Tear & Share: 15 Perfect Pull-Apart Bread Party Appetizers

Food is the centerpiece to any gathering – dinner parties, game nights, birthdays, and holidays. Whipping up a recipe from scratch is both a delicious gift and a wonderful way to express your love to others! We’ve gathered our favorite savory and sweet bread appetizer recipes to tear apart and share with friends and family. From luscious monkey breads and tender pull-apart loaves to dippable bites and fluffy breadsticks, you’re sure to find a new favorite with any of these recipes.

First Bites – Savory Bread Recipes to Share

8 irresistible, tender, and savory bread appetizer recipes to start the night on a delicious note.

1. Homemade Garlic Knots

An easy 6 ingredient pizza dough knotted into the most soft and fluffy bites! They get two brushings of garlic herb butter to double down on their amazing flavor.

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2. Caprese Pull-Apart Bread

Take the delicious Italian salad and bake it into a wonderfully tender pull-apart bread. Each layer of this golden-brown loaf is packed with sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, and shredded mozzarella for bursts of flavor in every bite.

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3. Lemon Roll Wreath with Gorgonzola Dip

The flavor of these fluffy yeasted lemon rolls pairs perfectly with the earthy and tangy gorgonzola dip. The rolls and dip get baked together for a quick and easy appetizer.

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4. Pizza Pull-Apart Rolls

Is there anything more appetizing than pulling apart a warm roll to reveal a gooey cheese center? Add the smells of freshly baked bread and pizza, garlic butter, and Italian seasonings. SO good! These pull-apart rolls are soft and flaky like dinner rolls and have the flavors of your favorite pizza!

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5. Everything Bagel Pull-Apart Bread

Take a classic everything bagel and bake it into a magnificently tender loaf full of garlic herb butter and mozzarella cream cheese.

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6. Skillet Pretzel Bread with Cheese Dip

The dynamic duo of soft pretzels and cheese dip baked together in one skillet. Soft and chewy pretzel bites circle around a piping hot pimiento cheese dip of cheddar and Gouda.

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7. Butternut Squash & Pepita Pull-Apart Breadsticks

The perfect pillowy soft texture of these breadsticks matches wonderfully with the contrasting crunchiness of pepitas sprinkled on top. This breadstick recipe is perfect for autumn gatherings, sporting a golden hue from the butternut squash puree.

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8. Rosemary Garlic Pull-Apart Bread

A simple rosemary-infused homemade dough filled with fresh chopped herbs, garlic, and parmesan cheese baked to a golden-brown perfection. As you tear apart the flaky exterior, you’ll find a gorgeous fluffy interior. While this loaf bakes, your kitchen will be filled with herbaceous fresh bread aromas that feel like home.

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Late Night Sweets – Monkey Breads & Pull-Apart Dessert Bakes

Fire up the coffee maker! 7 sinfully rich bread appetizers to parade around after dinner and capitalize on a great night.

9. Chocolate Cherry Pull-Apart Bread

Studded with dark chocolate chunks and covered in sweet cherry pie filling, this 9-ingredient pull-apart bread is a certified crowd pleaser. It all comes together in just under a few hours!

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10. Homemade Monkey Bread

A sweet dough coated with cinnamon-sugar and dripping in a vanilla glaze. It’s basically a giant fluffy cinnamon roll baked in a bundt pan soaked in sweet, glazy goodness.

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11. Cherry Cheesecake Monkey Bread

You read that right. Cherry cheesecake, monkey bread style. Layer upon layer of cherry pie filling and graham cracker crumbs enclosed in soft pull-apart bites, lathered in a vanilla cream cheese icing that seals its delicious fate.

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12. Panettone Monkey Bread

A panettone dough filled with the winter flavors of cranberry, orange, and cinnamon makes this bread recipe the perfect dish to bring to Friendsgiving or a White Elephant Party.

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13. Brioche Monkey Bread

A rich brioche dough baked into irresistibly sweet monkey bread. A little effort goes a long way for this 8-ingredient dessert! Set aside half of your batch and whip up indulgent Brioche Monkey Bread Pudding!

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14. Apple Cinnamon Streusel Pull-Apart Bread

This sweet pull-apart bread recipe is a true fall icon. Behind every tender layer is fresh apples, butter, and a sweet cinnamon-sugar filling that capitalizes on fall flavors. But that’s not all – a crumbly, sugary streusel rests on top of the loaf.

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15. Whole Wheat Caramel Pecan Pull-Apart Bread

A whole wheat dough full of pecan sugar filling glazed with a sweet, salted caramel sauce. Endless layers of irresistible, buttery goodness!

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