40 Paleo Game Day Food Ideas to Feed a Crowd

Food might be the most important detail on game day — you need food with big flavor to keep you and your guests fueled. The only problem? Most game day recipes are loaded with enough conventional dairy, gluten, and sugar to make you fall asleep.

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These paleo game day food ideas are the perfect solution: With cleaner ingredients, you’ll have enough energy to cheer on your team without sacrificing delicious flavor.

Whether you serve appetizers, main dishes, or treats, you’ll want to make this game day food for your crew all season long:

Game day food: Appetizers and small bites

Crispy Paleo Tostones With Guacamole

If you must fry, upgrade your technique with higher-quality fats and clean burning starches. This tostones recipe is the perfect game day food with satisfying starchy plantains fried in fats like avocado oil or ghee. Dip in rich guacamole for crispy, creamy satisfaction.

Whole30 Bacon Enchilada Jalapeño Poppers

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No cream cheese, no problem: These zesty bites get their creamy center from soaked cashews and a spicy enchilada sauce. Some people are more sensitive than others to nightshades like peppers, so avoid them if they make you achy or foggy. To make this game day food Bulletproof, use pastured bacon and avoid eating the onions in your enchilada sauce too often.

Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

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Cauliflower makes the perfect fiber-packed alternative to chicken in this meatless hot wing recipe. Shake up your florets with almond flour and seasonings, then bake and toss in a buttery hot sauce coating for super satisfying and vegetarian game day food. Use grass-fed butter or ghee, skip the garlic, and use a hot sauce made with apple cider vinegar to keep it more Bulletproof.

Chocolate-Covered Bacon

This sweet and savory finger food is perfect for game day and requires only a few ingredients. Dip your chewy bacon slices in rich melted Chocolate Fuel Bars for an unexpectedly elegant appetizer.

Paleo Snack Mix

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Every party needs a party mix — and this recipe makes an easy, paleo-friendly game day food. Toss assorted nuts and chocolate chips together, and in just minutes you’re ready to get your snack on. Skip the dried fruit, use raw nuts (and avoid enjoying them too often), and use chocolate with at least 85% cacao to stay Bulletproof.

Spinach Empanadas

This perfectly handheld pies wrap a creamy dairy-free spinach filling in a crisp almond flour dough. Remember to steam spinach, and avoid using alternative cream cheese, onions, and garlic too often to stay Bulletproof.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

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These crisp and salty fries use the low-temperature power of the air fryer to create a perfectly crispy coating. Dredge your zucchini wedges in a seasoned coconut flour blend, and after 15 minutes they transform into a crispy, salty treat. If you want to make this game day food more Bulletproof, just skip the nutritional yeast and use turmeric or herbs in place of garlic and onion powder.

Bacon-Avocado Caesar Deviled Eggs

This make-ahead game day food upgrades your typical deviled eggs with a creamy avocado filling and chunks of crisp bacon. This recipe is easy to scale up for a crowd of hungry fans.

Bacon Wrapped Avocado Fries

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The only thing better than avocado is avocado wrapped in bacon. This game day food keeps it simple with a two ingredient recipe that yields the perfect balance of saltiness and crunch. To keep it more Bulletproof, pre-cook your own pastured bacon for this recipe.

Sweet Potato Toast With Guacamole

Thinly sliced sweet potato rounds get brushed in grass-fed ghee and baked for a deliciously crispy, chip-like appetizer. These toasts make a delicious game day food — you can experiment with different spices and use more sweet potatoes if you need to feed a large group.

Game day food: Breads

Paleo Flatbread With Artichoke Dip

This restaurant-style flatbread uses a grain-free base and gets topped with a creamy hot artichoke dip, all topped with crispy spiralized sweet potato. With anti-inflammatory seasonings like turmeric mixed in, this take on flatbread won’t make you crash.

Paleo Cornbread Minus the Corn

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This paleo and keto-friendly cornbread tastes similar to the real thing, thanks to sweetness from honey and a base of almond and coconut flours. To make this game day food more Bulletproof, use raw honey and full-fat canned coconut milk.

