Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Five-ingredient Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip has the mouthwatering perfection of chicken wings without the work! Just chicken, cream cheese, cheddar, ranch, and buffalo sauce in the crock pot for a game day win!

I love hosting for big games. Sundays and football are my best days of the week. I’ve made this recipe for years and years now, and someone always asks for the recipe, it’s that good! Not just me. Check out this comment from a reader.

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My go to recipe for years now. Always a request when there’s a get together. – KL

Buffalo Chicken Wings in a Dip

This dip is served hot and creamy. You can put it out with tortilla chips or even celery and carrot sticks. It has just a bit of heat, but if you want to tone it down, I would get a mild buffalo sauce.

Ingredients and Substitutions

This dip is supposed to be easy AND delicious. To keep it that way, here are some ideas to be able to use what you already have.

Chicken

Cook your own chicken fresh, use leftovers, or a convenient rotisserie chicken. Feel free to use white or dark meat in this recipe. Keep it simple, and use what you have.

Cream Cheese

Use real cream cheese, not the low-fat option, for the best flavor and texture.

Cheddar Cheese

Start with a block of cheddar cheese and shred it yourself. Pre-shredded cheese has anti-caking agents to prevent it from clumping, but these can also stop you from getting the best melt.

Buffalo Sauce or Wing Sauce

Buffalo Sauce and hot sauce are not the same thing. Buffalo sauce is a mixture of butter and hot sauce. It starts with a hot sauce made from cayenne pepper and white vinegar. This gives it that spicy, tangy flavor we love. If you only have hot sauce on hand, no worries. You can mix the two together.

• Mild – 1 part hot sauce to 2 parts melted butter
• Medium (this is the more common heat level)- 1 part hot sauce to 1 part melted butter
• Hot – 2 parts hot sauce to 1 part melted butter

If you’re worried about the spice level, use a mild buffalo sauce. Once it’s cooked and you’ve tasted it, you can always add more hot sauce.

How to Make Buffalo Chicken Dip in a Crock Pot

Add the ingredients into the crockpot with 1 cup of the cheddar cheese. The rest will go on at the end. Give these a good mix, but don’t worry about getting everything perfectly mixed. You’re going to stir every 30 minutes. As it heats up, it will mix more easily.

If you can’t stir it every 30 minutes, no worries! Try to give it a good mix after the first 30, and then again about halfway through cooking, and again at the end, before you add the cheese topping

Once everything is fully melted, and you see no more chunks of cream cheese or cheddar cheese when you stir, the dip is ready, but you’re not done yet. Sprinkle the remaining cheddar cheese on top and put the lid of the crock pot back. As soon as this layer of cheese is ready, you’re ready to serve.

Tips for Success

• Let the cream cheese come to room temperature if you can. This will make mixing at the beginning of cooking much easier.
• To keep this dip perfect for your whole party, serve it up in the slow cooker set to warm. This makes sure that cheese stays perfectly creamy.
• This is a THICK dip. You need to serve it up with some dippers that can stand up to it. My favorites are tortilla chips, celery, and carrots.

Troubleshooting Buffalo Chicken Dip

How to Store Leftovers & Reheat

You can keep this stored in an airtight container for 3-5 days in the fridge, or you can freeze it for up to 3 months. Just be aware that freezing it can affect the texture. If you do, allow it to thaw overnight in the fridge and then reheat slowly. You may think about reheating in the crockpot if you can. Make sure to stir it to get it back to its creamy texture.

How to Use Your Leftovers?

This chicken dip recipe is so versatile. You can use the leftovers for so many meals throughout the week.

• We love to use it to make our Buffalo Chicken Dip Sliders.
• Place a scoop of chilled leftover dip on lettuce, then drizzle with ranch dressing or blue cheese crumbles for a tasty lettuce wrap.
• Spread it over a tortilla, add extra shredded cheese, and make a quesadilla…this is my boys’ favorite!

Other Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipes to Serve

• Air Fryer Chicken Wings are a juicy, tender wing option to serve alongside Buffalo dip.
• This Beer Bread recipe makes an awesome alternative to chips and is so good!
• Don’t forget the Blue Cheese dressing for your carrots and celery! It’s the classic side to Buffalo Chicken in any form!

*This post was originally posted on 04/27/2019.