These caprese skewers combine tomatoes with basil, mozzarella, olive oil and balsamic for an appetizer that’s both easy and impressive!
I serve these caprese kabobs at all my parties, everyone loves this classic flavor combination and it’s even more fun to eat it off a stick! For more skewer fun, you could serve these kabobs with my antipasto skewers and fruit kabobs!
Sometimes when it comes to appetizers, simple and easy is the best way to go. These pretty little caprese skewers are light, fresh and absolutely perfect for entertaining. It’s an elegant way to do caprese salad that will earn you rave reviews!
If you would like more appetizer recipes for parties take a look at bacon wrapped water chestnuts, spinach dip and pigs in a blanket.
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Caprese Skewers Ingredients
To make caprese skewers you will need red cherry tomatoes, yellow cherry tomatoes, mini mozzarella balls, basil leaves, olive oil, Italian seasoning, balsamic glaze, salt and black pepper.
How Do You Make Caprese Skewers?
To make this salad kabob recipe first thread cherry tomatoes onto skewers. Following the tomatoes place on the skewers small basil leaves and bite sized mozzarella cheese balls. Repeat as necessary. In a small bowl mix together extra-virgin olive oil, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Then drizzle the skewers with the seasoned olive oil and balsamic glaze. From there, simply place them on a platter, serve and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Caprese Skewers
- Look for cheese balls, basil leaves and cherry tomatoes that are all about the same size to make the skewers easier to serve and lay on a plate. Ciliegine mozzarella is about the same size as cherry tomatoes.
- I use both red and yellow tomatoes for color contrast. You can use whatever cherry tomatoes are ripe and available.
- If you don’t have a bottle of balsamic glaze that is good for drizzling, place some glaze in a plastic bag. When you are ready to use the glaze, cut the corner off the bag and apply the glaze to the skewers.
- This recipe calls for Italian seasoning. You can purchase premade seasoning or make your own Italian seasoning.
- You’ll want to look for a bunch of basil with smaller leaves for this recipe. I actually used that “living basil” that comes with the dirt still attached because the leaves were small and tender.
- Balsamic glaze is basically balsamic vinegar that’s been reduced until it’s thick and syrupy. It’s sweeter than balsamic vinegar and it clings to the skewers much better than standard balsamic vinegar. You can find balsamic glaze (also called balsamic reduction) at most grocery stores near the regular salad vinegar.
Quick Tip
Make sure all the components of your skewers are bite-sized for easy eating.
Recipe FAQs
You can make caprese skewers ahead of time by threading tomatoes, basil and mozzarella onto skewers about one hour before you plan to serve them. Simply cover them with plastic wrap and place them in the fridge. Drizzle the olive oil and balsamic glaze right before serving.
While many tomato recipes are best during the summer when tomatoes are in season, you can make these caprese kabobs year round since cherry tomatoes tend to be naturally sweeter than other tomato varieties.
You can make caprese skewers with bite sized mozzarella balls, cherry tomatoes, basil leaves and a drizzle of seasoned olive oil and balsamic glaze.
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Flavor Variations
While these caprese skewers are delicious as-is, you can change the dish to suit your own taste.
- Mini: You could make mini skewers with toothpicks, pearl mozzarella balls and smaller tomatoes.
- Dinner Salad: To use these skewers as a dinner salad, simply place the components on larger skewers. To eat the skewers, provide forks so that guests can take the salad off the skewers.
- Tomatoes: You could use grape tomatoes, small pear tomatoes or even slices of firm Campari tomatoes.
- Garlic: Add a little garlic powder or minced garlic to the seasoned olive oil.
- Cheese: You could use other mild cheese like cheddar, Monterey Jack or fontina. You could also add some grated Parmesan cheese to the seasoned olive oil.
- Spicy: Try mixing in some red pepper flakes into the seasoned olive oil or sprinkle some over the top of the skewers.
Enjoy this appetizer for elegant parties or plain old get-togethers with friends and family. Enjoy these lighter appetizers as a snack or before a meal. These appetizers are welcome for any occasion!
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Caprese Skewers
Ingredients
- 24 red cherry tomatoes
- 12 yellow cherry tomatoes
- 24 bite sized fresh mozzarella balls
- 36 small basil leaves
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 1 /2 tablespoons balsamic glaze
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Start with 12 6-inch skewers. Thread the tomatoes, basil and mozzarella onto the skewers in the pattern shown in the images above.
- In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to taste.
- Arrange the skewers on a plate and drizzle with the olive oil mixture.
- Place the balsamic glaze in a small plastic bag with one corner snipped off. Drizzle the balsamic over the skewers, then serve.
Notes
- Look for cheese balls, basil leaves and cherry tomatoes that are all about the same size to make the skewers easier to serve and lay on a plate. Ciliegine mozzarella is about the same size as cherry tomatoes.
- Make sure all the components of your skewers are bite-sized for easy eating.
- I use both red and yellow tomatoes for color contrast. You can use whatever cherry tomatoes are ripe and available.
Made these for a dinner gathering at a friends house. Huge hit and seemed to meet everyone’s diet issues (low carb and vegetarian)! Fresh tomatoes and basil made it extra special.
My basil plants always give me more leaves than I can use. This recipe is another way to make use of them. I love the flavour of these skewers (and they’re a lot of fun).
This was the perfect appetizer for our dinner party. Your directions were so helpful too in making these. Thanks so much!
These caprese skewers are a party MUST! So easy to make and everyone LOVES them! Thanks for sharing!
One of my favorite salads, and these skewers are so easy to put together! They are perfect for summer dinner parties, thank you!
These skewers are perfectly fresh and light. My whole family loved them! Thank you for the awesome recipe!
All my favorite flavors in one skewer! Such a fun treat and I love the colors from the tomatoes.
The combination of fresh, juicy tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, and fragrant basil is a taste sensation. Plus, they’re so convenient on skewers, making them a perfect party appetizer.
I made these recently when we had some friends over for dinner and they were the best dinner party appetizer! Simple, flavorful, and super easy to prep ahead of time too!
I just love how easy these are to make! 🙂 Perfect for game day this weekend.
Easy and delicious! Love the single portion foods!
Tasted as good as it looks! Easy too which I love.
Super easy yet delicious , my go to appetizer!