Study Reveals Most Popular Super Bowl Foods By State

ARIZONA — Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 2 is fast approaching with its array of iconic American (junk) foods including sliders, wings, nachos, dips, pizza, beer, soda, ice cream and so much more. But which Super Bowl food is the most popular in Arizona and other states? A recent Bid on Equipment study answers that question.

Dips and cocktail wieners are the overall most popular Super Bowl foods across the United States. Arizona falls into line with the trend with buffalo chicken dip as the most popular food to snack on during the Super Bowl. Buffalo chicken dip is also the favorite Super Bowl food in California, Nevada, Utah, Florida and Hawaii.

Across the U.S., the seven layer dip came in just ahead of the buffalo chicken dip in popularity, being the favorite Super Bowl food in seven states including Idaho, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Other dips that turned up in the study as state favorites were beer cheese dip in Louisiana and Alaska, lobster dip in Washington and blue cheese dip in Arkansas, Maryland and Delaware.

Nationally, cocktail wieners are the No. 1 Super Bowl food in the most states (11): Connecticut, Colorado, Michigan, Indiana, Nebraska, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Dakota, Virginia, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The study also analyzed the largest 20 U.S. cities’ most popular Super Bowl foods. Phoenix fell into this group, with residents favoring baked nachos as their Super Bowl cuisine of choice. Again across the 20 cities, dips scored high, with seven layer dip as the most popular among the most cities including New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Columbus, San Francisco and Seattle. Buffalo chicken dip was the second most popular Super Bowl food among the cities, as the reigning champion in Houston, San Antonio, San Diego and Denver. Blue cheese dip was the winner in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, among the 20 largest U.S. cities, cocktail wieners only won “most popular” in one city: Indianapolis.

Where these meals and snacks will be eaten on Super Bowl Sunday varies, with 43 percent opting to watch the game at home. Another 36 percent will watch the grid-iron showdown at a party, while another 7 percent will catch the game at a restaurant or bar. The other 15 percent are those hosting a party, who can expect to spend about $175 average on edibles, according to research. And those not hosting a shindig on the big day can still expect to spend an average of $70 on Super Bowl Sunday food.

While some will watch the Super Bowl because they like football, others are just in it for the food — or to watch the commercials. In fact, the study indicates that one in four Super Bowl viewers will only watch the game so they can see the Super Bowl commercials.

Data for the study was collected from Google search volume and a 1,200-person national survey. The average respondent age was 37.