Portable, poppable, and pleasurable—that’s the name of the game when it comes to the best New Year’s Eve party foods, especially if you’re shopping at Costco. If you thought Trader Joe’s was the spot to get your finger foods, then you just haven’t been paying attention to Costco. These are the NYE foods that you need to get from Costco to ring in the new year with a happy stomach.
- Chateau Fourgeres French Petits Fours
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Loosely translated, “French petits fours” means “hit the nail on the freaking head” for our New Year’s Eve party spread. You may be picturing little square cakes, but these are actually savory snacks. This variety pack of frozen pastry bites includes cheese quiches, garlic bread bites, Emmental cheese puffs, and brie cheese puff pastries. An ideal assortment to ensure everyone can find a bite they truly love before the clock strikes midnight.
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- Vacaville Fruit Company Dried Fruit & Nut Wooden Gift Tray
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When you’re throwing a party that has to keep people fed until midnight (at least), an appetizer for appetizers is in order. This fruit-and-nut tray from Costco comes ready to roll with dried peaches and apricots arranged into a flower. Frankly, it’s beautiful. Just take off the cover and pretend you’re a whiz at food styling!
- Kirkland Signature Cooked Shrimp & Cocktail Sauce
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You better believe our Costco New Year’s Eve haul includes a shrimp cocktail platter. This tray includes two and a half pounds of boiled, chilled shrimp arranged in two lovely concentric circles. Grab a couple—if your guests don’t go at it like George Costanza, you can have shrimp cocktail for breakfast on January 1. That’s how you start 2025 right!
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- Phillips Crab Cake Minis
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Sure, everyone hosting a party wants to make everything by hand, but that’s nuts. Instead of laboring over grandma’s famous crab cake recipe and realizing you’re out of Old Bay, just grab this sizable box of crab cakes from Costco, heat, and serve. And hey, if you’re feeling a little cheffy, you can make the spicy aioli dipping sauce they include a recipe for on the back of the box.
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- Cuisine Adventures Green Chile Chicken Firecrackers
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Firecrackers as a New Year’s Eve app? That’s destiny if I’ve ever seen it. These little roll-ups are stuffed with chicken, green chile pepper monterey jack, and mozzarella cheese, all in a crispy and grabbable wrapper. If I was a conspiracy theorist I’d say these were made especially for New Year’s Eve.
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- Kirkland Signature Brut Champagne
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When you’re shopping for booze at Costco, look for Kirkland-branded bottles. Why? Not to sound like an ad, but high quality at a good price. Take this Brut Champagne—yes, actual Champagne (not sparkling wine) for less than 30 bucks a bottle. And it’s good! Sporked editor-in-chief Justine Sterling praised its toasty, lemony quality and wonderful effervescence. A real champagne toast at midnight? As the French would surely say, ooh la la.
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- Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Cider
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Everyone at the New Year’s Eve party deserves to raise a glass of something bubbly at midnight, whether or not they drink. Get a few bottles of sparkling apple cider to keep on hand so your pregnant, sober, or underage partygoers can join in the fun. Martinelli’s is the best sparkling cider you can buy. It’s perfectly effervescent, with small bubbles that burst in your mouth and a nice foamy head. Yes, it’s carbonated apple juice, but it’s fancy enough for even the swankiest New Year’s Eve party.
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