Vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes

Serve up these vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes to your meat-free guests. Find fritters, easy cheese straws, arancini balls and (our personal favourite) rarebit stuffed gougères.

Get all your canapé needs sorted with our full range of canapé recipes.


A gold glitter roundel, with the words GLOW UP! in the centre

Jazz up classic Christmas fare with our Glow Up mini recipes: five easy ways to add oodles of flavour. Dip canapés into our festive hazelnut, orange and chilli oil or brush them with a sweet and sticky pomegranate, fig and marmalade glaze. Simple!

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Gochujang devilled eggs

Budget Christmas party food recipes

Gochujang devilled eggs

Is it really a party without devilled eggs? This timeless canapé gets an on-trend glow-up by way of the savoury...

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Chilli, honey and soy roast nuts and seeds

Nut recipes

Chilli, honey and soy roast nuts and seeds

These salty, sweet and spicy roast nuts and seeds from River Cottage’s Gelf Alderson are are everything you could want...

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Pickled walnut and cheese rolls

Budget Christmas party food recipes

Pickled walnut and cheese rolls

If you’ve never used pickled walnuts in cooking before, let these festive rolls be the reason you start! These moreish...

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Gougères with pineapple chilli jam

Canapés and cocktails

Gougères with pineapple chilli jam

Anyone attending a kid’s party in the 1980s will remember the sight of a raw potato wrapped in foil, skewered...

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Miso devilled eggs

Miso recipes

Miso devilled eggs

Who doesn’t love a devilled egg? This Japanese-inspired twist on the retro classic amps up the umami with a spoonful...

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Breaded pickled shiitake mushrooms

Pickled recipes

Breaded pickled shiitake mushrooms

Ed Smith’s breaded mushrooms are crisp on the outside, but soft, sharp and sweet with umami notes inside. A real...

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Goat’s cheese and chicory crostini with balsamic pickled shallots

Crostini recipes

Goat’s cheese and chicory crostini with balsamic pickled shallots

A perfect nibble to have with champagne, these goat’s cheese crostini are easy to make ahead so all you have...

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Gunpowder potato puffs

Vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes

Gunpowder potato puffs

These easy, Indian-style puff gunpowder potato puffs are almost too good to share… but they do make fab party canapés....

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Devilled eggs

Christmas canapés

Devilled eggs

The best Christmas party food, devilled eggs are about as moreish as canapés get. Popular, simple to make and colourful,...

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Cheesy polenta fritters

Canapé recipes

Cheesy polenta fritters

There are so few ingredients in these little cheesy morsels and yet they’re so tasty. Serve them as a canapé...

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Spinach and pine nut palmiers

Vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes

Spinach and pine nut palmiers

You can make these easy freezable canapés ahead of your party or gathering. They make a great snack before a...

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Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber

Canapé recipes

Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber

These little paneer bites are the new cheese and pineapple…We think they’re going to catch on. Give these Indian-inspired canapés...

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Simple cheese straws

Canapé recipes

Simple cheese straws

This scrumptious cheese straw recipe makes the perfect nibble for your Christmas cocktail party and they are easy to make...

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Houmous and tapenade crostini

Crostini recipes

Houmous and tapenade crostini

A tasty vegetarian canapé recipe that really is a whizz to make: blend all the ingredients for the houmous in...

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Quick dill, caper and goat’s cheese canapés

Christmas canapés

Quick dill, caper and goat’s cheese canapés

Combine soft, crumbly goat’s cheese with fresh dill, capers and lemon to make Judith Hann’s easy, vegetarian canapés. Or try...

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Cheese and rosemary sablés

Christmas gift recipes

Cheese and rosemary sablés

These buttery, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits are the perfect vegetarian canapé to serve with drinks. They also make a brilliant Christmas...

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