Need Labor Day food ideas and easy recipes for your end of summer backyard BBQ? Here are simple cookout recipes including summer party dip recipes, easy appetizers for your barbecues and Labor Day party side dishes — perfect for your last summer party snacks or easy potluck ideas for the season.
Best Labor Day Food Ideas For Simple BBQ Cookout Dips And Easy Appetizer Ideas
These are our favorite dip recipes and easy appetizers that we make for Labor Day parties – a mix of cold dips, easy Labor Day snacks, and summer appetizers ideas!
Labor Day Party Ideas For Easy Recipes, Appetizers and Dip Ideas
- Slow Cooker Sausage Cheese Dip (aka: Meat Queso)
- Black Bean and Corn Salsa
- Buffalo Chicken Totchos (aka: Tater Tot Nachos)
- Mexican Street Corn Salad (Fresh Street Corn Dip)
- Easy Cookout Charcuterie Board
- Creamy Artichoke Dip Without Spinach
- Homemade Guacamole
- Carrot Top Pesto Dip
- Easy Cucumber Dip
- Homemade Salsa Verde
- Refried Bean Dip (one of the best dips for chips and it’s such a simple dip recipe!)
- Homemade Pico de Gallo
Get the recipes for Labor Day dips and easy appetizers below – delicious party recipes, many quick and easy recipes with a handful of ingredients!
12 Easy Labor Day Recipes For Your Cookout Party
Buffalo Tater Tot Nachos Appetizers
I love these loaded tater tots for a summer cookout party on Labor Day because you can make a big pan of them and then everyone can help themselves. It’s an easy, no-fuss appetizer for BBQ parties.
This loaded totchos recipe can be made with buffalo chicken or without for vegetarian totchos as a main dish. Serve it up with sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and green onions.
Also, this recipe is great if you have leftover chicken you need to use.
I like this as an alternative to the hot chicken dip that everyone seems to serve at parties now or an alternative to buffalo chicken wings.
It gets my vote for one of those perfect bbq appetizers!
Mexican Hot Corn Dip (Street Corn Dip)
This Mexican street corn off the cob is sometimes called elote salad, but it can be used as a tortilla chip dip, too!
It’s one of our favorite dip recipes or even cookout sides to go with anything that you’re grilling at the BBQ party for Labor Day.
It is a definite crowd pleaser savory dip!
SERVING TIP: Serve this Mexican elotes with lime slices so party guests can squeeze fresh lime juice over it before eating!
Get The Mexican Street Corn Dip Recipe
Simple Labor Day Charcuterie Board
Planning a charcuterie grazing board for a party can be difficult, especially if you are having a large party. However, this is the easiest meat and cheese board for a cookout party that still looks great!
Meats, crackers, different kinds of cheese, fresh veggies and fruits, and dipping sauces make great graze boards and simple appetizers to pair with a variety of summer party dips.
How To Make An Easy Graze Board For Labor Day
Easy Artichoke Dip
This artichoke parmesan dip is another warm dip and is our go-to for holiday recipes, party recipes, or cookout side dishes because it’s such an easy last minute recipe to whip up!
This is a family favorite recipe that we make for easy party recipes or holiday dips all the time.
I happen to think it’s one of the best summer dip recipes because not a lot of other parties have it (most people make it as spinach artichoke dip). It’s definitely a crowd-pleasing dip!
If you like traditional spinach artichoke dip, you’ll love this dip too.
RECIPE TIP: You can also turn this into a yummy hot crab dip by adding shredded crab meat.
Easy Guacamole Recipe
We call this guacamole dip, but some people also call it guacamole salad.
We eat it with tortilla chips and it’s a perfect summer recipe for parties like your Labor Day gathering!
How To Make Homemade Guacamole Dip
Carrot Pesto Dip
Did you know that the greens from carrot tops make the best pesto dip? It’s a perfect refreshing summer side for your Labor Day cookout!
It can be used for crackers or chips, but is really great on sandwiches and on a warm bread, too.
Mexican Cheese Dip (Sausage Cream Cheese Dip)
This Rotel sausage and cheese dip is another party favorite at our house and is full of cheesy goodness.
It’s a slow cooker cheesy dip with cream cheese and real cheddar, which makes this hot dips great for a set and forget recipe for summer parties, especially if you don’t want to be cooking over a hot stove on hot summer days before your Labor Day cookout.
I also love this dip because you can make it a spicy cheese dip hot salsa or hot sauce (or a more mild cheese dip).
If you’re looking for easy slow cooker dips for your gathering, pull out your trusty slow cooker because this is it!
Hands-down one of the most popular dips for parties all year!
Summer Corn and Black Bean Salsa For Labor Day Dips
This is one of my daughter’s favorite dip recipes, so definitely don’t count it out for kids at your summer party (especially if you can get fresh sweet corn and cut it off the cob!).
It’s a simple recipe and a last minute dip ready in minutes that you can throw together while people are still walking in for your Labor Day party.
Eat these black beans and corn with corn chips or tortilla chips like a chunky salsa.
Recipe for Black Bean and Corn Salad Dip
Simple Dip With Cucumbers For Cold Labor Day BBQ Cookout Dips
You can make this easy dip in minutes with a couple of simple ingredients, which makes it the perfect last minute recipe for your Labor Day party.
This cucumber dip is a refreshing addition to a summer party food table, especially if you can get fresh summer cucumbers.
I love this an alternative to a heavy creamy dip and is one of our new favorite appetizers.
It takes like two minutes to make this easy dip!
SERVING TIP: The best way to serve this quick dip is with pita chips or fresh crunch vegetables for finger foods. Also, put the dip in a bowl and then sit the bowl in some crushed ice to keep the dip chilled for an outdoor Labor Day party.
Green Salsa Verde
If you want to add a different salsa than red salsa to your summer charcuterie board or Labor Day party snack table, add salsa verde.
(It’s one of my favorite!)
Serve it with tortilla chips like you would regular red salsa.
How To Make Homemade Salsa Verde (The Green Salsa)
Simple Bean Dip Recipe
Whenever we make this recipe for parties, everyone always says how they never liked bean dip until now!
This is an easy refried bean dip ready in no time for your Labor Day recipes!
It’s also an easy make-ahead recipe and then throw it on warm in a crockpot with some extra cheese on top the day of your Labor Day cookout.
Pico De Gallo Dip
This is such an easy chunky salsa recipe
Homemade pico de gallo recipe or salsa fresco, sometimes called Mexican salad, is a another of our favorite easy dip for parties.
It’s really refreshing on a hot summer day for cookouts, especially if you can use fresh vegetables from your garden or summer produce from the farmers market and an easy recipe for a crowd. (Just double or triple it.)
Definitely add it to your list of easy and quick dips and appetizers for Labor Day.
ALSO GREAT FOR LABOR DAY PARTY DESSERTS FOR A CROWD: Sheet Pan Smores
Happy Labor Day!
I hope you enjoy these easy Labor Day food ideas!
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