Whenever the leaves change, it heralds more than just a new season. It means that people are starting to trade in their baseball jerseys for football jerseys. And if it’s football season, it’s also tailgating season. Tailgating parties don’t have to be held out of the trunk of your car in the middle of a crowded football stadium parking lot. You can ditch the crowds and have a comfortable seat to enjoy the game by having a tailgate party at home. Just invite good friends, have some good food, and you’ve got the ingredients for the ultimate tailgate party.
Chips, Salsa, and Drinks
While grilling is a must-do for us, I also like making sure we have plenty of snacks and tidbits for people to munch on while they’re watching the game or just chilling on the couch. Our go-to snacks are usually an array of chips and dips. Frito-Lay has some of our favorite tailgate chips, including Lay’s, Cheetos, and Tostitos. You really can’t have a tailgate party without these crunchy, salty snacks.
Lay’s Potato Chips
For something a little more hearty, pick up a bag of Ruffles MAX Smokehouse Style BBQ Flavored Potato Chips and make these delicious Ruffles Max Smokehouse BBQ Chicken Quesadillas. If you can’t find the Ruffles Max chips, you can try using BBQ Flavored Lay’s potato chips as well.
If you’re planning an upcoming tailgate party, you can use this handy checklist from Frito-Lay to help you get your party planned and ready to go.
Ultimate Tailgating Checklist
From every possible chip flavor to delicious tasting dips to using it to create a tasty appetizer or snack, Frito-Lay chips are a must-have for any tailgate party.
Frito-Lay Online
The WiC Project Frito-Lay Ultimate Tailgate Giveaway
The Prize:
One winner will receive a Frito-Lay Ultimate Tailgate Party Pack which includes:
- A $50 NFL Shop gift card
- 1 2L bottle of Pepsi®
- 1 bag of TOSTITOS® Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
- 1 bag of LAY’S® Classic Potato Chips
- 1 jar of TOSTITOS® new Tailgate Edition Thick & Chunky Salsa (a limited-time offer)
- 1 Frito-Lay coupon good for any product valued up to $4.29
Disclaimer: This post consists of my (and/or fellow tester) opinions only. Your experiences may be different. No compensation was given for this review/giveaway. I did receive a free product from the manufacturer or their representing PR agency to use and test for the purposes of this review. This did not affect the outcome of this review.
Chips and taco dip!
i love just plain fritos with salt on them there is nothing better when watching a game
Doritos and fritos are my favorites
Yeah, we tailgate, but we don’t go crazy, we live for keeping it simple!
we love all lays products
I love burgers & brewskis best!
I don’t tailgate but now that you have me thinking about it I might have to give it a try. I’ll pack my Fritos and Lays Classics and hit the road!
yes we tailgate and hotdogs and wings are our fav
I have never tailgated but it sounds fun.
We tailgate with subs
Lisa
I’ve tailgated previously and we usually get subway to bring with
i have tailgated before- i love chips and dips
tcogbill at live dot com
I have never been tailgating.
I’ve never been tailgating either. But we do love Jalapeno Tostitos and cheese or salsa. Yum!
Don’t tailgate but they are not called Classic for nothing
we used to do more tailgating before we had our 3yr old son. We don’t do much of anything like that these days unless it’s summertime & little Mr. is up for the outting. Otherwise, we Alllllll pay 😉 lol.
Oh yes, and plain lays potatoe chips are BOMB! Perfectly simple & salty. Yum!
I don’t really tailgate, but my family does love watching the football games. We are big on chips/nachos and pizza as our go to foods.
no hamburgers
no don’t tailgate but love the chips
debbie jackson
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com
I don;t tailgate, but love taquitos.
I have tailgated in a while but nachos are always good tailgating food.
We used to always go to the Steeple Chase races & Gold Cup and we’d tailgate. We loved having pulled pork barbeque sandwiches.
i dont tailgate
Love the wings, chip and dips for our tailgating
my weakness is cheesy puffs
Yes we tailgate and my favorite is my shrimp dip w/ potato chips and my frito pie
Chips and salsa and cheese sauce.
yes, we tailgate. I love anything spicy!
