45 Game Day Appetizers: The Best Party Snacks

What’s better than watching your favorite sports and fun game day events? Doing it all while eating the best super bowl snacks and amazing game day appetizers. No matter if you are looking for a warm, cold, meaty, vegetarian or sweet game day food, our list of favorite game day appetizers has got you covered. Our delicious recipes are quick, easy to make and absolute crowd pleasers.

Meaty Party Snacks

Our list of meat party appetizers has something for every meat lover in your life. Whether it is juicy meatballs, crispy chicken legs or delicious party dips, we have the best easy to make recipe for you. You can serve these crowd pleasing meaty snacks as easy Super Bowl party appetizers or even as a main dish paired with crusty bread and a fresh salad.

Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

These easy stuffed meatballs are cheesy, tender, and bursting with flavor. They are oven baked and ready in just 35 minutes. A blend of ground beef and pork makes these homemade meatballs filled with mozzarella cheese extra juicy and delicious.

Serve them with a bowl of marinara sauce, or put them in sliders or subs for a perfect halftime show sandwich.

Meatball Stuffed Biscuits

These flaky biscuits are stuffed with juicy meatballs and melty cheese before being topped with a flavorful mixture of Italian herbs, garlic and salt. You can use store-bought meatballs for convenience or try one of our favorite meatball recipes: Italian Style Meatballs, Chicken Meatballs, Air Fryer Meatballs, Turkey Meatballs, Buffalo Chicken Meatballs. You can make this perfect game day snack in the oven or air fryer.

For best flavor, dip these homemade biscuit bites into warm marinara sauce. Everyone will love this tasty crowd pleaser.

Pizza Bites

For this quick and easy pepperoni pizza snack, simply wrap some flaky biscuit dough around pepperoni and mozzarella cheese balls. Then top with butter and Italian seasoning and cook them in the oven or in the air fryer. You can fill pizza bites with pretty much any pizza topping you like.

These easy football season appetizers taste great dipped in marinara sauce. If you would like to make your own sauce, check out our recipe for insanely good homemade marinara sauce.

Mississippi Sin Dip

This scrumptious football season favorite is a blend of cream cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ham, green onions and cheddar cheese. Bake this easy dip in a bread bowl or casserole dish.

This amazing hot ham and cheese dip is one of the best recipes to use up leftover holiday ham. You can serve this cream cheese dip recipe with bread bowl pieces, any white crusty bread, potato chips, crackers, pretzel bites or corn chips.

Million Dollar Dip

Even though you only need a bowl, a wooden spoon and 5 ingredients for this easy dip recipe, it tastes like a million bucks! Mayonnaise serves as the creamy base for this delicious dip, but can be substituted with greek yoghurt or sour cream. Its other main ingredients are cheddar cheese, green onions, almonds and bacon. 

This is one of the easiest but most flavorful party dip recipes ever. Serve million dollar dip with buttery crackers, tortilla chips, fresh vegetables, bagel chips, pita chips, salty pretzels or any of your favorite crackers.

Tortellini Pasta Salad

This tortellini pasta salad recipe is a colorful chorus of fresh flavors, loaded with al dente tortellinis, cured meats, fresh veggies and creamy mozzarella. It only takes 10 minutes to make this Italian inspired game day appetizer.

You can even make this tasty salad vegetarian or vegan by skipping the meats and cheese. Add more fresh veggies instead, such as diced cucumber, green or yellow bell peppers and red onion, for example.

Bacon And Cheeseburger Sliders

These super yummy bacon cheeseburger sliders are serious crowd-pleasers. Everyone loves soft Hawaiian rolls filled with juicy beef, crispy bacon, melty cheese and just the right blend of condiments. Sprinkle them with sesame seeds for a perfect burger look. It takes only 15 minutes to prep these wonderful game day appetizers that are also a huge hit with kids.

