Team Spirit Cupcakes
Team Spirit Cupcakes Recipe
Showing your team spirit on game day has never been easier with these tailgating desserts. Just buy vanilla-frosted cupcakes from the bakery and decorate with coarse sugar and lollipops in your school's colors. For easier transport, pack the frosted goodies in a cupcake keeper, like this one from Bakers Sto 'N Go. The holder seals in the flavor and has a convenient grab-and-go handle.
Showing your team spirit on game day has never been easier with these tailgating desserts. Just buy vanilla-frosted cupcakes from the bakery and decorate with coarse sugar and lollipops in your school's colors. For easier transport, pack the frosted goodies in a cupcake keeper, like this one from Bakers Sto 'N Go. The holder seals in the flavor and has a convenient grab-and-go handle.
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Ginger Chocolate-Chip Bars
Ginger Chocolate-Chip Bars Recipe
Give traditional chocolate chip bars a game-winning twist by kicking up the flavor with spices like ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. To keep the bars moist and chewy, store them in a plastic container for up to 3 days before the game.
Give traditional chocolate chip bars a game-winning twist by kicking up the flavor with spices like ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. To keep the bars moist and chewy, store them in a plastic container for up to 3 days before the game.
Fresh Lemon Bars
Fresh Lemon Bars Recipe
The fresh lemon flavor of these sweet, fruity bars are a fan favorite. Dust them with powdered sugar just before serving.
The fresh lemon flavor of these sweet, fruity bars are a fan favorite. Dust them with powdered sugar just before serving.
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Peanut Butter-Caramel Bites
Peanut Butter-Caramel Bites Recipe
Use your team's colors to decorate these peanut butter cookie cups. These colorful treats are sure to elicit cheers from even the youngest of fans.
Use your team's colors to decorate these peanut butter cookie cups. These colorful treats are sure to elicit cheers from even the youngest of fans.
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Pecan Tassies
Pecan Tassies Recipe
These mini pecan pies are just the right size to pick up with your fingers—no forks or plates required.
These mini pecan pies are just the right size to pick up with your fingers—no forks or plates required.
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Peanut Butter Candy Bar Brownies
Peanut Butter Candy Bar Brownies Recipe
What's a football game without peanuts? When you make these 5-star-rated brownies, stir in crushed peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies, two kinds of chocolate-peanut butter candy, creamy peanut butter, and honey-roasted peanuts.
What's a football game without peanuts? When you make these 5-star-rated brownies, stir in crushed peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies, two kinds of chocolate-peanut butter candy, creamy peanut butter, and honey-roasted peanuts.
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Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ultimate football rivalries deserve ultimate cookies–so plan to take these along for your next tailgating extravaganza. They are everything chocolate chip cookies should be.
Ultimate football rivalries deserve ultimate cookies–so plan to take these along for your next tailgating extravaganza. They are everything chocolate chip cookies should be.
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Peppered Peanut Brittle
Peppered Peanut Brittle Recipe
Since peanut brittle is already in pieces, this is one dessert you don't have to worry about staying intact for the drive to the campus. And, it's nice to have some sweets in small pieces for game-day nibbling.
Since peanut brittle is already in pieces, this is one dessert you don't have to worry about staying intact for the drive to the campus. And, it's nice to have some sweets in small pieces for game-day nibbling.
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Bourbon Fudge Brownies
Bourbon Fudge Brownies Recipe
Bourbon and vanilla enhance the rich chocolate flavor of these moist brownies. If you don't want to use bourbon, use hot milk in its place.
Bourbon and vanilla enhance the rich chocolate flavor of these moist brownies. If you don't want to use bourbon, use hot milk in its place.
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Oatmeal-Pecan Snack Cookies
Oatmeal-Pecan Snack Cookies Recipe
Chock-full of nuts, dried fruit and nuts, these rich treats are like a cookie version of granola. If you're getting the tailgate set up in the morning, have a couple for breakfast.
Chock-full of nuts, dried fruit and nuts, these rich treats are like a cookie version of granola. If you're getting the tailgate set up in the morning, have a couple for breakfast.
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Pecan Toffee
Pecan Toffee Recipe
Break this toffee into small pieces so there will be plenty of candy to go around. We guarantee it will go fast.
Break this toffee into small pieces so there will be plenty of candy to go around. We guarantee it will go fast.
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Sour Cream Pound Cake
Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe
Pound cake is perfect for tailgating because you don't really have to have a fork to eat it. The thicker the slice, the better! You can make pound cake ahead of time and freeze it, and, if there are any leftover pieces, you can freeze those, too.
