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Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes: Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers

Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes: Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers

Published: December 8, 2014 Last Updated: December 17, 2018

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Holiday party planning can be stress-free if you use these party planning tips for hosting the perfect party and serve up this Jalapeño Pepper Jelly with cream cheese and crackers.  It’s one of my favorite easy cold appetizer recipes.

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Hosting a party can be quite stressful – especially during the holidays.

I used to obsess about everything being perfect.  A perfectly clean house.  Perfect decorations.  Perfect food.  This quest for perfection can take its toll, though.

One time, I hosted a dinner party and spent three days preparing.  I can vividly remember painstakingly ironing all of my linens and napkins before the guests arrived and cleaning the light switch in my bathroom with a cotton swab.  Please don’t judge me.  I was young.  And naive.  And didn’t have kids.

I also spent the entire time worrying about everything.  Making cocktails to order.  Serving several hot appetizers.  Plating everyone’s dinner.

What I noticed that night is that my friends didn’t have a better time at my party because of the cocktails I served or because my light switches were squeaky clean.  More importantly, I noticed that I didn’t have a good time.  I spent too much time worrying about details that didn’t matter.

Party Planning Tips for Hosting a Stress Free Party

Here are some of the lessons I learned from that night:

1.  Choose a party type that fits your schedule.  If you don’t have the time to host a dinner party, don’t.  Cocktail parties are just as much fun and don’t require you to prepare a full meal.

2.  Serve a signature cocktail.  Anymore, I usually serve one cocktail (usually themed) at my parties.  I make a big batch and have it ready on a table near the door.  This way my guests can help themselves as they come in.  No more mixing drinks all evening.

3.  Choose the right music.  Select happy, upbeat music to provide some background noise for your party.  But, don’t have the volume too loud.

4.  Label your food.  If you’re serving buffet style, make sure you label your food so your guests know what they’re eating.  Here are some handy printable buffet table food labels.

Food Label

5.  Add some easy cold appetizer recipes to your menu.  These Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers with cream cheese are a huge hit at my parties.

Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers - It Is a Keeper

It’s one of those recipes that I’m always asked to bring whenever I go to a party, too.

The key to this great appetizer is using Philadelphia Cream Cheese.

Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers - It Is a Keeper

You smear on a nice layer on your favorite cracker and then top it with a dollop of the pepper jelly.

Store bought pepper jelly is perfect or you can use your favorite homemade recipe.

You can easily find all of the ingredients for this recipe at Walmart.

Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers - It Is a Keeper

Easy Cold Appetizer Recipes: Jalapeño Pepper Jelly Crackers

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly Crackers

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Servings: 8
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 oz block cream cheese 8
  • 1 pint jar Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
  • 1 box crackers

Instructions

  • Spread a small amount of cream cheese on each cracker.
  • Top with a dollop of peppery jelly.
  • Serve immediately.

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Some of my other best party appetizer recipes are:

Sweet Bacon Tater Tots

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White Pizza Dip

Easy White Pizza Dip from It's a Keeper

Easy Hoagie Dip

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