Appetizers/Munchies for New Years Eve

[Leaky]

Soften cream cheese and spread into serving tray. Top with a jar of cocktail sauce spread evenly over the cheese. 1 package of imitation crab meat over the cocktail sauce. Service with Ritz crackers.

Started bringing this to our fantasy football draft 10 years ago and would get shot if I showed up without it.

[BartmanMN]

To die for. Candied Bacon

1 to 1.5 lbs of bacon. Lay bacon on foil covered baking pan.

Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1.5 teaspoons of chili powder together.

Rub onto bacon.

Bake 20-25 min at 400 degrees.

Transfer to wire rack to cool over foil.

Serve at room temperature.

(My issue was not the bacon. My oven is on the fritz)

[Whoaru99]

Soften cream cheese and spread into serving tray. Top with a jar of cocktail sauce spread evenly over the cheese. 1 package of imitation crab meat over the cocktail sauce. Service with Ritz crackers.

Started bringing this to our fantasy football draft 10 years ago and would get shot if I showed up without it.

We do one similar except use tiny/small shrimp instead of the imitation crab meat.

[ishy]

Bacon wrapped water chestnuts. Wrap with bacon and tooth pick them to hold together. Brush with brown sugar,bbq sauce (thin with a little vinegar) and bake at 350 for an hour or so. Watch the bacon, it will tell you when they are done..

[birdswacker]

I've got the buffalo chicken dip and Reuben dip going right now along with a sausage dip that I got off of the master Reinhart before he departed.

Hope everyone has good evening.

[SwivelDigger]

Let me know how you like them. We make them quite a bit for get togethers.

[Whoaru99]

Ended up making some meatballs.

Made the meatballs (~1" diameter) with Lipton Onion soup mix, bread crumbs and eggs. Then made a sauce using a can of sauerkraut, a can of cranberry sauce with berries, a cup of brown sugar, and a bottle of chili sauce (the Heinz kind, not sriracha) and a 1/2 cup of water.

Boil sauce then pour over (raw) meatballs in a 9x13 baking dish, bake 350 for 1 hour.

Full recipe is on Food Network HSOforum.

There was a lot of food at the party so we had a dozen or so leftover balls from a crock pot full. I think they were actually better fresh than the 2nd day. When fresh there was a better contrast between the savory meatballs and the sweet&sourish sauce. I'd make again.