Recipes for Authentic German Snacks

Traditional meatballs become a festive snack or appetizer when served on Mestemacher rounds with a pepper cream sauce.

Make the ordinary fabulous with a light salad of bologna, pickles, capers and cream cheese and lettuce on Mestemacher Natural Whole Rye.

A simple, tasty party appetizer that also looks great, the hedgehog is made of German artisanal cheeses and grapes speared on pics into a melon half.

Browned sliced chorizo sausage with peppers and mushrooms on triangles of Mestemacher Westphalian Whole Grain Bread.

Far beyond ordinary grilled cheese, these sandwiches have an inner layer of sauteed onions and crevettes (shrimp) and are panini-grilled. Recipe created for Germanfoods.org by Chef Hans Röckenwagner.

A Reuben sandwich made with German ingredients such as Westphalian ham, sauerkraut, and Tilsiter cheese, served on pumpernickel bread. Recipe courtesy of Marcel Biro.

Barbecued pork sandwiches, German style, with curry ketchup, garlic pickles, and German hot mustard. Perfect for casual entertaining.

This shrimp salad recipe in the Sylt island style uses grapefruit for both container and flavoring. Find hundreds of authentic German recipes at Germanfoods.org, the authoritative guide to German foods and beverages in North America.

Quick appetizer suggestions for impromptu entertaining, using ready-made German foods such as pretzel baguettes, baby dill pickles, bratwurst and potato dumplings.

German party sandwich ideas from Roz Denny 'Modern German Cooking.' German breads, meats and cheese make a party sandwich platter with garnishes.

The German name of this favorite party snack literally translates as "Little sausage(s) in bathrobe."

These easy toaster-oven snacks are hugely popular in Germany. Quick and easy to prepare, a perfect kids-cooking meal. Find hundreds of easy & authentic German recipes at Germanfoods.org.

Sliced prosciutto ham sits on a fruited cream cheese spread, with pears, walnuts, grape, and arugula.

Sweet and sour plus spicy describes this easy dip of mango chutney, lime, and spicy garlic ketchup in a German quark base. Recipe courtesy of Hela.

Baby dill pickles add a zesty crunch to these tea sandwiches.

Jalapeno peppers stuffed with German flavors of Bavarian sauerkraut, Pilsner beer, and cheese, and served with a sour cream and Bavarian mustard sauce.

Party appetizer or snack of bratwurst, Bavarian smoked cheese, and sauerkraut filled strudel, made easy by using phyllo dough. Recipe courtesy of Roz Denny, Modern German Cooking.

A snack or appetizer of cured Serrano ham and sweet melon on robustly flavorful Mestemacher Whole Grain rye bread.

This shrimp cocktail is in the style of one of Germany's North Sea islands. Find hundreds of authentic German recipes at Germanfoods.org, the authoritative guide to German foods and beverages in North America.

Homemade soft German pretzels with a creamy honey mustard dipping sauce. Includes flavor variations for the pretzels, adding Bavarian Emmentaler cheese or bacon.

Rich sun-dried tomato, mushroom and sage flavored cream cheese with endive on slices of Mestemacher Mixed Cereal bread.

Smoked salmon with apples, pumpkin seeds, dill and apple cream cheese on sunflower seed bread.

This classic pickled pumpkin recipe is a popular preserve in Germany, where pumpkins are a fairly new vegetable. Find hundreds of authentic German recipes at Germanfoods.org, the authoritative guide to German foods and beverages in North America.

This light summer sandwich that's nearly a salad combines thin tomato slices,celery stalks and leaves and Emmenthaler cheese in a light salad spread.