Food for football, gameday favorites that are easy to make and score big points with fans. We’re sharing a few of the most popular ideas for football party food.

Whether you’re hosting a party or simply joining one, food is important. Food brings people together and it allows them to enjoy the time spent together even more. Football parties are no different. The best football parties have great food that everyone enjoys! Take a look at these ideas for some inspiration if you’re looking for fabulous football party recipes or football tailgate foods.

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Football Food Ideas

Here are 10 football party food ideas:

1. Roast Beef Sliders

These mini sandwiches are super easy to make and a big fan favorite! Hawaiian dinner rolls, roast beef and provolone cheese. Arrange dinner roll halves on a baking sheet. Top with roast beef and sliced cheese. Bake in the oven just enough to melt. Spread a dollop of horseradish mayo or dijon mustard and serve warm.

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2. Buffalo Chicken Dip.

A big winner among game day spreads, buffalo chicken dip is a great football party food to serve. You can find recipes for hot or cold versions of this appetizer. Either way it’s guaranteed to score big points with your party crew!

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3. Pigs in a Blanket

Pigs in a blanket are football-shaped and perfect football party food ideas for a football-themed party or football tailgate. You can make your pigs in a blanket football-themed by using cocktail hot dogs, puff pastry dough, cheddar cheese, black olives (for the laces), red bell pepper (for the football laces), and green onions (for the football grass).

4. Chili Cheese Fries

These chili cheese fries football party food ideas offer a twist on traditional football foods. Serve them at your football-themed parties for an interesting take on football foods that everyone can enjoy and love! This recipe uses French fries as the football field and football-shaped cheddar cheese for the football.

Football Party Food

5. Nachos

This football party food idea is very simple, but it’s an easy football snack that everyone will love! Tortilla chips topped with chili, cheese, jalapenos, pico and sour cream.

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6. Fried Pickles

A southern favorite we love! Fried pickles have all the elements of a great football party appetizer. A little crunchy, a little juicy and you can dip them all kinds of ways. Ranch, sour cream, spicy aoili sauce… or a little of them all!

Food for Football - fried pickles recipe

7. Pretzel Pizza Bites

Pretzels football party food ideas are one of the most creative football foods! These football pizza bites football snack ideas include all of your favorite football foods like pepperoni (the football laces), mozzarella cheese (for the football stitches), marinara sauce (for football blood), and green olives (the football laces).

8. Football Cheese Ball

This football cheese ball football party food ideas is both cute and delicious, making it perfect for football parties or football tailgates! Cream cheese, minced onion and dried meat shaped into a football and served with butter crackers. Yum yum!

9. Teriyaki Chicken Wings

These football Teriyaki chicken wings football party food ideas are football-themed and full of football flavor! They’re perfect football snack for football parties or football tailgates. This recipe includes garlic, fresh ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, scallions (green onion), and chicken wings.

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10. Blue Cheese Deviled Eggs

Take traditional deviled eggs to the next level by adding crumbled bleu cheese and a dash of buffalo hot sauce. Serve with celery and carrots.

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