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55 Super Bowl Desserts That Will Carry You to Delicious Victory

Updated on December 29, 2025

Be the MVP of game-day desserts with these winning treats. Our lineup includes all-time greats like chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cake pops and more.

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Our Best Super Bowl Dessert Ideas

Whether you follow football and have been cheering your team on all season long or only show up on game day for the grub, there’s no denying that Super Bowl Sunday boasts some of the best snacks and cocktails all year long. In our minds, there’s only one way to improve a winning spread: add dessert! That’s where these recipes come in. Our strategy was to round up something for everyone, from classics like chocolate chip cookies and brownies to wild cards like s’mores pizza—and these adorable, football-shaped treats! Each cake pop gets a simple design (just a few piped lines of white icing) and looks just like the real deal. Best of all, you don’t have to bake them completely from scratch; a boxed cake mix and store-bought frosting will work just as well, simplifying the process and saving you time.

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Cocoa Brownies

The secret to the rich chocolate flavor in these tried-and-true brownies? A generous scoop of cocoa powder.

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Mini Cupcakes with Almond Footballs

Green food coloring transforms sweetened shredded coconut into edible turf for these spirited two-bite treats.

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Air Fryer Fried Oreos

Thanks to the air fryer, it’s easy to replicate this stadium treat at home. We doctored up pancake mix to create a sweet batter that gets light, golden and crisp.

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Dessert Quesadilla

Sweet, crispy and gooey, this dessert quesadilla wraps melty chocolate and fruit in a golden tortilla for a fun, easy twist on classic sweets.

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Puppy Chow Bars

We up the ante on puppy chow — the classic snack of peanut butter, melted chocolate and crisp rice cereal squares — with handfuls of melty mini marshmallows to turn them into delicious crispy cereal bars. A generous dusting of confectioners’ sugar on top makes them the perfect sweet treat.

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Game-Day Chocolate Cake

Chocolate sheet cake gets party ready with green icing, white yard lines and football sugar cookies.
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Cereal Treat Footballs

This game day-ready recipe makes it totally acceptable to play with your food. We took classic crisp rice cereal treats and gave them a Super Bowl-inspired makeover by molding the pliable mixture into mini footballs before it sets. The end results are pretty touchdown-worthy!

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Skillet S'Mores

An easy way to recreate everyone's favorite sweet on game day. Break out the skillet and you'll have perfectly melted (and toasted) marshmallows in no time.

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Peanut Butter Football Cookie

A giant football cookie isn't only festive; the rich peanut butter flavor is sure to score big with the fans at your party. Add thick frosting stripes on the ends for a college ball, but leave them off for an official look.
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Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies

Where sweet and salty meet. For the perfect amount of crunch, roll the dough into the crushed chips until they're evenly coated.

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Popcorn Balls

Douse your popcorn in a confectionary concoction of sugar, marshmallows and corn syrup to form these tasty little treats to munch on during the game.

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Spicy Smoky S'mores Bars

These spicy, smoky s’mores bars layer gooey marshmallows, rich chocolate and a hint of heat for a bold twist on the classic campfire treat.

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Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches

Treat yourself to a glorious combination of ice cream and doughnuts during halftime — sandwiched together for easy snacking.

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Cinnamon Pull-Apart Football

We can't think of a better use for a tube of refigerated cinnamon rolls than this fun, football-shaped treat. It's a breeze to make (just 3 ingredients!) but guaranteed to earn MVP status at your game-day bash.

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Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Celebrate the quintessential American sport with the quintessential American cookie. Superfine sugar makes for a fine crumb and crisp texture.
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Salted Pretzel Brownies

Ree's brownies, topped with pretzel sticks for crunch, look extra festive for kickoff. 
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Kickoff Cupcakes

You can customize the frosting on these tasty treats to match your favorite team.
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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies make an excellent compromise for guests who love chocolate chip and those who prefer oatmeal. The chopped pecans add a satisfying crunch, and maple syrup provides a dose of natural sweetness.
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Fried Chicken Cake Pops

Bring on the sweets! Disguised as a fan-favorite app, this dessert will take you by surprise with its chocolate cake interior, marshmallow chicken bones, candied pretzels and butterscotch-cornflake coating.

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Peanut Butter Ice Cream Tacos

Make this food truck-worthy peanut butter-packed dessert at home. It's the perfect salty-sweet bite after filling up on game day grub.

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Football Cake

No special cake pan required: This adorable game day football is made from two cleverly cut cake rounds. Nothing goes to waste — the trimmings become edible dirt, topped with coconut grass. Touchdown.

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Chocolate-Caramel Shortbread Bars

Kardea says, "My favorite caramel chocolate candy bar are reimagined into this easy dessert that looks fancy, but no one will know you took some help from store-bought caramels. The crisp shortbread crust holds up to all the decadence on top. Finish with flaky sea salt, because why wouldn’t you?"

