Tailgating Recipes That Are The Real MVPs | HuffPost Life

Football season ? More like hot wings season.

This fall is the perfect time to flex your snack and appetizer preparation skills. According to Pinterest, foods like pizza pinwheels and cheese and ham rolls are suddently super popular -- so trendy that "party roll" snacks have been pinned 260 percent more often since summer. Meanwhile, cheese and veggie plates have decreased in popularity.

Whether it's the cheesy dip you've been waiting to get into your mouth or the surprisingly mouthwatering vegan sliders, you'll be a winner with finger foods -- even if your team loses.

Take a look at the tailgating recipes that'll turn your football-watching parties up to 100 -- 100 yards, that is. And if you need more inspiration, check out Pinterest's board for fantastic snack ideas .

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites With Apricot Pepper Sauce

Lovely Little Kitchen

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Sticky Thai Chicken Wings

How Sweet It Is

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Ham And Cheese Sandwiches With Bacon, Pineapple, Caramelized Onions and Jerk BBQ Sauce

Half Baked Harvest

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Homemade Potato Chips With Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

Love And Olive Oil

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Mini Hot Dog Rolls

Foodie Crush

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Lemon, Parmesan And Black Pepper Popcorn

Cookie Kate

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Pork Nachos With Pina Colada Sauce

Oh, Sweet Basil

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Vegan Black Bean & Sweet Potato Sliders

The Pig and Quill

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Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

Damn Delicious

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Ultimate Guacamole

Handle The Heat

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Sun Chip Crusted Baked Onion Rings

Runway Chef

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The Best Spinach Artichoke Dip

Buns In My Oven

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Oven Baked Black Bean And Cheese Quesadillas

Aggie's Kitchen

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Ranch Chicken Fingers

Spicy Southern Kitchen

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Roasted Garlic Edamame Hummus

I Heart Eating

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Taquitos With Chicken, Smoked Cheddar And Pepper Jelly

Cafe Johnsonia

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Honey Sriracha Pretzel Knots

A Spicy Perspective

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Coconut Shrimp With Sweet Chili Mayo

Steamy Kitchen

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Lightened-Up Buffalo Chicken Phyllo Turnovers

Cookin' Canuck

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Fried Pickles And Spicy Dill Pickle Mayo

A Beautiful Mess

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