasoning

Rotel biscuits stuffed with ground beef with dipping sauce

Rotel Biscuit Bombs

Mini Mushroom and Goat Cheese Tarts

Platter of Jamaican saltfish fritters garnished with parsley

Jamaican Saltfish Fritters (Stamp and Go)

an eye level view looking into a pile of sausage kolaches with a couple split open to reveal cheese and sausage.

Texas Sausage Kolaches (Klobasneks)

close up view of egg rolls with sauce on a blue plate

Authentic Chinese Egg Rolls (from a Chinese person)

close up on a stack of three baked Hawaiian sandwiches

Baked Hawaiian Sandwiches

super close up on a plate of spinach rolls with puff pastry piled on top another

Spinach Rolls with Puff Pastry

A plate of stacked sausage and cream cheese pinwheels

Sausage and Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Looking at some fried empanadas on a plate with one broken in half to reveal filling.

Fried Empanadas

Baked Brie in Puff Pastry

Classic Beef Empanadas

close up view of Brie Cups on a baking sheet

Classic Empanadas

Our 14 Best Empanada Recipes

Pumpkin Fritters

close up view of Cheese Sticks on a cooling rack

How to Make Cheese Sticks

Feta Cheese Foldovers

close up view of Puff Pastry Shells on a wooden boar next to a rolling pin and cookie cutters

Puff Pastry Shells

Chicken and Broccoli Braid

Warm Brie and Pear Tartlets on a white dish

10 Fancy Appetizers That Start with Phyllo Cups

King Crab Appetizers

close up view of fried Samosas on a plate

close up view of Warm Brie and Pear Tartlets on a white platter

Warm Brie and Pear Tartlets

close up view of Cheese Pinwheels on a white platter, on a red and white tablecloth

Easy 3-Ingredient Cheese Pinwheels

close up on a plate full of mini spanakopitas

close up view of Jalapeno Popper Cups on a white and green plate

Jalapeno Popper Cups

close up view of Baked Brie en Croute served with green and red grapes, and apples slices

Baked Brie en Croute

Bolivian Saltenas

Pesto Puff Pastry Pinwheel

Authentic Chicken Empanadas (Empanadas de Pollo)

close up view of Sausage Rolls with mustard with herbs on a white plate

Triangular puff pastry tarts stuffed with wild mushrooms on wooden board

Wild Mushroom Puff Pastry

Spinach Pinwheels

Argentinian Beef Empanadas

close up view of Empanada Pastry Dough rounds on a wooden surface

Authentic Empanada Pastry Dough

Spinach and Ricotta Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

close up view of a pile of Beef Empanadas on a white plate

Cindy's Sausage Rolls

Green Onion Pancake

close up view of Jalapeño Cheese Puffs on a white plate

Jalapeño Cheese Puffs

top-down view of pastry wheels filled with proscuitto

Prosciutto and Parmesan Pinwheels

closeup side view of a sliced Chinese Scallion Pancake showing flaky-looking layers on a wooden cutting board

Chef John's Chinese Scallion Pancakes

close up view of Savory Sausage Cups with egg

Savory Sausage Cups