THE FUSE

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Super Bowl season is upon us, and regardless of what you’re most interested in — the game itself, Bad Bunny’s halftime show, or an emotional beer commercial — we can all agree that the food is very important. What’s harder to align on is the actual spread.

So to get an idea of which recipes people will be making, we pulled data on the most-searched recipes from February 5–9, 2025 (the few days leading up to the big game last year). We then divided those findings into six categories: dips, appetizers, wings, soups, dinners, and desserts.

While a few of the recipes really surprised us, there were definitely some clear trends among the data. So without further ado, here are the most popular Super Bowl recipes by state.

The most popular recipe, which was no surprise to us, was Buffalo chicken dip. (It is one of my non-negotiables.) This game-day app was the fan fave in Alabama, Hawaii, Indiana, Montana, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. The Seahawks’ state of Washington also wanted in on the dip last year, and I can’t see why the recipe won’t sweep again this year. (It might depend on how Seattle does on Sunday.)

Considering the popularity of Buffalo chicken dip, it wasn’t too shocking to learn that the most popular category overall was dips. Twenty-seven states in total favored dips for the big day. The next most popular recipe was guacamole, with Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, and Tennessee to back it up.

People in Kansas and Kentucky were searching for how to make queso. North Carolina, home state of Patriots quarterback Drake “Drake Maye” Maye, was really into Rotel dip, along with South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Louisiana was the sole state searching for corn dip to plate up. Florida’s dip of choice? Seven-layer dip.

The next most popular category was soups, stews, and chilis. To my surprise, Alaska, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Colorado were serving up gumbo for the Super Bowl. (They’ve inspired me to make my own pot in a couple of weeks!) Oklahoma was making taco soup, and Wyoming was fixing chili.

Of course, appetizers were also big in people’s search bars, and there was a ton of variety. Arizona wanted nachos, Maryland craved jalapeño poppers, Michigan searched for potato skins, and Missouri made little smokies. Nebraska was looking for pigs in a blanket, and New Jersey really wanted some soft pretzels. Believe it or not, Ohio was searching for a good ol’ hanky panky recipe (an old-fashioned app involving ground beef, ground pork, cheese, and rye bread).

I have to say I was surprised at how few states had wings as their top recipe search — they seem like the quintessential game-day food! Georgia and Massachusetts wanted some Buffalo wings on their table, and Idaho appeared to be looking for chicken wing ideas. The home state of the Los Angeles Rams was looking into hot wings, and maybe they will keep things super spicy this Sunday against Seattle.

Finally, the black sheep of the bunch was Pennsylvania: The people of this state wanted a sweet treat to balance out all the savory snacks with Rice Krispies treats.

Editor’s note: There were a few recipes that didn’t feel, for lack of a better word, “Super Bowl-y” (one such example is chicken salad), so we swapped in the second most popular searched recipe.