Super Bowl Sunday is all about touchdowns, good food, and great company. But who says desserts can’t be the MVP of your spread? These super easy, crowd-pleasing desserts will keep your guests coming back for seconds (and thirds) while you enjoy the game. No culinary training required—just a pinch of creativity, a sprinkle of fun, and the perfect supplies. Let’s get dessert-ready!
1. Chocolate-Dipped Football Strawberries
Imagine juicy, ripe strawberries dressed up like mini footballs. These adorable treats are not only delicious but also add a fun and sporty flair to your dessert table. They’re simple to make and will have your guests cheering before kickoff.
- Ingredients: Fresh strawberries, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips
- Recipe: Melt the milk chocolate chips in the microwave. Dip strawberries until coated and let them set on wax paper. Use melted white chocolate in a piping bag to draw football laces.
- Cooking Time: 15 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Microwave-safe bowl, wax paper, piping bag
2. Touchdown Brownie Bites
These brownies will score major points with everyone at your Super Bowl party.
- Ingredients: Boxed brownie mix, eggs, oil, water, white frosting
- Recipe: Bake brownies as per box instructions. Cut into football shapes using a cookie cutter. Decorate with frosting to mimic laces.
- Cooking Time: 30 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Football-shaped cookie cutter, piping bag
3. No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
These no-bake peanut butter bars are rich, creamy, and layered with chocolate goodness. Perfect for game day, they’re quick to make and pack a winning combination of flavors in every bite.
- Ingredients: Peanut butter, powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips
- Recipe: Mix peanut butter, powdered sugar, and graham cracker crumbs. Press into a pan. Melt chocolate chips and spread on top. Chill and slice.
- Cooking Time: 10 minutes + chilling
- Supplies Needed: Mixing bowl, 8×8 pan
4. Game-Day Rice Krispie Treats
Turn a childhood favorite into a game-day hit! These Rice Krispie treats are dyed green and decorated to look like mini football fields, making them as fun to look at as they are to eat.
- Ingredients: Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows, butter, green food coloring, white frosting
- Recipe: Melt butter and marshmallows, mix in cereal, and add green food coloring. Press into a pan and decorate with white frosting to mimic a football field.
- Cooking Time: 10 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Large pot, 9×13 pan
5. Super Bowl Cookie Platter
A cookie platter in your team’s colors is a simple yet eye-catching addition to your dessert table. Customizable and delicious, these cookies let your guests munch their way to team spirit.
- Ingredients: Store-bought cookie dough, icing, sprinkles
- Recipe: Bake cookies as per instructions. Decorate with team colors using icing and sprinkles.
- Cooking Time: 15 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Baking sheet, piping bag
6. Mini Cheesecake Cups
These mini cheesecake cups are the perfect bite-sized indulgence. With a graham cracker base and a creamy cheesecake filling, they’re an elegant yet effortless dessert that guests will adore.
- Ingredients: Cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, graham crackers, cupcake liners, pie filling
- Recipe: Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Layer crushed graham crackers and the cheesecake mixture in cupcake liners. Top with pie filling and chill.
- Cooking Time: 10 minutes + chilling
- Supplies Needed: Mixing bowl, cupcake pan, liners
7. Pretzel Rod Footballs
These sweet and salty pretzel rods are dressed to impress with a chocolate coating and football laces. Perfect for halftime snacking, they’re as fun to make as they are to eat.
- Ingredients: Pretzel rods, melted chocolate, white icing
- Recipe: Dip pretzel rods in melted chocolate and let set. Pipe on football laces with icing.
- Cooking Time: 10 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Wax paper, piping bag
8. Easy Game-Day Ice Cream Sandwiches
No dessert table is complete without these ice cream sandwiches. Quick, customizable, and oh-so-delicious, they’re guaranteed to be a hit with fans of all ages.
- Ingredients: Chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, sprinkles
- Recipe: Sandwich a scoop of ice cream between two cookies. Roll edges in sprinkles.
- Cooking Time: 5 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Spoon, plate
9. Popcorn Snack Mix
This popcorn snack mix is the ultimate grab-and-go dessert. Packed with sweet and salty flavors, it’s the perfect treat to munch on throughout the game.
- Ingredients: Popcorn, pretzels, chocolate candies, peanuts
- Recipe: Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Serve.
- Cooking Time: 5 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Large bowl
10. Cinnamon Sugar Football Pastries
Light, flaky puff pastries dusted with cinnamon sugar and cut into football shapes are an elegant addition to your Super Bowl spread. These are as delightful to look at as they are to eat.
- Ingredients: Puff pastry sheets, cinnamon sugar, butter
- Recipe: Cut pastry into football shapes. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, and bake.
- Cooking Time: 20 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Cookie cutter, baking sheet
11. Chocolate Pudding Cups
Layered with crushed Oreos and topped with gummy football candies, these chocolate pudding cups are a whimsical dessert that will charm both kids and adults. They’re simple, fun, and perfectly festive.
- Ingredients: Instant chocolate pudding, crushed Oreos, gummy football candies
- Recipe: Prepare pudding as per package instructions. Layer with crushed Oreos and top with gummy candies.
- Cooking Time: 5 minutes
- Supplies Needed: Cups, spoons
Conclusion: With these 11 easy desserts, you’ll be the MVP of your Super Bowl party. Minimal effort, maximum flavor, and all the fun! So, huddle up in the kitchen and get ready to score big with these sweet treats. Game on!
