Fun Footballs

Tonight we had a low-key Super Bowl party and about 10 of our friends came over to join us for the game. We rearranged the basement to create a little more seating, dragging the futon in from the other room and moving the bar table. No one even had to sit on the floor! I had a great time making loads of snacks--baked buffalo chicken strips, baked mozzarella cheese sticks, fresh guacamole and chips, cheese and crackers and venison sausage, cream cheese/sausage/Rotel dip (also known as crack dip) and another non-meat version with mushrooms, pigs in a blanket with turkey cocktail wieners, pretzels and mustard, a veggie tray with spicy peanut butter dip, and a fruit tray with fruit dip. It quite a load of food and it all turned out really good, if I do say so myself! For dessert, I made a recipe I found on allrecipes.com, and I had to take a picture because I was so proud when I was finished. I should have gone to get the good camera though, because I don't think my iPhone really did them justice.


Can you tell they're supposed to be footballs? Several people had to do a double take before they realized what they were. They were actually peanut butter cocoa crispy treats with little icing laces. They were pretty fun to make and pretty tasty!

I didn't really watch the game that closely or even the commercials that closely since I was usually busy talking, but I did love seeing Peyton Manning lose and the Saints win! The Saints so deserve it! We had a few Colts fans in our midst, but thankfully there were no hard feelings with some of us rooting against each other. We had a great time hanging out with our friends, but if you can believe it, I didn't actually even get the camera out to take any pictures! What was I thinking? That's totally unlike me!