Need some new ideas for tailgating at the big game? These 30 recipes include a variety of foods for hearty game fare and dessert ideas.
Game Day Slider
Try this recipe for turkey and ham Game Day Sliders. Each buttery roll uses sweet Hawaiian bread, spicy-sweet sauce, and cheese.ย
Fritos Salad
Fritos Salad is a hearty dish with hamburger, cheese, salad topping, and Fritos — and can be made in one pan! Don’t forget to serve it in Fritos bags for a fun presentation.ย
Creamy Banana Pudding
This quick and easy recipe for Creamy Banana Pudding uses sweetened condensed milk to make the light and fluffy pudding. There is no cooking required with this recipe.ย
BBQ Meatballs
These BBQ Meatballs make great appetizers! Perfect for game days, holidays, or even as the main dish for a meal, they are easy to make and taste delicious!
Peanut Butter Footballs
These Peanut Butter Footballs are so much fun to serve for a tailgate party or Superbowl celebration. They can even be made a couple of weeks in advance and frozen until game day.
Spicy Tex-Mex Dip
A Spicy Tex-Mex Dip with sausage, hamburger, cheese, pepper, tomatoes, and spices. Have plenty of chips on hand!ย
Chicken Taco Soup
This Chicken Taco Soup is made with rotisserie chicken and is ready in minutes. Double the recipe amount because everyone likes seconds of this soup.ย
Pizza Dip
Pizza Dip is a perfect game-day appetizer. It has ricotta cheese and is topped with pizza sauce, melted mozzarella, and parmesan cheese.
Prosciutto Chicken Tenders
This Prosciutto Chicken Tenders appetizer is made by using rosemary stems as skewers. Chicken is wrapped in prosciutto, marinated in a rosemary marinade, and then grilled for 2-3 minutes on each side. Easy and delicious!
Pimento Crostini
This garlicky toasted bread Pimento Crostini has pimento cheese and bacon topping.ย It’s hard to eat just one.
Stuffed Mushrooms
Try this Stuffed Mushrooms appetizer with chopped walnuts, garlic, Italian cheese blend, and seasoned bread crumbs.
Bang Bang Chicken Rolls
If mini yeast rolls, fried chicken, and a hot-sweet Bang Bang sauce sound like your kind of appetizer, then you will love these Bang Bang Chicken Rolls!
Football Deviled Eggs
Football Deviled Eggs become festive and all about the game when you cut up green onion stems and place pieces in a football stitching pattern.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Put on this easy-to-make Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup ahead of time, and it will be ready when the game starts.ย
Chicken Quesadillas
These loaded Chicken Quesadillas include all the major food groups and a creamy jalapeno sauce.ย
Oreo Crispy Rice Bars
These Oreo Crispy Rice Bars are easy to make and crunchy to eat!ย
Bacon Cheese Cups
If you like cheese, then this Bacon Cheese Cups appetizer won’t disappoint. It is made with cream cheese, sour cream, and cheddar and then topped with bacon.ย
Red Pepper Jelly Chicken Biscuits
These Red Pepper Jelly Chicken Biscuits have a savory and sweet taste, giving them a perfect flavor combination.ย
Maple-Sriracha Pineapple Bacon Bites
Maple-Sriracha Pineapple Bacon Bites are so easy to prepare and are so delicious! This recipe uses fresh pineapple pieces that are wrapped in bacon and baked.
Smash Burger Sliders
With sauteed onions, pickle sauce, bacon, and brown sugar glaze, you might need a napkin or two for these Smash Burger Sliders.
Classic Chili
This Classic Chili recipe has ground beef, tomatoes, kidney beans, cheese, and plenty of spices.ย
Loaded Chicken Bites
This Loaded Chicken Bites recipe is based on a vintage chicken recipe. The only difference is these appetizers are proportioned to dip in a white sauce for the perfect bite.
Cheese & Hot Pepper Jelly Bites
This easy no-bake Cheese & Hot Pepper Jelly Bites recipe has pimento cheese, pepper jelly, and chopped bacon. So easy and so delicious!
Baby Back Pork Ribs
Homemade fall-off-the-bone Baby Back Pork Ribs will be the hit of your game-day party!
Chocolate Praline Grahams
What’s not to like about praline candy and pecans on graham crackers? Buttery and delicious, these Chocolate Praline Grahams won’t last long!
BBQ Shrimp
You will love this BBQ Shrimp appetizer with its decadent buttery hot sauce. Be sure to include lots of sliced French bread to dip in the sauce.
Nutella Crispies Bars
Use a football cookie cutter to cut these Nutella Crispies Bars into football shapes, then use white drawing icing to draw on the football laces.
Shrimp Po’Boy
This Shrimp Po” Boy sandwich has a remoulade sauce and pineapple slaw. Make the slaw and sauce ahead of time so all that’s left to do is prepare the shrimp.
Crab-Stuff Shrimp
Try this Crab-Stuffed Shrimp for a game-day appetizer. Be sure to make extras because they disappear fast!
White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
If you like crispy cookies, you will love these White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies. They are extra crispy and full of white chocolate and nuts.