This EASY Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe is made with cream cheese, ranch, chicken, and Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo sauce. This perfect appetizer only takes 15 minutes to make!

Want more tasty appetizers? Try my Caprese Salad, Beer Bread, Air Fryer Chicken Wings, or Easy Homemade Crab Cakes!

An easy Buffalo Chicken recipe in a white bowl surrounded by chips, celery, and carrots.

Why I love this recipe:

  • Easy – Only 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make the best buffalo chicken dip. It really couldn’t be more simple!
  • Accompaniments – choose your favorite bread, crackers, chips, or veggies for dipping.
  • Inexpensive Game-Day Appetizer– sports enthusiasts go crazy for this one, and it’s cheap to make from home.

How to make Buffalo Chicken Dip:

Heat cream cheese and ranch: Add cream cheese and ranch to a sauce pan and cook until cream cheese begins to soften and smooth. Add cooked chicken and hot sauce and stir well to combine.

A saucepan filled with cooked chicken and hot sauce.

Serve: Serve buffalo chicken dip with crusty bread (or even inside an artisan loaf similar to serving soup inside a bread bowl), celery sticks, veggies, crackers, pita bread or whatever you’d like to dip in it.

A chip being dipped in homemade Buffalo Chicken Dip.

Make Ahead Instructions:

To Make Ahead: The homemade buffalo chicken dip will keep well stored in the fridge for 1-3 days, depending on the freshness of your chicken. Reheat on the stove, or in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.

Recipe Variations:

  • Spicy or Mild: Choose mild to extra-hot brands of Frank’s hot buffalo sauce to adjust the heat level.
  • Crockpot: Add all ingredients to the slow cooker. Mix well and cook on low for 2 hours.
  • Oven: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour mixture into an 8×8 baking dish. Top with shredded cheese, if desired, and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.

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An easy Buffalo Chicken recipe in a white bowl surrounded by chips, celery, and carrots.
Prep 7 minutes
Cook 6 minutes
Total 15 minutes
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Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • Add cream cheese and ranch to a saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth. Stir in chicken and hot sauce.
  • Serve with crusty bread, celery sticks, crackers, pita bread or whatever you'd like to dip in it.
  • We enjoy it served warm, but it can be served cold!

Notes

Chicken: Leftover cooked chicken, canned chicken or rotisserie chicken all work great. 
Make Ahead Instructions: The buffalo chicken dip will keep well stored in the fridge for 1-3 days, depending on the freshness of your chicken. Reheat on the stove, or in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
Spice Level: Choose mild to extra-hot brands of Franks hot sauce to adjust the heat level.
Crockpot: Add all ingredients to the slow cooker.  Mix well and cook on low for 2 hours.
Oven: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour mixture into a 8×8 baking dish. Top with shredded cheese, if desired and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 226kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 9gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 1131mgPotassium: 119mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 646IUCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg

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I originally shared this recipe January 2014. Updated January 2020, June 2022 and January 2024.

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  1. I use a rotisserie chicken (one per 8 oz cream cheese) that you can get cooked already in the deli section of your grocery or even Walmart. It adds another dimension of flavor and really breaks up well to give the dip a great texture. Just get the chicken(s) and allow to cool then pull the meat off the bones! I also toss in a handful of shredded cheddar cheese. This is a huge hit among the kids and adults and I usually get request just about every weekend! We serve with tortilla chips.