Touchdowns don’t just happen on the field: When your favorite fans are coming over for the big game, score major points with a menu of crowd-pleasing comfort foods that are easy to make and even easier to eat. We’ve gathered some of our favorite finger foods that turn simple ingredients into big flavors. Serve them with a cooler full of ice-cold Bud Lights — a classic game-day beer that gets its crisp taste from only hops, barley, water, and rice — and everyone’s a winner.
The Ultimate Buffalo
Chicken Dip
Crispy Potato Bites with Spicy Ketchup
Lemon-Pepper Oven Baked
Wings
Slow Cooker Queso Dip
Crispy Potato Bites with Spicy Ketchup
Sheet Pan Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks
Loaded Baked
Potato Casserole
Buffalo
Chicken Wings
Pizza Bites
Cheesy Chicken and Mozzarella Meatball Sliders
A slow cooker is a game day MVP — not only does it do most of the work for you; it keeps food warm through all four quarters.
Long live the leftover! Cooked rice is a great star for Touchdown Taco Casserole, and extra baked potatoes are reborn into Loaded Baked Potato Casserole.
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Barley, one of the four high-quality ingredients in every bottle of Bud Light, earns its distinction as an ancient grain: It’s believed to be the first farmed grain in the world.
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Cheesy Chicken and Mozzarella Meatball Sliders
Make a double batch of the delicious chicken meatballs for these sliders. They freeze beautifully.
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Nobody wants to fry chicken wings while all the action is happening in the living room. Dry brining makes for dry skin that gets super crispy in the oven.
TIP
A slow cooker is a game day MVP —
not only does it do most of the work for you; it keeps food warm through all four quarters.
Lemon-Pepper Oven Baked Wings
Nobody wants to fry chicken wings while all the action is happening in the living room. Dry brining makes for dry skin that gets super crispy in the oven.
TIP
Slow Cooker Queso Dip
Long live the leftover! Cooked rice is a great star for Touchdown Taco Casserole, and extra baked potatoes are reborn into Loaded Baked Potato Casserole.
TIP
Barley, one of the four high-quality ingredients in every bottle of Bud Light, earns its distinction as an ancient grain: It’s believed to be the first farmed grain in the world.
TIP
Sheet Pan Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks
Make a double batch of the delicious chicken meatballs for these sliders. They freeze beautifully.
TIP
Pizza Bites
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Touchdown Taco Casserole
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Touchdown
Taco Casserole
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
Buffalo Chicken Wings
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