Football Friday Tailgate Treats: Snacks On A Stick

Football Friday Tailgate Treats: Snacks On A Stick

Pizza on a Stick

Ingredients: 

• 8 ounces Italian turkey sausage links
• 2 cups whole fresh mushrooms
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes
• 1 medium onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 large green pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 30 slices turkey pepperoni (2 ounces)
• 1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
• 1-1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1-1/4 cups pizza sauce, warmed

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 400°. In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
2. When cool enough to handle, cut sausage into 20 pieces.
3. On 10 metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread sausage, vegetables and pepperoni.
4. Unroll pizza crust onto a lightly floured surface; cut widthwise into 1-in.-wide strips.
5. Starting at the pointed end of a prepared skewer, pierce skewer through 1 end of dough strip.
6. Spiral-wrap dough strip around skewer, allowing vegetables and meats to peek through.
7. Wrap remaining end of dough strip around skewer above first ingredient.
8. Repeat with remaining dough strips and skewers.
9. Arrange kabobs on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
10. Bake until vegetables are tender and pizza crust is golden, 10-12 minutes.
11. Immediately sprinkle with cheese.
12. Serve with pizza sauce.

Cuban Sandwich Skewers

Equipment: 

• 24 small wooden skewers (4″-6″)

Ingredients: 

• 24 cubes Swiss Cheese
• 24 slices Salami ((small rounds))
• 24 slices Deli Ham ((small rounds or pieces))
• 24 Petite Dill Pickles ((or pickle slices))
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard (optional, for dipping)

Directions: 

1. On each wooden skewer, layer on a small pickle, piece of Salami (folded), piece of Ham (folded), and Swiss cheese cube.
2. Serve Cuban Sandwich Skewers with yellow mustard for dipping.

Loaded Tater Tot Skewers

Ingredients: 

1. Bag of Tater Tots
2. 8 slices bacon chopped
3. 1 cup cheese grated
4. 1 tablespoon ranch seasoning

Directions:

• Cook your tater tots according to directions until golden brown in color. Ours was in a 425 degree oven for 20-30 minutes.
• After you pull the tots out of the oven, let cool for approximately 2-5 minutes until you can skewer them onto the skewers. I suggest 6-7 per skewer.
• Once on the skewers and on the pan, sprinkle ranch dressing over each of tater tots.
• After that, sprinkle on the bacon and the cheese.
• Put the pan back into the oven for an additional 10 minutes until the cheese is fully melted and golden in color.
• Finally, remove from oven and serve.

Deep-Fried Candy Bars on a Stick

Ingredients: 

• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup 2% milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Oil for deep-fat frying
• 24 fun-size Snickers and/or Milky Way candy bars, frozen (Oreos we mentioned as an option as well.)
• Wooden skewers
• Confectioners’ sugar, optional

Directions: 

Rainbow Fruit Kabobs with Fluffy Marshmallow Dip

In case you need some fresh fruit to counteract the deep fried candy bars. Here is your go to recipe!

Ingredients:

The fruits can be ANY fruit you choose these are some tasty options. Please customize as needed.

• strawberries, halved
•  cantaloupe, cut into bite-sized pieces
•  pineapple, cut into bite-sized pieces
•  green grapes
•  blueberries
•  red grapes

Fluffy Marshmallow Cream Dip

•  8 ounces whipped cream cheese
• 1 (7 ounce) container marshmallow creme

Directions: 

1. Slide a piece of strawberry, cantaloupe, pineapple, a green grape, two blueberries and a red grape onto each skewer; set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat together whipped cream cheese and marshmallow creme until smooth.
3. Refrigerate until serving.

On The Menu

Next week, we’ll share more tasty treats. We haven’t chosen the recipes yet, no idea where the inspiration will come from. However, you can count on them being delicious! Enjoy the weekend number two full of games.

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