Specific Cocktail Hour Suggestions

How about some quiches? Costco actually sells them in boxes that you can just pop in the oven. Check out their selection, I was surprised to see them have a bunch of pre-made food/appys in nice trays.

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Ooh those sound good thanks for the suggestion!

You can make pinwheel tortilla bites, taco seasoning with cream cheese spread on flour tortillas and then topped with diced peppers and grated cheese. Then you roll up the tortilla and cut it into bite size pieces. They can be made up the day before. Can you use slow cookers? You could do meatballs.

View quoted message Ahhh yeah that's fair about the oven! Can you get maybe 1 or 2 heated trays that have a few candles under to keep a few items warm? If not I think cold or room temp finger foods is more than fine! It's just to stop peoples tummies from rumbling before dinner is served Haha!

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We do.. but we have no one to do it, and nothing to keep them warm. Our family and us will be off taking pictures. Plus our venue has no AC - so I would rather not be running the oven in there on an August afternoon.

That's why I would prefer items that can be prepped ahead of time (like the day before) and served cold or at room temperature.

I suppose some of those items might be okay like mini quiche or something? If they were cooked to where they were supposed to be, and then just served cold?

Haha and I agree with the salsa comment. FH wanted taco in a bag for midnight lunch... I asked him if he's ever seen me eat and how clumsy I am. Lol

I would strongly suggest AGAINST salsa... dipping and eating just calls for a spill IMO. Will you have access to ovens or anything to cook with? Grocery stores have those appetizer packages that you toss in an oven and serve! They're amazing I think! And if you go to costco or something you can get those little Sausage pastries in bulk and they're always a hit!

Some ideas that keep popping to mind are carb heavier options like finger sandwiches and melba toasts with different jellys

Honestly, anything that you can eat with one hand is a great idea. I went to a wedding where they had little finger sandwiches, sliders, some skewers and devilled eggs. The other one I went to had cookies, donuts and then a bunch of dips and things to dip in them (pitas, chips, crackers, etc with spinach dip, french onion dip, etc)

Love tori's suggestions! and the ice tray would be perfect for any dips to sit in

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I mean if it's just the two hours then I would assume that people will eat them right up asap - but I can't see it being a problem for me! If it is a high concern the only thing I can think of is to maybe buy a blow-up table thing and put some ice in it? But as a guest I wouldn't care, a couple hours wouldn't kill me.

Inflatable table cooler

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I thought about the shrimp and deviled eggs.. I was just concerned about them sitting out for that long. Do you think they will be ok?

That, plus Tori's suggestions sound like more than enough!

Sounds good so far, here are a couple more:

shrimp + cocktail sauce

Spinach dip + pumpernickel bread

ribbon sandwiches

cucumber sandwiches

deviled eggs

chips + guac