Buffalo Chicken Dip
Buffalo Chicken Dip has cream cheese, chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch, cheddar cheese, and blue cheese crumbles if you want! It’s one of the best buffalo chicken dip recipe out there and tastes just like a buffalo chicken wing. Creamy and full of spiciness, this easy appetizer dip will be the perfect appetizer for your next party or game day.
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EASY BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP RECIPE
INGREDIENTS IN BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
This recipe calls for:
- CHICKEN – rotisserie chicken is my favorite but you can use canned chicken as well.
- CREAM CHEESE – gives that creamy base. Some recipes add sour cream but I’m not a fan.
- RANCH DRESSING – every buffalo wing is usually served with ranch but you could also use blue cheese dressing.
- BUFFALO SAUCE – brand matters here. I like Frank’s redhot Buffalo sauce.
- CHEDDAR CHEESE – gives a sharp tang and cheesiness. You can use a sharp cheddar or a mild cheddar.
- BLUE CHEESE CRUMBLES – these are only for the purists. Not every one loves this so leave this on the side.
HOW TO MAKE BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
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Heat chicken and Buffalo sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Make sure to break up the chicken so there are no big chunks. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm.
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Mix in shredded cheese. Pour into a shallow baking dish or pie pan and sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles. We usually only sprinkle blue cheese on half of it for those who aren’t blue cheese fans.
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Bake in a preheated oven to 350 for 15-20 minutes or microwave it until the cheese melts. Serve with chips for dipping.
WHAT KIND OF CHICKEN TO USE
WHAT TO SERVE WITH BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
CAN YOU FREEZE BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP?
OTHER BUFFALO CHICKEN RECIPES:
- Buffalo Chicken Jalapeno Poppers
- Easy Buffalo Chicken Nachos
- Buffalo Chicken Mac n’ Cheese
- Layered Buffalo Chicken Salad
- Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes
- Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
- Spicy Buffalo Chicken Chili
- Buffalo Chicken and Potato Casserole
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cooked and shredded chicken or 1, 12 ounce can chunk chicken, drained
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup Ranch dressing
- 1/2 cup Buffalo wing sauce, (such as Frank's Red Hot, not to be confused with their pepper sauce. Start with less if you want and add more to your desired hotness.)
- 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- blue cheese crumbles, (optional)
Instructions
- Heat chicken and Buffalo sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Make sure to break up the chicken so there are no big chunks. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm.
- Mix in shredded cheese. Pour into a shallow dish or pie pan and sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles. We usually only sprinkle blue cheese on half of it for those who aren’t blue cheese fans.
- Bake in a preheated oven to 350 for 15-20 minutes or microwave it until the cheese melts. Serve with chips for dipping.
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This is such a great dip and super easy to prepare! It’s a hit at every party and I always double or triple the recipe because it goes super fast, as-is this can barely fit in an 8×8 pan but is probably perfect for a really small gathering. Love prepping it the night before and sticking in the oven about 30 min before the party starts! We serve with carrots, celery, and tortilla chips!
Thank you!
I have made this recipe so many times and I am always asked for the recipe, simple and delicious 🤤 I throw it all in the crockpot!
Thank you Lynn!
Fantastic recipe!
Cooked cauliflower layer on the bottom and top with crushed pork rinds make this a complete keto meal.
Love this recipe!!!!!!
Delicious! I’ve made it with and without cheese and it’s good both ways!
Can I double the recipe?
Of course!
Delicious! I always use canned chicken and pour the juice in too. Plus 2 cups of shredded cheese in it, then another 2 cups on top. Very good with Fritos also!
Can this be made in a cockpot?
Sure!
Do you think this would be good with Crawfish tails instead of chicken? I need a crawfish dip recipe.
I’m new-ish to Keto. Can’t wait to try this recipe! What are some good Keto options for the chips?
Ooh definitelty pork rinds or celery or sliced cucumber.
As an alternative to the hot sauce, my kids love it made with BBQ sauce instead of hot sauce.
Great idea!
I’ve used this both as a dip and refrigerated overnight and made buffalo chicken dip sandwiches the next day. Both ways have been big hits at parties.
Awesome!
Makes awesome quesadillas too!
This looks amazing! I need to try this asap!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
This was delicious! A great way to get the kids introduced to spice without blowing them away. I did you twice as much chicken because honestly I didn’t read how much was needed. While hardier all the flavors were great. Definitely will make this again
It’s a family tried and true.
Can you put this in a small crock pot?
Yes, totally!
Goood site. I share on facebook.
hi
which cream cheese u used?
awaiting 🙂
Philidelphia!
Generic works well, too!
I made this in 2012 after a guy I had a crush on invited me to a Super Bowl party. I needed something to bring and brought this–he asked me out the next day, and we’ve been married for 7 months now! I don’t wanna say it was all due to this dip, but he does request it pretty often and his cousins all ask for it at holidays and family gatherings, too. 🙂 Also a big fan of your baked ziti–it’s my go to when we have people over. Thanks!
That is the best story ever!!! I’m totally taking credit!!!
