Fun, interesting and crazy Fourth of July Apps?

[Spinaker]

Anyone have any fun, interesting, crazy and delicious appetizers to share for the holiday? Or anything you make every year that is a classic and a must for your Fourth Of July Festivities?

I like to make Pork Belly Burnt Ends every year. Every year, I like to try something new.....last year I did bacon wrapped Oreos, which were good but I do not think I will revisit them this year. So.....that being said, I am look for some ideas. I am curious to read what others are thinking.

[Jerod Broussard]

Order a stuffed boneless chicken from Herbert's Specialty Meats in Maurice, La.

Don't tell anyone, slice everything up, and pretend you worked hard on cooking meat and stuffing.

[Panhead John]

TheAmazingJohnJ posted a great idea that I’m going to blatantly steal for the 4th. Jalapeño peppers stuffed with sausage and wrapped in bacon. I’ve never done em with sausage before but it sounds great. I’m gonna use some Jimmy Dean Spicy breakfast sausage for mine. If I have room I might add a little cream cheese too.

[Spinaker]

Oh yeah, ABTs. I have made those before. That is a good idea. Those are always a hit.

[Ronaldf123]

They are good, I’ve done them with lil smokies

[58limited]

Stuff some with boudin too.

[Spinaker]

Panhead John


Here are some I made last fall.

[Panhead John]

Thanks Andrrr ! Definitely gonna check em out. I was also wondering what he meant by ABTs.

[Andrrr]

Well Panhead John I believe some people don't correlate buffalo turds with something to put in your mouth and eat. Bunch'a weirdos

[TheAmazingJohnJ]

Andrrr some people don't know what they're missing! 😂😂

[Texas Larry]

Going to smoke moink balls (dead simple) for a church 4th picnic. Also doing SVQ spares for a kind neighbor who helped us move 15 yards of mulch with his tractor.

[Steve B]

Appy's, You want appy's. I got appy's.

Going with a black bean dip, a first for me.

Some Texas lollipops, using an artesian kielbasa wrapped in bacon and smothered in Blues Hog Tennessee Red.

And finally some of SteveB's soon to be famous Jalapeno Poppers.
Jalapeno's stuffed with a Carolina Reaper Cheddar cheese, wrapped in bacon and dusted with a ghost pepper rub.
These ain't for the faint of heart.

[Draznnl]

Why bother with the jalapenos? Are they there so you have something sweet in the mix?

[Steve B]

Panhead John 😂😂😂
Draznnl I have thought about using habanero’s. 🥵

[TheAmazingJohnJ]

I'm gonna remember this popper recipe when I get old enough I have to do colonoscopies. Seems like it'd work faster than the weird drink they give you. 😂

[Skip]

Probably Chicken Thighs over charcoal. Crispy skin but fall off the bone meat because that's how I like them. I'm hoping our Company likes them too. We're not sure on the full menu yet.

[LA Pork Butt]

Mini Muffulettas
Bread, Olive Salad, Provolone Cheese, Hard Salami , and Ham.

[Panhead John]

Great idea, those look good Sunny. How did your Bronco heat shield experiment work? Tried it yet?

[LA Pork Butt]

Panhead John I haven’t tried it yet.

[Spinaker]

Oh, this is a good one. I like it! Thanks for sharing.

[JCBBQ]

How about Kimchi Nachos or maybe chicken satay w a spicy peanut sauce.

[Spinaker]

Also a good call. Have you made it before?

[JCBBQ]

I’ve made kimchi nachos. There’s lots of recipes out there. I’ll see if I can find the one I’ve used a couple times. They’re delish.

I’ve been thinking about making chicken satay but haven’t got around to it.

[hoovarmin]

Probably Mich Ultra. A lot of that.

[JCBBQ]

Oh this is delicious. NY times. If you need the recipe pm me.

[shify]

I’ll be away this July 4th but one thing I really like doing is all sorts of different fillings in empanada shells. I buy the store bought empanada shells which you can either bake or fry

In addition to doing standard Argentinian type fillings, I also do buffalo chicken, pulled pork, pulled chicken, chorizo and potatoes, etc.

[Spinaker]

Great call. Kinda the same thing with egg rolls.

[shify]

Spinaker - Exactly. I am not a huge fan of deep frying things so I like the empanada shell as it lets you bake them (but I do have a packet of egg roll wrappers in my freezer begging to be used).

Per you post below - I've had mac and cheese egg rolls from a food truck before and they were insane (and intense). I think it would be a crazy good app.

[Spinaker]

Sweet! I am looking forward to making them.

[Spinaker]

I am seriously considering doing brisket Mac N' Cheese egg rolls.

I might use some chuck instead of brisket, but I think I can pull this one off. Serve them with a asian inspired zing BBQ sauce. Now to find a Mac N' Cheese recipe.

[JCBBQ]

Ooph. Great idea.

[holehogg]

Kraft and they've rebranded the packaging 😜

[58limited]

OK, you need to post a How-To or recipe for this.

[Dadof3Illinois]

We are heading to Jacksonville for the 4th so i'm not going to cook this holiday but my best friend, whom we're going down to see, just said he's planning a nice simple cookout........then showed me a picture of two bottles of Eagle Rare Bourbon, so it looks like we've got the main course figured out....HA!!

[TheAmazingJohnJ]

I'm going to try to smoke some kale to make kale chips.

Man, I can't even type that with a straight face. 😂😂

[Steve B]

Do you know how close you got to being banned. 😂

[Spinaker]

No closer than you are, all the time. So watch it. LOL Steve B

[Steve B]

Spinaker 😱🫢ðŸ¤🤫😇