Lil Smokies Pigs In A Blanket

Pigs in a blanket is a classic party snack and game day appetizer. Lil’ smokies are wrapped in a slightly sweet crescent dough, brushed with butter, and baked until golden brown! An easy 30 minute recipe that only uses 4 ingredients!

Serve this delicious appetizer hot with ketchup, mustard, hot sauce or any of your favorite dipping sauces.

Buffalo Chicken Fries

If you love Buffalo Chicken Dip, then you’ll love this easy sheet pan game day appetizer. You only need 8 ingredients and 30 minutes worth of time to make this delicious and filling recipe. You can easily personalize this recipe. Make it a little bit less spicy, use more ranch or blue cheese, if you like, or make it vegetarian by substituting cauliflower for the chicken.

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

In case you are a big fan of Buffalo wings, you will love these scrumptious made from scratch meatballs. You only need a few ingredients along with a couple of spices, and the meatballs are done in less than 30 minutes!

Serve this amazing game day appetizer with carrot sticks and celery.  Additionally, you can serve ranch or blue cheese dressing on the side for dipping.

Bacon Wrapped Mozzarella Sticks

This delicious game day appetizer is easy to make, only needs 3 ingredients and just takes 20 minutes of hands on prep time. You get gooey melted cheese wrapped in crispy salty bacon that you can pull apart or dip into your favorite sauce.

Moreover, they make the perfect keto-friendly snack and finger food, high in fat and low in carbs! Serve with marinara or bbq sauce.

Crockpot Meatballs With Grape Jelly

These party meatballs make for an easy meal or delicious game day appetizer! You only need 3 simple ingredients for this crowd pleasing dish: savory meatballs, grape jelly and Heinz chili sauce. Additionally, it only takes 5 minutes to prep this flavorful game day snack that cooks all by itself in the slow cooker.

You can even serve these mouthwatering meatballs as a main course paired with roasted vegetables and mashed potatoes, for example.

Meatball Marinara Subs

This Italian-American classic combines juicy meatballs, marinara sauce and melty cheese in crispy bread rolls. Serve these yummy sandwiches for lunch, dinner or as game day appetizers. Even kids can’t get enough of them!

You can use your favorite store-bought or homemade meatballs for this easy party snack. Moreover, it is also the perfect recipe to use up leftover meatballs.

Vegetarian Game Day Appetizers

As more and more people choose to follow a vegetarian diet, it is very important to have a couple of amazing meatless party appetizer recipes up your sleeve. Here are our favorite appetizers without meat but full of flavor. They are some of the best super bowl appetizers and all your vegetarian family and friends will devour them.

Air Fryer Pasta Chips

This viral TikTok recipe makes the perfect game day appetizer. It takes less than 10 minutes to turn leftover pasta into a crispy, crunchy and perfectly seasoned appetizer or fun snack. Additionally you can easily vary flavor by coating the pasta in different seasoning blends and serving them with a variety of dipping sauces. 

This easy party snack pairs well with marinara sauce, garlic sauce, pesto, or whipped feta, for example.

Air Fryer Three Cheese Bombs

These scrumptious cheesy biscuit bites only need 6 simple ingredients, take less than 20 minutes to make and can be baked in the air fryer or oven. We used sharp cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack, and mozzarella cheese for this easy recipe, but you can pick your favorite cheeses.

You can furthermore personalize these treats by adding different ingredients such as leftover ham, pizza sauce, pepperoni or eggs, for example. Serve with marinara sauce, honey mustard dipping sauce or other dipping sauces.

Ranch Dip

This easy recipe is a simple combination of sour cream, mayonnaise and ranch dressing mix. And the best part, this amazing dip is ready in only 5 minutes. You will get the best flavor using homemade ranch seasoning mix for this dip.

Serve creamy ranch dip with a bag of chips, tortilla chips, fresh veggies, such as carrots, red peppers or celery sticks, for example. Moreover, this flavorful dip also tastes amazing with fried fish, potato wedges, chicken wings, hot wings, potato skins or tater tots.