I found this recipe on your site over a year ago and have made it countless times- it’s our very favorite! Thank you!!
You’re welcome. We love it too!
Go Cougars!!!!
Am making this recipe just for the fun of it…Lol!
Thanks for the info.
Scott
Can this dish be refrigerated before adding cheese? Then when ready to eat the next day spread cheese on top and put into a microwave to warm up?
YEs! You can. It’s better in the oven but microwave works well too.
I always use the oven to heat the meat and melt the cheese i feel its got a better flavor to it
I think you’re right!
Love this recipe! I love to season & grill the chicken to give the dip a little extra taste! Delicious!
i make this in the crockpot. its amazing. i just dont add the blu cheese. other then that its amazing. job well done.
This an awfully old post so just wondering did franks hot sauce use it on the back of the bottle? Because its identical. If so kuddos.
Really? Haha. That must be new because they didn’t have it on the bottle before?
LOVE THiS RECIPE! One pointer for everyone wanting to make this., mix the shredded cheese in at the end of cooking while still hot, just stir it around. The shredded cheese will melt and it keeps it from seperaring and getting that oily/greasy appearance. I’ve learned this this the hard way. Making this at least a dozen times and always ended up with it looking gross. Another suggestion for blue cheese lovers is to use blue cheese dressing instead of the ranch. Still use the blue cheese crumbles. Most won’t be able to taste the switch. Also, squeeze the water out of the chicken if using canned. In a separate bowl mix chicken and hot sauce together so the chicken absrns the sauce. Melt the cream cheese n dressing together on low hear whisking till smooth then add the chicken n hot sause to the pan until heated thoroughly. Remove from heat n add the shredded cheese n blue cheese crumbles. Wow that was a mouthful! Thanks for sharing this recipe, it is the best one on the web. The others usually have some weird variation.
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Is it ranch dressing or ranch dressing powder mix? sorry if that’s a dumb question lol
Not a dumb question. It’s ranch dressing already prepared. No powder.
I’ve been looking for this recipe everyyyywhere!!! And I finally found it it’s so delishh!
I just made this and it was amazing! I will deff make it for my next party.
Football season is right around the corner and I will be breaking out this recipe!
Christi at cashmereapron.com
This is so delicious I love it and give it 5 stars
Is it possible to sub blue cheese dressing for the ranch?
Absolutely. I would probably prefer it that way but the majority of the crowd prefers ranch.
AMAZING! This tastes SOOOOoooooooo good!
Oh! I don’t care for Bleu Cheese, so I used Feta instead. DELISH!
I’d been looking for this recipe ever since I had it a couple of years ago; I was glad to find it here!! Made this for a get-together, yesterday. Unbelievably good, a definite crowd pleaser!
Ay idea how much this serves? Trying to decide if I should double the recipe for about 24 people.
I would say it serves about 8-10. Definitely double it for 24…
Hi Christy i have to say that I am in love with this recipe. I have made it once in the fall for a dinner party I had. I am having another this Sunday and my husband has requested this (not the first time since the fall that he has requested it!). What I do is get a whole organic chicken and put it in a crockpot the day before I plan to make the dip. I let it cook all day and cool before I shred the meat right off the bone. I end up with more than enough chicken to double your recipe. It’s delicious!
I made this recipe for tonight’s Super Bowl party, not only was it real easy to make but it was a hit…thank you again for the recipe it’s definately a keeper
Oh good!
15-year old daughter: “Mom, could you make Buffalo Chicken dip for the superbowl?” Me: “The game is already on.” Daughter: “Please?” Me – tried this recipe. 3 min. later, I hear daughter: “Mom – A+. Thanks!” (Made me look good!!) Thanks!
Haha! Perfect. Glad I could help…
Oh my gosh…..this dip is fantastic. I still have about an hour until I need to leave for a superbowl party and I’m afraid the dip won’t last last long. Very easy to make and so good!! Thank you!
Good to hear!
I am making this right now for the Super Bowl, has anyone tried ranch and blue cheese? Would you do 1/4 cup each or just add 1/2 cup blue cheese to it?
Sorry. Probably too late. I don’t think you can go wrong either way. It’s personal preference.
This is awesome in a crock pot… low heat and occational mixing
Amazing!!! Making it this sunday!!!!
can i make this in a crockpot? if so, how? 🙂
I would make it as directed and then pour into a crockpot to get warm. That’s how I would do it but I’m sure you could just dump all the ingredients in and then stir them when they are warm and melty.
Oh this looks good…i’m not waiting until the super bowl. lol lol
This looks great. I wanted to let you know that I was featuring it on my blog: http://simpleesue.com
on the 29th of January. Thank you for such a great recipe.
Simplee Sue
Yummy. Once I made it and tasted it I did end up adding chopped celery which seemed to work as well.
This recipe is great! I double the recipe, make it at the beginning of the week, and eat off it for most of the week. My daughter that is almost 2 years old also loves this dip!
Would you serve this hot?
Yes, hot is the way to serve this.
This is also very, very good cold, served like chicken salad on lightly toasted bread with lettuce and tomato.
