10 Tasty Ways to Win Your Super Bowl Party

Football is awesome. Beer is awesome. Parties are awesome. But let’s be honest—what we really care about is the food. No matter how many drinks are on tap or how many touchdowns your team scores, your Super Bowl experience will not be complete without plenty of salty/crispy/cheesy goodness. Not ones to take the biggest snacking—er, football—event of the year lightly, we have scoured our recipe collection and compiled the best beer-compatible recipes that we have. Whether you're craving cheeto-crusted jalapeno poppers or chunky guacamole, we have your Super Bowl party covered.

Transform leftover mashed potatoes with a crunchy panko crust, garlicky broccoli and sharp cheddar cheese. Sorry, potato skins. Get the recipe on Food52.

Infused with lemon and garlic flavors, this hummus is the silkiest and smoothest we have ever tasted. Get the recipe on Food52.

Chunky and spicy, flecked with cilantro, and brightened with lime, this is not your average guac, trust us. Get the recipe on Food52.

Artichoke dip, but better. Adding spinach, lemon, and plenty of Parmesan cheese to traditional artichoke dip and then crumbling plenty of feta on top makes for the brightest, gooiest dip we've tasted. Get the recipe on Food52.

This recipe is Chex Mix all grown up—saltier, spicier, crunchier, and that much more addictive. Get the recipe on Food52.

The brilliance of the sweet potato fry is that with all the sugar in the potatoes, you can really lay on the seasonings. Here, you use a potent blend of chili powder, cumin and cayenne for the most flavorful fries you'll ever taste. Get the recipe on Food52.

A chili that combines the traditional—smoky and spicy dried chiles, boneless short ribs, roasted bell pepper— with the innovative—cocoa powder, stout beer, and tortilla chips. Get the recipe on Food52.

This recipe takes an already brilliant idea (fried chickpeas with smoked paprika) and runs with it. You also fry strips of lemon zest, fresh thyme leaves and later thinly sliced garlic to mix with the chickpeas, paprika and salt, leading to crispy little bursts of flavor, each more delicious than the last. Get the recipe on Food52.

Honeyed and fragrant with a fiery kick, these wings embody the word "addictive." The ingenious combination of coating the wings in Wondra and then double-frying them renders the fat and then crisps the skin to the point that it essentially becomes a shell encasing the juicy meat. This is kind of like the best version of General Tso's chicken we've ever had—only better. Get the recipe on Food52.

It's not every day we can get away with frying all the things and washing them down with beer. So let's go all the way. Let's put bacon in everything. Let's use Cheetos to coat jalapeño poppers that are stuffed with gooey cheese, crispy bacon, and peppers. Get the recipe on Food52.