Hosting a cocktail party is a fun way to spend time with your family and friends.  But when you serve alcohol your guest are sure to appreciate a few bites of food.  When you are deciding what to serve you must think about how many people will be attending, this will give you a good idea of how much food you will be needing.  As a rule of thumb, estimate six bites per person for every hour.  But it would be better if you calculate a bit more then that, depending on the guests.

Food that is great for your cocktail party would be mostly finger foods.  No big clean ups, and they can be prepared before everything gets started.

Your guests would like to have a napkin or even a small paper plate will due.  This way they can mingle while they snack.  Little clean up will be involved.

Appetizers as a rule are small in portion usually bite size.  Sausage rolls, mini cheesecakes, chocolate dipped strawberries are all awesome ideas for cocktail party food.  Martinis go great with caviar or smokes salmon.  Or you may choose to go simply with cheese trays paired with wine.

You need to enjoy yourself so be sure that the cocktail party food that you choose is simple and will not require a lot of running back and forth from the kitchen.  If the host can be no wheres to be found then some of the guests may begin to feel a bit uncomfortable.  So be certain that you choose something to serve that you are familiar with, something that you have made before.  You should not have to slave in the kitchen when you are hosting a fun filled cocktail party. 

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