Superbowl Sunday Funday

Superbowl Sunday is a great day to make all of those dips and appetizer recipes you have been waiting to use all season. Since college, my game day go to was always Buffalo Chicken Dip. Cheese and hot sauce in one dish = amazing. My plan was to make a big bowl of dip with some chips and celery. I spent my morning on Pintrest, and stumbled upon something even more amazing - Buffalo Chicken Braided Stromboli. I was immediately sold on trying out this dish. You can find the recipe here on a great cooking blog that I follow.

And we can't forget about dessert! My second dish today is for all those who love sweet and salty. This dish made me think of pretzel M and M's. The recipe is adapted from Food and wine and the original can be found here.


Ingredients:
Pizza Dough Roll
1 can of shredded chicken
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 cups shredded cheese
1/2-3/4 cup blue cheese dressing
1/4-1/2 cup hot sauce
Parmesan cheese

1. Roll out pizza dough and measure 3 inches on either side.

2. Add a cup of cheese down the center of the dough.

3. Add canned chicken, blue cheese, red onions, and hot sauce.



4. Cut 1 inch thick strips on either side of the buffalo dip.

5. Start braiding. Pick up one strip and fold it over, pressing it against the opposite strip.

6. Sprinkle with Parmesan and place in oven heated to 425 for 11-15 minutes.

7. Let cool. Slice into pieces. The dip stays inside!

Now for the Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Bars

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
12 oz bag chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups mini pretzels, coarsely chopped
2 tbsp chocolate sprinkles

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper, letting it hang over the sides.

2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt.

3. In a large bowl, beat the butter with both sugars at medium speed until light, 1 minute. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. At low speed, beat in the dry ingredients. Stir in the chips and pretzels

4. Spread the batter in the pan and top with the sprinkles. Bake for 30 minutes, until golden; the center will still be a little gooey. Transfer the pan to a rack and let cool completely.

5. Cut into squares and enjoy with a big glass of milk!

The buffalo chicken dip stromboli was amazing! I will definitely make it again, even if it is not until next football season. One change I would have made would be to add more hot sauce. It would also be good with some sort of hot cheese dip on the side or on top. Yum! The chocolate chip pretzel bars could have used a little more pretzel to reach the saltiness level I would have liked, but they were overall delicious! Both were great additions to the Superbowl party spread. Even though it wasn't the Steelers playing, it was a great game. Good job Giants!