Game Day Snacks for When You’re Hosting the Home Team

Published 01/24/2019

Quick, easy and especially crowd pleasing—that’s what we look for when making snacks for Game Day viewing parties, and these recipes fit that bill. Try our popular slow-cooker chicken wings or Buffalo chicken biscuits sliders. Our new dips—reuben skillet dip and queso skillet dip with taco biscuit bombs—definitely deserve their time in the spotlight, too. Whichever recipe you choose, one thing is guaranteed: these snacks will win, even if your home team doesn’t.

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7-Layer Dip
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 12 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 10
Servings: 16
Get ready for the best chips and dip snacking session ever. Every layer of this easy dip is packed with fresh ingredients and unmatched flavor, and it’s ready to serve in 20 minutes!
Ground Beef Totchos
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 60 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 8
Servings: 6
Totchos—or tater tots and nachos—is the snack mashup we didn’t know we needed. But now that we’ve tried it, we can’t live without it. Try this easy 30-minute ground beef version and you’ll agree!
Green Chile Chicken Skillet Dip
4.5 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 22 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 9
Servings: 12
Sweet corn, green chiles and chicken get baked in an ultra-creamy, cheesy sauce for a skillet dip that’s way better than store-bought queso.
Taco Pinwheels
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 13 reviews.
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 6
Servings: 18
With their pretty presentation and ease, pinwheels are one of our favorite ways to serve an appetizer at parties, and this recipe is no exception. Prepped in 10 minutes with only six ingredients, they’re too easy not to try!
Buffalo Chicken Biscuit Slider Bake
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 8 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 24
Found: The easiest way to make sliders for a crowd! This simple trick requires some Pillsbury biscuits, a 13x9-inch pan and your favorite Buffalo chicken ingredients. Once you make sliders this way, you’ll never make them any other way again!
Pepperoni Pizza Bread
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 75 reviews.
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 6
Servings: 4
Everyone who tries this recipe loves it for its ease and flavor. One fan says, “Many asked for the recipe and others couldn't believe the simplicity! It was a hit and this has gone into the keeper file of the recipe book!”
Chicken-Bacon-Ranch Pizza Sticks
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 31 reviews.
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 18
Triple-threat chicken, bacon and ranch team up again in this shareable, addicting appetizer that will keep your hungry guests satisfied during the halftime break.
Flaky Reuben Bites
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 68 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 6
Servings: 24
This snack will be a hit with any Reuben fan! One reviewer says, “These were very good! Tastes just like a Reuben sandwich but a lot easier to make. Husband loved them!”
Bacon Cheeseburger Bombs
4.6 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 23 reviews.
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 6
Servings: 16
These winning bombs really do taste like a bacon cheeseburger with each bite. Biscuits get stuffed with cheese and ground beef, wrapped in bacon and baked for a snack that will disappear fast!
Loaded Pizza Pull-Aparts
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 6 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 9
The name says it all! These pinwheel-style snacks are loaded with all of the best pizza ingredients, and baked together on a sheet pan to make the greatest pull-apart you may ever try.
Cheesy Chorizo Crescent Bites
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 5 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 5
Servings: 24
Chorizo lends a lot of crowd-pleasing flavor when paired with cream cheese in these irresistible party crescent bundles.
4-Ingredient Ranch Chicken Wings
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 8 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 5
Servings: 12
These wings had us at “three-ingredients,” and had us obsessed at “ranch.” Try these super easy chicken wings for yourself, and you’ll feel the same!
Salted Beer Pretzel Pigskin Bites
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 9 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 24
Cocktail sausages get wrapped in crescent dough and then brushed with a mixture that turns the dough into beer pretzel bread—with just a few ingredients!
Italian Sausage Crescent Cheese Balls
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 8 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 1 hr 5 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 48
Italian sausage, basil and mozzarella cheese lend delicious flavor to these appetizer meatballs that taste even better dunked in marinara sauce.
Cheesy Jalapeño Popper Monkey Bread
3.8 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 6 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 1 hr 15 min
Ingredients: 6
Servings: 8
Every party loves a good jalapeño popper! This monkey bread version of the traditional snack is hard to resist, with its biscuits stuffed with jalapeño chiles and cream cheese that get rolled in cornmeal and baked in a cast iron skillet.
Skillet Queso Dip with Taco Biscuit Bombs
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 1 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 hr 10 min
Ingredients: 9
Servings: 16
Your friends and family will go wild for this creative skillet dip that’s surrounded by warm, flaky biscuits stuffed with Pepper Jack cheese! You just may never have plain chips and queso again.
Slow-Cooker Root Beer Chicken Wings
4.9 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 10 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 4 hr 30 min
Ingredients: 5
Servings: 12
A cup of root beer is the not-so-secret ingredient to these amazing five-ingredient slow-cooker chicken wings.
Cubano Crescent Squares
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 14 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 hr 15 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 24
This fun take on the classic Cuban sandwich is easy with two cans of Pillsbury crescent dough sheets. Packed with roasted pork, ham and Swiss cheese, this will be your new favorite Game Day snack!
Everything Bagel Crescent Dogs
4.4 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 31 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 10
Servings: 8
We are sprinkling everything bagel seasoning on…well, everything, right now. Including crescent dogs! This simple upgrade of the original recipe will be a winner with anyone who has a bite.
Dill Pickle Crescent Pinwheels
5.0 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 2 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 4
Servings: 32
These pinwheels are bite-sized, easy and totally addicting. You only need four ingredients to make them, and the recipe yields a batch of 32 pinwheels, making it the perfect Game Day party appetizer.
Slow-Cooker Buffalo-Barbecue Chicken Wings
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 33 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 3 hr 15 min
Ingredients: 4
Servings: 12
No need to make a mess until you’re actually eating these chicken wings! They are made in the slow cooker, which makes prep and cleanup easy. Dip these in ranch dressing to cool off some of the heat, if you’d like!
Philly Cheese Steak Crescent Rolls
4.3 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 22 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 7
Servings: 8
All of your favorite Philly cheesesteak flavors are here in this super easy crescent roll-up recipe! You are just seven ingredients and less than an hour away from dinner.
Mini Crescents
4.7 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 3 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1
Servings: 8
One small trick turns regular crescent rolls into fun party-sized bites!
Hot Ham & Pimiento Cheese Crescent Roll Bake
4.2 out of 5 stars, average rating value out of 5 reviews.
Kitchen Tested
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 1 hr 5 min
Ingredients: 9
Servings: 12
Homemade pimiento cheese and deli ham get rolled up in crescent dough and baked in a 13x9 casserole pan for an incredible dish that can be served an appetizer to a crowd or as a family-pleasing dinner!

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From kick-off day in September to the Big Game in February, chances are you’ll be hosting or attending a handful of fun football tailgates and house viewing parties throughout the fall and winter. That’s why you need a lot of fun, creative recipes at the ready so you never go hungry or get bored when cheering for you favorite teams. Not seeing anything you like in this list of recipes? Don’t worry. We have more Game Day recipes for every football fan out there.