Superbowl Fun

I like football, but, when it comes to the Superbowl, I'm just here for the food. (A nickel to anyone who knows what movie that last part comes from). In general, food is my favorite part of a party...well, and the people too, I guess. =) This year, we didn't do anything too extravagant as far as Superbowl parties go, but I'm happy to say that we didn't lose power at any given time and we enjoyed some good food. Here are a couple of things that I made:

Trisha Yearwood's Charleston Cheese Dip ****

Anything with more than one cheese in it and bacon and anything that Garth and Trisha like, has to be good. And it was. This cheese dip was also super easy to make. I first saw this on Trisha's cooking show on TNT, I believe, and thought it looked quite scrumptious. The blog where I found the recipe is also lots of fun, and I can't wait to check out more from this blogger.

http://tnt-cook.blogspot.com/2011/01/trisha-yearwoods-charleston-cheese-dip.html

Football Chocolate Covered Strawberries *****

These turned out super cute and weren't too difficult to make. Plus, I was able to eat a bunch of them because they were healthy. I will warn you, though, that you have to be careful with heating up the chocolate. I started melting some chocolate chips in the microwave before I read over the instructions. I quickly learned what it means to 'seize up' your chocolate. It is not a pretty picture. But once I read the instructions found here, http://domesticfits.com/2012/01/16/superbowl-snack-chocolate-covered-strawberry-footballs/, I discovered what I had done wrong and was able to do it correctly. Not to toot my horn, but these turned out super cute!


Any favorite Superbowl recipes that you want to share? Here's a little bonus for you:

Five Things to Make Into Footballs

http://www.studiodiy.com/2012/02/01/five-things-to-make-into-footballs/