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January 26, 2015 by: Melanie

Easy Game Day Recipes

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions and Easy Game Day Recipe are mine alone. #GameTimeMVP #CollectiveBias

Are you prepping for the Big Game yet? As a youth minister’s wife, my husband and I have planned Big Game Day festivities for students for years now. I’m always looking for easy game day recipes that kids and adults both will enjoy. At the same time, I don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. Game day is half about socialization, anyway, right? One of the tricks of the trade that I’ve picked up over the years is to combine pre-made foods with fresh ingredients for a homemade spin that doesn’t take all day. Today’s Easy Homemade Marinara and Touchdown Ice Cream Cupcakes will fool your guests into thinking you’ve been cooking for hours. Yet that couldn’t be farther from the truth!

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These cupcakes have a few secret ingredients that give them that extra burst of flavor! The new Edy’s Touchdown Sundae Ice Cream and Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups Minis are perfect additions to these football themed cupcakes.

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Ingredients:

  • Prepared white cake mix
  • 1/2 cup Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups Minis
  • Chocolate Frosting
  • White Candy Melting Discs
  • Limited Edition Edy’s Grand Ice Cream touchdown sundae

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Add the Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups Minis to the prepared cake mix. Bake as directed on cake mix box.

Once the cupcakes have been removed from the oven and cooled, cut the tops off the cupcakes, level with the cupcake wrapper.

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Spread chocolate frosting over the cupcake tops.

Melt half a bag of white candy melting discs. Pour the melted candy into a ziploc bag. Snip off a small portion of a corner. Squeeze the melted candy over the chocolate frosting to look like a football.

Touchdown Ice Cream Cupcakes   |   #GameTimeMVP #Ad   |  Make football themed ice cream cupcakes for a Game Day or football themed party treat!

Return to the cupcakes. Spoon a scoop of Limited Edition Edy’s Grand Ice Cream touchdown sundae on top of the cupcakes.

 Touchdown Ice Cream Cupcakes   |   #GameTimeMVP #Ad   |  Make football themed ice cream cupcakes for a Game Day or football themed party treat!

Top the ice cream with the Football toppers.

Limited Edition Edy's Grand Ice Cream touchdown sundae

These are absolutely delicious and football festive! I’ve even put together a quick video to demonstrate how easy they are to put together.

A video posted by Melanie (@ithappensinablink) on Jan 25, 2015 at 8:04pm PST

The two secret ingredients can be picked up at Walmart in the Ice Cream and candy aisles.

Limited Edition Edy's Grand Ice Cream touchdown sundae

Limited Edition Edy's Grand Ice Cream touchdown sundae

If you need something more savory than sweet, this Easy Homemade Marinara pairs wonderfully with a game day pizza. It can even be made with canned tomatoes!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 20 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 small diced onion
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 pinch crushed red pepper
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. oregano
  • 1 tsp. dried bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

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Begin by heating the olive oil in a medium sized pot. Add the onion, and cook until soft. Add the crushed tomatoes and spices. Stir completely. Simmer for approximately 20 minutes.

This marinara pairs perfectly with the DiGiorno® Cheese Stuffed Crust Five Cheese Pizza.

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Did I mention this pizza has CHEESE in the crust? This is seriously the softest crust ever!

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Want to try it out? The DiGiorno® pizzas are currently on Rollback at Walmart for $5.95. The pizzas can be found in the frozen food section and may be special display at the end of the freezer aisle. Select packages will also have a $1 off coupon on the package!

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Comments

  1. Stephanie Keeping says

    January 26, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Those football cupcakes look amazing!!

  2. Britney says

    January 26, 2015 at 11:33 am

    This is a totally awesome idea! Thanks for sharing and we’ll have to do this!

  3. Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says

    January 26, 2015 at 1:04 pm

    These sound absolutely amazing and look SO cute!!! Such a fun idea!!

  4. Kallee says

    January 26, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    I love that the cupcakes have ice cream in them. YUM!

  5. Kirsten says

    January 26, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Oh my gosh those cupcakes look heavenly! I have never thought to cut the tops off of cupcakes and add the ice cream – you’re so clever 😉

  6. Meagan says

    January 26, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    Wow, those cupcakes look awesome! Why didn’t I think to put ice cream inside the cupcake before?! Genius! The pizza looks good too. I’m coming to your house for the Super Bowl!

  7. Mega C says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    Love the cupcake idea!

  8. Michelle says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    Such a clever idea, love the ice cream in the cupcakes and the football top is perfect!

  9. Shauna Smart says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Ice cream in a cupcake. Yum!

  10. Carisa Smith says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:26 pm

    I love that these are so easy and I’m sure a crowd pleaser!

  11. Margaret says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    Your cupcakes look really great! I’d watch the game for that dessert.

  12. Jillian says

    January 26, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    I love the ice cream cupcakes, such a fun idea for the big game!

  13. Debra says

    January 27, 2015 at 12:17 am

    These sound amazing! My daughter would love them!

  14. Emily says

    January 27, 2015 at 1:11 am

    yum!! it all looks so good! I love the super bowl because of the food ;o)

  15. Britni says

    January 27, 2015 at 10:07 am

    This looks soo yummy!

  16. April says

    January 27, 2015 at 11:38 am

    My husband loves those Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups, so I know these cupcakes would be a winner with him.

  17. Reesa Lewandowski says

    January 27, 2015 at 11:40 am

    Ice cream?! Cupcakes?! Together?! YUM!

  18. Tara says

    January 27, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    Those cupcakes look SO good, Melanie! I love how you made little footballs too! So cute!

  19. Danielle says

    January 28, 2015 at 12:46 am

    This is such a clever idea for cupcakes! I’ve never thought to put ice cream in the middle. Sounds like something I’ll have to try soon. #client

  20. Karen says

    January 28, 2015 at 9:36 am

    I made the marinara sauce . It was GREAT! I made white rice and California blend veges, and poured a little sauce on top. My husband loved it. Thank you!

    • Melanie says

      January 28, 2015 at 5:52 pm

      I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed it! Thank you for letting me know.

  21. Stephanie Pass says

    January 30, 2015 at 10:15 am

    These look like some awesome ideas! I love those Butterfinger Cups in desserts.

  22. Marilyn says

    January 30, 2015 at 10:26 am

    I’ll be stopping by your place Sunday! I’ll bring the plates, napkins, forks! 😉

  23. Kadie says

    February 1, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    My husband just looked over my shoulder and say these…..now he REALLY thinks I need to make him some, and like he got the short end of the stick because I didn’t make anything fun for the big game today. I guess I’ll have to make it up to him by making some asap. 😉

    • Melanie says

      February 1, 2015 at 8:15 pm

      It doesn’t have to be Big Game Day for these. Any day will do! 🙂

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