This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Maine chapter.
Whether you’re genuinely interested in football or just there to laugh at your friends getting red faced and screaming at a TV, there is something we can all get behind about Super Bowl Sunday…THE FOOD! No Super Bowl party is complete without a great line up with food so, without further ado, here are some recipes that will no doubt be crowd pleasers
- Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ingredients:
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 8 oz. package of cream cheese
- ½ cup Frank’s Hot Sauce
- ½ cup ranch or blue cheese dressing
- ½ cup of blue cheese crumbles
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix together (you may want to soften the cream cheese to make it easier to stir)
- Put in oven safe baking dish and bake for 20 minutes
- Optional: sprinkle some blue cheese crumbles on top before serving
- Grab your favorite chips or crackers and enjoy!
Recipe courtesy of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- Bacon Crack Bites
Ingredients:
- 1 package of bacon
- 32 Club Crackers
- ½ cup of grated Parmesan
- Black pepper
- Ranch dressing (for dipping)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Arrange crackers on the sheet and sprinkle with Parmesan
- Wrap each cracker with bacon and set them back, seam side down, then top with more Parmesan (may need to cut bacon strips in half horizontally)
- Bake until bacon is fully cooked and look crisp, around 48-50 minutes
- Season with pepper and serve
Recipe courtesy of Delish
- Skillet Cheese Fries
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. frozen French fries
- 1 cup shredded cheddar
- 1 cup shredded monterey Jack
- 10 slices cooked bacon, chopped
- ¼ cup sliced green onions
- ¼ cup pickled jalapeños
Directions:
- Bake French fries according to package directions
- Once French fries are done, preheat oven to 350
- In an oven safe skillet, layer half the fries and top with half of the cheddar and monterey jack, bacon, green onions and jalapenos
- Repeat with remaining French fries and toppings
- Bake until cheese is completely melted, around 10 minutes
Recipe courtesy of Delish
- Chocolate Covered Football Strawberries
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ tbs. coconut oil
- 12-16 strawberries (washed and dried)
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips
Directions:
- Microwave the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds
- Stir and repeat in 15 second increments until chocolate is smooth
- Dip each strawberry into the chocolate, rotating to make sure all sides get saturate d
- Place on a sheet of parchment paper to set
- In another bowl, melt the white chocolate chips as you did the chocolate chips
- Pour white chocolate into a small ziplock bag, moving the white chocolate to the corner of the bag
- Allow the white chocolate to cool a bit before piping (makes it easier to maneuver) and then cut the tip of the corner of the bag
- Pipe as shown in picture
- Allow to set on parchment paper
Recipe courtesy of Like Mother Like Daughter