Easy Goat Cheese and Honey Bites
Savory Goat Cheese and Honey Bites are the perfect 4-ingredient appetizers for your next gathering or holiday party. Flaky pastry topped with creamy goat cheese, sweet honey, and thyme makes an easy entertaining idea!
A wonderful baked goat cheese recipe!
When you find a recipe that tastes amazing, is easy to prepare, and pleases just about everybody, it’s a keeper.
This goat cheese appetizer is one of those, so you’ll probably want to print it out now 🙂
It’s true if you need an exceptional tasting, simple appetizer, try these Goat Cheese and Honey Bites.
Using puff pastry, you get a light and flaky crust topped with creamy goat cheese, followed by sweet honey and a sprinkle of thyme.
All the flavors come together perfectly and look amazing plated up for your guests!
Don’t be scared of this goat cheese recipe! The tangy cheese pairs so well with the sweet honey. It’s a match made in heaven.
Because if we’re honest, life is all about delicious appetizers 🙂 If you love cheese, you should definitely try this Blue cheese and Pecan Cheese Ball.
Ingredients Notes
Only 4 simple ingredients, and you have one impressive appetizer!
- Puff Pastry – this pasty dough puffs up and creates the perfect pillow for the goat cheese and honey filling. You find it in the freezer section of your grocery store.
- Savory Goat Cheese – a mild, earthy, buttery but tart-flavored cheese that pairs perfectly with honey. You can also use Brie cheese.
- Sweet Honey – the sweet honey pairs perfectly with the tangy goat cheese.
- Fresh Thyme – for color and a bit of flavor.
Another wonderful thing about these Savory Baked Goat Cheese and Honey Bites? You can enjoy them year-round because they go perfectly with summer or winter fare.
Step-by-step instructions
You’ll wonder how a recipe with only 4 ingredients that You can whip up in less than 20 minutes can taste so good and look so elegant!
Your friends will think you’re oh-so-fancy with these goat cheese snacks 🙂
While entertaining guests recently for our supper club, we were surprised to see the kids gobbling them up! See, they do please just about everyone!
Step 1 – Prep Dough
This recipe is as simple as thawing and rolling out your puff pastry, then using a 2-inch cookie cutter or biscuit cutter and cutting rounds in the dough.
Tip: you can also cut these into squares, so you don’t waste any dough.
Step 2 – Top Dough with Goat Cheese
After you cut the rounds from the dough, transfer them to a parchment-lined cookie sheet, and press down the center, so they don’t puff too much.
Place some goat cheese in the center of each round.
Step 3 – Bake
Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake!
Step 3 – Drizzle with Honey
Once the goat cheese bites are out of the oven, drizzle with honey and garnish with a sprig of thyme, and you’re ready to serve!
These Goat Cheese Puff Pastry Bites make the best holiday appetizer when you garnish them with fresh thyme!
Tips & Tricks
- You can halve this recipe for a small party. Use just 1 sheet of puff pastry dough.
- Don’t forget to push the center of each round down. If you don’t, the pastry will puff up, and you may lose your cheese!
- These bites are best served warm out of the oven, so plan accordingly.
- Although we haven’t tried it, readers substitute feta cheese with good results.
- Readers also like to make these goat cheese bites square in shape to waste less of the dough.
Many people make this recipe for Thanksgiving. Here are several more Thanksgiving Appetizers you’ll want to check out!
These Cranberry Brie Bites are so easy to make for Christmas, and everyone can’t get enough!
More Appetizer Recipes
Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Homemade Hummus
Pineapple Salsa
Strawberry Balsamic Flatbread
Parmesan Meatballs
3-ingredient Meatballs
Blue Cheese Cheese Ball
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Easy Goat Cheese and Honey Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 package puff pastry
- 6-8 oz. goat cheese
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 sprigs thyme
Equipment
- rolling pin
- round biscuit or cookie cutter
Instructions
- Follow the package instructions for thawing the puff pastry sheets. Roll out the dough a little to flatten it. Using a 2-inch circle cookie or biscuit cutter (or the rim of a small glass), cut rounds out of the dough.
- Transfer the cut pastry rounds to parchment-lined baking sheets and then gently press your thumb into the center of each one.
- Place 1 teaspoon of goat cheese in the indentation of each round. Bake at 400°F until the pastry is flaky and golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
- When the baking sheet comes out of the oven, wait 2 minutes, then drizzle each piece with honey and garnish with a pinch of chopped fresh thyme. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can halve this recipe for a small party. Use just 1 sheet of dough.
- Don’t forget to push the center of each round down. If you don’t, the pastry will puff up, and you may lose your cheese!
- These bites are best served warm out of the oven, so plan accordingly.
We originally posted this recipe on Real Housemoms.
Here’s to entertaining and enjoying good food with friends!
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So easy!
Can’t wait to try this! Could you use rosemary instead of thyme?
Yes, that would work just fine. Let us know how it goes!
these were huge hit and so easy. can ricotta be substituted for goat cheese
We have not tried the recipe with ricotta cheese, Diana, but it could work. It wouldn’t have the nice tang you get from goat cheese though.