Sour Cream and Onion Dip

This simple French onion dip recipe only uses 2 ingredients and is ready to serve in just 5 minutes. Sometimes also referred to as “California Dip”, this flavorful dip is a simple combination of sour cream and onion soup mix. Use homemade French onion soup mix for the most delicious flavor.

Serve this easy dip recipe with plain potato chips, crackers, pita chips, tortilla chips, fresh veggie sticks, chex mix or pretzels.

Creamy Dill Dip

You only need a bowl and a whisk to make this easy sour cream and mayo based dip that gets its flavor from fresh dill and aromatic spices. Even though it is ready in just 10 minutes, we recommend letting it rest in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to let the flavors develop. It is the perfect dip to make ahead of time when hosting a party.

Creamy dill dip makes a great center piece on a veggie platter, as it tastes delicious with carrots, celery, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and more. In addition, you can dip buttery crackers, fresh crusty bread or potato chips into this amazing cold dip.

Pull Apart Garlic Bread

This amazing game day appetizer is fluffy with an irresistible butter mixture, garlic, and loaded with gooey mozzarella and parmesan cheese. It can be made using store-bought or homemade bread dough. 

Serve this cheesy garlic bread warm with a bowl of marinara sauce or your favorite super bowl dips. We love it alongside Pizza Dip, Spinach Artichoke Dip or Rotel Dip with Sausage.

Mexican Inspired Game Day Snacks

Our favorite Mexican inspired game day appetizers include everything you love about Tex-Mex food. Crispy nachos, a modern twist on tacos, creamy dips, spicy jalapeño poppers and crunchy taquitos. We love serving Mexican inspired party snacks because they are flavorful, colorful and oh so delicious!

Loaded Beef Nachos

These colorful and mouthwatering beef nachos are loaded with juicy ground beef and beans filling, creamy and delicious nacho cheese sauce and topped with all your favorite Mexican toppings. Oven baked loaded beef nachos take less than 30 minutes to make and are an absolute super bowl party favorite.

BBQ Chicken Nachos

These BBQ chicken nachos are a classic, crowd-pleasing game day snack that combines melty cheese, shredded chicken and loads of tasty Mexican flavors. It only takes 5 minutes to assemble these delicious nachos before they bake to melty goodness in the oven.

Top this one pan party snack with pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and chopped cilantro before serving.

Air Fryer Taco Stuffed Pasta Shells

This Mexican Italian fusion dish is a scrumptious combination of juicy taco meat, melty cheese and crispy pasta shells. Cooked in the air fryer, they’re quick, easy and incredibly crispy as well.

Serve this crowd pleasing game day appetizer with a blend of sour cream and taco seasoning. Alternatively you can dip them in salsa or guacamole as well.

Air Fryer Chipotle Chicken Stuffed Pasta

This 3 ingredient game day appetizer is easy to make, serves a crowd, and is full of flavor. All you need is jumbo shell pasta, your favorite cheese and cooked chicken marinated in Chipotle Marinade. Then simply fill the noodles with chicken and cheese and air fry to crispy perfection.

Serve with your favorite salsa, guacamole and sour cream.

Air Fryer Chipotle Chicken Wings

What makes these delicious game day appetizers so irresistible is the flavorful marinade made from olive oil, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, shallots, honey and spices. Simply blend everything together in a food processor, pour over the chicken and marinate for 30 minutes or up to a day. Then cook to perfection in the air fryer.

These wings come out crispy every time and only need 20 minutes of hands on prep time. Serve with Cilantro Lime Sour Cream or your favorite dipping sauce.

Queso Blanco

This amazing white queso is made from scratch with real cheese! We use evaporated milk and cornstarch for our silky smooth Mexican cheese sauce to avoid curdling or separation. Pour this smooth, creamy cheese sauce over nachos, tacos, baked potatoes or roasted vegetables.

Easy queso dip is a great appetizer, party or game day snack, but can also be served as part of a taco station or as a side dish for a Mexican inspired dinner.

