Dips

• Dips are a classic Super Bowl hors d'oeuvre, but most traditional recipes call for full-fat mayonnaise, sour cream, cottage cheese or cream cheese. Eating Well recommends swapping these high-fat, high-calorie ingredients with low- or non-fat choices in dips like sour cream and onion, spinach, artichoke, cheese or 7-layer dip. Alternatively, you can serve white bean dip, hummus or salsa. A guacamole-like spread can be prepared with naturally low-fat edamame substituting for some or all of the avocado.

Packaged Snacks

• Americans consume more than 19 million pounds of chips and more than 4 million pounds of pretzels on Super Bowl Sunday. These snacks are high in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, trans fats and sodium. A typical packaged snack mix can contain nearly 400 calories in every serving. Instead, supply your Super Bowl guests with dry-roasted almonds or walnuts, peanuts roasted in their shells or pistachios. These nuts contain a high concentration of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, though with about 170 calories per ounce, they should be eaten in moderation. Air-popped popcorn is another low-calorie alternative, with 1 cup providing only 31 calories. Drizzle with a small amount of olive oil and set out low-sodium, high-flavor spices like curry or cayenne pepper for guests to create their own popcorn flavors. Offer baked tortilla or pita chips, whole-grain crackers or fresh vegetable sticks with dips.

Chicken

• Chicken wings and chicken strips are Super Bowl favorites. The National Chicken Council reports that Americans eat more than 1 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl weekend alone. The fried strips or wings are usually sauced with butter and dipped into high-calorie dressing, and a serving of just two buffalo chicken wings might top 700 calories. For a lower calorie version, substitute grilled boneless skinless chicken breasts or bake chicken wings instead of frying them. To get the calorie count down even further, skip the butter sauce and use a low-fat mixture of lemon juice and olive oil, or offer grilled or broiled chicken kabobs.

Fried Finger Foods

• If you eat three commercially available beer-battered onion rings, you could consume nearly 200 calories and 8 grams of fat. One fried crab cake can have 290 calories, while a serving of deep-fried French fries can have 600 calories and 25 grams of fat. By using seasoned dry breadcrumbs and baking the onions instead of frying them, you can prepare homemade onion rings that contain only 175 calories and 3 grams of fat for a serving consisting of six or seven onion rings per person. Substitute shrimp skewers or shrimp cocktail for the crab cakes to decrease the calorie per serving by more than half, and make your own oven-baked French fries with olive oil and seasonings.