Recipes Snacks Buffalo Recipes to Fire Up Your Game Day By Food & Wine Editors Updated on January 31, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Amelia Rampe If there's one flavor we can't get enough of on game day, it's spicy, buttery buffalo-style sauce. And while we love a good buffalo chicken wing, there are so many more snacks that deserve the buffalo treatment. Here are some of our favorite buffalo-style appetizers and snacks, so you can add a little heat to your game day snack plan. 01 of 08 Buffalo Chicken Dip © Abby Hocking This crowd-pleasing dip, from Food & Wine's Justin Chapple, has all the punchy flavors of Buffalo chicken wings. It gets its creamy texture from a combination of cream cheese and sour cream. Serve it with tortilla chips and celery sticks. Get the Recipe 02 of 08 Buffalo Wings Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Amelia Rampe There’s no substitute for a classic buffalo wing when it comes to snacking while watching a game or relaxing on a weekend afternoon. These wings are fried, then tossed in a buttery hot sauce and served with blue cheese dipping sauce and celery. The tangy blue cheese dressing is the perfect counterpart to the wings. get the recipe 03 of 08 Buffalo Turkey Hand Pies Photo: Jennifer Causey / Food stylist / Chelsea Zimmer / Prop stylist Kathleen Varner These delicious, savory hand pies are made by filling store-bought puff pastry with diced leftover turkey that's been tossed with a Buffalo-style hot sauce. Feel free to use leftover rotisserie chicken instead. Get the Recipe 04 of 08 Buffalo and Blue Cheese Popcorn Sarah Crowder This recipe is a smart way to bring buffalo wing vibes to the party when you'd rather not spend your time deep-frying and coating chicken wings. Half of the popcorn is tossed with a buttery buffalo wing sauce and the other half with blue cheese powder and celery salt. Mix them together and you get the flavors of buffalo wings dipped into blue cheese dressing in an easy snack. get the recipe 05 of 08 Buffalo Chicken Calzones David Cicconi To make the most of rotisserie chicken, F&W's Justin Chapple tosses it with a buttery buffalo-style sauce, then bakes it into a calzone with Monterey Jack cheese. In keeping with how traditional buffalo wings are served, he offers celery sticks and blue cheese alongside the calzone. Get the Recipe 06 of 08 Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings Most of us think of buffalo wings as bar food, but with their accompaniment of celery sticks and creamy blue-cheese dressing, they make a fine casual meal. These wings are hot, but if you like them incendiary, pass extra hot sauce at the table. Get the Recipe 07 of 08 Classic Hot Wings © Hector Sanchez Wingettes and drumettes are often sold separately, but together, they're party wings. This wing recipe is classic; incredibly simple and flavorful. Get the Recipe 08 of 08 Buffalo Chicken Fajitas © Todd Porter & Diane Cu Doused in a spicy buffalo-style sauce and nestled in a chewy tortilla, this mash-up of two game day classics can easily be scaled up or down, depending on your number of guests. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit