re: I'm looking for a unique but easy to make appetizer

SALT POTATOES -

Easy - only 5 ingredients, if you include the water you boil the potatoes in.

Ingredients - 2 containers Morton's salt (in the blue canisters), 5 lbs. small red potatoes, sour cream, and Knorr's vegetable soup mix.

Bring pot of water to boil and add salt and potatoes. Boil until tender. Use a slotted spoon to lift the potatoes out of the water and let dry on a paper towels. As the potatoes dry, the salt will crystallize on the outside of the potatoes - making them look frozen.

Mix sour cream and soup mix (you can use any dip you want, really) and serve with the potatoes.

Presentation: I like to put a box of ice cream salt on a platter and put the potatoes on top of that (with the dip in a bowl in the center of the platter and the potatoes surrounding it). This gives the impression that the potatoes are frozen and sitting on a plate of ice crystals.

Literally as easy as boiling potatoes.