Game Day Desserts Board

This football dessert board takes just 15 minutes to put together using mostly store-bought treats. Cookies, brownies, fresh fruit, and simple dips arranged on one big board! Fill in the gaps with our homemade Oreo football balls. Perfect for feeding a crowd on game day without spending hours in the kitchen.

Football desserts > Football watching

I’m pretty well-known for my snack game, partially because I almost always set out some kind of board situation.

Might be a charcuterie board, might be a dessert board. When it’s movie night, there is definitely a snack board.

For game day, this little Football dessert board is a major win (see what I did there?).

I like to keep it both super easy and totally impressive. The key to that is using mostly packaged treats (easy!) and really packing them in so that the board is overflowing with goodies (impressive). Of course, our Oreo balls that are shaped like footballs also go a long way in the impressive category and they aren’t too difficult to make either!

3 Reasons You’ll Love This Football Dessert Board:

1. Mostly store-bought – The only thing you’re making is the Oreo footballs, which take about 20 minutes. Everything else comes from packages.
2. Feeds a crowd easily – Set it out and people can grab what they want. No plating, no serving, no fuss. This is one of those game day food ideas that the crowd really loves.
3. Flexible and budget-friendly – Use whatever’s on sale or what you already have. Team colors? Store brand cookies? Go for it.

What Goes on a Football Dessert Board

The beauty here is that you can truly use whatever you want. Here’s what I used, but feel free to swap based on what’s available or what your crowd likes:

The Homemade Element:

• Oreo Football Bites (recipe below)

Store-Bought Treats:

• Chocolate chip cookies (store-bought or use our perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe if have time)
• Lofthouse frosted cookies in team colors
• Mini cupcakes
• Brownie bites or homemade brownies cut into small squares
• Twinkies or other snack cakes
• Pretzels rods
• M&Ms

Dips:

• Nutella
• Peanut butter
• Caramel sauce

Fresh Options:

• Strawberries
• Apple slices

How To Make Oreo Football Balls:

Add a brick of cream cheese to crushed Oreos and mix until you have a stiff mixture that is really well combined.

Use your hands to shape small bits of the Oreo mixture into footballs. Place on a wax paper lined baking sheet.

Melt the chocolate coating and dunk each Oreo ball into the chocolate using a fork. Let as much excess chocolate drip off as possible and then pop them back on the baking sheet to set.

Once the chocolate has fully hardened, use store-bought icing packs to pipe the stitches on the football. Let set until the icing has hardened.

The Board:

Please don’t feel like you need to get fancy here – a rimmed cookie sheet will totally work just fine as your board!

But, if you want to be known as the charcuterie board lady (my personal life goal, honestly), go ahead and invest in a good board. I have them in multiple sizes so I can grab one that fits the size I need based on how many people I’m serving.

14×20 Acacia Wood Board: This is what is pictured here. It’s a simple, budget-friendly little board that will work for just about anything!

Wood Tray with Gold Handles: The handles on this one make it a little easier for transport and just make it extra cute.

Round Charcuterie Board: I often go for a round board, just for the visual interest. The one linked is a lazy susan, making it easy for guests to spin the board around to find what they want.

Board with Lid: This one makes a great gift for yourself or a friend. The built in lid makes it easy to transport and it’s a nice size for getting started – not too overwhelmingly large, but still big enough to have fun.

Huge Round Board: I love the size on this one for large groups, but beware – you’ll need quite a few goodies to fill it up!

How To Arrange Your Board:

Start by placing your dips into small bowls and arranging them on the board. This is the easiest place to start in my opinion, because it breaks the board up a bit.

Start filling in the area around the bowls, arranging cookies in a lines, piling on pretzel sticks, and just generally arranging items in a way that looks nice.

Keep filling the board, adding as much as possible. We want the board to be overflowing with goodies as that’s what makes it look so inviting and fun.

Add a little pizzazz with football napkins and party picks in the dip and then set your board out for your guests to dig in!

Swaps & Tips

Make it easier: Skip the homemade Oreo footballs entirely and just use store-bought everything. Seriously, nobody will judge you. Football desserts are meant to be simple, right?

Budget-friendly: Grab what is on sale and don’t be scared to mix and match. If fudge stripes are on sale and Chips Ahoy aren’t, go for the fudge stripes!

Team spirit: Use frosted cookies or cupcakes in your team’s colors. That’s the easiest way to make it feel festive.

Smaller crowd? Use a smaller board and fewer varieties. A couple types of cookies, one dip, and some fruit still looks great.

Storage

Oreo Footballs: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.

The assembled board: This is meant to be served and eaten right away. If you need to prep ahead, keep everything separate until about 30 minutes before serving. You can return leftover packaged items to their packaging or an airtight bag if needed.