Best Super Bowl Snacks & Drinks

Best Super Bowl Snacks and Drinks

Bell & Evans Buffalo Style Chicken Wings

Buffalo Flavor (1-5): 2
Heat (1-5): 4
Needs extra buffalo sauce: N/A
Better with blue cheese: Yes
Requires a lot of napkins : No

Our panel says: "Instead of a sauce, there's a spice rub similar to mesquite on these wings, which gives it an incredible heat." "The skin is crispy and the quality of the chicken is unbeatable."

Skip: Perdue Buffalo Style Chicken Wings

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Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Bleu

Calories per serving: 90
Total fat per serving: 9 grams
Creamy (1-5): 3
Chunky (1-5): 4

Our panel says: "Did I strike a vein of mold?" "I want to take this home -- the cheese is the perfect strength with a buttermilk afterbite."

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Doritos Nacho Cheese

Cheddar coating (1 to 4): 4
Chip Thickness (1 to 4): 3

Our panel says: "Sometimes you just have to stick to the classic. Yes, the electric-orange coating is scary and dyes our fingers after we've had too many, but compared to other competitors, this chip had the perfect crunch and it certainly satisfied cheese cravings across the board."

Skip: Baked! Nacho Cheese Doritos

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Green Mountain Gringo Salsa

Chunkiness (1 to 4):3
Freshness (1 to 4): 3
Dipability: 3
Spice (1 to 4): 3

Our panel says: This is a pretty good jarred salsa. It's filled with chunky bits of onion and tomato, but runny enough to evenly coat a chip. A little bit of heat, and just the right amount of vinegar.

Skip: Old El Paso Thick N Chunky Salsa

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Tostitos makes the best tortilla chips – wide, salty shovels of cornmeal, perfect for excavating snack bowls.

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Lay's Salt & Vinegar

Chip Thickness: Thinner than most of its competitors, there was still plenty of potato to balance out the strong flavors.
Balance of flavors: A perfect balance of both -- it's the epitome of how a salt and vinegar chip should taste.

Our panel says: "A strong vinegar flavor that packed a punch while still being slightly sweet." "I couldn't stop coming back to this plate for more." "My new favorite Sunday football chip."

Skip: Zapp's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips

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Ruffles Sour Cream & Onion

Our panel says: "Best combination of salty, creamy, onion and sour cream flavors with a crunchy texture." "Had just the right amount of powdered coating -- I want the flavor to explode and these certainly did the trick." "On top of the perfect combination of flavors, the thickness of the chip will come in handy for dips, etcetera., not that this chip needs anything else."

Skip: Dirty Sour Cream and Onion

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Kettle Backyard Barbeque

Chip thickness: This chip was extremely thick, which made for extremely crunchy chip that supported all of the seasonings.
Coating of spices: Not too much and not too little, there was just enough to make you go "yum." For once, we weren't left grabbing for the water bottle because of the sodium levels.

Our panel says: "Crunchy, thick and sweet -- it almost had a buttery-potato flavor." "A great blend of spices mixed with the BBQ flavor -- if you love pepper, this is the chip for you."

Wise BBQ Potato Chips

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2008 Bota Box Old Vine Zinfandel

This is a great Old Vine Zin. Period. Pepper notes on the finish and luscious black cherry/plum notes throughout.

Skip: 2008 Target Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz Wine Cube

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2008 Black Box Wines Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand, East Coast

More mineralities than the typical New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, but still crisp with a grassy palate and packed with gooseberry and tropical-fruit notes. There's a bright, aromatic nose too.

Skip: Inglebrook Vineyards & Winery Chablis, Argentina

Best Super Bowl Snacks and Drinks