20+ Best Memorial Day Recipes

Candied Bacon Crackers are a simple and easy idea that is hard to beat for party appetizers. These are the perfect bite-sized poppable snacks for cookouts, holidays, and game days. 

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Sure to be the center of attention at your Memorial Day festivities, this smoky, creamy caramelized onion and bacon dip will knock you off your feet! It’s the perfect dip for your next gathering. Serve it with your favorite potato chips for an appetizer that your friends and family won’t be able to stop eating.

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Italian Grinder Chicken Salad

This Italian Grinder Chicken Salad combines all the elements you love about a Grinder sandwich. We turn it into a deliciously tangy chicken salad perfect for a leisurely lunch with crackers or veggies for dipping. Or, serve it up on a toasted mini croissant for a delicious finger food appetizer.

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Chuy’s Creamy Jalapeno Dip

One of our favorites out of this Memorial day recipes lineup. Move over salsa, queso, and guac. Chuy’s creamy Jalapeno is all you need with your chips and margs. It’s bound to be one of the best appetizers to kick off your summer this Memorial Day weekend. This stuff is SO addictively good, get ready to be uncomfortably full from the shameful amount of creamy jalapeno and chips you’ll consume – no joke! This is the BEST Chuy’s Creamy Jalapeno copycat recipe, and it is one to keep in your recipe arsenal.

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Garlic Parmesan Chicken Skewers

Looking to steal the spotlight at your next Memorial Day gathering? These garlic parmesan chicken skewers are the juiciest chicken pieces basted in the most delectable garlic parmesan butter sauce. They’re the perfect party appetizer or equally amazing for an easy weekday dinner. They’re bound to be one of the best chicken dishes you’ve ever had!

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Cheesy Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites

These Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites are extremely easy to make in an air fryer and yes, you can make these keto-friendly! Stuffed with cheddar cheese and parmesan, tossed in a spiced-up brown sugar mixture and then air fried until the bacon is crisp. 

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Cowboy Butter Steak Sliders

If you’re looking to fire up your grill this Memorial Day weekend, these Cowboy Butter Steak Sliders are mini handheld sandwich recipe that must be on the menu! They are soft, tender, and melt right in your mouth. From the juicy tenderloin to the zesty-herby cowboy butter-smothered buns and the melty havarti cheese, these are addictively delicious sandwiches you just can’t get enough of.

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BLT Honey Mustard Blackened Chicken Sliders

Honey Mustard Chicken BLT Sliders are one of my most popular recipes and the first one to go viral on social media. This recipe has received amazing feedback from all who have tried it! If you love easy finger foods to serve to a crowd, these are always a hit.

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Fried Chicken Street Corn Tacos with Jalapeno Lime Ranch

Here’s another Memorial day recipes favorite – these Fried Chicken Street Corn Tacos with bacon with a creamy jalapeño lime ranch. These fried chicken tacos are dripping in flavors that will overwhelm you! Not only is the chicken perfectly seasoned and crunchy, the street corn is crunchy and so addictive. Then you add the creamy, spicy, tangy sauce on top – you’ll be in an absolute heaven!

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Smoked Jalapeno Popper Dip

If you’re getting out the smoker this Memorial Day, you’ve got to try this appetizer recipe. Rich cream cheese, smokey bacon, fresh jalapeños, and lots of cheese are combined in one pan and then smoked on the grill until warmed through and melted. Pair this addictive dip with crackers, pita chips, tortilla chips, or baguette and it’ll be gone in no time.  No smoker? No problem. You can easily make this in the oven as well!

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Cheesy Barbecue Chicken Dip

You’ve had buffalo chicken dip, but have you ever had Barbecue Chicken Dip? This cheesy, creamy appetizer dip is sweet, smoky, and savory. With the sweet, vibrant BBQ sauce, it screams summertime. It’s a perfect appetizer to kick off your Memorial Day weekend. It’s full of caramelized red onions, crispy bacon, tangy banana peppers, shredded chicken, and cheese combined with a cream cheese base.

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The Best Macaroni Salad

If you’re looking for the perfect classic cold macaroni salad like your grandma used to make, you’ve come to the right place! This side dish is creamy, tangy, a hint of sweet, and full of crunchy celery, sweet pickles, and red peppers. This is the Best Macaroni Salad you can make. Plus, it’s good with or without hard-boiled eggs.

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Chick-Fil-A Banana Pudding Copycat Recipe

If you only make one thing on my list of Memorial day recipes, it’s got to be this Chick-fil-A Banana Pudding. They’ve only sold it around Atlanta at their Dwarf House and Truett restaurants, and it’s literally the best banana pudding I’ve ever had.

It’s light and fluffy, very creamy, and decadent, with fresh banana slices and softened Nilla wafers that turn cake-like from the moisture of the creamy pudding. It tastes more like a grandma’s recipe than what you’d expect at a fast food chain. 

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Crescent Roll Churro Cheesecake Recipe

In this easy churro cheesecake recipe we turn cheesecake into easy-to-eat bars, using crescent rolls as the bottom and top layer. Not only is this recipe forgiving (no worries about a cracking cheesecake), it combines everything you love about churros and cheesecake into one delightful and simple recipe.

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Chubby Hubby Ice Cream (No-Churn, Egg Free)

No-churn ice cream means this recipe doesn’t require any special equipment to bring it to life in your kitchen! This is a super-easy shortcut recipe doesn’t need any rock salt or special steps, plus it’s egg-free! If you’ve had Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby ice cream, you will adore this mashup of peanut butter, chocolate, pretzels and vanilla malted ice cream.

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