When you’re packing up your portable grill and pre-game tailgating snacks, don’t forget to save some space for dessert. With lots of portable options like next-level chocolate chip cookies, dessert bars or brownies with delicious add-ins, a sweet treat is the ultimate game day play! Looking for a guaranteed touchdown? Try Kardea’s cookies that are loaded with everything but the kitchen sink. They’ve got chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, potato chips and pretzels, making them the perfect choice for anyone who loves a good salty-sweet combo.

Whoopie pies are always a fan favorite. These ones pair cayenne with dark chocolate for a flavor that’s just amazing. And, the fact that they’re piped to resemble footballs makes them extra fun for a tailgate.

Duff says, "The best Blondies are chewy, moist and just this side of raw in the middle". Sounds like a winning plan to us!

Peanut butter cups are deceptively simple to make as long as you have a muffin tin and some paper liners. Best of all, when you make your own you can customize them with lots of fun add-ins. Valerie updates hers by including a scoop of strawberry jelly in the middle for a treat inspired by the beloved childhood sandwich.

If you're looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert, then you've found it! These bars feature a graham cracker crust topped with two kinds of chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, pecans and coconut.

Ree uses two flavors of store-bought dough to make the cookies for these shortcut frozen treats. Using ice cream from round pints (rather than a rectangular tub) lets you cut perfect circles to sandwich between the cookies. Dipped in melted chocolate and a flurry of sprinkles, they're sure to be the most delicious thing in your cooler on game day!

You only need 5 simple ingredients to make this classic game day dessert. The extra step of toasting the butter goes a long way in the deliciousness department. These crispy treats will remind you of the classic version — but with a much richer flavor.

Pro tip: When you’re making this toffee for game day, top it with candy pieces in your team’s colors!

Why take plain, old brownies to your tailgate when you could wow everyone with these salty, peanut-buttery squares instead?

Valerie’s secret for irresistibly delicious oatmeal raisin cookies? She soaks the raisins in a little bit of rum before stirring them into her cookie dough.

Fudge is the perfect portable treat. That’s why we love making a batch for tailgating — especially when we use Ree’s kicked-up recipe. She tops the chocolate fudge with crunchy kettle-cooked potato chips and salty pretzels!

When you need an easy-peasy dessert that’s sure to please, grab a box of cake mix. With a few simple add-ins (and Ree’s recipe) you can turn it into a pan of chewy, candy-studded treat bars, perfect for packing up and taking to your tailgate.

A brigadeiro is a traditional Brazilian sweet that is made with cocoa powder and sweetened condensed milk, then covered in sprinkles. These treats are wonderfully sweet, almost like a chocolate caramel, and perfect for snacking on game day.

Sweet, subtly spiced and wonderfully chewy — what’s not to love about a good, old-fashioned snickerdoodle? And, since cookies are easy to pack up and take on the go, snickerdoodles make the perfect tailgating dessert!

Remember that store-bought, wrapped snack you love? Molly makes hers from scratch — and makes them even better by tossing in rainbow candy pieces.