The Best 7 Layer Dip

This easy appetizer is a beautiful mash-up of all your favorite Southwestern flavors including creamy refried beans and sour cream, salsa, fresh avocados, tomatoes and shredded cheese. It comes together in only 10 minutes and you can make it as spicy or mild as you like.

Serve this tasty appetizer and game day dish with sturdy tortilla chips, homemade tortilla chips, tostadas or other flavored corn chips.

Chili Cheese Dip

This crowd pleaser combines cream cheese, comforting chili and lots of gooey cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack. Chili cheese dip cooks in the oven or in a crockpot. In case you are in a time crunch, you can assemble this creamy, and cheesy dip a day ahead of time.

Chili cheese dip tastes amazing with tortilla chips, Fritos, tostadas, crackers or veggie sticks.

Texas Trash Dip

This flavorful dip is a perfect blend of cream cheese, sour cream, refried beans, taco seasoning and cheese. Lots of cheese! It only takes 40 minutes to make this easy bean dip in the oven, however, you can also cook it in the slow cooker, if you prefer.

You can even assemble this perfect dip a day ahead of time. Serve Texas trash dip with your favorite tortilla chips, crackers or toasted white bread.

Homemade Chicken Taquitos

These crispy chicken taquitos combine chicken, salsa, cream cheese, sour cream, Mexican cheese blend, spinach, green chiles and spices. They are done in less than 30 minutes and taste simply amazing. You can make these yummy party snacks in the oven, on the stovetop or in the air fryer.

Serve taquitos warm, garnished with guacamole, salsa, sour cream and chopped cilantro. Alternatively you can serve sauces on the side for dipping as well.

Air Fryer Jalapeño Poppers

Jalapeño poppers are packed with a thick cream cheese filling, topped with crispy breadcrumbs, and cooked to a perfect golden brown in less than 10 minutes per batch! They are slightly spicy, cheesy and full of bacon. You can cook them in the air fryer or oven.

Serve with a bowl of ranch dressing or your sauce of choice for dipping.

Southwest Chicken Roll-Ups

These easy to make game day appetizers combine everything you love about southwestern food. Simply fill tortillas with a mixture of cream cheese, sour cream, shredded cheese, rotisserie chicken, green onions, black beans, rotel, jalapeños and spices. Then roll up, chill and slice!

They only take 15 minutes to make and then chill in the fridge for 1 hour. Roll-ups are therefore ideal to make ahead of time. You can make them up to a day before serving.

Sweet Party Treats

Game day appetizers don’t always have to be savory, the best super bowl celebration is only complete with some decadent dessert snacks. We love serving creamy dessert dips and deep fried sweet finger foods at football game watch parties. Our sweet party treats are quick, easy and absolute crowd favorites.

Deep Fried Oreos

Yummy deep fried oreos are a classic American fair treat, but with this easy recipe you can enjoy them at home all year round. All you need to do is make a simple batter out of Bisquick pancake mix, milk, oil and an egg. Then dip oreos in the batter, deep fry and enjoy!

It only takes a couple of minutes to make this amazing and addictive party snack.

Deep Fried Snickers

This fun recipe takes your favorite candy bar to the next level. It is as easy as putting your favorite candy bar on a skewer, dipping it in batter, and deep frying it to golden brown perfection. In case you need some inspiration, TWIX and MARS bars are a great choice for caramel lovers.

You only need a few basic ingredients: Bisquick pancake mix, milk, oil, egg and candy bars. Your delicious deep fired candy bars are ready in just 30 minutes and will be a huge hit at your next game day party.

Deep Fried Cookie Dough Bites

Deep fried cookie dough is crispy on the outside and gooey and delicious on the inside. You only need 5 simple ingredients to make this easy recipe: Bisquick pancake mix, milk, oil, egg, and refrigerated cookie dough. Simply roll your favorite cookie dough into balls, dip them into pancake batter and deep fry in hot oil.