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Heavenly Creme-Filled Cupcakes

Celebrate your team's victory or comfort yourself, should they lose, with Ree Drummond's creme-filled cupcakes made from scratch. It's a bit of a challenge creating these impressive treats, but well worth the effort.
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Tequila Bars

Guy mixes margarita flavors — lime and tequila — into a bar cookie sure to impress.
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Ice Cream Sandwich Footballs

Store-bought chocolate shell topping makes it a cinch to coat these homemade ice cream sandwiches.

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Guy's S'more Pizza

Use store-bought pizza dough to make Guy Fieri's sweet dessert pizza.
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Pull-Apart Touchdown Cupcakes

You can take this pull-apart dish one step further by writing team names on the ends of the field with decorator icing. Or use sprinkles in each team's colors on the last row of cupcakes on each end of the field for personalized end zones.
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

As Valerie Bertinelli clearly knows, game day calls for cookies that take it up a notch.
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Quick Churros

Whip up a batch of mouthwatering sugary, cinnamon-spiced churros to go alongside a warm caramel sauce — they're sure to make every fan cheer!

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Candy Cheese Ball

Looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert that you can customize with your favorite team's colors? Katie has you covered with this decadent and easy dessert cheese ball. It consists of a cookies-and-cream cheesecake-flavored base rolled in chocolate candies. Spread the cheese onto a cookie, pretzel or apple slice and it’s quite an addictive treat!

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Kids Can Make: Football Cocoa-Crispy Rice Treats

Celebrate game day with this chocolatey update of the classic cereal treats. For big and little kids: Let them help with measuring ingredients, shaping the footballs, and rolling out and arranging the laces. Big kids can also help stir the warm ingredients together.
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Game Day Cookies

Celebrate the game with a fun mixture of colorful candy-coated chocolates, pretzels, bacon bits and chocolate chips.

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Mississippi Mud Pie

Fill a graham cracker crust with a layer of chocolate filling and top with freshly whipped cream.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These bars offer the best of both worlds, cookie-wise: The edges are crisp and browned if you like crust, but the center cuts are extra gooey and rich.
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Chocolate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ina mixes cocoa, brown sugar and butter before folding in chunks of white chocolate for a cookie dough that is truly indulgent.
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Baked Banana Pudding

There's no doubt you'll enjoy sinking your spoon through layers of fluffy meringue, smooth banana pudding and crunchy vanilla wafers.
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Outrageous Brownies

The instant coffee granules really enhance the flavor of chocolate in Ina's brownies and only one cup of flour makes them turn out quite fudgy. It's a lot of chocolate but it makes a lot of brownies.
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Oatiest Oatmeal Cookie

Alton Brown's go-to oatmeal cookie is filled with old-fashioned rolled oats that are toasted before being ground into the consistency of whole-wheat flour.
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Sheet Pan Cinnamon Rolls

Ideal for serving for a huge (and hungry) crowd, these ooey, gooey rolls are a guaranteed touchdown!

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Mocha Brownies

Ree tops homemade brownies with a mocha icing (complete with freshly brewed coffee). Spread the topping on thick before refrigerating and then slicing into bars.
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Walnut Football Cookies

These playful little guys are more refined than they look, thanks to Giada De Laurentiis' addition of orange liqueur. 
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Red Velvet Layer Cake

Fill layers of moist red velvet cake with a decadent cream cheese frosting for this cake that can feed a crowd.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Food Network Magazine created the ultimate chewy consistency in this chocolate chip cookie.
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Nacho Normal Cheesecake

Serve pie dough chips on the side of this fun cake, and make extra salsa by mixing leftover candies and jam.
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Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes

Ina Garten tops chocolate cupcakes with a ganache made from heavy cream, chocolate chips and instant coffee.
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Slow-Cooker Chocolate Fondue

Using a slow cooker for chocolate fondue means there is no need to worry about burning your dip or having it go cold on you when feeding a crowd. Have fun with this dish by offering lots of different sweet and savory treats as dippers.

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Peanut Swirl Brownies

Spoon peanut butter over the top of chocolate brownie batter and swirl it through to get peanut butter in every bite.
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The Thin

Alton makes a chocolate chip cookie that is thin and crispy.
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Beer-Pretzel Caramels

Turn a favorite football snack food into dessert with these salty-sweet caramels.
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Chocolate Truffle Pots de Creme

Use eight ramekins or coffee cups to serve individual portions of this decadent chocolate dessert to party guests.
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Slice-and-Bake Peanut Butter Sandies

Make the dough for these peanut butter cookies in advance and store as a log in the refrigerator until you're ready to slice and bake.
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Peanut Butter Balls

Want to go for the win? Make your own peanut butter for these sweet, five-ingredient treats.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies Straight Up or with Nuts

There's nothing more comforting than a warm chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven. Try one batch with walnuts and another batch without to decide which version you like best.
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Mini Vanilla Bean Yellow Cupcakes with Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Bobby Flay's mini cupcakes highlight the tried-and-true combo of yellow cake and chocolate frosting. Given their small size, they're a great treat on the go.
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