Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

About once a month we head over to my parent’s house to have lunch with my brother and his family who also live in town. I didn’t grow up around my grandparents or cousins, and I can’t tell you how special it is to see all the kids running around making memories together in their grandparent’s home. It’s priceless, really!

My Mom always cooks a big lunch for us, and usually has a dip or appetizer ready to snack on as we trickle in through the door. I do a little happy dance anytime I see her Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip hot, ready, and waiting to be dug into on the counter. The combination of spicy, saucy, cheesy dip scooped up with a crunchy chip is completely irresistible.

Watch How to Make It

Buffalo Chicken Dip in the Slow Cooker

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip can be made in a small, 3 quart crock pot, or a large, 6 quart crock pot, and there’s no extra cooking or work required prior to tossing everything into the crock pot.

No extra bowl, oven, nor baking dish needed — the slow cooker does the work of heating the ingredients up for us. Easy!

This dip is a must have for game days (easier than buffalo chicken wings!), perfect for taking to an office potluck, or serving at any gathering in between.

5 Ingredient Crock Pot Dip

This easy buffalo chicken dip requires just 5 ingredients and, like I said, all you have to do is toss them into the crock pot, mix everything together, then press “on”. Here’s what you’ll need:

• Buffalo wing sauce: I’ve tried a lot of buffalo wing sauces and have landed on Sweet Baby Ray’s Buffalo Wing Sauce as my very favorite – they even have a mild version if you need it. Be sure you’re using buffalo wing sauce vs plain hot sauce.
• Ranch dressing: I like Ken’s classic ranch dressing, but you can use your favorite prepared ranch dressing.
• Canned chunk chicken breast: we’re not getting weird about this – it truly makes for the best buffalo chicken dip! I like Swanson brand. That said, you can swap in hand-shredded chicken if need be.
• Cream cheese: I typically use 1/3 less fat, though full fat cream cheese is great too.
• Colby Jack Cheese: melts deliciously into the dip providing the perfect amount of cheesiness.

As written, this crockpot buffalo chicken dip recipe is about a 5/10 on the heat scale. If you want to make it spicier, feel free to add more buffalo sauce, hot sauce (I like Frank’s and usually add a truck-load), and/or red chili pepper flakes.

If you need to make it a bit more mild, use mild buffalo wing sauce.

How to Store Leftovers and Reheat

If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, simply scoop the dip into a glass storage container (plastic storage containers could become stained from the wing sauce), then reheat scoops of it in a glass dish in the microwave.

I’ve also slow cooked this dip then cooled it completely, and then reheated it in the crock pot a few days later.

5 Ways to Repurpose Leftovers

Leftover slow cooker Buffalo Chicken Dip is also great for repurposing into other dishes. Here are some ideas:

1. Wrap. Scoop onto a gluten free flatbread then top with shredded carrots, crumbled feta or blue cheese crumbles, and spring mix or arugula.
2. Sandwich. Stuff the dip inside a bun or between two slices of bread to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
3. Baked potato. Jazz up a baked potato with a scoop of warmed leftover dip plus sliced green onions.
4. Nachos. Make nachos with the dip plus an extra sprinkling of shredded cheese. Bake until warm and melty.
5. Quesadilla. Add the buffalo chicken mixture inside a tortilla then cook until crispy on both sides.

How to Make Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Like I said, all you have to do is add the ingredients into your crock pot, stir to combine, then start slow cooking. Be sure your cream cheese is at room temperature to make this process a little easier.

• If you’re using a 3 quart crock pot cook on LOW for 1-1/2 — 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• If you’re using a 6 quart crock pot, cook on LOW for 1 — 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

What Goes Best with Buffalo Chicken Dip

After the buffalo chicken dip is hot and melty, I like to switch the crock pot setting to warm then let it sit on the counter all afternoon for folks to graze on. Here’s what we typically set out to serve the dip with:

• Tortilla chips
• Frito Scoops
• Mini sweet peppers sliced in half
• Carrot sticks or chips
• Celery sticks
• Simple Mills Almond or Pita Crackers
• Cucumber slices

However you serve it, I hope you love this easy, spicy, cheesy, creamy dip – enjoy!

More Irresistible Dip Recipes

• Crock Pot Reuben Dip
• Boursin Bruschetta Dip
• Dirty Martini Dip
• Roasted Garlic and Prosciutto Cream Cheese Dip with Hot Honey
• Cranberry Jalapeno Bacon Dip
• Trader Joe’s Everything Bagel Dip
• Pickle Wrap Dip
• Best Fruit Dip EVER

Photos by Ashley McLaughlin

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