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Game Day Appetizer: Candy Cola Wings

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I’ve mentioned in the past that my husband and father really enjoy watching football together. It is great because my dad has always been in a family of women. He grew up with 3 sisters and now has 2 daughters and 1 granddaughter. The time he spends with my hubby watching football is a great bonding time.

What do I do while they are watching the big game? I usually will watch with them, but I also like to get together with my mom and sister and come up with fun food to eat while we watch. This year I went to Walmart with a shopping game plan…

I headed to the candy aisle and picked up some of our favorite candy to munch on: SNICKERS® and Skittles®. I knew the Skittles would be great because they have various flavors that would allow us to show team spirit with the colors. I wanted to come up with something interesting with the SNICKERS. I asked my dad what he would want to eat during the game, and he said wings. I thought now what am I supposed to do with SNICKERS and wings?

Candy Cola Wings

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If you’ve ever had a Mexican mole sauce, you know that the combination of chocolate and chili can be delicious. That is where the inspiration for these wings came from. Our family loves Mexican food, but not everyone loves a huge kick of spice. As shown below, this recipe is not spicy, but can very easily be made spicier for those that enjoy a kick.

Candy Cola Wings

Candy Cola Wings

Yield: 30

Ingredients

  • 3 1.86oz SNICKERS bars
  • 2 cans of cola
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp chili powder (divided)
  • 1/4 cup chili sauce
  • 1 Tbsp hot sauce (divided)
  • 1/2 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 30 wings
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cooking oil
  • Chopped peanuts

Instructions

Prepare Wings

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Salt and pepper wings and lightly coat with oil.
  3. Bake wings for 25-35 minutes (make sure inside temperature of chicken is at least 165 degrees)

Prepare Sauce

  1. While the wings are cooking, add the SNICKERS bars to a food processor and pulse until chopped into small pieces
    chopped SNICKERS in food processor
  2. In a saucepan over medium heat combine the chopped SNICKERS, cola, half of the chili powder, chili sauce, half of the hot sauce, and cocoa powder.
  3. Stir and heat until mixture comes to a boil.
  4. Lower heat and let simmer until it reduces by 3/4.
  5. In another saucepan melt the stick of butter and then add remaining chili powder and hot sauce.
  6. Add butter mixture to SNICKERS mixture and stir until combined.
  7. Put wings in a large bowl and pour sauce over them.
  8. Toss until coated.
  9. Place wings on serving dish and drizzle with sauce left in bowl.
  10. Sprinkle chopped peanuts on top of wings and serve.

Notes

If you do not like spicy wings, leave recipe as it is. If you want more spice, add more chili powder and/or hot sauce to the melted butter.

Nutrition Information
Yield 30 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 166Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 31mgSodium 214mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 0gSugar 7gProtein 5g

Nutrition information provided by Nutritionix and may not be complete. Please feel free to double check using your favorite nutrition calculator.

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© Stacey Werner
Category: Appetizer

Game Day setup

Candy Cola Wings and Skittles make great #BigGameTreats! #Ad #CollectiveBias
As I mentioned before, the Skittles are great for showing team spirit. I took a bag of the Wild Berry flavor and separated the colors into different bowls. I liked the idea of showing a blue/green combo and a red/white/blue combo. However, I didn’t have any white. Fortunately, the blue cheese dressing added in the white I needed! What do you think of the setup?

What will you make with candy for the big game?

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About Stacey Werner

Stacey is the owner and editor for Newlywed Survival. She is always on her computer learning new things and doesn't think she could survive without the internet! In addition to Newlywed Survival, she is a freelance web and graphic designer, a loving wife and proud owner of an adorable beagle. Stacey is passionate about the 3-Ds...design, dessert, and dogs (not necessarily in that order).
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Comments

  1. Kristen Wilson says

    Never been a big fan of wings.. too much work for little meat. lol However, you really had me interested with the candy and cola with wings. Sounds interesting and no doubt a great finger food for game time!

  2. Kelly Nicholson says

    you know i can make these any old day..for get just football..thanks

  5. Anne says

    I love chicken wings, and adding snickers is genius! My kids would love these.

  6. tammileetips says

    I have never thought of using Snickers to make wings before!! Sounds like a yummy combination and it looks amazing!!

  7. LauraOinAK says

    What a neat combination of flavors! My guys would probably love them, but they have entered the ‘all about the heat’ phase at the moment and want spicy everything.

  8. Sharon says

    I love the idea of using SNICKERS in the hot wings! This will be a tasty surprise next week when we fix hot wings! #client

  9. Bob says

    Sounds delicious! With peanut flavors and spice it sounds sort of asian. Or a “Mexican-Asian” fusion recipe. Can’t wait to try.

  10. The Mid-Atlantic Foodie says

    I love the idea of using sweets and heat to create delicious and unique sauces that please the palate. Great job with your game day game plan!

  11. Barbara says

    This recipe sounds yummy!! Since I am at Wal-Mart all the time, I will pick up the ingredients and be ready for the big game. I wonder if my guests will guess the kind of candy used when making these wings.

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