10+ Fun Football Themed Desserts for Game Day and Super Bowl Parties

Game day isn’t complete without something sweet on the table, and these Football Themed Desserts are a fun way to keep the theme going. These easy football dessert ideas include cookies, cupcakes, brownies, cake pops, and other treats that are made for sharing. They’re perfect for football Sundays, tailgates, watch parties, or a big Super Bowl get-together.

For more ideas to round out your game day menu, check out these easy Game Day Appetizers and Game Day Dinner Ideas.

Nutter Butter Footballs

These Nutter Butter Footballs are no-bake, easy to make ahead, and just the right size to grab during the game. Peanut butter sandwich cookies are dipped in chocolate and finished with simple white chocolate laces.

Football Stadium Cupcakes

Turn a batch of cupcakes into a pull-apart football field complete with green frosting, yard lines, and candy goalposts. These football themed cupcakes double as a fun centerpiece for the game day dessert table.

Nutter Butter Football Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes, peanut butter frosting, and chocolate-covered Nutter Butter footballs make these Nutter Butter Cupcakes a fun pick for chocolate and peanut butter fans. They fit right in at a football party or Super Bowl gathering.

Football Dessert Board

If you’d rather serve a little bit of everything, this dessert board combines a football-shaped chocolate frosting dip with cookies, brownies, cupcakes, pretzels, and candy. Guests can simply grab whatever catches their eye.

Football Stadium Cake

This colorful Football Stadium Cake turns a simple 9×13 cake into a game day centerpiece with green frosting, piped yard lines, and plenty of sprinkles. You can even use a boxed cake mix to make prep a little easier.

Football Rice Krispie Treats

Cocoa Krispies and marshmallows are shaped into footballs and decorated with white icing laces. They’re a simple no-bake treat that works especially well when you need something easy to pick up and eat.

Football-Shaped Dessert Cheeseball

This sweet Football-Shaped Cheeseball is made with a creamy cream cheese filling and covered in mini chocolate chips, with white chocolate laces to finish the look. Serve it with graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or fresh fruit for dipping.

Game Day Fruit Tray

For something a little lighter among all the cookies and cupcakes, arrange strawberries, blackberries, peaches, and apples into a football-themed fruit tray. You can also swap in fruits you already have on hand.

Chocolate Football Pretzel Rods

Chocolate-dipped pretzel rods get a game day makeover with piped white football laces. The sweet-and-salty combination makes these pretzel rods an easy addition to a football party dessert spread.

Football-Shaped Brownie

A boxed brownie mix and a regular round cake pan are all you need to create this football-shaped dessert. Chocolate and white frosting finish the look, so there’s no need for a special football pan.

Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies with Chocolate Footballs

These Thumbprint Cookies are made with buttery shortbread cookies rolled in sprinkles and topped with little chocolate footballs. Use your favorite team colors for the sprinkles to make them fit your game day spread.

Oreo Football Truffles

Crushed Oreos and cream cheese make the soft center of these bite-sized football truffles, while chocolate coating and white chocolate laces finish them off. They’re easy to grab between plays and can be made ahead.

Football Cake Pops

These Football Cake Pops are made with cake and frosting shaped into little footballs, then coated and decorated for game day. Keep them classic with football laces, or add sprinkles in your team’s colors for a fun finishing touch.

Touchdown Cupcakes

These Touchdown Cupcakes are frosted to look like a football field and topped with homemade goalposts. You can start with homemade, boxed, or even store-bought cupcakes, which makes the decorating idea easy to adapt to the time you have.

Once the savory game day food is covered, don’t forget to save a little room for dessert. Pick a couple of these fun ideas to match your party, or make a few different treats so everyone has something to grab during the game. Then set them out, turn on the game, and enjoy!