My problem with hot artichoke dip is that I want to eat it all, and I don't want to share. It really doesn't matter, because people are going to eat them all, even if they are unadorned. You can dress them up with horseradish, bacon bits, snips of chive, or green onion. My co-worker Bridget, who had three kids, would bring a giant platter of deviled eggs to the office on the Monday after each Easter. Nobody ever, ever goes home with a plate of uneaten deviled eggs. Deviled EggsĬoming in at number one is deviled eggs. Here are 20 sure-fire potluck foods that I have ranked in order of popularity. Don't suffer the embarrassment of asking your co-workers if they want to take some quinoa salad home. Don't be the person whose potluck item sits, wallflower-like, next to the popular queso. Even though there may be a lot of talk about dieting and healthy eating during the workweek, trust me: That goes out the window at a potluck.

And why not? Sadly, that's just not what people want to eat at office potlucks.ĭuring 31 years of office work, I have participated in more potlucks than I can possibly count. Its owner had clearly put effort into her potluck dish, but no one was eating it. There it sat, barely touched: A large earthenware bowl of tabbouleh and black-bean salad, painstakingly decorated with tomato slices and a rim of curly lettuce.