(My wife and I love this but can’t eat a whole pan in one sitting… I’ve started making sure there’s leftovers for sandwiches.)
Also, I use mozza instead of cheddar to allow the Buffalo Sauce flavor to dominate.
I have been making this for years but I serve mine in my crock pot on “warm” or “low” so it’s Always warm 🙂
Found this on Pinterest. I made it tonight with bacon cheeseburgers. I added green onions though. It was delicious. My kids liked it too.
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I found this link from Pinterest and OMG it’s delicious. My friend made some at work last year and I’m pregnant now I’ve been craving it so bad. I just found this lastnight and we had fresh chicken and everything already just needed hot sauce and cream cheese. Just made it with the hubby and we are both addicted now. It’s way better than my friends it’s amazing thank you so much I’m one happy pregnant woman! Great appetizer for football time as well.
@Anonymous,
I use the red hot Buffalo sauce. Good luck!
Is it franks red hot buffalo sauce or just regular franks red hot?
so so so good. made it today for the first time! Thank you for feeding my buffalo craving!
This recipe sounds like one I use – but I agree with someone when they said use fresh chicken. Also, use blue cheese instead of ranch…I’m from Buffalo and believe me when I say blue cheese is good in this too 🙂
I make this all the time usually at BBQ’s. Only I substitute the ranch dressing for blue cheese
This is awesome. Last time because I only had Franks Red Hot it was almost too hot so this time I made a double batch but only used 1/2 a cup hot sauce total. It is really yummy. I use bread bites and celery to dip into it. First to go last time! Yum. I too use fresh chicken, just haven’t ever tried canned before.
I made this dip today for a work potluck and used a crock pot
– I made a double batch and used fine shredded 4 cheese mexican blend instead of just plain cheddar, I heated all the ingredients on the stove top the night before to melt and blend it altogether then put it in the refrigerator overnight – I put it in the crock pot at 9:30 to get it warm and it’s now 12:30, I re-melted nicely in the pot and have had no issues with the cheeses or separation – it’s a great and easy, will definately be making in the future for parties!!
@sgm182, I agree fresh chicken is better. Gonna add that to the recipe because we like to use fresh now too.
This tastes awesome! Great recipe. We used half Franks Hot Sauce and half Buffalo Wing sauce from a local farm. We had to add a bit more hot sauce then the recipe called for, for our liking.
The only thing I’m interested in trying next time is using fresh chicken, and pre-cooking / shredding it to get some better chicken flavor. The canned stuff is good, but it does have that canned taste.
Again, thanks for the awesome recipe, will surely make again.
This is great for superbowl Sunday!! Thanks for sharing!
Question: Do we use ranch dressing already made, OR the powdered ranch mix?
Thanks!
@Unknown,
Well to be honest the dip isn’t that pretty to start with so I think you can go ahead and make it ahead of time. I always do!
Can I prepare this in advance or does it get all weird/gross?
I do use a couple of hot cheese dips and they contain way more cheese than this, The do just fine in a crock pot and we never have had an issue with separation.
That is a delicious dip, thanks for sharing it, now I know what I’m going to do for this Sunday’s games.
xlpharmacy
Every person I know calls it “the crack dip”. It is so good you become addicted to it… and no matter what your body is telling you.. you must have more!
What a dip, I’d like to prepare it at home and inviting some of my friends and watching a soccer game, I think that’s the perfect excuse to prepare this dip.m10m
@Anonymous,
I don’t think it would do that well in a crockpot. It has a lot of cheese in it so over time it would tendd to separate. I may be wrong though! I’ve never tried it…
would this do well in a crockpot? I need to take an appetizer to a friends house and I want to keep it warm for snacking
Yes
My friend made this and called the recipe hers and even put it in the cookbook that we compiled!!! hahahaha….it’s very yummy though! I love your blog! FYI….everything I’m making for the superbowl is from here! Keep eating everything and sharing the recipes! I visit here more than allrecipes.com!
Hi. I finally got around to making this today. YUM. Also quick and easy. A keeper for sure. THANKS.
Our family had one of our occasional “dipathons” last weekend and I brought your Buffalo Chicken Dip. It was a huge hit! I decreased the hot sauce by half because my sister can’t handle hot foods (she’s SO delicate!), but it was still delicious!
We are making this for our HUGE pig out party, AKA New Years Day celebration. Can’t wait! 🙂
I made this for a football get together this weekend. I put it in the oven for about 15 minutes, it didn’t need anymore than that. It almost seemed like the cheese started to separate. Man it looked nasty, but it tasted awesome and was definitely the crowd fav at the party. Thanks for the recipe, this will become a staple for us for sure.
Christy! Yay I finally have this recipe! My husband has been craving this buffalo dip for over a year and I keep forgetting to ask you for it! And then somehow I stumbled upon your website and now I have access to ALL of your fab recipes! Hallelujah! Happy Halloween! I LOVED your Octomon pix!
THANKS!
This looks amazing. I’m going to give it a try at our football party get together this weekend!
I am so glad you finally posted this. I have been waiting to make it since the Super Bowl!! Thank you!!
im gonna make it this thursday!
yum!