If you are planning a vegetarian party, this article can help you plan the menu. There is a general disdain that without meat and dairy, one cannot prepare exciting snacks, let alone host a party with those snacks. The exotic vegan snacks in this article can give any meat dish a run for its money, so use these healthy vegetarian and vegan snack ideas to make mouth-watering snacks with simple ingredients:

Healthy veggie bites with salsa or hummus
You can serve bite-sized raw portions of cucumber, beet, and zucchini with a topping of salsa or hummus. Chill them before serving to make it more enticing.

Bite-sized baked vegetables
Some vegetables taste better when baked or roasted. Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and aubergine slices with some dips or salsa toppings can serve as finger food and appetizers.

Vegan canapés
Vegan sausage rolls made with mushroom and herbs, cauliflower bites with oriental or Mexican seasoning, Indian mini samosas, vegetable fritters, and baked or crispy tofu sticks are all-time favorite vegan canapés.

Vegan grilled and barbeque snacks
If you are planning a barbeque party and are looking for vegan options, here are some easy, nutritious, and delicious ideas. Grilled chili corn, tofu, cucumber satay, lentil or plantain flower burgers, potato cakes, grilled polenta crackers, grilled eggplants, pineapples, and cauliflower, grilled pizza, and tofu skewers are not only yummy but can also be made with easily available ingredients.

Vegan dips and sauces
Always keep in mind that dips and sauces that you serve are as important, if not more, than the snacks you serve. A simple idea is to serve peanut dipping sauce with satay and grilled snacks. Salsas and watermelon tartare can be served with crackers and saltines, and an avocado dip goes well with chips and fries. You can serve a cashew ranch dip with veggie bites. Apart from that, you can choose from tahini hummus sauce, sweet dipping sauce, mango sauce, jalapeno popper dip, mustard dips and, of course, the quintessential tomato ketchup to make a perfect combination for your vegan snacks.

A combination of vegetables, flour, spices, and flavors can give you an unimaginable array of healthy vegetarian and vegan snack ideas; all you have to choose is whether you want to steam, deep fry, or bake them:

Steamed vegan snacks
You can opt for some tasty vegan snacks from the Asian cuisine. Dim sum, rice cakes, and vegetable dumplings can be served as finger food and can also be mood enhancers in parties.

Deep-fried vegan snacks
Fritters, mini beet sliders, batter-fried broccoli wings, jalapeno poppers, quinoa chili fries, quinoa and vegan cheese fries (made with cashew and yeast), potato fries, broccoli balls, zucchini potato tater tots, and spring rolls are some deep-fried healthy vegetarian and vegan snack ideas from around the world.

Baked vegan snacks
Spinach rolls with a warm garlic spinach dip, soft pretzels, vegan cream cheese with spinach bread, tortilla and hummus cups, roasted garlic flatbread, pizza rolls, spinach pinwheels, and nachos are some exotic baked vegan and vegetarian snack ideas that are equally tasty and healthy.