In America, we should add another holiday to our calendar and it is called Super Bowl Sunday! Of course we never need a reason to get together, visit, eat and watch America’s number one game on TV, however, this one game brings even the non-sport lover in front of the TV for the commercials. We need something to munch on during those tense moments of the game.
There is always the famous Rotel Cheese dip. All you do is open a can of Rotel tomatoes and a large block of Velvetta Cheese, place in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 3 minutes. Stir every one minute after until all is melted. You can also put a can of chili in the dip for Chili Cheese dip. Then, pour your chili cheese dip over a bowl of Fritos and add chopped red onions and cheddar cheese to the top and enjoy!! Yummo! To keep your dip warm, pour your dip into a crock pot (I like to use the crock pot liners for easy clean up.)
Homemade Salsa cannot be beat when it is this easy to make. Into a blender, pour one can of 28 oz whole tomatoes, 2 14 oz cans of Rotel tomatoes, 2 jalapenos (seed them for less heat then boil the raw jalapenos for 5 minutes), 3/4 cup chopped onions, 3 tablespoons of cilantro, 1 teaspoon garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Pulse the blender a little at a time until blended to your desired consistency. Note: You need to wear plastic gloves while working with the jalapenos.
Our famous bacon wrapped Jalapenos (Can you tell Texans love jalapenos. Haha) You can use the jalapenos out of the jar or fresh, seeded jalapenos. Cut your bacon strips into half so they are ready to assemble. Take cheese sticks or string cheese and cut to the length of your jalapeno. Once your prep work is completed, just add the cheese to the jalapeno, wrap the jalapeno and cheese with bacon and place in a shallow baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees until the bacon reaches your desired doneness.
Hamburger sliders are perfect for the Super Bowl. Take two pounds of hamburger, add a packet of onion soup mixed and a can of Rotel tomatoes. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper. Mix well and form into small patties. You can either grill, pan fry, or bake these small burgers until the desired doneness. You will need the small square buns for your sliders. Place a piece of cheddar cheese on top of the meat add your mustard or mayo and your slider is ready to be devoured.
Every meal has to have dessert. My family found the most wonderful popcorn on the planet. Pop a bag of popcorn. Whatever chocolate you like, white chocolate, milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate, Carmel ice cream topping and melt in the microwave until runny. Then pour over your popcorn stirring as you pour. Heaven on earth!! It is very addicting. Make sure you have plenty on hand for the entire game.
We also love to melt the white chocolate bark and then dip small pretzels to cover in the white chocolate. Lay on a piece of parchment paper until dried. Store in a plastic bag.
Another great Super Bowl dessert is Oreo Cookie Balls. They are so simple to make. Take 1 pound chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed, 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened and 1 pound white chocolate bark, melted. Then in a large mixing bowl, combine crushed cookies and cream cheese to form a stiff dough. Roll into balls and dip with a fork in melted candy coating. Let rest on waxed paper until set.
Last but not least our famous Buckeyes. Take 1 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter, 1/2 cup butter, softened, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening. Combine peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on LOW until blended. Add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating until blended. Beat in additional powdered sugar until mixture will shaped into a ball, will stay on a toothpick. Shape into 1-inch balls. Refrigerate. Once balls have set, place chocolate chips and shortening in microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until mixture is smooth. Reheat as needed while coating peanut butter balls. .Insert toothpick in peanut butter ball. Dip 3/4 of ball into chocolate, leaving top uncovered to resemble a buckeye. Remove excess. Place on wax paper-lined tray. Remove toothpick. Smooth over holes. Refrigerate until firm. These will be gone before the game is over, I promise you.
Now you are all set for your Super Bowl party. Have fun and I hope your team wins.
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Superbowl standards should include chili inspired dishes like the one you’ve got here.
At our house my husband always (always!) has SF Giants ball park hotdogs… even for basketball championships.
The Buckeyes: OMG! They sound delicious!
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