42 Super Bowl Recipes for Game Day
Updated Dec 09, 2025
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Hosting a Super Bowl Sunday party has long been part of our world (lots of football fans in this house, and my older son works for the NY Giants as a software engineer, so we are a VERY football-centric household).
I absolutely love creating the Super Bowl menu every year. What makes a good game day recipe is, of course, subjective, but there are certainly some crowd-pleasing fan favorites. I try to create a balance of dishes: some healthy, some vegetarian or vegan, and some cheesy and beefy. I also lean right into the crock pot, making at least one dish in the slow cooker.
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42 Recipes for the Super Bowl and Game Day: Exactly what you want to eat while you are rooting for your team.
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Tips for Game Day Watch Parties
- Lay in a good supply of chips and drinks so there is always something to munch on.
- Pick big-batch-friendly recipes.
- Choose easy recipes that can be made ahead and reheated or served at room temperature. Because you’re grazing for several hours, this is important.
- Throw in a wild card or two.
- And if you want to go the extra mile (extra yards?), make up a big-batch drink, such as Grapefruit Pomelos or this festive pomegranate pitcher cocktail.
- Also, see how to Throw a Super Bowl Taco party!
42 Recipes for the Super Bowl and Game Day
Here are some recipes you will want to consider for Super Bowl Sunday, no matter who makes it to the big game and who ends up in front of the TV with you. There are recipes for chilis, dips, wings, subs, quesadillas, pizza, and more…in short, here is a game day menu waiting to happen!
Warm Jalapeño Popper Dip
This is so much easier than making individual jalapeño poppers at home! With the same irresistible flavors and creamy heat.
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Game Day Ground Beef Chili
This is that perfect ground beef chili, with an adjustable amount of heat. Also make extra to serve on top or on the side of nachos!
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Slow Cooker Beef Chili
You can serve this chili right in the crock pot to keep it warm, and let everyone help themselves when they are ready to dig in.
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Barbacoa Beef Chili
This chili starts with crock pot barbacoa beef, which gives this chili a rich, deep flavor.
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Cheesy Garlic Bread
You will want to make more of this for your game day party than you think, and heat it up in batches. It goes fast!
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Easy Chipotle Sliders
Sliders are the perfect game day food, four- or five-bite burgers that can be held in one hand.
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Air-Fried Kielbasa
These tasty air fryer kielbasa bites take almost no time to make, are very budget-friendly, and require no cooking skill whatsoever.
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Pulled Pork Quesadillas
Make pulled pork ahead of time and then transform it into these luxe quesadillas.
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Oven-Baked Cajun Sticky Ribs
Don't skimp on the napkins with these delightfully sticky ribs.
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Vegan Potato Salad
This is the best kind of old-fashioned potato salad, but it skips the mayo. The vegan dish is perfect for picnics and barbecues, and a welcome side at Super Bowl parties.
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Best Homemade Beefy Lasagna
When feeding a crowd, when in doubt, lasagna is always a good optons. This one with its rich beefy sauce goes out to all the meat lovers out there.
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Parmesan and Feta Spinach Dip
A ridiculously crowd-pleasing and easy to make vegetarian dip recipe that will have your friends jockeying to get next to the bowl. OId-school style, and perfect for game day gatherings.
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Oven-Baked Beef Brisket
A juicy, beefy brisket is a total game day crowd pleaser. Any leftovers can be shredded and used to make quesadillas later in the week.
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Four Cheese Pizza with Caramelized Onions
This vegetarian pizza recipe is topped with a ricotta blend, three more cheeses, and a tangle of deeply flavored sauteed onions. Cut it into smallish squares for appetizers, or big slabs for heartier appetities.
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Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
Can you have a Super Bowl party without wings, the most popular game day appetizer of all? I know I can't.
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Persillade Garlic Bread
Slathering herby and scalliony persillade between pieces of baguette — a delicious and cheerfully green take on garlic bread. And it's vegan, so everyone will be very happy.
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Air Fryer Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
If you want to put your air fryer to use during the big game, this is a great and easy snack. Cut your sandwiches into quarters and pile them on a tray, and keep them coming!
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Meatball Sub Sandwich
You can cut these sandwiches into 2-inch pieces so no one has to commit to a full sub, if you are serving other dishes.
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5-Minute Cheddar Cheese Popcorn
You definitely need bowls of snacking crunchy foods at a game day party, and homemade cheesy popcorn is a cinch to make, and gives you the bragging rights bagged popcorn does not.
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Mini Pizzas
These are cute as little buttons, and fun to top in different ways. You could also let people top and bake their own.
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Slow Cooker Barbecue Beer Beef Stew
Another great opportunity for the slow cooker to do its thing when cooking for a crowd.
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Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
These oven-baked vegan fries can be eaten on their own, or dipped into the condiment or sauce of your choice.
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Hot Corn Queso Dip
So easy, so cheesy, and so perfect for game days or when you need an indulgent start to a dinner, or a game day treat.
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Vegetarian Black Bean Soup
If you want to make your Super Bowl party into a Soup-er Bowl Party (I know, I know, so sorry) make sure you include a vegan offering like this robust and satisfying soup.
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How to Make a Nacho Bar
It's also not a Super Bowl without nachos, at least as far as we are concerned. You can put out all the toppings, and then just keep a fresh tray of cheesy nachos coming out at regular intervals.
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Chipotle Deviled Eggs
Have you ever seen anyone turn down a deviled egg at a party? Me neither.
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Sheetpan Macaroni and Cheese Squares
These little squares are meant to be picked up and eaten by hand, making them a portable appetizer.
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Easy Guacamole
The best thing that can happen to a ripe avocado (though I am open to debating that). Another game day must-make, and another healthy, vegan option.
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Slow Cooker Red Lentil, Fennel, and Chicken Soup
Whether you are at home, or tailgating, this stew-like soup will warm you up and fiill you up.
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Garlic Oregano Monkey Bread
This pull-apart refrigerated biscuit bread is so much fun to eat — add it to your game day menu and watch it disappear.
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Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip
Dips are essential for Super Bowl parties. Here is a classic choice, reinterpreted for the Instant Pot!
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Cheesy Mushroom Quesadillas
Another quesadilla, this one vegetarian. Use your favorite mushrooms, and stuff them pretty full! Sour cream and salsa and guac on the side, please.
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Queso Fundido with Chorizo
For many people queso is a game day necessity, and this one is spiked with little bit of spicy chorizo for even more flavor.
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Eggplant Caponata
This may not seem like a game day food, but a room temperature vegetarian/vegan dip that can be made in advance is always a good idea for parties.
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Best Homemade Hummus
Protein packed and ready to eat in 10 minutes, you will be amazed at home much better your homemade hummus is than one in a tub.
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Asian Baby Back Ribs
A sticky, tender Chinese-style rib recipe that you can make on a grill or in the oven.
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Easy Homemade Cornbread
If you are making chili for your gathering, whip up a quick batch of this easy cornbread to go with.
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One-Pot Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownies
The game is usually pretty spicy, so a little heat in your brownie seems only appropriate.
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Pitcher Pomelo Palomas
Citrusy, refreshing, and customizable with your choice of alcohol. Not to mention absolutely gorgeous, this big batch drink is perfect for a party.
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Red Sangria
Fruity, fun, not too sweet, with a little effervescence. The perfect version of everyone's favorite pitcher drink!
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Agua Fresca
Agua Frescas are ridiculously refreshing non-alcoholic drinks made with just fruit (watermelon, honeydew, or canteloupe!), water, and sugar.
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