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A blue dish mounded high with orange pimento cheese spread on a brown cutting board with overlapping, round, golden-brown crackers next to it.

Spicy Southern Pimento Cheese

A black cooling rack filled with rows of small, round crackers. There is a glass bowl with a blue spatula in it and a metal-and-glass container of salt in the background.

Homemade Ritz Crackers

Puff pastry cheese straws on a plate, shot from above.

Puff Pastry Cheese Straws

A rectangular white plate with 6 sausage ball appetizers on it and a small casserole behind it with more in it.

The Best Sausage Balls

A blue pottery bowl filled with orange cheese puffs. The bowl is on a cutting board with a cheese puff on it cut in half to reveal a pimento-stuffed green olive inside.

Mom’s Cheese Olive Puffs Recipe

Some Halloween pimento cheese spread on a cracker next to a molded pimento cheese "brain" on a plate.

Halloween Pimento Cheese Spread

A jar of fig chutney and a round piece of bread with chutney on it on a plate.

Savory Fig Jam | Fig Chutney

A hand holding a tortilla chip with chili dip on it.

Spicy Chili Cheese Dip Recipe

Devilish Halloween Deviled Eggs

Devilish Halloween Deviled Eggs

A glass baking dish containing a log of broiled goat cheese swimming in olive oil. In the background is a tray of toasted crostini.

Broiled Goat Cheese Crostini

Goat cheese-stuffed red and yellow sweet peppers on a green plate.

Herbed Goat Cheese Stuffed Pickled Peppers

Spicy Pepperoni Pinwheels Recipe | Tasty Little Appetizers

Spicy Pepperoni Pinwheels Recipe | Tasty Little Appetizers

Spicy Queso Dip | 3 Cups of Cheesy Goodness

Spicy Queso Dip | 3 Cups of Cheesy Goodness

basket of fried cheese with marinara for dipping

Easy 3 Ingredient Fried Mozzarella Sticks

dish of pumpkin spiced pepitas on a blue surface

Pumpkin Spiced Pepitas Recipe

A jar of red sauce with a lemon to one side, the silver pan it was cooked in in the background along with a pepper mill, ketchup, honey, and A1 sauce.

The Best Sauce To Pour Over Cream Cheese

How to Make Spent Grain Crackers | Spent Grain Soda Crackers

How to Make Spent Grain Crackers | Spent Grain Soda Crackers

a plate of Halloween potato eyes

Halloween Potato Eyes (Smashed Creamer Potatoes)

How to Make Muhammara (Middle Eastern Walnut Dip) | The Chile Pepper Bible

How to Make Muhammara (Middle Eastern Walnut Dip) | The Chile Pepper Bible

A hand holding a bread pretzel and dipping it into a small white bowl of beer cheese.

The Best Beer Cheese Sauce for Pretzels

Cheesy Polenta Fries with Red Pepper Dipping Sauce

Cheesy Polenta Fries with Red Pepper Dipping Sauce

easy vegan pasta chips

Make Easy Vegan Pasta Chips in Your Air Fryer!

Pimento Cheese Stuffed Grits Arancini | Fancy Southern Appetizer!

Pimento Cheese Stuffed Grits Arancini | Fancy Southern Appetizer!

Blood Orange Muhammara | Progressive Eats

Blood Orange Muhammara | Progressive Eats

Finally, Cauliflower Pizza You Can Pick Up, Reheat or Eat Cold the Next Day

Finally, Cauliflower Pizza You Can Pick Up, Reheat or Eat Cold the Next Day

Dill Caprese Bruschetta | Progressive Eats

Dill Caprese Bruschetta | Progressive Eats

The Best Homemade Soft Pretzels | Bread Pretzels

Easy Delicious Hummus Toppings with Sabra

Easy Delicious Hummus Toppings with Sabra

A close up of a cheese ball that has been cut into showing some cheese on a cracker and the orange and purple swirls on the inside.

The Best Port Wine Cheese Ball

Homemade Pizza Bread with Shortcut Sauce

Homemade Pizza Bread with Shortcut Sauce

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A stack of beige candy bars flecked with toasted coconut on a blue plate. There are 3 wrapped, store bought Zagnut bars in the background.

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