Super Bowl: Buffalo chicken, 7-layer, spinach dips top snack list

Dana Forsythe
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Total spending on food, drinks, apparel, decorations and other purchases for the Super Bowl is expected to reach a record $17.3 billion, or $86.04 per person. So what are Americans going to eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Dips. File Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr

Feb. 2 (UPI) -- For many Americans, Super Bowl Sunday is all about the food. In terms of overall food consumption, the annual tradition comes in second only to Thanksgiving.

A record 200.5 million U.S. adults plan to tune in to the big game this year. Kansas City and San Francisco are set to battle for the NFL championship trophy on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.

An analysis of latest consumer spending data by the National Retail Foundation found 112.2 million people plan to throw or attend a party, and another 16.2 million plan to watch the game at a bar or restaurant.

Total spending on food, drinks, apparel, decorations and other purchases for the day is expected to reach a record $17.3 billion, or $86.04 per person. So what are Americans going to eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Dips.

Dips and apps

This dish has become a staple on Sunday throughout America over the past few years and this year it topped the list for most searched according to Google Trends.

Buffalo chicken dip is a favorite, as well as 7-layer dip and spinach dip. Appetizers like pigs in a blanket also dominated searches.

Chicken wings

Americans love chicken wings. The hunger for chicken wings is so great that the average consumer eats about 300 wings a year. That number could go up next Sunday as 1.45 billion chicken wings are expected to be eating during Super Bowl LVIII.

According to the National Chicken Council, 1.45 billion wings is enough for every man, woman and child in the United States to eat four wings each. If laid end-to-end, those wings would stretch 1/3 of the way to the moon.

"One of these days, Buffalo will get back to the Big Game which would give wing consumption a nice boost," National Chicken Council spokesperson Tom Super said in a statement. "Maybe we'll see Taylor Swift breaking out the 'seemingly ranch' again, to dip a wing in this time, though."