Planning a party and don’t know what to serve? I have 17 game-changing slider recipes that your guests will rave about. There’s something for everyone on my list, including vegetarians and picky eaters. Plus, these recipes are super simple and easy to prepare.
17 Game-Changing Slider Recipes That Will Steal the Show at Any Party
1. Italian Sliders
These chopped Italian sliders are so delicious and flavorful. Each sandwich has three types of deli meat: salami, ham and pepperoni. But you can easily use any type of meat you want. Add mayonnaise, provolone cheese and top your Hawaiian rolls with a tasty seasoned butter mixture.
I love the lettuce mixture, which blends shredded lettuce with red onion, dill relish, mayonnaise and Italian dressing.
Your guests will love these sliders. I highly recommend making extra if you want any left after your party.
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2. Easy Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders
Classic bacon cheeseburgers on tasty slider buns – yum! When making your burgers, this recipe recommends using 80/20 ground beef, but I prefer 90/10. All that fat might make your guests uncomfortable. You could also use ground turkey or a plant-based ground meat if you want a vegetarian option.
While this recipe calls for American cheese, you can use whatever type of melty cheese you want. Gruyere, cheddar and Swiss are great alternatives.
Crispy bacon, cheddar cheese and onion complete these sliders, which everyone will love. Brush the tops with melted butter, and you’re ready to eat!
3. Maple Bacon Turkey Sliders
One of my favorite slider recipes for a game-day party. These tasty bite-sized sandwiches are packed with deli turkey, onion, maple syrup, bacon, cheese and more.
I recommend using caramelized onions or even mini onion rings to add more crunch and flavor.
Top each slider with a mix of melted butter, maple syrup, poppy seeds and dried onion. Cover and bake for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Finish it off with minced parsley.
4. Hawaiian Turkey and Cheese Sliders
These sliders are packed with ooey gooey tastiness. The best part? They’re super easy and quick to make.
Fill Hawaiian rolls with slices of turkey and sliced cheese. You can use whatever type of cheese you like – provolone, cheddar, mozzarella, colby jack, Swiss are all great options.
And if you don’t like turkey, you can use ham or whatever type of deli meat you want.
Top each bun with a buttery poppyseed sauce that includes tangy mustard, savory Worcestershire sauce and spices. Bake to melt the cheese, and you have sliders that are worthy of any party.
5. Monte Cristo Sliders
Deliciously sweet and easy to prepare, these Monte Cristo sliders are perfect for your next party. A classic Monte Cristo sandwich is essentially slices of ham and cheese sandwiched between two slices of French toast. The whole thing is covered in powdered sugar and dipped in jam.
This recipe makes some adjustments to transform classic Hawaiian rolls into French toast, but they are absolutely delicious.
If you don’t like Swiss cheese, you can use cheddar or even havarti. Serve with your favorite preserves. We love blackberries or strawberries.
6. Bang Bang Chicken Sliders
These sliders have the spicy, tangy and creamy flavors of Bang Bang sauce coupled with juicy breaded chicken and cheese on slider buns.
I love this recipe because you make the breaded chicken from scratch. However, if you’re really pressed for time, you may be able to get away with using frozen chicken.
Cheff Recipes also shares how to make the Bang Bang sauce yourself. It’s a lot easier than you think. You’ll need mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, chili sauce, lime juice, honey and garlic powder.
You can add whatever toppings you want to your sliders, but pickles, sliced onions, lettuce and cilantro are great options recommended by the recipe’s author.
I highly recommend making some extras and hiding them away until after the party because your guests will eat every last one of these sliders.
7. Honey Mustard Ham and Cheese on Pretzel Sliders
Here’s a fresh take on the classic ham and cheese slider recipe. This one uses pretzel Hawaiian sliders instead of the traditional buns. You’ll need deli ham and cheddar or marble jack cheese. Top your sliders with honey and Dijon mustard and brush melted butter over the tops of the pretzel buns.
Bake, serve and enjoy!
If you have guests who don’t like ham, you could easily use turkey instead. In fact, you can use any type of deli meat you want for this recipe.
8. Dill Chicken Salad Sliders
One of the best slider recipes for game day parties. Instead of the usual Hawaiian buns, you’ll use puff pastry for these sliders. You’ll fill each one with a tasty, fresh chicken salad and arugula.
The chicken salad is so easy to make because it uses rotisserie chicken. Mix with crunchy celery, radishes, onion, dill, mayo, mustard and salt and pepper.
Use a toothpick to hold these sliders together and top the pick with a green olive.
