This recipe for Crock Pot Chili Cheese Dogs is so easy and delicious thanks to a mixture of store-bought chili, cheese sauce and hot dogs.
CROCK POT CHILI CHEESE DOGS
This recipe for Crock Pot Chili Cheese Dogs isn't so much a recipe as it is an idea for a way of serving a yummy Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day or backyard picnic. However you choose to top them is up to you. Sometimes I like a little cole slaw on top. Other times I want diced onions and some shredded cheese. But honestly, these are delicious, just as they are, straight outta the slow cooker into a bun!
TIPS FOR MAKING THESE CHILI DOGS:
- If you don't like (or can't find) nacho cheese sauce, just use a can of condensed cheddar cheese soup.
- Also, if you love beans in your hot dog chili, then use the chili with beans (by all means!) 😉 I prefer Wolf Brand chili for my hot dogs.
- Finally, this would be enough chili for more than 8 hot dogs. I just went with 8 since that is what you get in one package. But realistically, you could add another 4 or 5 hot dogs to this recipe and have plenty.
- Serve it up with some chips or French fries.
- I am using store- bought chili to keep this recipe easy to make. However, if you want to make it extra special, you could try making up a batch of my HOMEMADE SOUTHERN HOT DOG CHILI.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
chili with no beans
nacho cheese sauce
hot dogs
hot dog buns
diced onion and shredded cheddar cheese, for topping
HOW TO MAKE EASY CROCK POT CHILI CHEESE DOGS:
In a 5-quart slow cooker, combine chili and nacho cheese. Stir together well. 
Place hot dogs into the chili mixture.
Make sure the chili mixture coats the hot dogs.
Cover and cook on low for 2-4 hours. Then switch the slow cooker to the "keep warm" setting. 
Then, let everyone serve themselves. Top hot dogs with diced onions and extra cheese. Whatever your family and friends love!
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Ingredients
- 2 (15 oz) cans chili with no beans
- 1 (15 oz) can nacho cheese sauce
- 8 hot dogs
- 8 hot dog buns
- diced onion and shredded cheddar cheese, for topping
Instructions
- In a 5-quart slow cooker, combine chili and nacho cheese. Stir together well.
- Place hot dogs into the chili mixture.
- Make sure the chili mixture coats the hot dogs.
- Cover and cook on low for 2-4 hours. Then switch the slow cooker to the "keep warm" setting.
- Top hot dogs with diced onions and extra cheese.
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Notes
This recipe makes enough chili for more than 8 hot dogs. I just went with 8 since that is what you get in one package. But realistically, you could add another 4 or 5 hot dogs to this recipe and have plenty.
Nutrition
Originally published: May 2018
Updated & republished: March 2020
Oh, wow, Brandie! I would have never thought of this on my own! Amazing!
Hope you like it! So easy but it tastes homemade! LOL
Aren''t you the clever one as this is such a Wonderful idea.
Thank You
i made this and took it to work also took tortilla chips and jalepenos for nachos with the chili cheese sauce..
This was delicious and so simple. I ended up with about 16 hot dogs in the pot and it was plenty of chili for everyone. Thank you!
If I were to do the chili recipe you used for this, do I just substitute the cooked batch of your chili for the canned stuff? Or do I throw the chili recipe stuff in the crock pot once the ground beef has been browned?
Hi Mike, yes, you'd want to have your chili fully prepared before adding the other ingredients. 🙂