While we love football, honestly, the game itself isn’t even the best part. The afterparty is. Whether you’re celebrating your team’s victory or mourning a loss, any sports fan would agree that kicking back with friends, chilled beer, and a hot grill in the parking lot is just as important as the actual outcome. (But, we always cross our fingers for the W, anyways!)
We, at Blossom, love ourselves a good sports party. Which is why we’ve partnered with our friends at ShopRite to help you score a hosting touchdown with these tailgating hacks and snacks! Whether you pull up to the game with effortless trunk organization, pass around Instant Chip Bowls, or serve delicious Watermelon BBQ Wings, there is a hack for every snack with ShopRite!
Best of all, you can order everything you need with the click of a button! Throwing a tailgating party doesn’t get easier than this.
Instant Chip Bowl
Ingredients:
Bowl & Basket Wavy, Kettle, and Potato chips
Directions:
Carefully open the top of the chip bag
From the bottom, push the bag inwards to slide the chips up to the rim to create the “bowl.”
Serve with assorted dips & enjoy!
Brick It!
Ingredients:
Cooler
3 bricks
Oven
Towel
Oven safe food containers
Bowl & Basket Pesto Sauce
Bowl & Basket Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli
Bowl & Basket Macaroni & Cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Fold the three bricks in aluminum foil so they are completely covered
Carefully place bricks in heated oven for 10 minutes
Place a small towel in the bottom of the cooler
Using an oven safe glove, place the three bricks inside the cooler spaced out
Place heated Bowl & Basket macaroni, ravioli, & pesto sauce inside the oven safe food containers, and sit inside the cooler and close the lid
Enjoy your hot food at your tailgate for hours to come!
Football Dogs
Ingredients:
Bowl & Basket Crescent Rolls
Mini hot dogs
Squirt bottle of mustard
Directions:
Heat oven to 375°F
Unroll the can of crescent dough
Cut each triangle lengthwise into 3 narrow triangles
On a cookie sheet, roll up each hot dog in crescent roll dough starting at the thickest end of the dough
Bake 11-14 minutes or until golden brown
Draw the “Laces” of the football with mustard as a finishing touch!
Enjoy & serve with ketchup!
Easy Elote
Ingredients:
Bowl & Basket corn on the cobs
Angel food cake pan
Cilantro
Crumbled cotija
Bowl & Basket Elote Seasoning
Fresh lime juice
Red bell pepper
Mayonnaise
Directions:
Cook corn cobs until soft
Take corn cob and place in the hole of the angel food cake pan
Forcefully press down to decob the corn with ease!
Once enough corn is in the pan, add cilantro, bell pepper, cotija, lime juice, & mayo & stir until thoroughly combined
Finish off with a generous amount of Bowl & Basket Elote Seasoning & serve!
Stadium Guacamole
Ingredients:
Whole Pantry fresh avocados
Large plastic food bag
Bowl & Basket Guacamole Seasoning
Lime
Chopped onion
Cilantro
Squirt bottle of sour cream
Kalamata olives
Green olives
Directions:
Place peeled and deseeded avocado, chopped onion, cilantro, lime juice, and Bowl & Basket Guacamole Seasoning inside the plastic bag before sealing
Squish and mash the avocado and ingredients together until well combined
Cut corner and squeeze guacamole into large rectangular serving dish
Use sour cream to create “yard lines” and olives to create the opposing team players
Serve with chips and veggies for the ultimate tailgate party dip!
Watermelon BBQ Wings
Ingredients:
Bowl & Basket fresh chicken wings
Whole Pantry Honey Barbecue Sauce
1 large watermelon
Skewers
Aluminum foil
Coal briquettes
Lighter fluid
Lighter
Directions:
Cut watermelon in half lengthwise, hull out fruit and set aside
Take one half of the hulled watermelon and line with aluminum foil
Place hot coals and smoking chips inside watermelon
Place skewered raw chicken wings on top and place the other half of watermelon for the lid
Cook on each side for 15 minutes
Uncover wings & brush with Whole Pantry Honey Barbecue Sauce
Enjoy!
Easy Drink Packing Hack
Ingredients:
Bowl & Basket Lime Sparkling Water case
Bowl & Basket Watermelon Sparkling Water case
Bowl & Basket Mandarin Orange Sparkling Water case
Large cooler
4 bags of ice
Directions:
Open one end of each case of soda
Place open end face down at the bottom of the cooler and space the cases out evenly
Pour ice between the soda cases until ⅔ full
Pull on the closed end of the case box to let the soda fall into the ice
Let chill and enjoy your cold sparkling waters!
Game Day Chicken Sandwiches
Ingredients:
White hamburger buns
Fried chicken patties
Lettuce
Tomato
Number stencils
Bowl & Basket Everything Bagel Seasoning
Bowl & Basket Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning
Bowl & Basket Garlic Butter (melted)
Directions:
Build your chicken sandwiches with buns, tomato, lettuce, and fried chicken
Brush melted garlic butter on the top bun generously
Carefully place number stencil on top
Sprinkle either the Bowl & Basket Everything Bagel Seasoning or Bowl & Basket Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning on top of the stencil
Carefully remove stencil to remove the perfect number on the bun!
Easy Food/Drink Transport
Ingredients:
Assorted Bowl & Basket snacks & drinks
3 drawer plastic storage towers
Directions:
Place the 3 storage towers in the trunk of the car in a row
Fill each drawer with snacks, drinks, plastic cutlery, etc
