17 Crowd-Pleasing Super Bowl Snacks to Make This Year

Football is even better when accompanied by snacks like bacon-wrapped shrimp, French bread pizza, and fiery chicken wings.

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Published February 05, 2025
An oval wooden platter holding crispy deep-fried jalapeño poppers and a small bowl of tomato sauce. There is a hand dipping a popper into the tomato sauce, and the periphery of the image contains other snacks, such as pretzels, popcorn, and chips.

Serious Eats / Qi Ai

Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is just as much about the food (and the beer and commercials, of course) as it is about the game. Finger-friendly appetizers are one of the best things to nosh on while downing your first few drinks. Homemade popcorn and Chex mix are a good starting point, but if you're playing to win, consider bringing the heat with some fiery fried chicken wings or serving classics like jalapeño poppers. Below, you'll find 18 delicious snacks and appetizers—including bacon-wrapped shrimp and French bread pizza—that are sure to keep you fueled throughout game day.

  • Kettle Corn

    Red bowl full of Kettle corn on a red and green striped surface

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    This salty-sweet popcorn requires just one pot and four ingredients—and takes less than five minutes to make. Easier than heading to the store? We think so.

  • Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp

    Bacon wrapped shrimp lined up on a platter, with pink asian inspired fabric, and smaller plates and drinks around the sides

    Serious Eats / Robbie Lozano

    Glazed with soy sauce and hot honey, these bacon-wrapped shrimp have a wonderful savory sweetness—and are as easy as they are delicious. Briefly dry-brining the shrimp in baking soda and salt keeps them juicy and snappy, and partially cooking the bacon before wrapping it around the shellfish ensures it stays crisp.

  • Caesar Deviled Eggs

    Side view of Caesar-ed deviled eggs

    Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez

    The perfect marriage of deviled eggs and Caesar salad. The Caesar is peppery, garlicky, and cheesy, with the umami strength of Dijon and Worcestershire sauce and anchovies. In other words: all things that are perfectly at home with an egg.

  • Chaat-Spiced Chex Mix

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    Vicky Wasik

    Chaat masala, an Indian spice blend, gives classic Chex mix funky, salty, spicy, and tart flavors.

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  • The Best French Bread Pizza

    French bread pizza cut up and displayed on two ceramic plates and on a wooden cutting board.

    Serious Eats / Mateja Zvirotic Andrijanic

    If you want all the comforts of a homemade pizza but don't feel like making dough from scratch, French bread pizza is the answer. Loaded with a heavy dose of garlicky butter, marinara sauce, two cheeses, and fresh herbs, this French bread pizza is pretty darn delicious—and takes less than an hour to make.

  • Schmaltz Krispies Treats

    Pile of schmaltz rice krispies

    Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez

    Savory chicken fat and fried onions push Rice Krispies Treats into gloriously salty-sweet territory: chicken fat provides a welcome savory depth and richness, while Onion Soup Mix amplifies the onion flavor of the gribenes.

  • Spicy Mexican Fried Chicken Wings

    overhead of Wings on game day. Blue plate of spicy chicken wings on a colorful platter, beers, sodas and green tabletop

    Serious Eats / Lorena Masso

    Lean all the way into the burn with these spicy, crispy, juicy fried chicken wings: The chicken is brined in pickled serrano liquid and tossed with an oil infused with a variety of dried chiles, ensuring that every bite is packed with an assertively spicy flavor.

  • Crispy Deep-Fried Jalapeño Poppers

    An oval wooden platter holding crispy deep-fried jalapeño poppers and a small bowl of tomato sauce. There is a hand dipping a popper into the tomato sauce, and the periphery of the image contains other snacks, such as pretzels, popcorn, and chips.

    Serious Eats / Qi Ai

    We love jalapeño poppers in theory, but in practice, they can be too hard to eat—you have to try to bite through the pepper and end up with cheese and grease everywhere. The solution is to use jalapeño cross-sections instead of the typical half peppers, which create bite-sized poppers that are way less messy to eat.

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  • Buffalo Blue Cheese Deviled Eggs

    J. Kenji López-Alt

    Few foods are as closely associated with the Super Bowl as Buffalo wings, but they aren't the only thing that taste good Buffalo-style. Case in point: these deviled eggs, which take the standard mayo and egg yolk filling and add Frank's Red Hot, blue cheese, and celery.

  • Mala-Spiced Chex Mix

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    Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez

    Málà, which means “numbing” and “spicy” in Mandarin, refers to both a flavor and a feeling—the pleasant tingling sensation left in your mouth after consuming food spiced with chiles and Sichuan peppercorns. It's the signature flavor of mapo tofu and Sichuan-style wontons, and its punchy flavor also lends itself well to many snacks, including potato chips, popcorn, and, yes, Chex mix.

  • Crispy and Gooey Baked Jalapeño Poppers

    Finished jalapeno poppers on a plastic tray with a funky background and red dipping sauce

    Serious Eats / Fred Hardy

    Deep-frying is a lot of work when there's a game to watch. This oven-baked recipe makes crispy poppers without a pot of scalding oil: We fill the poppers with a gooey cheese sauce made of Monterey Jack and sharp cheddar, and brush them with fat before baking to help replicate the flavors you get from frying.

  • Grilled Turkish-Style Chicken Wings

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    Vicky Wasik

    A mixture of hot Turkish pepper paste, olive oil, spices, parsley, garlic, and a bit of pomegranate molasses acts as both the marinade and the dip for these sweet and spicy wings.

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  • Korean-Style Fire Chicken (Buldak) With Cheese

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    Vicky Wasik

    In Korea, this spicy, cheesy chicken dish is served at bars to soak up alcohol, which means it's literally designed to be eaten during the Super Bowl. To make this dish, marinate chicken thighs in a spicy gochujang-heavy sauce, then chargrill and cover them with melty mozzarella.

  • Cheesesteak Nachos

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    Morgan Eisenberg

    Would anyone in their right mind ever expect cheesesteak nachos? No, probably not—but you definitely should. The nachos take inspiration from the classic Philly sandwich, covering homemade tortilla chips with warm cheese sauce, hot cherry peppers, and sautéed onions. It's a cheesesteak in every bite.

  • Smoky Bacon-Wrapped Baby Potatoes

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    Morgan Eisenberg

    Bacon and potatoes are a match made in heaven, so it's no surprise that these smoky bacon-wrapped baby potatoes are very, very delicious. The small potatoes are tossed with a spicy seasoning mixture, wrapped in juicy slices of bacon, and roasted until the bacon is crisp and the potatoes are fork-tender.

  • Honey-Roasted Peanuts

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    Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez

    Maybe you're enjoying the game at home instead of at your favorite bar, but that doesn't mean you can't bring the bar snacks to you. These crunchy, roasted peanuts are coated in a honey butter glaze and finished with a light dusting of sugar and salt—and arguably even better when made at home.

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  • Beer Cheese

    A round ceramic plate holding two Bavarian-style pretzels and a small bowl of beer cheese. Part of one pretzel is being dipped into the beer cheese by a hand.

    Serious Eats / Qi Ai

    This glossy, smooth sauce was made for dipping with pretzels—or anything really. A full-flavored beer will give these cheese dip character, while Dijon, Worcestershire, and hot sauce round out the savory sharpness of the cheddar and mild bitterness from the beer.

January 2019

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