Garlicky Paleo Bread Sticks

Make these crispy bread sticks and pair them with your favorite dips like guacamole, melted butter, or a homemade aioli — or eat all on their own for total bready satisfaction.

Game day food: Dips

AIP Cauliflower Dip

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Here’s further proof that cauliflower can do anything. In this recipe, tender roasted florets blend with lemon juice and salt for a creamy dip that goes with anything. Make this one more Bulletproof and roast your cauliflower in ghee instead of olive oil (or steam it), plus avoid eating garlic too often.

No Bake BLT Dip

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This dip gets some sneaky upgrades: It uses soaked cashews to create a creamy consistency, and grass-fed collagen peptides for an extra boost of protein. Mix it all with crisp bacon crumbles and top with lettuce and tomato for a delicious dip with no oven needed. Make this game day food Bulletproof and use pastured bacon and raw cashews, plus avoid having garlic, onions, and pepper too often.

Low Carb Guacamole

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This iconic dip is the perfect blend of flavor and texture: Creamy avocado blends with salt, cilantro, and lime juice for a tart and tangy dip. To keep it Bulletproof, omit the onions (and skip the peppers if you’re sensitive to nightshades).

Buffalo Chicken Dip

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This recipe is oh-so-easy to make, especially with leftover chicken. Tender chunks of meat swim in a creamy sauce made with mayo, coconut cream (no coconut flavor here), and hot sauce. Make it more Bulletproof and use pastured chicken (roasted in grass-fed ghee instead of olive oil), avocado oil mayo, and a hot sauce made with apple cider vinegar. Skip the garlic and onions, or avoid eating them too often.

Spinach and Avocado Dip

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This superfresh dip uses fresh spinach and avocado, plus simple seasonings like salt and cayenne pepper — simply blend and serve. To make this game day food more Bulletproof, lightly steam your spinach first and avoid eating garlic and onions too often.

Dairy-Free Sam Elliot Dip

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This creamy, spicy dip is perfect for just about anything — spread on bread, dollop on meats, or simply use as a veggie dip. All you’ll need is an avocado oil mayo, hot sauce, a few key seasonings, and a few minutes to whip it all together. Skip the garlic and use a hot sauce made with apple cider vinegar to make it all more Bulletproof.

Game day food: Main dishes and proteins

Creamy Pumpkin Chili

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No game day food spread is complete without chili. This meaty recipe gets a natural creamy boost from real pumpkin puree and coconut cream, plus an abundance of warm seasonings. Skip the onion and garlic, use fresh high-quality pepper, get pastured ground beef and bone broth, and use an avocado oil mayo (like this one) to keep every bite Bulletproof.

Easy Oven Baked Paleo Meatballs

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This simple game day food is easy to meal prep, freeze, and reheat if you’re short on time: Simply roll up your meat with seasonings, almond flour, and coconut aminos, then bake away for a fast and tasty protein. For more Bulletproof meatballs, use pastured beef and turkey.

Smashed Plantain Pulled Pork Sliders

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These sweet and savory sliders use smashed plantains for buns, and tender pulled pork in the center — easy, tasty, and packed with flavor. To make this game day food Bulletproof-friendly, use pastured pork, and avoid eating garlic and onions too often.

Oven Baked Ribs

The secret to fall-off-the-bone tender meat? Cook it low and slow in your oven. Not only will this recipe warm up your kitchen, it will also smell amazing. Simply start this recipe early in the morning to have it ready by gametime.

Air Fried Paleo Buffalo Wings

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Stick with a classic in this easy game day recipe: Using the air fryer, these wings crisp up at a lower temperature before getting tossed in a spicy sauce. To make it more Bulletproof, get a hot sauce made with apple cider vinegar, skip the garlic powder, and get fresh, high-quality spices.

Lamb Keto Tacos With Cauliflower Tortillas

Tender, pliable cauliflower tortillas get stuffed with tender pulled lamb meat — who said game day food couldn’t be good for you? With only 30 minutes of active cooking time, this recipe comes together quickly, too.

