Holidays Super Bowl
February 14, 2027
A Super Bowl board is party food that has to last four quarters: plan about 3 oz each of cheese and meat per guest, lean on hearty, salty things (cheddar, pepperoni, pretzels, dips), and set out a fresh round at halftime. A football-shaped board gets the photos. Super Bowl LXI is on February 14, 2027, so this year it falls on Valentine's Day.
The centerpiece · 12 guests
An oval of salami and sharp cheddar with a strip of white cheese for the laces, surrounded by pretzels, crackers, pickled jalapeños and a honey-mustard dip.
Genoa Salami · Aged Cheddar · Pepper Jack · Fresh Mozzarella · Pretzel Crisps · Butter Crackers · Pickled Jalapeños · Honey Mustard
Get the shopping list for 12 →Big crowd · 25 guests
Build a stadium from a rectangle of bowls: dips and salsa as the field, chips and crackers as the stands, and cheese, meat and vegetables as the crowd. It feeds a room without a single plated dish.
Tortilla Chips · Pimento Cheese · Pepperoni · Summer Sausage · Monterey Jack · Pickled Jalapeños · Pretzel Crisps · Honey Roasted Peanuts
Get the shopping list for 25 →Game day meets date night · 4 guests
With the game on February 14, do both: pepperoni and cheddar for the first half, then strawberries, dark chocolate and a heart cut from a slice of cheese for the second.
Pepperoni · Aged Cheddar · Brie · Berries · Dark Chocolate · Sea Salt Caramels · Butter Crackers
Get the shopping list for 4 →Each one has what to buy, why it works and a timeline.
Served as an appetizer before a meal, plan about 2 oz of cheese, 2 oz of meat and 6–8 crackers per guest. If the board is the party food, plan 3 oz of each; if it's dinner, 4 oz. From 20 guests, add 10% (included below).
| Guests | Cheese | Meat | Crackers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 12 oz | 12 oz | 36–48 | Full list |
| 12 | 1½ lb | 1½ lb | 72–96 | Full list |
| 20 | 2¾ lb | 2¾ lb | 120–160 | Full list |
No alcohol? See zero-proof pairings. More in the Pairings Hub.
Hearty, salty snacks that hold up for hours: sharp cheddar and pepper jack, pepperoni, salami and summer sausage, pretzels, tortilla chips, crackers, pickles and pickled jalapeños, and two or three dips.
A game-day board is usually the party food, so plan about 3 oz each of cheese and meat per guest and 10 to 12 crackers or chips. For 20 guests that's about 4¼ lb of each, including the 10% buffer.
Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It's the first Super Bowl played on Valentine's Day, so a board that does both is an easy win.
Lay an oval of folded salami and sliced cheddar on a large board, then run a strip of white cheese (mozzarella or provolone) down the middle with short cross pieces for the laces. Fill in around it with pretzels, crackers and dips.
No more than 2 hours for anything perishable (1 hour above 90°F). A game runs longer than that, so build the board at kickoff and swap in a refill tray from the fridge at halftime.
Read more: Charcuterie Board for a Large Group: How to Scale Without the Chaos · How to Build a $25 Charcuterie Board That Looks Like It Cost $75 · Best Dips for a Charcuterie Board · Beer and Charcuterie: The Style-by-Style Pairing Guide · Charcuterie Cups: How to Make Them for a Party (12, 24 or 50 Cups)
Other holidays: Halloween · Thanksgiving · Christmas · Hanukkah · New Year's Eve · Valentine's Day · St. Patrick's Day · Easter · All holidays
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How much to buy for any guest count, the build order, fridge timing and pairing rules on two printable pages. Plus the Lab Report: one pairing that works and why, and new printables the day they land.
