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New Year's Eve Appetizers and Cocktails | Sparkles is back and she brought snacks!

Dec 29, 2025 · 42 min · Season 1 · Episode 143 · 40.9 MBExplicit
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It's New Year's Eve week, and Chewed Up kicks things off exactly how it should: zero resolutions, maximum snacks, and a surprise reunion with one of the most beloved behind-the-scenes legends from The Chew.

Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon welcome back Chef Jackie "Sparkles" Bakula, now all grown up, married, and juggling two kids — but still bringing the same calm-in-the-chaos energy that once saved countless live TV moments. The group reminisces about freezing studio kitchens, feeding entire audiences from postage-stamp prep spaces, and the early days of viral food before "viral" was a job description.

On the food front, this episode is a New Year's Eve party blueprint. Carla and Jackie build the Parm & Prosciutto Chip Tower — a dangerously simple mountain of kettle chips baked with honey and Parmigiano, finished with crispy prosciutto and aged balsamic. It's salty, sweet, crunchy, and impossible to stop eating.

Drinks flow freely, from Carla's Cranberry Ginger Fizz mocktail to Michael's smoked-maple Old Fashioned, and Clinton's glitter-rimmed Greyhound makes its sparkly debut. Michael also delivers a Cleveland-approved upgrade on pigs in a blanket using smoky kielbasa and puff pastry — proof that people don't want fancy, they want pigs.

Between bites, the crew plays Chew It or Screw It, dragging air fryers, New Year's resolutions, reality cooking competitions, and caviar-on-everything straight into the group chat of truth. The episode wraps with fan mail, quick-lunch confessions, and a Frontgate fan giveaway that feels appropriately indulgent for the end of the year.

Bottom line: this episode is loud, nostalgic, snack-heavy, and exactly how you should ring in the new year.

Special guest: Chef Jackie "Sparkles" Bakula

Follow her: @chef_jackieb

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Timestamps

  • 00:00 — Welcome to New Year's Eve Week
  • 02:30 — Sparkles returns + Chew memories
  • 09:45 — Parm & Prosciutto Chip Tower build
  • 12:30 — Dirty Martini Dip explained
  • 15:45 — Cranberry Ginger Fizz mocktail
  • 18:30 — Chip tower landslide moment
  • 22:10 — Chew It or Screw It (air fryers, resolutions, caviar)
  • 27:45 — Smoked Maple Old Fashioned
  • 30:15 — Kielbasa pigs in a blanket
  • 34:40 — Fan mail + quick lunch confessions
  • 39:30 — Fan giveaway winner

🙌 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

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Casamara Club → Botanical leisure sodas for mindful sipping

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FreshDirect → Fresh groceries delivered straight to your door.

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Kitchen Designed by Anthony Carrino → https://anthonycarrino.com

Produced by Simple Alien → https://www.simplealien.com/

Camera, Audio and Crew provided by TV Boy → https://tvboynyc.com/

About Chewed Up

Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud.

Episodes drop 3x a week:

  • Monday – Appetizers
  • Wednesday – Mains
  • Friday – Desserts

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