Buffalo chicken dip
We love our weekly football family time together! We always include an array of Frito-Lay favorites! 🙂
No, we don’t tailgate…but we love tailgate food such as grilled Italian sausage with peppers and onions!
We will do some eating and watching the tv at home before the game, but we don’t leave home to do it.
Love to taillgate and we love chops and salsa
Brats & Beer!
I love the dips, especially french onion.
Yes, and their favorite is chicken wings!
No we don’t but it would be fun and yummy to go to one sometime.
Nachos!
We tailgate sometimes but is mostly hotdogs and hamburgers or skewers
We love to tailgate. My favorite food is BRATS!
I love a good cheeseburger when tailgaiting. Thanks!
I tailgate at home! Love Buffalo Wings
I don’t normally tailgate but my favorite tailgate food is mini corn dogs.
i haven’t tailgated in years, but love hotdogs on the grill
Nachos with lots of guac
we love hot dogs, hamburgers and chips, I love having a small grill that is portable.
No, don’t tailgate, but if I did, brats would be my fave food. 🙂
yes we tailgate. we love subs.
Because I live in Oregon…and, I’m basically a fair-weather spectator (LOL), I don’t tailgate too often. However, when I do, I have a great time–enjoying the company of good friends while eating delicious food! I like too many foods to name just one. Frito-Lay products are always a part of the celebration!
No, I have never tailgated. But I like grilled bratwurst.
We do tailgate a few time a year at Old Dominion. This year I am all about the Slider. I have made burgers, roast beef with caramelized onions & horseradish sauce, crab cakes, & a surprising fav crab salad sliders. We have a few more games to attend & those will be dedicated to new wings recipes.
yes and i love wings and burgers
I have never Tailgate yet but if I did a good polish dog and chips would be my favorite.
we do tailgate usually we make chili
I have never “Tailgated”
I love chiken wings!
I sure do – and I love beer brats with mustard and sauerkraut 8| Yum!
We like hot dogs and burgers when we tailgate.
We’ve never tailgated, but we enjoy tortilla chips and salsa or queso for our parties.
I have only tailgated for college football games, and since I have been out of school for a few years, I only go to Homecoming. I am vegan, so I love veggie dogs when I tailgate. And beer. Lots of cold beer.
Chilli with a make it yourself add on bar, with all kinds of toppings.
i have never tailgated but think it would be a blast….I’d love to tailgate with ribs!
Have Taigated at Nascar race but not NFL game, its a blast.
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i have never tailgated but i love wings and hotdogs
No I don’t tailgate. Watch the games from home.
I don’t tailgate, but I will be joining my neighbors at their tailgating parties next season! I would love to be able to contribute … or have a party of my own!
We usually make breakfast food for a noon game, pancakes, sausage, french toast, potatoes!
We “tailgate” outside in the driveway when it is warm enough. We love to cook up burgers or chicken on the grill. Thanks so much for hosting this great giveaway!
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Never Tailgated.
I do not tailgate. If I did, my favorite food would be hot chicken wings!
I have never been to a game and have not tailgated. When I do get to tailgate my favorite would be brauts and bbq beans
I tailgate every now and then, and since I’m from the midwest, I love bratwurst and corn on the cob (if we can get it) as a tailgate snack.
Nachos
I tailgate often!
We like burgers and baked beans.
I love my zweigle hot dogs!!I can only get them in Rochester NY…live in FL now..Thanks for the give away!!!
I love to tailgate and my favorite food is hotdogs
I tailgate and I love potato chips!
Nachos have always been my favorite!
ONly once at my sons football game
I don’t think I have ever tailgated.
Yes, italian sausage and pepper sandwiches.
Sometimes we tailgate and I love hotdogs.
