All the Recipes You Actually Want to Eat for Super Bowl Sunday

Faith Durand

updated Feb 6, 2023

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pepperoni bread (pepperoni and cheese baked into a roll), sliced open so that you can see the inside with a white dipping sauce on the side — Credit: Perry Santanachote
Pepperoni Bread

Every year the impending arrival of the Super Bowl incites a parallel culinary sport: churning out lighter takes on wings, healthier spins on creamy dips, and “fresh” appetizer ideas beginning (but not ending) with things like kale chips.

But you know what? Just like Thanksgiving, there’s no call to go off-script with the Super Bowl. Just like November calls for marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, February calls for seven-layer dip and hot wings. It’s the one Sunday I dispense with the hummus and bask in the glory of bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers. (Or bacon-wrapped anything.) If you’re feeling the same, here’s more than 50 of the very best recipes to eat on the biggest sports day of the year.

Hot Bites

These hot bites taste best straight out of the oven, but don’t stress: Most can be prepped ahead and baked just before the game, or at halftime.

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Pigs in a Blanket

Homemade pigs in a blanket are the perfect last-minute appetizer.

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Mac and Cheese Bites

These irresistible, bite-size globes of tender mac and cheese are blanketed in ultra-crunchy panko coating and fried to golden-brown perfection.

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Air Fryer Pickles

This any-occasion recipe is an easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer that's sure to get devoured in record time.

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Fried Mushrooms

Spruce up your game day snack menu with beer-battered fried mushrooms.

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Pepperoni Bread

Store-bought pizza dough is this recipe's hack for an impossibly easy and tasty pepperoni bread.

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The Easiest Pigs in a Blanket

These pigs in a blanket are so easy, you might just end of making them every weekend.

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Garlic-Parmesan Wings

These ultra-crispy wings are blanketed with a double dose of punchy garlic, plenty of salty Parm, and some melted butter for good measure.

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BBQ Ranch Chicken Bites

All you need is chicken, ranch dressing, and barbecue sauce to reach BBQ ranch nirvana.

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Instant Pot Chicken Wings

The best thing about Instant Pot wings is how incredibly juicy and tender they are. Plus, they're ready in a fraction of the time as oven-baked.

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Easy 3-Ingredient Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

These crispy, spicy cauliflower bites are great eaten as is or paired with ranch or blue cheese dressing.

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Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers

This step-by-step guide results in the absolute best bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers.

Game-Day Classics

From cheesy potato skins to loaded nachos, these are the things that always seem to go first.

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Grilled Chicken Wings

Cornstarch makes these grilled wings crispy before they're tossed in a traditional buffalo wing sauce.

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The Best Guacamole

This easy, classic guacamole recipe only requires 5 ingredients.

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Baked Chicken Wings

This baked chicken wings recipe is packed with flavor and easy to put together.

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Loaded Potato Skins

This cheesy nostalgic spud dish is on your table in less than an hour.

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This quick cheesy queso dip comes together in less than 30 minutes and is just waiting for your pile of tortilla chips.

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Cheesy Garlic Butter Bubble Bread

The easy, cheesy bread starts with store-bought biscuit dough and is packed with garlicky flavor.

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The Ultimate Nachos

Here's our step-by-step guide to making restaurant-style nachos at home.

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Loaded Black Bean Nachos

This hearty and wholesome take on nachos leans on smashed black beans, tangy Greek yogurt, and guac to make it satisfying enough for dinner time.

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Easy Buffalo Wings in the Oven

Here's how to make a batch of Buffalo chicken wings in the oven; you only need four ingredients.

Winning Dips

What’s the Super Bowl without an awesome dip? We’ve got the classics and the wildcards covered in this lineup.

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Blue Cheese Dip

Cool, creamy blue cheese dip with a sweet and savory edge.

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This velvety cheese dip pairs perfectly with soft pretzel bites.

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It only takes five minutes to whip up this fresh dill dip.

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This irresistible app is made of crumbled crispy sausage baked into a cheesy dip.

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This queso is unbelievably creamy, slightly spicy, a little smoky, and totally irresistible.

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Bacon Cheeseburger Dip

This one-pan dip has everything you love about a bacon cheeseburger in one gooey, scoopable bite.

