Football season is here, and I don’t know about you but I’m more interested in the snacks rather than the game. So when I had the opportunity to partner with Pillsbury to build a Snackadium using their crescent rolls & pizza dough, I was totally in!
Thus I began my mission: throwing the ultimate football party with copious amounts of snacks, dips, brown butter cookies, meatballs, wings and just about anything you can think of.
Ohhhhh yeah.
Now you’re probably wondering what I did to create this ultimate party, and it’s simple really: I built a snackdium (football stadium made out of food) on top of my pool table. Obviously the best thing known to men who love food.
I’m not kidding. Building stuff + food + football + brown butter cookies = a man’s favorite thing. Promise.
Now I didn’t think that building an actual stadium full of food would be easy access, so instead I made a buffet style football field.
Do you see how excited these people are?! They are thinking of buffalo chicken wings, Chex mix, and Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. They are going to dream about chips and guacamole and pretzels stuffed with cheese all night long.
Because really, who can even think about football when you can put together something this awesome? Check it out:
We started by rolling out green paper cloth over the pool table and used white tape to make the football field lines. For the fan stands we cut styrofoam and wrapped it in foil. There’s also an awesome goal post, which is made out of paper towel tubes colored with construction paper. This was all completely easy and can be set up on any table!
By the way don’t forget to check out the awesome pig and potted plants in the background behind the goal post. I think we were going for a tropical theme… you know with wintery pine trees.
That was a joke so laugh!
Anyway after our initial set up was complete, we started adding snacks and delicious little fans made out of cheese, olives, and pickles.
I kept eating the fans who were supposed to represent the Packers and Vikings. They looked tasty.
Now a party wouldn’t really be a party without some Pillsbury Crescent Dogs!
…And a super lazy dog in the background. She’s on a diet.
Oh and I can’t forget the Beer-Cheese Stuffed Preztels made with Pillsbury Pizza Dough! They smelled like a ballpark; I kept wanted to stick my head in the oven and inhale the fresh dough baking! The best part? They were so easy to make!
For our dipping pleasure, we served a warm blue cheese dip with bacon. It was incredible!
Looking for more delicious game day dips to go with your pretzels, chips, and even fruit? Here you go:
- White Pizza Dip
- Queso Dip
- Skinny Spinach and Artichoke Dip
- Garlic White Bean Basil Hummus
- Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Black Bean Chili Dip
- 7-layer Dip
- Better than Restaurant GuacamoleÂ
- Fresh Corn and Avocado Salsa
- Two Ingredient Fruit Dip
- Chocolate Chip Cheeseball
For the main courses, we made sandwiches with deli meat, a variety of cheeses, and spreads. Although you could have a ‘make your own sandwich’ station too!
The sandwiches were placed on top of the styrofoam and stacked for easy grabbing access!
Oh and obviously to throw the ultimate football party, you need buffalo wings! My godfather has a secret recipe that everyone always devours! They are INCREDIBLE!
We also had BBQ meatballs!
And more Asian style wings!
Now for your other snacks and main party food, I highly recommend the following:
- Crispy Baked Asian Wings
- Pork Burgers
- Slow Cooker Chicken Nachos
- Turkey Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce with Burrata
- Black Bean, Sweet Potato, & Quinoa Chili with Smoked Chipotle
- Avocado Cream and Chicken Suiza Enchiladas
- Sticky Thai Chicken Wings
- Baked Layered Buffalo Chicken Nachos
- Wonton Veggie Pizza Bites
- Easy Pizza Cups
- Chicken Enchilada Pizza
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Chicken
- Taco Stuffed Shells
- Taco Pasta Bake
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Meatball Subs
- Black Bean Chicken Enchiladas with Avocado Pico de Gallo
- Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Mango Salsa
- Siracha and Garlic Chicken Wings
- Beer Battered Mini Corn Dogs with Chipotle Ketchup
Other things you’ll need:
- Chex mix… of course.
- Cheese and crackers.
- A fruit and/or veggie tray to keep it healthy.
Now once the snackadium was complete, it was awesome! Everybody was ready to dig in!
We had SO much fun! If you’re looking to have an awesome football party with lots of delicious food, try building a snackadium! Your guests will be your biggest fans!
Oh and don’t you dare forget those brown butter and sea salt chocolate chip cookies!
I have partnered with Pillsbury through DailyBuzz to help promote their Crescent Roll and Pizza Crust products. I have been compensated for my time commitment to work with this product. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments. Thank you Pillsbury for this awesome opportunity to create a Snackadium!
21 comments
Holy moly lady!!! Now THIS is a Snackadium!!! I built one for our little family of 3 but you truly built like the biggest supersize snackadium ever. Amazing. And alll that foooooood. One thing looks better than the next!
Thanks Averie! It was so much fun! Everyone contributed and it was great to be able to have friends over for an awesome, festive football party! 🙂
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I haven’t even eaten breakfast yet and I’m craving wings, crescent-wrapped hot dogs and sandwiches. Everything looks DELICIOUS! Invite me over next time! 😉
I might need help eating all the food! Come on over!
What a fun party idea! We love game day!
This looks amazing! That is a football party I would love to be at! PS your pictures always look incredible, what kind of camera do you use?? I’m on the hunt for a new one!!
Hey Chelsea! I use a Canon Ti3 Rebel. It’s more about the lenses than anything. 🙂
This is such a super cute idea! I am pinning things to a football inspired board on pinterest and will definitely add this.
You inspire me~~~.
This is AMAZING! I’m honored my Crispy Baked Asian Chicken wings made the cut!
This. Is. AWESOME!
I’m so with you on being about football food and not actual football! I’ve made that blue cheese & bacon dip before too – it’s awesome! Looks like a super fun football party!
This is totally EPIC!! Holy amazeBAWLS!! Seriously, you rocked this girlfriend! High-five! And thanks for the link love:)
Oh my goodness – this is so fun!!! Looks like you all had a fabulous time! 🙂
Uhh, can I teleport to your place? kthx! 😛
Looks awesome!! Cant wait to build one..
Awesome ideas and decos!
Snackaduim 2014!
of all the Snackadiums I have looked at, I like the set up you have and versatility it offers the best. It’s easily expandable, or (gasp) shrinkable, It can be planned so guests can bring stuff and it just fits in. Partaking of one item does not cause the rest to fall all over the place, and your page offers recipes and suggestions for customizing the whole works. The staging and set up don’t take 3 days to build, if needed it probably wouldn’t take much to make it at one place and then move it to another. Items can remain covered so they stay fresh, or added too and you’re not reconstructing it. I know some of those Snackadiums made of stacked food are cool to look at, but they have some real draw backs. YOU ROCK!!!