Easy Sloppy Joe Bread Bowls

Sloppy Joe bread bowls are great for a football appetizer or any other party you’re having! Easy to make and delicious! Everyone will be talking about them at your Super Bowl party.

Sloppy Joe Appetizers

• We love a get together with friends, and sometimes watching the game is a good excuse to invite people over!

I’m all about one stop shopping. Believe me when I say that all the ingredients to this football appetizer are easy to find at Walmart.

When you first walk in the fresh bakery department should be right there. If you’ve never bought anything there you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the selection and just how FRESH their stuff is.

I found these wheat Bolillios that were perfectly shaped like footballs (lucky duck I know. Grabbed 1 lb. of ground beef, found the Manwich I would need for the sloppy joes and of course the sour cream is by the yogurt.

• If you want to make homemade easy sloppy joes we have a recipe for sloppy joes without Manwich here.

Super Bowl Appetizer

When you get home you’ll want to start your sloppy joes….this part is easy. Just brown your ground beef and then add your can of Manwich.

• If you forget to thaw out your meat, no worries, here are instructions for defrosting Instant Pot frozen ground beef.

Now turn it to low and allow it to simmer at least 20 minutes so it develops that really rich yummy flavor!

If you are having a party just throw it into a slow cooker on low and it can literally stay warm in there for hours. And it just gets better and better over time.

Now take your rolls and cut the shape of a football into the top and pull that piece out.

You can serve these as just one of your many football party food items!

I have made these as appetizers for occasions other than a football party. I will show you below what those look like too, they’re one of our faves!

Sloppy Joe bread bowls

Now once your MANWICH sloppy joe mix has simmered for a while fill the inside of your mini bread bowls. Then get your sour cream ready. Here’s my “hack”!

I am cheap (um, I mean frugal) so I just pick up some pint size freezer bags. Use these for piping the sour cream on your sloppy joe bread bowls!

• Literally it is so easy to fill and snip a small hole in the corner in order to make the football lace pattern.

You can also use the same mixture to make other things so you have a variety to choose from, but same ingredients. Alongside these a batch of Jiffy cornbread sloppy joe casserole goes over really well and is super popular too.

It is fun to have a few ready and waiting when guests come over. These mini sloppy joe bread bowls are usually the hit of the party because they’re just so cute.

Like I said, keep the remaining batch in your crockpot so people can serve themselves.

Keep the rolls in a basket or warm in the oven until people are ready to make more.

If you’re having a get together that’s not football related just pick up some white rolls at Walmart. Hollow out the middle, and serve them with these little appetizer forks (found by the toothpicks). 😉

Are you having a get together for the Big Game??

What are a few appetizers you love to serve? If you’re looking for a great dip try my cheesy chili dip but beware…..it’s addicting!

• Our Instant Pot sloppy joes are wonderful too.