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Slow Cooker Spinach-Artichoke Dip

Sit down to the ultimate spinach-artichoke dip with the help of your slow cooker.

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The Easiest Buffalo Chicken Dip

Serve this quick Buffalo chicken dip with celery and carrot sticks, along with plenty of crackers or chips.

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Easy, Cheesy Hot Pizza Dip

Layered with marinara sauce and three kinds of cheese, this hot dip tastes just like pizza.

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Caramelized Onion Dip

This big-batch dip is the perfect way to put a bag of onions to work. Serve with chips, veggies, or toasted bread.

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7-Layer Dip is everything you love about a taco, from the beans and guac to sour cream and pico de gallo, served dip-style.

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A recipe for classic crab dip made with cream cheese and cheddar cheese and baked in the oven.

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Warm, creamy, cheesy, and 100% ready to be dipped, this irresistible baked corn dip won’t last long out of the oven.

Nearly Dinner

Given that the game starts right around dinnertime, you may be in the mood for a bit more than a snack. These recipes are plenty filling.

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Ham and Cheese Sliders

These sliders have it all: sweet slices of ham, irresistibly gooey Swiss cheese, squishy Hawaiian rolls, and a savory butter drizzled over top.

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Costco Warm Steak Sandwich

This quick, super flavorful warm steak and cheese sandwich is made with just a few ingredients from Costco.

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Easy Philly Cheesesteak Sliders

The iconic Philly cheesesteak sandwich is given the pull-apart slider treatment, complete with a double layer of cheese, tender sautéed onions and peppers, and thinly sliced beef.

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Simple & Tasty Slow Cooker Chili

Invest your prep time in chili powder from scratch and you'll have the best bowls of simple, tasty chili waiting in the slow cooker when you're ready to dig in.

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Sheet Pan Quesadillas

Use a sheet pan and a few store-bought shortcuts to make a large format quesadillas to feed your whole family easily.

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Ground Beef Taco Casserole

This recipe is everything you love about classic ground beef tacos baked into an easy casserole, then topped with lettuce, tomato, and shredded cheddar.

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Hawaiian Roll Sliders

These Hawaiian roll party sliders are like French onion soup meets slider.

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Loaded Cheesy Cauliflower Bake

This cheesy, low-carb cauliflower casserole is filled with crispy bacon bits and scallions.

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Harissa Lamb Sliders

Harissa and lamb make for a dynamic duo in these sliders topped with feta cheese, pickled onions, and harissa mayo.

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Classic Italian Sub Sandwich

This classic, make ahead-friendly sandwich is piled with Italian cured meats, provolone cheese, tomatoes, shredded iceberg lettuce, and picked peppers.

Sweet Treats

Every Super Bowl spread needs something sweet, because one cannot live on bacon alone.

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Honey Butter Rice Krispies Tteok Treats

This fun treat features a chewy sweet rice cake sandwiched between layers of buttery, honey-sweetened Rice Krispies treats.

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Peanut Butter Brownie

A thick swirl of peanut butter makes ordinary brownies even better.

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Salted Caramel Pretzel Blondies

This decadent twist on chocolate chip-studded blondies adds crunchy pretzels and homemade salted caramel to the mix.

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The Easiest Brownies Ever

Some might call these basic, no-bowl-required brownies desperate, but we call them delicious.

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Fluffy marshmallow and cream cheese dip makes every slice of fruit special.

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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thanks to the high fan speed and concentrated heat of the air fryer, these chocolate chip cookies are crispy on the outside and perfectly gooey on the inside.

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Buckeye Brownie Cookies

Buckeye brownie cookies give you the best of three desserts baked into one impossibly irresistible sweet treat.

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Puppy Chow Recipe

Chex cereal is coated in a mixture of butter, peanut butter, and chocolate — then tossed in powdered sugar — for the very best salty-sweet treat.

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Peanut Butter Scotcheroos

Imagine if Rice Krispies treats had a run-in with a jar of peanut butter and then doused with a melted medley of chocolate and butterscotch chips.

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Deep-Dish Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Whether you eat this deep dish skillet cookie when it's warm and straight from the oven or let it cool and eat it by the slice, there's no wrong approach.

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