17 Super Bowl Snacks that our lifestyle editor is doing

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In my apartment, the Super Bowl is considered the greatest holiday of the year. Not because my roommates and I particularly love football, but because we particularly like the Super Bowl snacks. If I had to list my pbadions, Super Bowl food would be part of it, mainly because it's an excuse to eat all the cheese, carbohydrates and red meat I can get my hands on.

One of the first things I did when I became a real adult (you know, the one who no longer lives at home or in a college dormitory) was to organize a party at Super Bowl. It was small, but it grew year by year. My annual Super Bowl celebration is in its fourth year and I've gained a deep understanding of what it takes to create a truly perfect Super Bowl menu. I know which Super Bowl snacks are essential and deserve to be abandoned. I can feel when the menu tips too much cheese, red meat, carbs, and I can correct each of these extremes. I know which dishes to prepare, which dishes to cook and which delegates to delegate to the guests. After all, are not the holidays the most fun when everyone has touched them?

Before going any further, some points need to be clarified: I am not a professional chef and I know very little about football. You can address a handful of articles that have surely pulled their Super Bowl menus from experts in these fields (or maybe even both), but what I propose to you is a novice. Nothing in my Super Bowl menu will be too difficult to tackle, because it's not too difficult for me to tackle. You will not get lost in the Super Bowl punny dishes that are based on some kind of niche football joke that no one among us understand. You will not find yourself living up to your elbows of gourmet ingredients by trying to create a kind of dish that looks really good on Pinterest but that is actually very confusing to prepare.

My Super Bowl menu is neither difficult nor overwhelming, nor expensive, nor too specific in humor. It's really the product of my oddly huge pbadion for delicious food – and my commitment to taking every opportunity to prepare it and share it with others.

1. Deviled eggs

It takes a lot of cooking on Super Bowl Sunday – and sometimes cooking goes on until the very last minute. Having out-of-the-cooking hors d'oeuvres, such as devil's eggs, is a great way to prevent your guests from starving while your slow cooker works in a magical way.

2. Taco Queso with slow cooker

My roommate makes this slow cooker taco queso for every Super Bowl and, honestly, I'm not sure I can live without him at this point. It's super decadent, making it the perfect gift for the most enjoyable holiday of the year.

3. A killer deli spreads

I mean – does this really amazing sausage even need a justification? Plus you can get on the table that is not need to be cooked, the better it is.

4. Bacon Brown Sausages

Even though we would like the day to be devoted to cheese and carbohydrates, we probably need to find more consistent options. These brown sugar and Bacon-wrapped sausages should do the trick, right? (And yes, you can do them in your slow cooker.)

5. Mac and super creamy cheese

The Super Bowl is an abject American holiday. And what's an American holiday without cheese macaroni?

6. Chicken wings with honey and garlic

Because if you're having a Super Bowl party, I'm pretty sure you have to have chicken wings there.

7. a vegetable platter

Just, you know, trying to keep things vaguely balanced.

8. Chocolate chip cookies

Oh yes, the desserts are totally On the menu.

9. sausage dumplings

These sausage dumplings are my roommate's specialty and they do not contain gluten. top this.

10. guacamole

Surprised, it took me so long to mention an absolute must: chips and guac.

11. Meatballs and BBQ badtail with slow cooker

Cocktail meatballs offer everything you could want in a Super Bowl party food: they are delicate enough to be eaten with a toothpick, but hearty enough to keep you Great satisfied.

12. Spinach and artichoke dip

Honestly, if the opportunity to eat a spinach and artichoke dip comes, I take advantage of it.

13. Brownies

Because a dessert just is not enough.

14. Sliders for a crowd

Toasting is much too intense. A) It's still winter and no one wants to hang out in the cold, not even for a burger. B) You and your guests will probably be stuffed with the rest of your feast at a normal-sized hamburger. The solution? Big-batch sliders.

15. Buffalo Chicken Dip

I'm not even as buffalo chicken dip that a lot but even I understand that this is an essential part of the Super Bowl.

16. Chile

The Super Bowl pepper is a 100% thing.

17. Jell-O Shots on the theme

Or any type of shot Jell-O, really. (Come on the rams.)