Food help!

AuntFlo

We're going to our annual Hard Cider Tasting Party tomorrow.  It's at a bachelor's house and I know he won't have anything besides Doritos and Bugles.  What goes with hard cider?  I'm willing to make a couple of things to take - - they just can't involve a ton of prep since this is for tomorrow around noonish and I'm running out of time.  I was thinking an app and a dessert.

Someone else is bringing cheese and bread. 

4th of July theme is not necessary, but we are planning on watching the France vs. Germany game - - so French or red, white and blue theme would work.  

Any suggestions?

pegasuskat

I'm big on bringing things dipped in Choc.  I usually do white for the 4th and sprinkle with red and blue sugar.  I'm making a tray of dipped strawberries, pretzels and small squares of rice krispie treats. 

For apps I like potato skins with bacon and cheese.

 

dharmabunny

The first thing that jumped into my head was beer, cheese and brats

Beer, cheese and brat soup...if soup is too much of a production, could do cut up brats with other stuff to dip and have a beer cheese dip. Call it fondue for that Francophile spin.

No specific recipe, but you can probably troll some of the big recipe sites and find some quickish recipes.

Dessert, I usually just hit up a bakery and be done ...or ice cream sandwiches.

6fsn

They aren't French or 4th, but they are simple and tasty.

Pepperoni bites- take a 1/4 a string cheese stick, 3 pepperoni, and wrap in half a biscuit, stick in a cake pan.  1 can of biscuit will fill 1 pan.  brush on a little olive oil and a mix of Italian seasoning and parm cheese. Bake according to package serve with pizza sauce

I have a bunch of other things with crescent rolls if you want.  A sausage and cream cheese one that's good.  One that's a bunch of deli meats and cheese baked in a 9x13 to make more of a sandwich. 

I actually did a huge platter of the pepperoni bites, mozz sticks, and the sausage roll for Bunco and it was gone.  I called it redneck tapas.

This is my go to dessert

6fsn

Well, I don't know what happened to dessert. 

1 tube of saltine crackers
2 sticks of butter or margarine
3/4 cup of brown sugar
12 ounces of chocolate chips
1 cup of chopped pecans (optional)
 
Preheat oven to 400.
Butter a cookie sheet with sides.  Cover the sheet with crackers.
Melt 2 sticks of butter in a pan.  
Add brown sugar and boil for 3 minutes (no longer).
Pour over crackers and bake at 400 for 5 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over top.  Spread chcolate once melted.
Sprinkle chopped pecans over top and smash in a little. 
Put in freezer until hard.  Then break or cut apart

GBCK

I love hard cider.

Can you do a different cheese?  like brie with crackers?

What about a salad that has things like fruit and walnuts?  like this:  http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/spinach-salad-with-strawberry-vinaigrette

tawillers

My favorite thing to whip up when I have no time is chocolate chip dip.  So easy - seriously less than 5 minutes to throw together.  And I always have the stuff to make it.  Throw it in the fridge until you're ready to go.

I serve with pretzel rods, animal crackers and graham crackers.

I double this recipe for a party type situation:

tawillers

OK, it's not posting the link in my first comment.

http://amysfinerthings.com/chocolate-chip-dip-with-graham-cracker-sticks