Yes we do and I love to do chili dogs!
cjnedrow at gmail dot com
love to tailgate and really love hotdogs
twitted this today, 07/11
Yes, we tailgate when we go to West Point football games. We don’t get too fancy. Usually have hamburgers and hotdogs.
I like chicken wings.
We do, we love hot sausage with peppers and onions!
Yes I do and I love burgers, hotdogs and nachos.
I don’t do it much, but burgers and hotdogs.
WE don’t tailgate but if we did, we would love barbecue anything.
i love burgers best
I love hot wings and dip!
I have never tailgated, but at Sports parties at home, I love tortillas with a hearty seven-layer dip.
yes i tailgate and my favorite snack is flaming hots
I have never tailgated but would like chili & wings.
not i dont but my neighbors do iwould like to join them
I haven’t ever tailgated.
I haven’t tailgated in a long time but I like to have burgers.
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COLE SLAW
I would love to win! Go Cowboys!!!!
I dont really tailgate
i luv to grill no what season it is
We usually grill and have pop.
I love 7 layer bean dip with chips
Sloppy Joes
Love to tailgate, but ONLY when the weather is NICE! YIKEs… I see many out there in the cold!! brrrrrrrrr
We do tailgate and love chips,dips and anything grilled.
love pizza,and more pizza
i don’t usually tailgate, but when i watch football i like to eat pizza
THIS WILL COME IN HANDY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR A FOOTBALL GAME
Love to make nachos for tailgating (or any get together). Re-fried bean, salsa, Tostito scoops, cheese, lettuce and a TON of Hot peppers…. yum!
I don’t tailgate, but do have friends over to watch games. We love doing a mexican bar with fixin’s so people can make their own favorites.
thise is a great giveaway nice to have for my friends when watching a game
Not a tailgater but would love to win. :0)
i dont really tailgate
I love hot wings!
burgers
I’ve never tailgated before, but it looks like fun 🙂
Ribs and Chicken…equally
Since there’s not a pro team in my state, we do miss out on those, but our University has some great tailgate parties and my kids and I will go at least once during the season. We love to bring my awesome Jamacian Jerk Chicken!
I love Chili cheese dogs when I tailgate.
Thanks for the chance.
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Brats, of course.
I love a good hotdog at a tailgate (don’t usually eat them any other time!)
I don’t tailgate. I picnic
We don’t tailgate.
I have never tailgated but always wanted to:)
hot dogs
Have never tailgated!
No, we don’t tailgate.
I do not tailgate, but if I did pork BBQ would be on the menu.
I love to tailgate, Go Carolina Panthers, burgers and hotdogs
mac & cheese
We usually bring fried chicken wings, potato salad, chips and pepsi!
We don’t tailgate but we do party at home.
love tailgate! Dont get to do it often but i love anything bbq”d
no but steak would be
ive never tailgated. sounds fun though!
I don’t tailgate but we usually have football parties and get togethers 🙂
We moved to California and away from our “home” teams. When we lived in Oklahoma we loved to tailgate at the stadium with our friends. Other times we hosted game day parties since we lived close to campus.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
We love tailgating! Favorite food is nachos and grilled polish sausage.
chips and dip
I’ve never tailgated.
I’ve never tailgated:(
I have only ever tailgated a couple times in my life. But the best tailgating foods are dips: 7 layer dip or hot artichoke dip with tortilla chips!
I do not tailgate but I love wings, chips, burgers, basically all of the tailgate food!
Not lately, but we do have get togethers on game day – we love 7 layer dip, wings, sliders etc.
No Car…No Tailgate
I’ve never tailgated, but my husband has.. we watch games on t.v. now and enjoy nachos and dip
no, we do not tailgate
Packers tickets are difficult to come by and expensive
this family watches from our recliners
love tailgating, love chips and dip
Who doesn’t love a great tailgating party with a great group of friends! Hot dogs, Nachos, smores and more!
We always make chili for tailgating 🙂
I have never tailgated (is that a word?) but by fav food for watching the game would be Hot Wings and if I were to do it I think I would love anything grilled!
