Planning a movie night and looking for food ideas? Head over to Costco, where you can find a great selection of affordable movie night snacks and appetizers. Costco often has the lowest prices on snacks, dips, and appetizers. Plus, with the food options below, you can easily assemble a movie night food board or food platter, making for a fun movie night dinner while enjoying the film!
Movie Night Food from Costco
Popcorn
You can’t have a movie night without popcorn. Costco is a great place to buy popcorn because they usually have the best price and a wide variety to choose from. There is always plain microwaveable popcorn. The Kirkland ones are only $14.69 for a box of 44 microwave popcorn, which is a steal at 33 cents per microwave popcorn bag!
There is also always bag popcorn like this Lesser Evil Himalayan Gold Popcorn.
You can also find unique flavors, like Reese’s Popcorn.
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
These chocolate-covered pretzel crisps are an ideal snack for movie night. They’ll definitely satisfy anyone craving something sweet. They are priced at $10.89 a bag.
Pull Apart Cheese Bread
If you want a movie night appetizer, serve Pull-Apart Cheese Bread. Costco makes it easy with its fully assembled kit—just pop it in the oven for 15 minutes, and you’ll be treated to gooey, cheesy, garlic-flavored sourdough bread. At just $9.99 each, it’s a great deal!
Toom Garlic Dip
If you’re a garlic lover, serve Toom Garlic Dip on movie night. This rich, garlicky dip can be served with potato chips on a platter, or for a healthier alternative, with carrots, cucumbers, and peppers. Plus, you can’t go wrong with the price—just $6.99 per tub at Costco!
Carnitas Nachos
For a more substantial movie night appetizer, serve a delicious platter of carnitas nachos! It’s quite simple to prepare—just heat some pre-cooked carnitas, then spread a layer of tortilla chips across a sheet pan. Pile on the carnitas, followed by a generous amount of shredded cheese. Pop it in the oven and let it bake until everything is perfectly melty! Once it’s out, finish it off with some guacamole and fresh salsa.
Spring Valley Beef Franks
These mini cocktail hot dogs are the perfect appetizers for your movie night. They consist of beef franks wrapped in delicious, flaky puff pastry. They are priced at just $21.99 for a box containing 76-80 pieces, so they make for an affordable party snack.
Bratwursts and Sausages
How about putting together a sausage appetizer platter for movie night? Costco often has a variety of new sausages and bratwurst to discover, and they’re usually quite affordable. Grab a variety of flavors, grill them up, and serve them on a platter.
Chicken Tenders
Chicken tenders are hearty movie night appetizers. If you haven’t had the chance to try Just Bare Chicken tenders yet, you’re missing out—they’re remarkably similar in taste to Chick-fil-A! They’re the perfect satisfying appetizer to enjoy while watching your favorite films!
Mexican Street Corn Dip
For your next movie night, serve this tasty Mexican street corn dip. It’s perfect with either tortilla chips or potato chips and can be enjoyed hot or cold.
Snack Mix
Looking for the perfect snack mix for your movie night? Try these spicy sweet heat snacks! This snack mix consists of seasoned almonds, cashews, honey-roasted sesame sticks, glazed pecans, corn nuggets, and BBQ-flavored crackers coated in almonds. It’s bursting with flavor, making it an ideal movie night treat.
If you prefer a classic, not spicy option, go for Chex Mix; you can buy a giant bag for just $6.99 at Costco.
Hummus and Mini-Naan
Hummus with mini-naan bread is another movie night snack idea. It’s a healthier snack option to serve.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
For your next movie night, serve this spinach artichoke dip with chips and crackers. The La Terra Fina spinach artichoke dip from Costco is delicious served cold but even better served warm- top it with parmesan cheese and bake it!
Chips and Guacamole
Chips and guacamole are a hit at any party and make an excellent snack during movie nights. The best part is that Costco has the lowest prices on tortilla chips and guacamole, so I always stock up there.
Tomato Basil Pizza Crisps
Instead of traditional potato chips at movie night, serve these delicious tomato basil pizza crisps. The best part is that they’re gluten-free.
Sun Chips
For a healthier movie night, serve Sun Chips. Costco has the best price on Sun Chips and there is always a new Sun Chip flavor to discover.
Petite Cuisine Mozzarella Sticks
For hearty movie night snack, try these mozzarella sticks from Costco. The Petite Cuisine mozzarella sticks are super easy to prepare—just pop them in the air fryer for 8 minutes!
Potstickers
Potstickers are a hearty movie night appetizer. Simply pan-fry and serve. Ling Ling Potstickers are my go-to for dumplings, but keep in mind that Costco sometimes rotates their dumpling flavors, which might lead to Ling Ling being out of stock.
If that’s the case, you can also give Bibigo Wontons a shot.
Caprese Skewers
Mozzarella and grape tomato skewers make for quick and easy appetizers on movie night. Simply thread the mozzarella balls and tomatoes onto small skewers to make delicious caprese skewers that everyone will enjoy. Costco has the lowest price on marinated mozzarella balls, at just $12.99 for a large tub.
Pretzel Bites
Pretzel Bites make a perfect movie night snack. These Bistro 28 Pretzel Bites from Costco are simple to prepare—you can pop them in the oven, microwave, or air fryer. Plus, they come with not just one, but two tasty dipping sauces: mustard and cheddar cheese.
Costco Cookie Platter
If you’re planning to host a movie night with a large group, consider ordering a cookie platter from Costco. For only $22.99, you’ll receive a generous platter featuring 60 delicious cookies. It comes with a variety of four flavors: classic chocolate chip, indulgent white chocolate double nut, hearty oatmeal raisin, and festive white chocolate cranberry. Just keep in mind that this cookie platter isn’t nut allergy-friendly, as it contains macadamia and cashew nuts.
French Macarons
French macarons are a nice movie night snack. Each pack comes with 36 macarons in six flavors: chocolate, strawberry, lemon, pistachio, blueberry, and vanilla. Costco has the lowest price on French macarons: $14.99 for a box, which comes out to 42 cents per macaron!
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