If you ask me, appetizer recipes don’t have to be complicated to impress. Take these Caprese skewers for example. They’re colorful, fresh, and a little playful—the kind of bite-sized snack you can pop straight from tray to mouth without a second thought. I like to think of them as the life of the party in miniature form. Picture creamy mozzarella pearls, juicy cherry tomatoes, and fragrant basil leaves all stacked neatly on a toothpick. Drizzle a little balsamic glaze, and suddenly you’ve got something that looks like it belongs in a fancy Italian trattoria, yet came together in your kitchen in less than 15 minutes. I’ve made these more times than I can count—once even for a backyard barbecue where my neighbor joked they should’ve been called ‘disappearing skewers’ because they vanished as soon as I set them down. Whether you’re looking for a caprese appetizer, dreaming of a caprese dip recipe, eyeing a caprese bruschetta recipe, or even planning Shrimp On The Grill Skewers for the weekend, this is one of those recipes appetizer fans keep in their back pocket. Simple, pretty, and always gone before I can sneak a second serving—it’s the recipe appetizer that never lets me down.