I’ve never tailgated before, but chili would be on my list!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
Have not tailgated, but would love wings! [email protected]
We don’t tailgate, but we like hot dogs on the grill.
love veggie trays with dip
gotta be pulled pork!
i usually don’t but i like the burgers
My favorite tailgate food is bbq pork.
chilli!!
tailgating is fun and we like hot dogs
Italian subs
we love to tailgate! I love buffalo chicken dip.
I love tailgating 🙂 My favorite is hotdogs!
Love tailgating – lots of chili, cheese and Fritos
We do not tailgate, but we still love to eat while we watch the games. Mostly chips and dip or hamburgers and hot dogs.
I’ve never tailgates but sounds fun
We just tailgate at the house….sometimes with friends over, sometimes its just us. Love to make chicken wings, and we always have to have chips * dip. Its like a staple of a tailgating get together!!
when we tailgate to the races, we take fried chicken
Best tailgate food: brats!
chips
We love tailgating. I love polishes on the grill
I don’t tailgate, but I like burgers on the grill.
i love burgers!
Yes, we do! my favorite is a steak Hoagy grilled with onions & prppers1
We tailgate at home with family. Yummy chili
Yes I do it with hubby. Brats and chips and dip are a must.
This all sounds yummy.
I like hotdogs grilled with bacon, onions and peppers.
We tailgate and I love the hotdogs!
I generally try to avoid being the kind of person who gets invited to tail gate parties. I make chili quite a bit, I understand that chili is a food commonly found at such events.
I just love grilled cheeseburgers & hot dogs!
We love chicken wing for tailgaiting
Never tailgated lol
But I def would if I had the chance
I have never tailgated before. But if I did I’d like hot wings.
We did it one year that our HS team went to state but that is the only time we have done it before.
I love bratwurst
I don’t tailgate
We haven’t tailgated in a very long time. When we did my husband made awesome hot wings and a chili dip that was to die for!
Don’t really tailgate but like hamburgers and nachos
pulled pork on rolls…
I need to join your winners circle.
Grilled snapper sliders with mango salsa
I like burgers and hotdogs when tailgating
NO, I DO NOT TAILGATE. I WATCH MOSTLY FROM HOME, ALTHOUGH I HAVE GONE TO A FEW VA TECH GAMES.
meatballs in sweet n sour sauce are my go to snack!
I love tailgaiting at Iowa State games and eating chili!!
I like Dips!
Thanks!
I tailgate at home.
I have never tailgated but would love to.
wings & Beer
nice giveway,tailgating is fun and exciting way to start gamedays
favorite food is nachos and cheese and of course burgers
I don’t tailgate, but if I did, I would have scoops with a dip made of cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and beef chili heated in the oven!
I’ve never tailgated, but I would make sure to have lots of wings and tostitos if I did!
I don’t to often but when I do I like burgers,hot dogs,and chips and dip
i have tailgated and burgers & chicken 🙂
I love a great 7 layer dip!
chicken wings
I tailgate occasionally. My favorite tailgate food is the classic chips and salsa
I dont tailgate but we do gather at my moms to watch the game 7 eat sometimes. fav thing is salsa & chips
Chips and salsa
chips and french onion dip
Not in the sense you probably are referring to, but when we camp or go on a road trip we “tailgate”
We tailgate by having block parties where we BBQ in the cul-de-sac and watch football on TV’s the guys bring out. I like to make artichoke dip.
We don’t tailgate, but we do watch games on TV, and nachos are mandatory!
LOVE TO TAILGATE WITH BRATS AND CHIPS!
wings
I like pigs in a blanket
Chili and beer
I like hot wings
I don’t tailgate often, but when I do, beer brats are a must!
My husband and our friends are tailgaters. We always have hot dogs, cheeseburgers, wings, chips and a mexican dip.
tailgating means hamburgers…and lays chips and dip!
We tailgate very rarely…but I love buffalo chicken dip!
hot dogs or brats
hot dogs or brats
Don’t know what that means lol so I guess I don’t 🙂
We don’t tailgate but have our own parties at gametime.