And the best part, it only takes 15 minutes to make this mouthwatering dessert. If you love eating cookie dough, this will be your new favorite dessert.

Cookie Dough Dip

Cookie dough dip is generally made from cream cheese, butter, sugars, vanilla and add-ins, such as chocolate chips or toffee pieces. It does not contain any flour or raw eggs, and is therefore completely safe to eat! Ready in just 5 minutes, this is one of your absolute favorite dips.

Serve this creamy dip with chocolate chip cookies, fresh fruit, honey graham crackers, animal crackers, pretzel rods, vanilla wafers or apple slices. You can even dip pretzels into this sweet treat to get an irresistible sweet and salty combo.

Buckeye Dip

Buckeye dip tastes just like a blend of buckeye candies and peanut butter frosting. This easy cream cheese dip combines the two classic flavors of chocolate and peanut butter. It uses only 6 simple ingredients and is ready in just 5 minutes.

Serve with chocolate graham crackers, pretzels, Nilla wafers or cookies. This amazing dip is especially popular at holiday parties, on super bowl Sunday or Valentine’s day.

Cannoli Dip

This sweet and creamy dip is basically a deconstructed cannoli. It only uses 5 ingredients and is ready in just 5 minutes. It is usually made from ricotta, mascarpone, sugar, vanilla and chocolate chips.

A perfect party dessert, this great dip can be served with cannoli chips, cone pieces, waffle cookies, graham crackers or fresh fruit.

S’mores Skillet Cookie Dip

This scrumptious dessert dip combines a warm and gooey chocolate chip cookie base with a toasted marshmallow s’mores top. The cookie dough in this amazing dip is made from scratch and only uses simple ingredients. Best of all, this oven baked treat is ready in just 30 minutes. If you love s’mores you’ll love this s’mores skillet cookie!

Serve this fun twist on a summer time classic with graham crackers or simply spoon it out of the pan.

Jello Shots

These fun, colorful and fruity jello cups are the ultimate party cocktail. They are incredibly easy to make, perfect to make ahead of time and super versatile. You can choose any delicious flavor of jello you like, combine it with your favorite potent potable and create instant party fun! You can even make layered jello shots in your team’s colors for next game day or super bowl Sunday.

Tequila Sunrise Jello Shots

These orange and red jello shots are bursting with yummy citrus flavor, a hint of grenadine and a slight kick from the tequila. Tequila sunrise jello shots combine orange jello, water, orange juice, tequila and grenadine sirup.

You can prepare these crowd favorites up to 7 days ahead of time, and keep them in the fridge until ready to serve. Decorate them right before serving.

Piña Colada Jello Shots

The tropical flavor combination of pineapple and coconut in these yummy jello cups creates summer feeling and party fun all year round. All you need is coconut rum, water, pineapple jello, sweetened condensed milk and coconut cream. Piña colada jello shots only take 10 minutes to make, before chilling for 2 hours in the fridge.

For easy party planning, you can make these crowd pleasing jello shots up to 7 days ahead of time. Simply keep them refrigerated and decorate them right before serving.

Orange Creamsicle Jello Shots

This amazing combination of tangy orange with sweet and creamy vanilla takes you right back to your childhood. Orange creamsicle jello shots only use 5 simple ingredients: vanilla vodka, water, orange jello, orange juice and sweetened condensed milk.

It only takes 10 minutes of hands on prep time to make these amazing party treats. Make jello shots up to 7 days ahead of time, then store in the fridge until ready to serve. Decorate them right before serving.

Candy Corn Jello Shots

These layered jello cups are the perfect combination of fresh and fruity jello with smooth and creamy vanilla. You can use lemon or pineapple jello for the the yellow layer and orange or peach jello for the the orange one. Create your own favorite flavor combination! Additionally you can make layered jello shots in the colors of your favorite team for the next big game day.

Prepare these colorful jello shots a couple days ahead of time and store them in the fridge until ready to serve.