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Bring on fall and bring on the tailgate! What would an autumn weekend be without food, fun, and football? Although the main dishes take center stage at a tailgate, you don’t want to forget the sweets. Desserts for a tailgate party can be a great way to cap off a celebration with friends and family. Take along one or more of the following great tailgate desserts, and you’ll be the envy of everyone in the parking lot.
Bars, Brownies, and Cookies
Great desserts for a tailgate party feed a group and are easy to transport from kitchen to vehicle to folding table. Bars and cookies are a natural fit. Bake your favorite bar or cookie recipe in advance of your tailgate, let your baked goods cool, and pack them up in airtight containers.
Fudgy brownies drizzled with a caramel glaze or jumbo chocolate chip cookies are a touchdown on the taste buds. Place them on a serving platter and pass them around.
Cupcakes
Cupcakes make good tailgate desserts because you can customize them for tailgaters in many ways. You can vary the cake flavors to suit your tastes, then top them with your favorite frostings. If you want to get into the spirit of the game, think about tinting the frosting or decorating the tops with sprinkles in your team’s colors.
Quick Breads
Whether you fancy a slice of cinnamon swirl or banana, quick breads are a joy to bake, and they’re even easier to take with you to your tailgate. As their name implies, quick breads are simple to prepare because they don’t rely on yeast to make the bread rise. You can bake these breads well before your tailgate and refrigerate or freeze them for later enjoyment.
Quick breads lend themselves to customization with various ingredients, such as fruits and nuts. You can serve them plain or brush the top with a fruit-infused simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water) for a sweet bite any sports fan will adore.
Sheet Cakes
Sheet cakes make simple, satisfying, great tailgate desserts. The beauty of sheet cakes is their ability to be baked in advance, frosted, and carted in the back of your vehicle in the baking pan. Sheet cakes allow you to easily tailor each slice of cake to the number of guests you’re hosting and the size of their appetites.
Vanilla and cocoa flavors make excellent bases for various frostings and flavorings, or you can get creative with a flavor like spice or red velvet. Go all the way to the goal with frosting in your team’s colors.
Score Big With Desserts from Frost
Make game day a sweet celebration with desserts for a tailgate party you can find at Frost. Browse our menu and stop in to pick up everything you need to make your next tailgate one for the record books.
