There are articles all over the internet with ideas and recipes for the best Super Bowl party snacks, but it's important to understand there are drawbacks to some extremely popular snacks that people aren't talking about … until right now!
Super Bowl parties are fun … well, they're supposed to be.
Instead of talking about the game, do you want partygoers to whisper about the person (that's you) who brought the [insert crappy Super Bowl snack here]?
No, you don't. And I don't want that for you, either.
So before you lock in Super Bowl snack(s) — and there's still time to avoid making a grave mistake — here are the five worst Super Bowl Party snacks.
5 Worst Super Bowl Party Snacks
5. Bean Dip
There are so many amazing Super Bowl party dips — guacamole, spinach and artichoke, French onion, my incredible buffalo chicken, etc. — that centering a dip around beans is completely unacceptable.
"Thanks for coming to the party! Want to spend most of tomorrow in the bathroom? Great! Cannonball right into this bean dip."
Besides, do you really want the other guests loading up on bean dip, topping off their stomachs with adult beverages then having to worry about "air quality" during the second half of the game?
Don't put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby.
4. Chili
Calm down! I included chili here not because it's bad — I absolutely love chili — but because it's a terrible idea to offer larger groups, especially if the party will include kids.
Think about it: There are always spills at Super Bowl parties and what snack is a more difficult cleanup than a bowl of chili kicked over on a couch or carpet?
You can have chili at your Super Bowl party if you must.
I'll hold off and enjoy it on any of the other 364 days this year.
3. Vegetable Tray
Vegetable trays are only acceptable if they're specifically requested by a vegetarian coming to the party.
And I don't want to hear about carrots and celery to serve with buffalo wings.
Many restaurants refer to this as "rabbit food," so let's leave them as just that, food not suitable for human being Super Bowl party consumption.
2. Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp cocktail is the official, "I completely forgot to plan anything decent to bring to this Super Bowl party, so I'll grab a platter from the store on the way over."
Gross.
Shrimp is an amazing food and I love it any way it is prepared, even chilled and drug through cocktail sauce.
But if you're going to do this, you damn well better cook raw shrimp yourself, chill, then bring to the party.
1. Deviled Eggs
While scanning for popular Super Bowl party snacks, I stumbled across an article from FoodAndWine.com and nearly frisbeed my laptop against the wall with rage.
Deviled eggs showed up on this list not once, but twice. Twice!
Deviled eggs smell, take up a lot of room and are either loved or hated (mostly hated), so why waste your time with them?
Have you ever gone to a sports bar and seen deviled eggs on a menu? And in the off chance that they were, did you order them over wings, burgers, nachos, etc.?
No and hell no.
The closest a deviled egg should ever come to football is maybe as a Thanksgiving appetizer before the real food is out of the oven and ready.
Deviled eggs smell like what I assume Jelly Roll smells like, so don't even think about it.
