It’s that time of the year again and my guess would be that a large number of people are looking forward to Super Bowl Sunday – for various reasons. Some are just plain excited about watching some awesome football, others are thinking “Finally it’s over and we can have our weekends back”. Whatever the reason, Super Bowl parties are one of the top at-home party events of the year. They are much more than a gathering of football lovers – many people attending don’t actually even like football, they attend to get together with friends and break up the monotony of the very boring month of January.
So – if you are thinking about planning a Super Bowl party – here are few tips and some great recipes for you:
The Food:
The name of the game is simple – meaning organizing casual, hearty food. This time you can leave your gourmet expertise alone. Your guests will want to eat in front of the television set – so you pretty much have to keep the menu simple.
There are traditional foods you just have to serve at your Super Bowl party – they include chili, chicken wings, some great dips and nachos. I am including all the recipes for these – all easy and quick to put together. I have also included something sweet - if you are up to it - a real football cake!
Here is the menu:
Crockpot chilli
Cornbread
Original Buffalo Wings
Blue Cheese Dressing
Layered Dip
Crockpot Spinach Dip
Ground Beef Nachos
Football Field Cake
Crockpot Chili
Ingredients:
Directions:
In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain well. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker; cover and cook for 7 to 8 hours on LOW, or until done.
Serves 6 to 8.
Cornbread:
Cornbread Tips:
Buttermilk Cornbread:
Ingredients:
Directions:
Combine dry ingredients; add beaten egg and buttermilk, mixing well. Pour into greased, heated 8-inch or 9-inch iron skillet. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Buttermilk cornbread serves 8.
Original Buffalo Chicken Wings
Super Bowl party would not be complete without chicken wings.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Chop off the tip of each chicken wings, and discard it. Chop the wing in half (cutting at the joint) to make 2 pieces. Grind on fresh black pepper and sprinkle with salt if desired.
Heat the oil over high heat in a deep skillet, Dutch oven, or deep-fat fryer until it starts to pop and sizzle (around 400 degrees F). Add half the chicken wings and cook until they’re golden and crisp, stirring or shaking occasionally. When done, remove them to drain on paper towels and cook the remaining wings.
Melt the butter or margarine over medium heat in a heavy saucepan, add the hot sauce and the 1 tablespoon of wine vinegar. Stir well and remove from the flame immediately.
Place the chicken on a warm serving platter, pour the sauce on top, and serve.
Blue Cheese Dressing:
Preparation:
In a food processor or heavy-duty blender, combine buttermilk, sour cream, garlic, sugar, paprika and salt. Blend until smooth. Add blue cheese, and pulse quickly once or twice. Do not blend. You want small chunks of blue cheese.
Refrigerate 4 hours or more before serving to let flavours blend.
Layered Dip
Ingredients:
Layer as follows in a shallow dish:
1. 1 (9 ounce) can bean dip, 3 avocados, minced.
2. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garlic salt.
3. Mix 3 tablespoons sour cream, 3 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1 package taco seasoning mix.
4. Chopped tomatoes.
5. Layer 3 green onions.
6. Sliced black olives.
7. 1 (9 ounce) can Frito Lay cheddar cheese dip. Serve hot or cold
Crockpot Spinach Dip
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Combine cream cheese and cream in slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW until cheese is melted, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Add remaining ingredients; cover and cook on LOW for about 45 minutes longer. Serve with raw vegetables, crackers, or crusty bread cubes.
Ground Beef Nachos
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Heat oven to 350°. Cook ground beef in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add all ingredients but the cheddar cheese and chips to the pot and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes. While it is simmering, pour the chips into a casserole dish.
Spread hot mixture over the chips; sprinkle grated cheddar cheese on top and put in the oven for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and browned.
Football Field Cake
This creation will definitely score for you! You will need to make a sheet cake – 13″ x 9″ size is recommended.
You will need:
How to Put the Football Field Cake Together:
Place 12″ square piece of wax or parchment paper on cookie sheet.
Place chocolate chips into microwave safe bowl. Melt at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir. Continue heating at 50% power for 30 seconds each time until smooth consistency is reached.
Dip pretzels into melted chocolate, tapping off excess. Place on prepared paper and form into goal post shapes.
Once goal posts have been made, transfer cookie sheet into refrigerator to chill.
Put the Cake Together:
Evenly spread coconut over top of cake, reserving 1/2 cup for touch-ups as needed.
Draw lines with decorator frosting on field to create yardage markings and end zone.
Insert pretzel field goals into end zones.
Finish with cake toppings. In this illustration a football was created using melted dark chocolate that was formed into a football shape. Laces were created using white frosting
Hope these tips and recipes will help you have a great Super Bowl party – enjoy and share your tips and experiences – your input is always welcomed!
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This is nice! i love football! looking forward to the superbowl, and of course the parties after it!
who wants to tag along? 
I love my slow cooker! I have a bunch of healthy slow cooker recipes that I post on my blog if you’re interested.
The foot ball field cake looks like its going to be a really good compliment to my football cookies
Thanks for sharing these great tips and recipes! We love seeing our products featured as well! Happy snacking! – Kristin, Frito-Lay Communications team