The goal posts are made from Slim Jim's, that we cut up, then stuck together with tooth picks. You want to create sort of an oval shape stadium type using something and fill it with great foods. Vienna sausages make delicious players, and tiny cheese wedge helmets help keep them from getting concussions. I never thought I could pull one off myself, though. I started with a few aluminum pans from the dollar store, figuring I could create partitions to separate snacks within. I try to challenge myself each year, so this year, I want to do something outside the box. We took pre-made platters of sandwich wraps and placed them at the ends of the field.
Because if you're a person who makes this, you definitely have a disgusting table top. So you took a theme and ran with it but everything is really fun. Use tooth picks to secure the twinkies to one another. This outer stadium wall will provide a delicious dessert when the contents of the stadium have been eaten. If you see pictures of U. Q: How long have you been building the snack stadiums for and what got you into them in the first place? As a southern girl at heart when you represent Atlanta you have to bring it with the southern comfort foods. The field: Sandwiches and more.
You're not constructing anything insane. With drinks as a foundation, we created cardboard levels to hold and hummus the individual cups available at Costco were perfect for this set-up—guests can just grab and go. I notice you have ice cream coned filled with cannoli. It feels good for both the creative and logical side of my brain. We just keep doing different things to make it fun. For the food, I started with a sheet cake and frosted it with green buttercream.
What happened next was nothing short of a lesson in engineering. Next, I made my partitions and secured them. All it would really be was a study in placement. The twinkie is nature's brick. Insert tooth picks into the first row of twinkies, and then weave the bacon in and out of them, so that it forms a pliable wall.
Yours is filled with foods that represent Atlanta. People seemed to have unheralded engineering degrees, backgrounds in carpentry, or training in the fine art of cardboard origami. As I revisited them this year, I changed my attitude. I had to figure out how to support the trays so that the framing trays would achieve the look of a stadium. The more invested I get in the game, though, the more invested I get in putting out a good spread for my guests. Want to make your own Pile High Snack Stadium? Okay, so that's an exaggeration. Fluffer nutter is from Massachusetts.
There are solar panels on top that heat up. I remember being in awe of the snack stadiums some patient and crafty people posted to Instagram last year. We wanted to re-create the doughnut wall trend that's exploding on Pinterest. First we have Lindsay representing team patriots. What we have done here. At our party, chips won by a landslide. I settled for something in the middle, using a combination of aluminum and upcycled cardboard.
Everything here is iconically new England. I then secured them in place using duct tape on each side. Q: How long before the Super Bowl do you start constructing? Then we padded the sides the stands, if you will with soda on one side and beer on the other. See for yourself how it all went down — or stayed up. So last year, I was doing that one as well as my Super Bowl stadium, so it was super, super busy.
That, patience, and upper-body strength. Take a chip or cracker from the stands, and dig in to this show stopping party platter! Would it maintain structural integrity as I added delicious goodies to it? Go to: Feed a crowd at your next game day gathering or Superbowl party with a stadium made of snack food! I used the Viva towel method to smooth out the field — so easy to do and you find a great tutorial from my sweet friend Melissa at I made the yard lines and letters out of fondant. You can have your Turkey sliders. Tell us what you guys did for your snake stadium. Atlanta falcons and another representing the new England patriots and editor of delish. It means using plexiglass to properly depict U.