57 Super Bowl Dessert Recipes, Because Life Ain't All Chicken Wings
It's just not a Super Bowl party without a stunning display of dessert options. (At least that's what we always say.) Here are our most winning sweet treats for the biggest game day of the year—all low-effort crowd pleasers.
Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Sean Dooley1/57Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies With Toffee
Prepare for these toffee-and-chocolate-laced brown butter cookies to ruin you for all others.
- Bobbi Lin2/57
Fudgy Brownies
These are super chocolaty, dense brownies, just begging for a scoop of ice cream on top.
- Alex Lau3/57
Chocolate Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
We can confidently say that we love these more than the ones from the ice cream truck–plus you can customize them with your favorite ice cream flavors.
- Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Susan Spungen, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski4/57
Zebra-Striped Shortbread Cookies
Here's a fancy-looking chocolate-vanilla swirl that novices can succeed at too.
- Danny Kim5/57
Salted Peanut Butter and Jelly Blondies
These are really peanut buttery and not too sweet, so the strawberry jam on top is a perfect complement.
- Alex Lau6/57
Jam-Filled Almond Cupcakes
Gluten-free but clearly not vegan, for whoever’s keeping track.
- Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Sue Li7/57
Gluten-Free Chocolate-Tahini Brownies
David Lebovitz’s timeless gluten-free brownie recipe inspired our own GF take on classic fudgy brownies with a modern, sweet tahini swirl.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi, Prop Styling by Alex Massillon8/57
Giant Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
The batter for this large-format dreamboat of a cookie (crunchy on the edges, chewy in the middle) is made in one bowl with no special equipment, and can be baked in either a cast-iron or large skillet.
- Danielle Walsh9/57
Salted Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake
Impossibly easy. Use pecans if you want to go traditional.
- Alex Lau13/57
Six-Layer Chocolate-Coconut-Cashew-Graham Bars
Use your favorite nut—or mixed nuts—in place of the cashews.
- Alex Lau14/57
Indoor S'mores
Feel free to try whatever toppings you’d like; if it goes well with chocolate, it will go well with these.
- Jarren Vink15/57
Gooey Brown Butter Blondies with Pecans
The ribbon of brown butter plays a raw cookie dough role in the center of these pecan blondies.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht, Prop Styling by Emma Ringness17/57
Best Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
If you’re into chewier oatmeal-raisin cookies, reduce baking time by 2 minutes. For crispier, flatten them out a bit before baking.
- Alex Lau18/57
Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
For extra texture, trick out your cake with rainbow or chocolate sprinkles, chopped candies, or your favorite cereal.
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Everything Cookies
A little salty, thanks to pretzel bits, these are the ultimate game day dessert (or appetizer).
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Chocolate Brownie Cookies
If a fudgy brownie and chewy chocolate chip cookie had a baby, it would be this glorious creation.
- Nicole Franzen23/57
Raspberry-Ricotta Cake
There’s nothing like a moist, fluffy, berry-streaked cake to make any weeknight (or, um, weekday morning) feel special.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Drew Aichele, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka24/57
Frozen Greek Yogurt Blackout Pie
This no-bake pie is incredibly easy to make and will keep for over a week in the freezer.
- Christina Holmes25/57
Nutty Crunch Cookies
If you can’t find blanched hazelnuts, simply toast and skin regular ones.
- Ditte Isager26/57
Pecan Buttermilk Fudge
Swap out the nuts for any kind you like, or leave 'em out completely. The real star is the sweet buttermilk.
- Photo by Romulo Yanes27/57
Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Chunks, rather than chips, mean a higher chocolate-cookie ratio.
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Apple Pandowdy
This apple pandowdy recipe is so delicious that we're just going to have to say...cobbler: You’ve been warned.
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Lemon Pound Cake
Every cook should have at least one good dessert up their sleeve, and this classic, lightly-glazed lemon pound cake should be yours.
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Nutella–Brown Butter Crispies
For a smaller batch and an easier time mixing the cereal, divide the recipe in half (but use an 8x8" pan).
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott32/57
Chocolate Fudge with Bourbon Sugar
Use the extra bourbon sugar in coffee. We won't tell anyone.
- Jeremy Liebman34/57
Banana Meringue Pudding
Super Bowl parties are the perfect excuse to make a massive dessert like this.
- Alex Lau35/57
Lemon Bars
Baked lemon bars will be stable and set at room temperature. Unbaked bars should be refrigerated until ready to serve, otherwise the lemon curd will soften. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
- Christopher Griffith36/57
Milk Bar Pie
Anyone who has taken a bite of Milk Bar's best selling pie immediately knows the reason why it's so popular.
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Crunch Bars
Use any topping you'd like on these chocolate bars. For starters: crushed candy, toasted chopped nuts, coconut, and popcorn.
- Alex Lau38/57
Blueberry-Lemon Hand Pies
It may not seem like very much filling, but these handheld pastries deliver the perfect filling-to-crust ratio (and if you overstuff the dough, they’ll be impossible to seal).
- Peter Frank Edwards39/57
Malted Chocolate Cake
Carnation malted milk powder, we love you (and this devilish cake) so, so much. If you're using an 8½x4½" pan, you should hold back 1 cup batter.
- Photograph by Victoria Jane, Food Styling by Mallory Lance, Prop Styling by Alexandra Massillon41/57
Chewy Molasses Cookies
Molasses keeps these cookies magically fresh and chewy for days. Translation: You can definitely make them in advance.
- Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott43/57
Cinnamon Swirl Vanilla Ice Cream Bars
Ice cream bars in an almond-butter-chocolate magic shell. This recipe is beyond worth it.
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BA’s Best Snickerdoodles
Whether you like your snickerdoodles cakey (purist) or chewy (rebel), this recipe has everything you need to make ’em right.
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Fallen Chocolate Cake
The late Richard Sax, celebrated cookbook author and champion of home cooks the world over, inspired this flourless chocolate cake—a riff on his iconic chocolate cloud cake.
- Photo by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott47/57
Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread
Less chocolate chip cookie, more brown sugar shortbread with chocolate chunks—these cookies have started an Instagram craze.
- Photo by Chelsie Craig, styling by Claire Saffitz48/57
Blackout Chocolate Banana Bread
This recipe as a cross between your very favorite banana bread and a chocolaty blackout cake.
- Photo by Heidi's Bridge, styling by Molly Baz49/57
Chocolate Nutella Pudding
The only acceptable reason to use the drool-face emoji.
- Tara Donne50/57
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Looking for a go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies? Try this one on for size.
- Kelsey McClellan51/57
Granola Cluster Cookies
These meringue-like cookies have all our favorite granola ingredients. But we promise—they're cookies!
- Alex Lau52/57
Popcorn Toffee Crunch Bars
The toffee mixture will harden as these cool, transforming into a snappy, crunchy layer that holds everything together.
- Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Rick Martinez54/57
Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
This cake is a legendary (and delicious) Depression-era mistake.
- Deb Perelman55/57
Pretzel Linzers With Salted Caramel
Deb Perelman's recipe for salty-sweet cookies that have a caramel filling you can totally pull off at home.
- Christopher Testani56/57
Vegan Chocolate Tart With Salted Oat Crust
You don’t have to use a vegan chocolate to make this decadent tart—any bittersweet baking bar will be great.