4-Step Teriyaki Turkey Meatballs

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These spiced, coconutty meatballs are packed with umami flavors. Just mix ingredients and bake for a super simple game day main. For Bulletproof-approved meatballs, use pastured turkey meat, swap the maple syrup with birch xylitol, and skip the garlic.

Plantain Tostone Sliders

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With ultra thin and crispy tostones as the “bun,” these little bites get loaded with a mini burger patty, creamy avocado, and greens. To make it more Bulletproof, use pastured ground beef, and just use arugula and avocado to top.

Chicken Taquitos

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No grain-filled tortillas here. Instead, these little taquitos use a shell made from plantain and mashed yucca, then stuff it with spiced chicken. To make this recipe more Bulletproof, don’t make any substitutions — just avoid eating garlic and onions too often.

Sweet Potato Chicken Poppers

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Take chicken nuggets to a whole new level with this easy recipe. With grated sweet potato, ground chicken, and spices, you just need to mix and bake for savory, poppable game day food. Make it more Bulletproof and use pastured chicken, and only enjoy garlic and onions once in a while.

Game day food: Side dishes

Avocado Pineapple Paleo Coleslaw

This light, summery salad gets a kick from coriander and turmeric, all combined with juicy chunks of pineapple and creamy diced avocado. Best of all, it takes just 20 minutes from start to finish.

Paleo Whole30 Classic Egg Salad

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Using the power of the Instant Pot, this game day food creates a classic creamy egg salad with just minutes of cook time. To keep it more Bulletproof, skip the pepper — and eat your egg yolks runny most of the time.

Cinnamon Pecan Sweet Potatoes

These sweet and nutty spuds combine the natural flavor of sweet potato with delicious upgrades like grass-fed ghee, cinnamon, and a low-glycemic sweetener. You can even make them ahead and enjoy cold — they’re that good!

Cauliflower Potato Salad

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Tender cauliflower makes the perfect mock potato in this simple potato salad recipe. With traditional ingredients like mayonnaise, spices, and celery, your guests will enjoy this recipe too. To make it a little more Bulletproof, steam your cauliflower instead of microwaving, use an avocado oil mayo, swap the onion for extra celery, and use fresh, high-quality spices.

Game day food: Desserts

Paleo Pizookie — Homemade Skillet Cookie

Perfect game day food for a crowd. Bake up this skillet cookie and slice into pieces for a sweet treat that even non-paleo friends will love. And since it’s loaded with energizing ingredients like Brain Octane Oil, you’ll avoid the carb coma that comes with most cookies.

Paleo Homemade Twix Bars

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Just like the original candy, these rich little bars have layers of cookie, caramel, and chocolate — but no refined sugar or flour! To make this game day dessert more Bulletproof, use raw almond butter, and only enjoy maple syrup on special occasions.

Keto Texas Sheet Cake With Chocolate Avocado Frosting

This light, fluffy, and ultra-chocolatey cake makes a sinful-tasting way to feed a large group — all with no gluten, grains, or sugar. Instead, this cake batter uses coffee, cacao, and grain-free flours, then tops each rich slice with a creamy avocado frosting.

Chocolate Chip Coconut Bars

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Like a sweet snack ball, but in cookie bar form — this easy paleo dessert uses and almond butter and shredded coconut base, then studs each bite with chocolate chips. To make it more Bulletproof, use raw almond butter, raw honey, and chocolate with at least 85% cacao.

Sweet Potato Paleo Brownies With Chocolate Coconut Frosting

Thanks to the natural creaminess in sweet potatoes, these brownies bake up into perfectly fudgy and nutrient-dense bars. With added chocolatey flavor from creamy cacao butter, these sweet brownies are also brimming with healthy fats.

Double Chocolate Chip Keto Cookies

These soft cookies get their chew from a surprise secret ingredient: Collagelatin! Grass-fed gelatin adds more softness to these cookies, plus a boost of nourishing protein. With rich chocolate chunks in each bite, you’ll want to make these for game day food (and… everyday food).

Easy Paleo Chocolate Fudge

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Fudge is the perfect game day dessert for a crowd, and this one only uses two ingredients! To make it Bulletproof, use raw almond butter and chocolate with at least 85% cacao, then melt gently on the stove instead of the microwave.