These got devoured last year at Thanksgiving! Was sad I didn’t make more because I was a polite host and didn’t eat all of them :p Excited to make them again this year.
Yes, we learned the hard way to make more than you think because they go quickly!! Glad you love the recipe and are making it again. Enjoy!
Sounds delish! Have you tried subbing the goat cheese with Brie? Do you think that would be good?
We haven’t tried it with Brie, but we think that it would delicious. Let us know how it goes.
Do you think you could substitute phyllo dough for the puff pastry?
Hi Taylor, phyllo dough doesn’t typically rise like the puff pasty, so these wouldn’t turn out the same. However, the flavor would still be good.
Looking forward to making these for Thanksgiving. Do you recommend a log of goat cheese or already crumbled goat cheese?
Great question, Nicole. You can use either. A log needs a little crumbling to place it on the dough, so if you get either, it will work!
Oh my goodness! Talk about the perfect blend of texture and flavors! I am so pleased with this recipe! And they look so pretty while serving!
We’re so glad to hear it, Nicole! This is a favorite recipe for us and readers!
Even though this is usually party food, I made them yesterday with tomato soup for lunch (running out of ideas in quarantine!). My kids ate them all. So easy and delish! My one question – what do you do with all the pastry scraps? Can you reroll them to get more? Otherwise I may try squares next time since aesthetics are less important right now.
We love this idea, JD! How clever of you. As for the dough, because puff pastry is made up of delicate layers, we don’t think rolling it out again would produce the proper “puff”. We like your idea of doing them as squares.
Sprinkle the scraps with cinnamon sugar and bake….my mom always did this when making pies…treat for the kiddies.
What a good idea, Rose Marie! Thanks for the tip!
Can these be baked earlier in the day then rewarmed before serving? I would like to make them for a holiday party. Thank you!
Hi Julie, This appetizer is best out of the oven because of the puff pastry. You could prep them and then pop them in the oven right before serving. Thanks for giving the recipe a try.
Do you use frozen puff pastry? And, what brand? I can’t wait to make these!
Thank you!!
Yes, frozen puff pastry, Tia. Any brand you find in the frozen section will do.
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
This looks so good! I love how simple and sophisitcated this recipe is!
I made these and put a little indentation but still lost the cheese. What should I do differently?
Sorry to hear you lost your cheese, Jennifer. Next time, try making the indentation more pronounced and see if that helps.
This recipe is a favorite at our house!
Awesome! so glad to hear it!
I love finding new way to serve goat cheese. Easy and Yummy
This is a good one, Sharon. Sweet and savory in one bite! Enjoy!
Can I thaw the dough the day before, cut the rounds, place o dollop of goat cheese on and refrigerate overnight ? I would bake it right before my guests arrive.
I haven’t tried it this way, Amita, but I think it would work.
Thanks for sharing! How far ahead of time can I make them?
You can prepare them an hour or so ahead of time, Vanessa, and then bake them right before you’d like to serve them.
This looks so good! Is it a good one to bring with to a party or better to serve as the host?
Because the puff pastry is so good right out of the oven, Suzanne, I’d say better to serve if you’re hosting. However, you could certainly bring them with you.
Argh! I bought phyllo dough by mistake. Think I can make that work in place of the puff pastry?
Hi Nade, I don’t think it will puff up and give you the nice edge on the pastry you want to keep the filling inside. However, I’ve never tried it.
My mouth is watering just looking at your photos! Thanks for sharing these at Merry Monday; I’ll be including them in my Party Features next week. Happy New Year!
Can I cut out the pastry rounds, insert cheese, cover, and place in the refrigerator for about an hour . Then finish up when company arrives.
I have never tried this option, Sue, but I think it might work. I know when getting ready for company having anything you can prep ahead is a good thing 🙂
Have you tried making this ahead?
Because the puff pastry is best right out of the oven, I wouldn’t recommend making the full recipe ahead. You could prep them and then cook right before you wanted to eat them.
Can these be made a day early?
Good question, Nichole. I wouldn’t recommend making them a day early because the pastry dough is best right out of the oven.
I will take a pan to go please! I wish…pinned!
What goat cheese alternative would you recommend? I just really do not like goat cheese….
Thanks
Good question, Denise. Although I haven’t made it before, I think Feta Cheese would be good with this recipe. You could also try Fontina. Best, Erin
Both sound great…will let you know how they turn out…????
Dainty little tasty morsels!
Yes! Dainty and delicious! All the flavors meld together perfectly. Enjoy!
I made these a couple years ago and they were amazing! Everyone raved about them! I accidentally bought frozen puff pastry shells, how can I make this work?
Hi there! So glad the original turned out well! If you’ve bought the shells, follow the directions on the package for baking temp and time, and fill the frozen shells as my recipe states. You may want to check and see if it needs an addition 1-2 minutes afterwards to make sure the shells are crisped up!