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    Home » Party Food » March Madness

    20 March Madness Party Food Ideas

    Published: Mar 6, '15 · Modified: Apr 20, '21 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Get ready for game-day with these 20 March Madness Party Food Ideas. Your friends and family will be wishing for overtime just to stay and eat their bracket busted sorrows away.

    20 March Madness Party Food Ideas

    Originally played with peach baskets and a soccer style ball, food and basketball made a well-matched team from the beginning. At Hungry Happenings I have some creative and delicious basketball-themed ways to combine the two!

    Your crowd will have a ball with this bean dip and tortilla chips that you can decorate almost as fast as you can say "Dribble" to look like basketballs.

    March Madness Basketball Bean Dip and Basketball Tortilla Chips

    These cookies look like basketballs but hide a sweet surprise inside that's sure to score points with your sports fans!

    Basketball Piñata Cookies filled with Skittles will score big with your basketball fans. | HungryHappenings.com

    Basketball Pinata Cookies Filled with Skittles

    These slider-sized turkey, provolone cheese, caramelized onion, and roasted red pepper sandwiches are slam-dunk big on flavor.

    Turkey Basketball Sliders | HungryHappenings.com

    Blackened Turkey Basketball SlidersThese savory lollipops are the perfect addition to your March Madness munchies.

    Farm Rich Meatball Lasagna Lollipops from HungryHappenings.com
    Meatball Lasagna LollipopsYou can cure  even a court-sized hunger with a few of these mini cheeseburgers that are topped with a cheesy basketball surprise.

    Mini Cheeseburger with Basketball Cheese

    So easy that even your littlest basketball fans can help in the kitchen, these snacks are fun to make and eat!

    Super Simple March Madness SnackFrom Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons, here's another fun, easy, and healthy snack for your team to create and enjoy!


    Final Four Easy Basketball Snack

    Whip up these quesadillas with guacamole served in a cute basket cup from Worth Pinning and SWISH! You'll score the winning point!

    Basketball Mini Quesadillas

    These basketball bites from Sandra Denneler at She Knows are full of calzone flavor and are fun to dunk and eat.

    Basketball calzones recipe

    Basketball Calzones

    Made from Oreos, these white chocolate coated cookies from 2 Wired 2 Tired are a sweet tooth's basketball dream team.

    March Madness Slam Dunk Basketball Cookies Recipe

    Slam Dunk Basketball Cookies

    Earn plenty of brownie points with these sundaes built to beat the buzzer from Beneath My Heart.

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    Buzzer Beater Brownie Sundaes

    Chocolate and peanut butter make the perfect team in this dessert dip from Crazy for Crust.

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    Reese's Peanut Butter Basketball DipClick on the link below for step-by-step instructions on how to make these basketball cookie confections from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle.


    Basketball Goal Cookies

    Your game watching party will be mad about these easy to make basketball snack trays from She Knows.

    Basketball snack trays
    Basketball Themed Snack Trays

    Here's a "basketball" with a cheesy twist from My Crazy Blessed Life.

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    Basketball Cheese Ball

    Basketball great Shaquille O'Neal refueled after every high school game with this mac and cheese - his great grandmother's recipe which he shared with the American Grandparents Association.


    Shaq's Macaroni and Cheese

    Score a big slam-dunk when you serve this simple and delicious lasagna dinner from I Dig Pinterest to your star team.


    Slam-Dunk Easy Lasagna Dinner

    You're sure to score the extra point with these Rice Krispie treats from Come Together Kids.


    Basketball Rice Krispie Treats

    You'll say whoopie for these yummy "hoopie pies" from Cookin' Cowgirl.


    Hoopie Pies

    Need something sweet for your fans fast? These basketball cookies from Lisa Storms will hit the sweet spot in a hurry.

    Basketball cookies
    Quick and Easy Basketball Cookies

    Served as a pie or as these cute one-serving shooters, instructions for both ways to serve this luscious Butterfinger dessert can be found at Play. Party. Pin.
    Smooth and crunchy Butterfinger Delight from playpartypin.com will be one of your #NewFavorites #shop #recipe #dessert #basketball
    Butterfinger Delight

    These cake balls from Candiquik are one-bite-wonders!

    Basketball Cake Pops
    Basketball Cake Balls

    This easy to decorate basketball cake from Growing Up Gabel would be a perfect addition to your game watching party.

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    Reese's Pieces Basketball Cake

    Score big with these delectable cupcakes from Worth Pinning.


    Basketball Cupcakes

    You'll go March mad for these chocolate and peanut butter truffles from Roxana's Home Baking.

    Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate truffle basketballs
    Reese's Peanut Butter and Chocolate Truffle Basketballs

     

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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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