35 Best Game Day Dips and Easy Snacks for Football Season
The best game day dips for football season! These easy football dip ideas include recipes for both hot and cold dips and make super fun game day snacks.
If there’s one snack everyone loves – it’s dip!
Warm cheesy dips, cold dips with chips, and even sweet dessert dips, they’re just always a hit at any gathering.
Best of all, they’re super easy to make!
Most are simple, make ahead recipes that can be brought out or baked when it’s time to serve.
(Or throw the ingredients in your crockpot and let it do all the work!)
Because it’s football season, I put together a list of the very best game day dips.
These fun football dip ideas include crowd-pleasing recipes for both hot and cold dips – perfect for tailgate snacks and game day appetizers!
They’re budget friendly, use minimal easy-to-find ingredients, and ALWAYS get eaten.
Let’s check ‘em out!
(🏈 Looking for more fun game day foods? Check out these fun football desserts, easy crockpot party foods, cozy fall appetizer recipes, or irresistible autumn charcuterie boards!)
Game Day Dip Recipes
Smoked Queso Dip
You can make this Smoked Queso Dip with Rotel or freshly diced tomatoes. Make it spicy or keep it mild with ground sausage or ground beef.
And there are tons of ways to tweak it!
Football Shaped Bread Bowl With Spinach Dip
All the hungry football fans at your party will love snacking on this Football-Shaped Bread Bowl full of tasty spinach dip.
Plus, your appetizer table will look amazing with this fun bread bowl sitting on top of it.
Jalapeno Popper Dip
Jalapeño popper dip might become one of your go-to party appetizers.
It’s a rich and creamy cream cheese-based dip with spicy jalapenos mixed in with a crunchy Ritz cracker topping.
Easy and delicious recipe with a little spicy kick at the end!
Football Cheese Ball
No one can pass up this creamy Football Cheese Ball on the snack table at the game day party.
Serve it with your favorite salty dippers, and just make sure you get a scoop in before it disappears!
Sausage Cream Cheese Dip
Made with just three ingredients and ready in minutes, this creamy and flavorful sausage cream cheese dip recipe is equal parts easy and tasty.
It’s a crowd favorite because the creamy and savory flavors go perfectly with chips, crackers, and vegetables.
Million Dollar Dip
Million Dollar Dip is an easy dip with simple ingredients and bold flavors and tastes like a million bucks.
Pass it around with a tray of dippers like your favorite crackers, potato chips, or vegetables, and it will be gone before halftime!
Crack Corn Dip
Crack Corn Dip is a mouthwatering appetizer (made in the Crock Pot or oven) with corn, ranch, cheddar, bacon, and cream cheese. It's the perfect party dip that everyone loves!
Game Day Guacamole Dip
This easy Game Day Guacamole dip is so simple and perfect for football snacks and tailgating.
Whether you use storebought guacamole or make your own, this is such a fun and easy appetizer.
Slow Cooker Pizza Dip
Simple and filled with delicious flavor, Slow Cooker Pizza Dip is sure to be a party dip hit.
With only ten ingredients and a dump-and-go prep, you simply can’t go wrong!
Football Charcuterie Board with Dip
Celebrate football season in style with this stunning Football Charcuterie board with a homemade cheeseball made in the shape of a football!
Full of fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, soft pretzels, and summer sausage, it’s the perfect charcuterie board for the big game.
Creamy Fried Dill Pickle Dip
If you like fried pickles or are a dill pickle fan in general, then you're going to love this Fried Dill Pickle Dip.
Creamy, crunchy, tangy, and salty - it's everything you love about a fried dill pickle with ranch for dunking, but in dip form.
Crock Pot Spinach Artichoke Dip
Slow Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip is easy, cheesy, and a guaranteed crowd favorite.
It’s almost completely foolproof, plus it stays warm in the slow cooker for the perfect dipping!
Game Day Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Ball
This Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Ball is the perfect sweet dip or dessert for game day snacking!
Go on and wow your guests at your next football party with this easy, yummy sweet treat!
8 Layer Taco Dip
This Layered Taco Dip is a Tex-Mex favorite for a reason, and it's sure to be the star of the party.
Bursting with 8 layers of zesty goodness, this dip is a fiesta in every bite, and it’s serious SO easy!
Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip
Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip is creamy, cheesy, and full of delicious buffalo wing flavor.
Made with juicy shredded chicken, creamy ranch dressing, hot sauce, and loads of cheese, enjoy this easy-to-make and easily transportable dip at your next football party.
3-Ingredient Crockpot Mexican Queso
Get yourself invited to ALL the parties with this simple 3-ingredient slow cooker queso dip!
It takes about 10 minutes of work for a deliciously spicy appetizer.
