This coming Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. Although I’m a  Dolphin’s fan, I’ll be cheering on the Giants, alongside my husband, Jerry and close friends, who are diehard fans.

At least I’ll have the satisfaction of knowing The 72’ Dolphins remain the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied from the opening game through the Super Bowl.

Americans will hold more parties in their homes than on any other day of the year, surpassing even New Year’s Eve. We’ll eat more food than on any single day of the year except Thanksgiving. It’s also the biggest day of the year for snack food consumption.

Consumers spend over $50 million each year to stock up on snacks for Super Bowl weekend. They’ll typically eat over 8.5 million pounds of tortilla chips, 4000 tons of popcorn, 14,500 tons of potato chips and 8 million pounds of guacamole to go with them. For millions of us, who couldn’t score tickets to the big game, a big screen TV with a great view of the game is the next best thing. For dedicated football fans, Super Bowl Sunday means watching the ultimate sporting event of the year, surrounded by fellow football fanatics at a great party with non-stop food and drinks.

Although most parties will have many die-hard football fans, there are also those, that know nothing about the game of football and really don’t care who wins the game, but they’ll never turn down an invitation to a Super Bowl Party. It’s a great excuse to get together with friends for fun and feasting. Many will tune in just to catch the commercials and the half time show.

Of the top 10 most watched television programs of all time, 9 of them are Super Bowls. For those of you who have not yet decided what to prepare, I chose a two easy to make, creative snacks to share with you.

So whether having a Super Bowl party at your house, attending someone else’s party, or just watching the game at home with your family, have fun, enjoy and happy snacking!!!

Better go easy on the hot sauce though. On Super Bowl Monday, sales of antacids increase by 20 percent and 6 percent of Americans will call in sick

Super Bowl Cupcakes

n 2 cups flour

n 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

n 2 cups sugar

n 1 cup milk or on dairy creamer

n 1 cup boiling water

n 11/2 tsp baking powder