2 Party-Ready Appetizers You Can Make with Freezer Shortcuts

There’s a time and a place for super-fancy, knife-and-fork-needed appetizers, but game night isn’t it. When you invite pals over for a few rounds of poker or a no-holds-barred Scrabble face-off, what you’re likely craving is something easy, not necessarily elegant. And on those occasions, it’s A-OK to take a few welcome shortcuts from the supermarket. The key is dressing them up to make them your own. On this morning’s all-new episode of The Kitchen, the co-hosts hosted a game night of their own, complete with a menu of fuss-free eats and drinks, including two appetizers that get their start from the freezer section. Read on below to get the can-do recipes, then check out all of the how-tos from the show.

Bacon-Wrapped Onion Rings
On their own, frozen onion rings turn into crispy, golden rounds after just a few minutes of warming. But these bacon-wrapped beauties are perhaps the ultimate in crispy satisfaction. As Jeff Mauro noted this morning, the key is baking the bacon-wrapped rings on a sheet pan lined with a baking rack. That allows the renderings to drip onto the sheet pan, which means the bacon can get crispy.

Nacho Cheese Corn Chip-Encrusted Mozzarella Sticks
When it comes to frozen mozzarella sticks, there’s surely plenty of gooey-good flavor happening beneath the crust. But when you dunk those sticks into crushed nacho cheese corn chips for a bonus breading blanket, the additional cheese flavor is next-level indulgent. It’s important to dip the packaged mozzarella sticks into a few whisked eggs before moving onto the chips, since you’ll need that liquid to act as a glue for the chips.

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