Another variation on this recipe would be to use tuna fish salad instead.
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9. Big Mac Sliders
These copycat Big Mac sliders will be the hit of your party, and the recipe is super simple. You’ll need some lean ground beef for the burger and American cheese. Top your burgers with shredded lettuce, dill pickle slices and a tasty homemade Big Mac sauce.
The sauce is just a mix of sweet pickle relish, mayo, mustard and spices. Brush melted butter on top of your slider buns and add sesame seeds to finish things off.
10. Crispy Prosciutto and Cheese Sliders
These sliders are packed with thinly sliced prosciutto, fontina cheese, Swiss cheese and a tasty spread of fig preserves. Top your sliders with a buttery sauce featuring spices, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and garlic.
Bake, serve and watch them disappear.
11. Honey Mustard Chicken BLT Sliders
Blackened chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and almost two dozen other ingredients come together well with these sliders. You’ll need Hawaiian slider buns, Sweet Baby Rays Golden Mustard, Colby Jack cheese, onions, tomatoes, mayo and a slew of spices.
But the spices are for a delish blackened seasoning the Bad Batch teaches you how to make.
12. Portobello Mushroom and White Cheddar Sliders
Hawaiian rolls with heaps of portobello mushrooms and white cheddar are perfect at any time of year. Serve as a dinner or appetizer, thanks to the white cheddar, toasted buns and sauteed mushrooms.
All you need are Hawaiian rolls, sharp cheddar cheese, portobello mushrooms, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, garlic powder, dried rosemary, butter and garlic powder.
But the key is to buy high quality mushrooms for this slider recipe.
13. Cuban Sliders
Cuban slider recipes that include Swiss cheese and Hawaiian rolls? Count me in. This recipe also calls for shredded pork, ham and crunchy dill pickles that you can devour. But you’ll also need a handful of seasonings, along with:
- Dijon mustard
- Worcestershire sauce
And if you want to make these sliders with a side dish, sweet potato fries go together perfectly with them. Your mustard, Worcestershire sauce and butter are combined to make a sauce that you’ll spread on the bottom and top of the rolls.
Next, add all of your cheeses, meats and pickles on the bottom of the roll before baking for 10 minutes.
Add your top roll, brush with melted butter and a few spices, and then bake again with foil on top for an additional 20 minutes.
14. Cheesy Pesto Chicken Pull-Apart Sliders
Total time to make these sliders is thirty minutes. And what makes these a delight for me is the pesto that you’ll spread on top of the rolls before baking them. Start by preheating your oven and spraying cooking spray on an 8×8 baking dish.
Pull or cut your rolls in half and place the bottoms on your dish.
Spread the pesto on top of the rolls, sprinkle mozzarella on the chicken and then put in between your bun and brush a mix of butter, garlic and parsley on top of the sliders. Bake for 20 minutes or so and you’ll have yummy sliders to eat.
15. Pulled Pork Sliders
Stuck on Sweet has a great recipe for all of you pulled pork lovers viewing this recipe. But I do want to warn you that the recipe takes over eight hours to complete because the pulled pork is tedious to make.
But with the garlic aioli toasted hot buns, it’s a recipe that balances sweet and tangy perfectly.
For this recipe, you’ll need:
- Pork shoulder
- Buns
- BBQ sauce
- Mayo
- Garlic
- Chives
- Salt and pepper
- Lemon juice
The hardest part? Choosing the type of barbecue sauce to use: spicy, smoky, sweet or anything else that tickles your taste buds.
16. Easy Chicken Parmesan Sliders
Chicken parmesan sliders are easy to make and filled with flavor. My mouth is watering just looking at images from this recipe. You’ll use chicken nuggets for the chicken and basic tomato paste and sauce that you’ll jazz up with garlic, parsley flakes, salt and pepper.
Dinner rolls are used as the bun and you’ll melt delectable mozzarella cheese on top.
If you love a cheesy slider, this is one recipe that you won’t want to miss. You can also swap the chicken nuggets for a no-meat option, if you like.
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17. Reuben Sandwich Sliders
Reuben sliders quickly disappear off plates when I put them out at a party, but my little secret that I never tell guests is that they’re so easy to make. You’ll need only five ingredients for these sliders:
- Corn beef
- Sauerkraut
- Swiss cheese
- Thousand island dressing
- Hawaiian rolls
Crazy Busy Mama does a good job with this recipe by walking you through every step of the process. You’ll start by cutting the slider rolls in half and placing them on a sheet pan. Warm up your corned beef, drizzle on your dressing on the buns and then start building your slider.