Roasted Chili Corn Salsa
Roasted Chili Corn Salsa is made with 6 simple ingredients in less than 5 minutes!
It follows Chipotle’s original recipe, and is incredibly fresh, crunchy, tangy, and delicious!.
Herb and Garlic Dip
Herb and Garlic Dip is brimming with a delicious and unique blend of dried chives, dill, parsley and plenty of garlic.
This homemade dip is perfect for serving alongside fresh, crunchy veggies, crispy chips and savory crackers.
Creamy Cheesy Corn Dip
Cream Cheese Corn Dip is loaded with fresh corn, cream cheese, crumbled feta and smoky spices.
Get ready for rave reviews, because the fresh flavor stands out and will make your guests swoon.
Make it ahead and bake it when you're ready, or serve it cold with tortilla chips and veggies for dipping.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
Creamy Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip is the ultimate treat for autumn gatherings, potlucks, or simply for indulging in a delightful snack or dessert at home.
Serve this fun dip with an array of sweet and savory dippers to fully embrace all the flavors of fall.
Cheesy Chicken Ranch Dip
Use your crockpot for making a dip that you’re certain to fall in love with!
This Chicken Ranch Dip is about to become your new favorite appetizer or football tailgating recipe, ever.
Mexican Street Corn Dip
Bring authentic Mexican flavor to your table with this delicious Mexican Street Corn Dip!
Often called elote dip, it pulls together some incredible flavors from the sweetness of corn, the creaminess of cotija, and the electrifying lime zest.
Southwest Black Bean Dip
Southwest Black Bean Dip is flavored with chipotle peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, cumin, and plenty of melted cheese.
It’s the perfect appetizer to serve at your game day party with tortilla chips or raw veggies.
Roasted Poblano and Sausage Dip
Roasted Poblano and Sausage Dip is a party-perfect, make-ahead hot dip made with phenomenally flavorful, but not too spicy, poblano peppers.
And because this is a sausage dip with cream cheese, you just know everyone will love it.
5 Minute Taco Dip
Ready in just 5 minutes, this no-bake Taco Dip is the perfect snack for game day.
It has a taco-seasoned cheesy layer topped with your favorite taco toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Crab Rangoon Dip
This simple hot bubbly imitation Crab Rangoon Dip is made with creamy mayo, cheesy mozzarella, and a side of crispy homemade wonton chips that'll make you the Appetizer Winner.
Carolina Caviar
A marinated mix of beans and field peas, fresh veggies, cilantro, and zesty Italian dressing are the signature ingredients in this flavorful Carolina caviar.
Cajun Crab Dip with Shrimp
Cajun Crab Dip is a twist on the traditional recipe, with cajun spices to give it a taste of the south and shrimp to double that seafood flavor.
This Louisiana hot dip is an amazing blend of creamy, spicy, and fresh seafood that everyone will love dipping fresh bread or crackers into!
Swiss Cheese Dip
Swiss Cheese Dip has the most unique, addictive flavor you’ll ever taste.
Your guests will be begging for the recipe and you’ll almost certainly add it to your regular game day menu!
German Beer Cheese Dip
Obatzda combines rich camembert cheese with cream cheese, butter, a few spices, savory onion, and a splash of German beer for a cheese dip that's completely irresistible.
Slow Cooker Nacho Dip
Slow Cooker Nacho Dip is luxuriously creamy and cheesy, loaded with perfectly browned ground beef, diced chiles, and hot salsa.
Once you try this homemade, few ingredient dip you will never go back to store-bought.
Rotisserie Buffalo Chicken Dip
Indulge in the ultimate game day snack with this Buffalo Chicken Dip!
Made simple by using rotisserie chicken, shredded cheddar, and a spicy kick of buffalo sauce, this crowd-pleasing dip is perfect for sharing.
Baked Pizza Dip
On the bottom of this amazing Pizza Dip, you have a layer of triple-cheese decadence topped with Italian-style tomato sauce, finished off with even more cheese and your favorite pizza toppings.
Cranberry Jalapeno Dip
Fun and festive cranberry jalapeño dip is sweet, spicy and oh-so flavorful!
It is super easy to make and only takes 5 minutes from start to finish, and will look really pretty on your table.
Crock Pot Jalapeno Popper Dip
Crock Pot Jalapeno Popper Dip is a mouthwatering crowd pleasing dip made with cream cheese, jalapeno peppers, and plenty of seasonings.
This tasty warm dip is perfectly creamy with a bit of a spicy jalapeno bite.
Ready to try some new game day dips?
I hope this list of easy game day dip recipes has given you tons of new ideas for football party snacks to try this season.
From hearty hot dips to make ahead no-cook cold dips, there are so many crowd-pleasing recipes to choose from!
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