bourbon in snack or appetizer?

SexyLambChopx - hard to decide, but I'm favoring the stuffed dates, compound butter or pecan cheese roll...all with bourbon. Will work through the others over time.

Thanks all - amysarah the chutney/bleu cheese nexus sounds good. meaghanF - yes, bourbon nuts caramel. How do toy infuse sugar with bourbon? Is it dry or wet after infusion? Sexylambchpox - tipsy corn & stuffed dates both sound good. rt21 - pie is classic. LeBecFin - both compound butter & bourbon stuffed gougere sound good; your taste imagination is working fine.

p.s. nancy, i was thinking about amysarah's ideas. What about processing cheeses w/ bourbon and making some form, and then rolling that in chopped toasted pecans?
Here's one recipe:
http://www.friendsdriftinn.com/recipes/cheddar-bourbon-cheese-ball-recipe.html

It could be neat to make something unexpected out of the 'ordinary.' What if you made a batch of gougeres and stuffed them with marble-sized pecan bourbon cheese balls?

(Apologies if any of these ideas are gross; I've actually never drunk bourbon except in my dad's holiday milk punch! long ago and far away...)

nancy, i'm wondering about 2 bacon wrapped hot/room temp hors d'oeuvre:
https://food52.com/recipes/16720-spice-crusted-bacon-wrapped-maple-roasted-sweet-potato-wedges

https://food52.com/recipes/25249-curry-filled-dates-wrapped-in-bacon

i'm thinking you could glaze either of the bacons with bourbon before baking the bacon and then wrapping it.... Or maybe the bourbon
could get added to melted butter that you could use to baste the sweet potato wedges before you roast them.

What about a bourbon pecan pie !

Tipsy Maple Corn (on the site) or Stuffed Dates with Mascarpone and Nuts. Both recipes on this site. Best part - make-ahead!

On the sweet side, bourbon plays well with nuts and caramel in particular, and can be added to many existing cake and cookie recipes. Bourbon-spiked blondies would be easily served to a group, as would salted bourbon caramels. If you're planning on serving coffee, you could infuse some sugar with bourbon as an add-in. On the savory side, though, other than nut mix I'm pretty much drawing a blank... No idea if this would work, but maybe incorporate bourbon into a compound butter served with a flavorful whole or multigrain bread?

Bourbon goes well with Stilton, Gorgonzola, etc., which in turn are lovely served with a fruit jam/chutney. You could spike a pear, peach or quince jam with bourbon, and serve it with a blue cheese on crostini or crackers. Or in little phyllo cups. Just a thought.