5 Best Super Bowl Snack Ideas
Touchdowns! Halftime Show! Parties! The Super Bowl has always been bigger than just the game. Of course, who can forget about everyone’s favorite part of Super Bowl Sunday: Super Bowl Dips. Looking for the perfect excuse to eat something less than diet worthy? Then grab those big bowls of pretzels and chips – and plenty of tasty dips. Now, all that is left to do is cheer for your team!
1. Avocado and Chickpea Hummus
These five delicious, heart dips need to be added to your game-day munchies list right away.
Avocado and Chickpeas Hummus (The Medittaranean Dish)
Do you like hummus? Do you like guacamole? If yes, good news: this dip is the place where those two categories meet in the middle.
“On occasion, though, I’ll defy the purist in me and add a little twist to my hummus dip like: roasted garlic hummus; roasted red pepper hummus; and today’s epic avocado hummus because, sometimes, we want an epic avocado dip with or without guacamole,” says Suzy Karadsheh, cookbook author and food blogger at The Medittaranean Dish
Ingredients:
Chickpeas
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup minced Spanish onion
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- One 14-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 2 tablespoons Aleppo pepper (see Note)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground caraway
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- Kosher salt
Hummus
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 4 garlic cloves
- Two 14-ounce cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- Lemon wedges and warm pita bread, for serving.
Get the recipe here
2. Caramelized Five-Onion Dip
Caramelized Five-Onion Dip from Food & Wine (Justin Chapple, Food & Wine)
“Taking the time to cook the onions low and slow concentrates their flavor, while adding scallions halfway through cooking keeps them just fresh enough to serve with chips, toasted bread, or vegetables like endive, steamed fingerling potatoes, and roasted Broccolini,” says Justin Chapple, chef, cookbook author, recipe developer and video host for Food & Wine.
A mix of five different alliums—shallots, scallions, and sweet, yellow, and red onions—upgrades this classic caramelized onion dip with layers of flavor. Yellow and red onions give it bite, while Vidalia onion and shallots lend a pleasant sweetness.
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia), quartered and thinly sliced (about 2 1/2 cups)
- 1 medium-size yellow onion, quartered and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
- 1 medium-size red onion, quartered and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
- 4 medium shallots, halved and thinly sliced (about 11/2 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste
- 6 scallions, thinly sliced
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Black pepper, to taste
- Potato chips, toasted bread, and seasonal vegetables, for serving
Get the recipe here
3. Buffalo Chicken Dip
Buffalo Chicken Dip from Café Delites (Karina, Café Delites)
Karina, chef, cookbook author, recipe developer video host and food blogger at cafedeiltes.com shares this exquisite recipe.
Buffalo chicken dip is a sinfully creamy and mouthwatering appetizer infused with hot wing flavors! perfect comfort food for any special occasion. With a hint of butter and garlic, this creamy Buffalo chicken dip recipe is a standout hit wherever you serve it. Using rotisserie chicken to beat cooking times, it doesn’t get any easier than this one! With hot wing tastes integrated, buffalo chicken dip is a decadently creamy and delectable dish! “Whenever you need some comfort food, this dish is excellent for any special occasion,” says Karina.
What’s Good with Buffalo Dip?
Such a versatile dip can pretty much be served with anything! Favorite snacks including Celery sticks, carrot sticks, red bell pepper sticks (capsicum sticks), sliced cucumber, crusty bread pieces, tortilla chips or potato chips.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 cups cooked chicken shredded
- 1/2 cup Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce
- 8 oz (250g) g block cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup white Cheddar cheese freshly shredded
- 1/4 cup American cheddar freshly shredded
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (optional to serve)
- 2 teaspoons green onions, sliced ( or chives)
- Celery sticks carrot sticks, tortilla chips, crusty bread pieces, potato chips, for serving
Get the recipe here
4. Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Slices of Baguette
Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Slices of Baguette from The Merry Thought
The classic artichoke dip is loaded with sour cream and mayonnaise, but this contemporary recipe uses smaller quantities (and lighter versions) of those ingredients. (themerrythought.com)
Ingredients:
Makes about 1 1/3 cups
- 12 ounces frozen artichoke hearts, cooked according to instructions on package and drained of any liquid and coarsely chopped
- 1 Tablespoon apple coder vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, and all excess liquid squeezed out
- 8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese (or light cream cheese)
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup shredded Pepper Jack cheese (or mozzarella or Monterey Jack)
- 1 large clove garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Get the recipe here
5. Pineapple-Serrano Salsa
Pineapple-Serrano Salsa from CountryLiving.com (Christopher Michel, Country Living)
Chris is the Senior Food & Garden Editor at Country Living, where he covers all things edible or growable.
“Another must-have Super Bowl dip is, of course, salsa. Skip the jars and try this fresher pico-de-gallo take, which blends sweet pineapple with quite-spicy serrano peppers,” says Chris Michel who recommends for a less intense flavor, sub in jalapeños
Ingredients:
Serves 8
- 1 large pineapple
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 serrano peppers
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- Juice of 3 limes (about 1/3 cup)
- Tortilla chips
