Savory Goat Cheese and Honey Bites (2024)

Savory Goat Cheese and Honey Bites are the perfect 4-ingredient appetizers for your next gathering or holiday party. Flaky pastry topped with creamy goat cheese, sweet honey, and thyme makes an easy entertaining idea!

A wonderful baked goat cheese recipe!

When you find a recipe that tastes amazing, is easy to prepare, and pleases just about everybody, it's a keeper.

This goat cheese appetizer is one of those, so you'll probably want to print it out now 🙂

It's true if you need an exceptionaltasting, simple appetizer, try these Goat Cheese and Honey Bites.

Using puff pastry, you get a light and flaky crust topped with creamy goat cheese, followed by sweet honey and a sprinkle of thyme.

All the flavors come together perfectly and look amazing plated up for your guests!

Don't be scared of this goat cheese recipe! The tangy cheese pairs so well with the sweet honey. It's a match made in heaven.

Because if we're honest, life is all about delicious appetizers 🙂 If you love cheese, you should definitely try this Blue cheese and Pecan Cheese Ball.

Ingredients Notes

Only 4 simple ingredients, and you have one impressive appetizer!

• Puff Pastry - this pasty dough puffs up and creates the perfect pillow for the goat cheese and honey filling. You find it in the freezer section of your grocery store.
• Savory Goat Cheese - amild, earthy, buttery but tart-flavored cheese that pairs perfectly with honey. You can also use Brie cheese.
• Sweet Honey - the sweet honey pairs perfectly with the tangy goat cheese.
• Fresh Thyme - for color and a bit of flavor.

Another wonderful thing about these Savory BakedGoat Cheese and Honey Bites? You can enjoy them year-round because they go perfectly with summer or winter fare.

Step-by-step instructions

You'll wonder how a recipe with only 4 ingredients that You can whip up in less than 20 minutes can taste so good and look so elegant!

Your friends will think you're oh-so-fancy with these goat cheese snacks 🙂

While entertaining guests recently for our supper club, we were surprised to see the kids gobbling them up! See, they do please just about everyone!

Step 1 - Prep Dough

This recipe is as simple as thawing and rolling out your puff pastry, then using a 2-inch cookie cutter or biscuit cutter and cutting rounds in the dough.

Tip: you can also cut these into squares, so you don't waste any dough.

Step 2 - Top Dough with Goat Cheese

After you cut the rounds from the dough, transfer them to a parchment-lined cookie sheet, and press down the center, so they don't puff too much.

Place some goat cheese in the center of each round.

Step 3 - Bake

Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake!

Step 3 - Dizzle with Honey

Once the goat cheese bites are out of the oven, drizzle with honey and garnish with a sprig of thyme, and you're ready to serve!

These Goat Cheese Puff Pastry Bites make the best holiday appetizer when you garnish them with fresh thyme!

Tips & Tricks

• You can halve this recipe for asmall party. Use just1 sheetof puff pastry dough.
• Don't forget to push the center of each round down. If you don't, the pastry will puff up, and you may loseyour cheese!
• These bites are best served warm out of the oven, so plan accordingly.
• Although we haven't tried it, readers substitute feta cheese with good results.
• Readers also like to make these goat cheese bites square in shape to waste less of the dough.

Many people make this recipe for Thanksgiving. Here are several more Thanksgiving Appetizers you'll want to check out!

These Cranberry Brie Bites are so easy to make for Christmas, and everyone can't get enough!

More Appetizer Recipes

Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Homemade Hummus
Pineapple Salsa
Strawberry Balsamic Flatbread
Parmesan Meatballs
3-ingredient Meatballs
Blue Cheese Cheese Ball

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