Colorado’s Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dishes

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Now that Halloween has come and gone, it’s time to turn our collective gaze forward towards the nation’s eminent food-centric holiday, with Thanksgiving approaching at the end of the month.  

The arrival of the fall staple means that countless families across the Centennial State will serve up customary dishes that include the constant of turkey as a main dish with a smorgasbord of side dish options that range from stuffing to green bean casserole and mashed potatoes.  

Utilizing Google Trends, BetColorado.com broke from Colorado sports betting coverage and analyzed the most popular Thanksgiving side dishes of Colorado residents by looking at the search results of each side dish from 11/01/2023-11/30/2023. The dishes analyzed were the most in total searches in the United States, including Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Mac & Cheese, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, Candied Yams, Brussel Sprouts, and Cranberry Sauce. 

Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dishes of Colorado Residents

Rank 

Side Dishes 

Interest Over  

Time Period 

Stuffing 

10 

 2 

Green Bean Casserole 

Mashed Potatoes 

T4 

Sweet Potato Casserole 

T4 

Cranberry Sauce 

Which Thanksgiving Side Dish Is Colorado’s Favorite?

When it comes to Thanksgiving sides, Coloradans have a clear favorite each holiday season, with stuffing scoring the most search interest points, with 10, beating out green bean casserole and mashed potatoes.  

The duo of side dishes finished the period in question with search interest scores of nine and eight, respectively, beating out a pair of Thanksgiving stalwarts in sweet potato casserole and cranberry sauce, which scored four search interest points each.  

Still, no food item holds the carte blanche that stuffing does in the Rocky Mountain State this holiday season, with the Thanksgiving mainstay knocking out a quartet of customary sides on the internet during November of last year, when our scores were collected.  

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Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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