15 Awesome Recipes for the Big Game!

by Sabrina Snyder

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15 Awesome recipes for the Big Game this weekend including sandwiches, appetizers and desserts!With the big game just a couple of days away I wanted to give you all a list of the top 15 game day snacks from Dinner, then Dessert! These recipes are sure to be a hit for your party!

  1. Sour Patch Grapes – These make an amazing display and the best part is you can even customize them to your team’s colors and pick out different flavors. They’re also SUPER easy! Sour Patch Grapes are my new go to for my sour candy fix! With only two ingredients, these candied grapes come together in seconds and taste like you threw deliciously tart green grapes into the machines at the Sour Patch Candy factory!
  2. M&M’s Stuffed Easy Vanilla Cupcakes – These come with a printable for a football party game with teams and a scorecard. You have to check them out! M&M's Stuffed Easy Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting and the stuffing makes for a fun party game for teams! (with a Super Bowl party game printable!)
  3. Honey Mustard BBQ Chicken Wings – These are so easy and have game day written all over them! A fun twist on the original chicken wing. Tossed in a homemade honey mustard, these Honey Mustard BBQ Chicken Wings will be the hit of your game day party.
  4. Pat’s Philly Cheese Steaks – The ultimate cheese steak, these what game day is all about! You can also make them as sliders like I did in my M&M’s cupcake party post!The undisputed king of cheese steak subs, the magic is in the technique of Pat's famous Cheese Steaks.
  5. Philly Cheese Steak Egg Rolls – Or maybe you want them as egg rolls? These are made with ground beef and are AMAZING! 
  6. Baked Cuban Pork Party Sliders – Because who wouldn’t love a mini Cuban sandwich? Super easy to make too! Baked Cuban Pork Party Sliders have pork shoulder, sliced ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, brown mustard and a butter whole grain mustard topping make these party sliders a perfect gameday treat and put the standard ham and cheese versions to shame.
  7. Chipotle’s Barbacoa Beef Burritos – This slow cooker recipe makes enough for the whole crowd!Spicy, seasoned beef cooked low and slow to tender perfection! Your favorite Mexican take out! You'll love this amazingly easy copycat version of the famous Chipotle Barbacoa Beef Burrito so you can feed a large crowd and save 80% the price!
  8. Chick-Fil-A Crispy Chicken Sandwiches with Lemonade – Skip the crazy drive through lines and make them at home! Chick-Fil-A Crispy Chicken Sandwich & Lemonade - The crispy, seasoned fried chicken sandwich we all love washed down with the best restaurant lemonade there is! Save the trip and the wait in the long lines!
  9. BBQ Chicken Sandwiches with Cole Slaw – Also slider friendly like you saw on the M&M’s cupcake post, these are made in the slow cooker! Sweet and Tangy Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwich topped with Cole Slaw. A perfect meal for your 4th of July BBQ!
  10. Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Sliders – Another easy slow cooker recipe, these are served on pretzel buns and have an easy three ingredient homemade honey mustard topping. Tender Pulled Pork covered in a homemade raspberry honey mustard sauce with whole mustard seeds served in a toasted pretzel roll. Perfect for your tailgate or gameday party.
  11. Chipotle’s Guacamole with Salted Lime Tortilla Chips – The perfect counterpart to the awesome burrito above! Tastes EXACTLY like the original!You've had the Barbacoa Beef Burrito, now you can enjoy the Chips and Guacamole that go with it! Salty Lime Tortilla Chips just like you love at Chipotle served with their authentic guacamole. You'll never want premade chips or dip again!
  12. BLT Dip Bites – Bring the awesome flavors of a BLT in dip form and keep the double dipping at bay with these awesome bites! These little BLT bites are full of your favorite Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich flavors in a small crispy bread cup. Made with cream cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, bacon and parsley, they are a fantastic holiday or football party food!
  13. Pizzeria Garlic Knots– Who needs delivery with this pizzeria treat? Totally easy to make too! Homemade Pizzeria Garlic Knots with Dipping Sauce! Easy and addictive, so inexpensive to make you'll never order them again!
  14. Cinnastix Pizza Sticks – Since you are already making the pizza dough above, make an extra portion and enjoy these awesome Cinnastix! Sweet Cinnamon Stix (Pizza Sticks) like the ones from Domino's... but better because of real butter! and sweet vanilla dipping sauce make pizza night at home feel like you ordered out.

Chicago Mix Popcorn – The perfect party snack, a giant bowl of this salty and sweet popcorn will be the first thing to go! Chicago Mix Popcorn

Have an awesome big game weekend! Hope your team wins!

Sabrina

 

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the upcoming cookbook: Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients which is being published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  2. These are delicious looking recipes. I am excited to try the Honey Mustard BBQ Wings first. The sour patch grapes look interesting.

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  3. Oh my! These are just perfect! We are a big family, so having several of these delicious recipes would make a great Game Day!

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  5. The problem is deciding which recipe to try first! I think my family would really enjoy the BLT dip bites and the Chipotle Burrito. Everything looks delish though. 🙂

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  6. These all look so amazing. But I really want some of those grapes! I need to make several of these this weekend!

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  8. Ooh I’m liking the appetizer ideas. It would be fun to try something new this weekend. Those philly cheese steak egg rolls would be fun.

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    1. Thanks! The cheese steak egg rolls are a quick and easy recipe to make, but they seem a lot more fancy on the table!

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  9. Oh my goodness, what a great list. Those wings sound amazing. I don’t think any big game would be complete without some amazing wings, LOL

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  10. Those sour patch grapes look amazing and not typical game fare. My boys are looking forward to feasting this Sunday and I’d love to add something different to the buffet table.

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  11. My team’s not playing this year- but I know there are many parties on our block regardless. We like to bake pulled pork in flaky biscuit dough, pressed into muffin tins with some BBQ and cheese for an easy to eat with your hands game day snack.

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  12. Sour patch grapes?!?! How I have I never made these before! I want to make them every day – not just for Super Bowl Sunday haha

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  13. Those Sour Patch Grapes remind me of little balloons. They are certainly perfect for the kiddos on the Big Game night!

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  14. I love this list for the Super Bowl stuff. It gives me such good ideas of what to make and Sunday for the Super Bowl party. Those cupcakes look outstanding.

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  15. Well, now I’m starving. Usually one recipe from here is enough to make me hungry, but all of these in one place? Good gravy, I want to eat. See? I’m referencing food already.

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