Celery sticks are more than just for dipping! You can make celery “boats” stuffed with bacon and cheddar, buffalo chicken, avocado, and egg salad with Greek yogurt. See video here.
Not only that, you can make your own celery “fries” dipped in your favorite dipping sauce.
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Celery Sticks
Buffalo chicken stuffed celery sticks are a creamy, spicy celery appetizer you can make ahead of time, and place it in the fridge until you’re ready to serve it.
Cooked shredded chicken is mixed with softened cream cheese, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, diced onion, and garlic powder.
Each of the celery sticks is cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.
Spoon the buffalo cream cheese mixture into each of the celery sticks.
You can serve them right away, or cover and place it in the fridge and serve when you’re ready.
Celery Fries
Oven roasted celery fries are oily and savory vegetable fries.
Celery is cut into 2-3 pieces, depending on how big you want your “fries” to be.
Avocado oil, oregano, thyme, sea salt, and pepper are mixed in a bowl. Celery stocks are added to the bowl to fully coat the “fries” in oil and herbs.
Arrange the celery on a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat.
Bake the celery for 40 minutes until they are tender.
You can dip your celery fries in different types of aioli flavors for a savory dipping sauce.
Bacon and Cheddar Stuffed Celery
Bacon cheddar celery is a creamy, spicy stuffed celery appetizer.
To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer.
Crispy bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, chives, hot sauce, parsley, salt, and pepper are added to the cream cheese, and whipped together with the hand mixer.
Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.
To assemble the appetizer, spoon the filling into the celery sticks.
Garnish with a few chives, and bacon bits on top.
Everything Bagel Stuffed Celery
Everything bagel celery sticks are stuffed with cream cheese infused with everything bagel spices.
To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer.
Poppy seeds, white and black sesame seeds, dried minced garlic, dried minced onion, and sea salt are added to the cream cheese and mixed with the hand mixer.
Cut the celery into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.
Spoon the cream cheese filling into the celery sticks, and serve.
Tuna Salad Celery Sticks
Tuna salad celery sticks are quite a filling appetizer.
Tuna is mixed together with mayo, sweet relish, chopped cilantro leaves, salt and pepper.
Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.
Tuna salad is spooned into the celery sticks, and can be served immediately.
Avocado Stuffed Celery
Avocado stuffed celery sticks are made by mashing avocados to create the base of the filling.
Fresh lemon juice, chopped cilantro leaves, sour cream, olive oil, minced garlic, hot sauce, salt, and pepper are added and mixed into the avocados.
Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.
Avocado mixture is spooned into the celery sticks, and served immediately.
You’ll want to serve these right away, because if you leave them the avocado can begin to oxidize and turn a brownish color.
Egg Salad Stuffed Celery
Egg salad stuffed celery sticks are made by hard boiling eggs, and cutting them up into small pieces.
Greek yogurt is mixed together with diced red and orange peppers, chopped fresh basil leaves and chives.
Eggs are folded into the yogurt mixture, and then gently spooned into the wells of celery sticks.
Garnish the celery appetizer with a few diced peppers for a pop of color.
Olive Stuffed Celery
Olive stuffed celery sticks is creamy, and has a hint of dill flavoring.
To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer, along with miracle whip (or mayo) and a little bit of salt.
Dill pickle juice, sweet pickle juice, pitted ripe olive juice, and pimiento stuffed olive juice is added to the cream cheese mixture and whipped together.
Add in diced dill pickles, sweet pickles, pitted ripe olives, pimiento stuffed olives, and chopped pecans.
Mix together to cream the filling for the celery sticks. You can pipe the filling into celery sticks, or spoon it into the wells of the celery sticks.
Celery Sticks and Dipping Sauce
You can cut celery into appetizer pieces, and serve them with a variety of dipping sauces, including:
- Lime dipping sauce
- Garlic blue cheese dip
- Cucumber and dill dip
- Almond butter
- Baked Brie
- Roasted cauliflower and feta dip
- Cheese ball
- Garlic hummus
- Ranch dip
