13 Kid-Friendly Recipes to Sweeten Up Your Super Bowl Party

Think Super Bowl food is all about wings, dips, chips, and chili? As much as we love the savory side of game day, if you're hosting a kid-friendly football party, you also need to satisfy lots of little sweet teeth — though we're betting your adult guests will be more than willing to indulge, too! Make the smallest sports fans super happy with the following football-inspired desserts, sure to keep them satisfied from kickoff all the way through the fourth quarter.

From desserts decked out in your team's colors to cookies and Rice Krispies treats shaped like pigskins, these treats are sure to be your party's MVD (that's most valuable dessert, of course). If creating edible footballs isn't your thing, we've also included some sweet takes on Super Bowl food favorites, like nachos, dips, and snack mixes. All are guaranteed to please Super Bowl fans both big and small. Keep reading to find your favorite Super Bowl-inspired sweets.

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Nutella Rice Krispies Treats
Whitney Bond

Nutella Rice Krispies Treats

Whitney Bond's Nutella Rice Krispies treats require only five ingredients and about 15 minutes of hands-on time. Who wouldn't love the combo of everyone's favorite childhood treat and creamy, delicious Nutella?

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Caramel Pretzel Dessert Nachos
Love From the Oven

Caramel Pretzel Dessert Nachos

Love From the Oven's caramel pretzel dessert nachos might be a little messy, but they're totally worth it. Throw together pretzels, marshmallows, candy, chocolate, and caramel sauce, bake for 10 minutes, and you've created every kid's favorite item on the buffet.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Football Dip
Erica's Sweet Tooth

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Football Dip

Pair Erica's Sweet Tooth's chocolate chip cookie dough football dip with fruit, Nilla Wafers, and pretzels, and watch them all disappear. The delicious dip uses whipped cream instead of cream cheese, so it tastes exactly like chocolate chip cookie dough. Cover the dip with chopped chocolate, sprinkles, Oreo crumbs, or mini chocolate chips.

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Pumpkin Football Blondies
Shugary Sweets

Pumpkin Football Blondies

If pumpkin is your thing, you have to try Shugary Sweets's pumpkin football blondies. The chewy cookie bars have the texture of a brownie and get even more delicious when topped with a creamy chocolate frosting.

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Oreo Football Cake
Love From the Oven

Oreo Football Cake

Make this no-bake Oreo football cake the day before the party, refrigerate it overnight, and get ready to impress. The cake, from Love From the Oven, is made of Oreo cookies, cream cheese, milk, pudding, whipped topping, sprinkles, and frosting.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Chex Mix Bars
Averie Cooks

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chex Mix Bars

Averie Cooks's chocolate peanut butter Chex Mix bars have just six ingredients: pretzels rods, Corn Chex cereal, M&M's, butter, peanut butter, and marshmallows. They combine to make sweet snack-mix bars both kids and adults will love.

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Frosted Chocolate Nut Cookie Bars
Shugary Sweets

Frosted Chocolate Nut Cookie Bars

Even the most nut-averse football fan will love Shugary Sweets's frosted chocolate nut cookie bars. The bars are stuffed full of chocolate chips, walnuts, and almonds and topped with a decadent chocolate-almond frosting.

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Football Brownies
Love From the Oven

Football Brownies

Topped with chocolate-dipped strawberries decorated like footballs, Love From the Oven's football brownies are sure to be a hit. Make the brownies from scratch or use a mix, then frost them and add sprinkles in your favorite team's colors.

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Football Peanut Butter Blondies
Well Plated

Football Peanut Butter Blondies

Football peanut butter blondies from Well Plated are made with whole-wheat flour, but no one will ever know. With chocolate chips and peanut butter chips, these treats are guaranteed to be a football-party winner.

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Cookies and Cream Cheese Ball
Shugary Sweets

Cookies and Cream Cheese Ball

Shugary Sweets's cookies and cream cheese ball is a touchdown! A mixture of cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, chocolate syrup, and crushed Oreos is covered with chocolate morsels for the ultimate dessert ball.

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Sweet and Salty S'mores Bars
Show Me the Yummy

Sweet and Salty S'mores Bars

What's better than a bag of chips? Using one to create Show Me the Yummy's sweet and salty s'mores bars. Potato chips, honey graham cereal, marshmallows, milk chocolate bars, and butter combine to create a treat you'll want to make long after the football season is over.

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Layered Jell-O Salad
Spicy Southern Kitchen

Layered Jell-O Salad

Personalize Spicy Southern Kitchen's layered Jell-O salad with flavors and fruits that match your favorite team's colors. This red, white, and blue version uses berry-flavored Jell-O with fresh blueberries and raspberries. The middle layer is a rich, creamy combo of sour cream, heavy cream, sugar, and gelatin.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheese Ball
Shugary Sweets

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheese Ball

Packed with cream cheese and crushed chocolate chip cookies, Shugary Sweets's chocolate chip cookie cheese ball is exactly as delicious as it sounds. Cover the mixture in more crushed cookies, and serve it with graham crackers for the ultimate sweet treat.