Our family loves to tailgate and my favorite snack is the chips and dip!
Pizza Fondue is always a hit.
tailgating means hamburgers
I like burgers and chips when we tailgate:)
I have never tailgated, but if I did I’d go with the traditional hamburgers.
Yes, I tailgate and my favorite food is BBQ ribs!
i don’t but i have always been fascinated by people who are really into it. it seems fun!
I do go to a lot og game day parties. Chile con queso is a must have. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ve never done a tailgate, but I’ve been to a few Seahawk games
i havent tailgated YET
I don’t, but I love tailgating food like burgers and chips.
No< I have never Tailgated. If I did, I would love burgers!
I do not tailgate
vmkids3 at msn dot com
I tailgate in my backyard, but we call it a bbq.
chips
Buffalo wings are my favorite tailgate food!
I like brats
i have in the past and im a hamburger and hot dog girl.
I’ve never tailgated…but I love some hotwings. :o)
We don’t tailgate but love eating chips and dip while watching games
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chili chips and cheese
Yes I do tailgate. I love nachos and cheese.
I don’t tailgate, but I’d love to!
Love to tailgate
I love to tailgate!! My favorites are the cocktails and pig in the blankets.
I don’t really tailgate, but I do love hamburger sliders to eat.
I dont tail gate anymore, but our favorite food was chili when we did.
We do tailgate to our kids sports sometimes and we like to bring sub sandwiches and chips.
I love to tailgate, actually going on Sunday. Love the drinks and BBQ steak.
I have never tailgated
We haven’t tailgated in a long time but we love to grill brats when we do go.
hot wings
I don’t really tailgate, but I sure love chips/dip and chicken wings.
Everything is my favorite tailgate food
Yes I tailgate and my favorite food is pulled pork sliders!
We don’t tailgate because we watch games on tv.
Would love to tailgate but with little ones here we usually have people over to watch the game.
sometimes we do and we love to do brats and hot dogs
I haven’t tailgated.
nachos
i must be honest i never hostd or attended a tailgate party yet but would love to!!!
no I don’t but I was at one once I love the chili and hot dogs
my tailgating is on my back patio
We don’t tailgate but would love to start (:
I don’t really tailgate that much, but anything barbecue-related is the best!
we tailgate occasionally and love to have chicken wings
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
Hot Dogs!
mine is chicken wings
I love to tailgate! My fave foods for tailgating are BBQ Burgers & Ribs!
chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot) com
I don’t tailgate, but I will if I win!
no, i don’t
I am not a bona fide tailgater.
I haven’t tailgated in years, but I love nachos
i have never tailgated but my fave food would be pizza
We eat burgers and hot dogs when we tailgate
Our favorite to eat when tailgating is burger, hot dogs, and chips!
Chips and Salsa! Wings or Burgers also!
Love to tailgate
We haven’t tailgated in a long time but when we do, burgers are our fave!
Yes, and we love grilling burgers!
I’ve never been to a professional game before but we do tailgate at my daughter’s softball games. We do hot dogs and hamburgers. thank you!
Hot dogs of course
I haven’t tailgated yet, but would love to!
I have not tailgated, but, if I did, I’d have to have brats.
I love chili!
Chicken wings
We tailgate all the time. Hot dogs, chicken, and sausage dogs.
we tailgate often in the summer and love barbeque ribs
brich22 at earthlink dot net
I love Nachos
We tailgate a lot at concerts! Fried chicked and beer: the perfect combo!
I like chips and dip!
We tailgate during the summer and my favorite tailgate food is ribs…mmmmm
Yes, love to tailgate. Sub sandwiches is my fave food. Easy and convenient.
We don’t tailgate really but dips are always good.
My favorite tailgate food is hot dogs and hamburgers.
Thanks for the giveaway… favorite tailgate food: grilled italian sausage-onion-green peppers !
Boneless Buffalo Chicken Dip