Superbowl XLVI Snack Roundup

This weekend, let’s honor Sunday for what many of us know it really is: A day to wear sheepskin slippers all day, to drink beer out of a plastic helmet beginning at 10 A.M., to place inappropriately large wagers on the always hotly-contested outcome of Puppy Bowl VIII, to watch just a token amount of the actual football game so that we’ll have something to say when strangers try to make polite conversation about it, to have some of our last happy childhood memories be sold to Honda in that dreadful Matthew Broderick CR-V commercial, to pray that Madonna doesn’t suffer a permanently psychologically-damaging wardrobe malfunction at halftime, and then to head straight to the warm embrace of our beds for a nap with the dog when the food runs out.

Whether you’re entertaining a group or entertaining only yourself, whether you’re in it for the love of the game or for the love of the Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com commercials, here’s our roundup of our favorite gameday snack recipes:

1. Classic Buffalo Wings with Bleu Cheese Dipping Sauce
2. Homemade Fried Mozzarella Sticks
3. Chipotle and Rosemary Roasted Nuts
4. Welsh Rarebit Bites
5. Smoky Lamb and Chorizo Chili
6. Poutine Potato Skins
7. Beer & Bison Burgers with Garlic Pub Cheese
8. Brown Ale and Cheddar Soup

Tagged as: appetizer, party food, snack, superbowl

About the Author: Malcolm Bedell

My first memories of cooking start in Maine at six years old, when I wore a yellow rainslicker to avoid getting spattered by the bacon I was frying in a skillet. My interest in both Mexican cooking and recreating classic New England dishes from scratch developed while living in Mexico, on a steady diet of pork and habanero peppers. You can see more of my writing and photography online on Serious Eats, the Huffington Post, BlogHer, and Foodista, as well as in print for Downeast, Indulge, and Cigar Snob magazines.