Pound cake is perfect for tailgating because you don't really have to have a fork to eat it. The thicker the slice, the better! You can make pound cake ahead of time and freeze it, and, if there are any leftover pieces, you can freeze those, too.
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Football Cake Pops
Football Cake Pops
Recipe
What could be better for a tailgating dessert than a cake ball shaped like a football that's served on a stick? Make a batch now and you'll be the most popular person at your tailgate party.
What could be better for a tailgating dessert than a cake ball shaped like a football that's served on a stick? Make a batch now and you'll be the most popular person at your tailgate party.
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Love Purple and Live Gold Cupcakes
Love Purple and Live Gold Cupcakes Recipe
Calling all LSU fans. These purple-and-gold cupcakes are a party waiting to happen and can be served to any fans with a team sporting the purple and gold.
Calling all LSU fans. These purple-and-gold cupcakes are a party waiting to happen and can be served to any fans with a team sporting the purple and gold.
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Crimson Tide Cupcakes
Crimson Tide Cupcakes Recipe
Score an extra timeout for yourself and order cupcakes ahead from your favorite bakery. Hand crafted pennants with cheer worthy sayings are just as effective at icing the competition.
Score an extra timeout for yourself and order cupcakes ahead from your favorite bakery. Hand crafted pennants with cheer worthy sayings are just as effective at icing the competition.
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Mocha Balls
Mocha Balls
Whip together these bite-sized treats as a sweet gift or a simple dessert. The best part? No baking required!
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Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cake
Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cake
Recipe
If you've never known the glory of a mayonnaise cake, you're in for a treat! The staple ingredient yields an ultra-moist crumb and keeps the sugar from taking over your taste buds.
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Slutty Brownies
Slutty Brownies
Recipe
These decadent brownies are made with layers of brownie, cookie dough, and Oreos. What more could your tailgating guest want?
These decadent brownies are made with layers of brownie, cookie dough, and Oreos. What more could your tailgating guest want?
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Giant Cookie-in-a-Pan
Giant Cookie-in-a-Pan Recipe
This cookie cake is easy to transport and will serve lots of guests. Use M&M’s your team’s colors to make it even more festive.
This cookie cake is easy to transport and will serve lots of guests. Use M&M’s your team’s colors to make it even more festive.
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Mississippi Mud Brownies
Mississippi Mud Brownies Recipe
Even if you’re not rooting for a Mississippi team — from the fluffy marshmallows to the chocolate frosting — you’ll love these brownies.
Even if you’re not rooting for a Mississippi team — from the fluffy marshmallows to the chocolate frosting — you’ll love these brownies.
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Popcorn-Marshmallow Pops
Popcorn-Marshmallow Pops Recipe
Use M&M’s your team’s colors to make these fun popcorn pops that make for tasty treats as well as a fun tailgate decoration.
Use M&M’s your team’s colors to make these fun popcorn pops that make for tasty treats as well as a fun tailgate decoration.
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Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Fudge
Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Fudge Recipe
Make the combination of peanut butter and chocolate even better by stirring in instant coffee granules and topping the fudge with chopped peanuts. You can easily make these treats the night before your tailgate.
Make the combination of peanut butter and chocolate even better by stirring in instant coffee granules and topping the fudge with chopped peanuts. You can easily make these treats the night before your tailgate.
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Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Decorate these fruit-flavored cupcakes with sprinkles of your team’s colors.
Decorate these fruit-flavored cupcakes with sprinkles of your team’s colors.
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Fudge Brownie Pops
Fudge Brownie Pops
Recipe
These brownies are incredibly rich and moist, and impossibly easy to make: just roll 'em, dip 'em, and stick 'em! For easier handling, push the finished pops, standing upright, into Styrofoam and place in the refrigerator to chill.
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Tiger's Eye Brownies
Tiger's Eye Brownies Recipe
Nothing goes together better than peanut butter and chocolate. Serve these at your tailgate for a moist and delicious dessert.
Nothing goes together better than peanut butter and chocolate. Serve these at your tailgate for a moist and delicious dessert.
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Rum Cake
Rum Cake
This moist, rich rum cake is great to make ahead for tailgates. It tastes even better the next day.
This moist, rich rum cake is great to make ahead for tailgates. It tastes even better the next day.
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Red Velvet Cake Balls
Red Velvet Cake Balls Recipe
Red Velvet Cake balls are the perfect bite size dessert. They are incredibly easy to make and an easy-to-pick up tailgate treat.
Red Velvet Cake balls are the perfect bite size dessert. They are incredibly easy to make and an easy-to-pick up tailgate treat.
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Making Buckeye Balls
Making Buckeye Balls
See how easy it is to make these delicious chocolate and peanut butter candy balls.
