Sausage Dip
Savory, creamy, and ultra-addictive this sausage dip is an absolute crowd-pleaser. Made with 3 ingredients and ready in 15 minutes, this easy dip comes together for the ultimate party appetizer. Serve it up with tortilla chips, pretzel crisps, and more!
Well folks, this dip is one for the books. If comes from a dip party that my best friend threw many years ago. I loved getting to try all the different dips at one time, and think we should start making this a yearly occurrence.
This is another delicious, easy recipe (only three ingredients!) that you can add to any party menu. I don’t think anyone can have too many easy, delicious recipes to turn to for various occasions. From the chunks of sausage to the bite of the Picante sauce, there is so much to love about this dip!
Why We Love This Creamy Sausage Dip
- 3 Ingredients. Seriously, just three ingredients to make the most addictive dip to grace your party table.
- Ready in 15 minutes. You can quickly whip this dip up in no time before a party or gathering.
- Ultra-addictive. This creamy sausage dip will go quickly! It’s an absolute crowd pleaser that everyone will enjoy!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Only three!!
- Sausage: This is the meat of your dip, all puns intended, so use your favorite regular sausage like Bob Evans or Jimmy Dean.
- Cream Cheese: Traditional, softened cream cheese makes this dip extra creamy.
- Picante Sauce: Gives this dip all the flavor.
Heat it up!
Want your dip to bring on the heat? Here are a few ways to easily make your creamy sausage dip spicier!
- Replace the regular sausage with hot sausage.
- Opt for a spicy picante sauce instead of mild.
- Add a dash or two of your favorite hot sauce.
- Sprinkle in some red pepper flakes.
How to Make Sausage Dip
You are looking at one of the easiest dips to make ever. With just 3 ingredients and about 15 minutes, you can have this rich and creamy dip ready for any party!
- Cook the sausage: Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it up and crumbling it as it cooks.
- Drain and transfer: Once cooked through remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and place in a serving bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients (#1): Mix in the cream cheese and picante sauce.
- Heat (#2): Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until the dip is heated through and the cream cheese is melted.
- Serve with pretzels, chips, and more!
Stovetop and Crock Pot Directions
This is an extremely forgiving recipe that can easily be made in many different ways. Whether you want to microwave (listed above), cook it on the stove, or let it cook in the crockpot, we’ve got you covered.
How to Make it on the Stovetop
- Cook the sausage in a skillet, drain the excess grease.
- Then add the cream cheese and picante sauce and cook over medium-low heat until the cream cheese melts.
How to Make it in a Crock Pot
- Cook the sausage on a skillet and drain the excess grease.
- Transfer the sausage to a crockpot and add cream cheese and picante.
- Turn the crockpot on low and stir occasionally until the cream cheese is melted and smooth. Turn to the “keep warm” setting and let everyone serve themselves!
Sausage Dip Serving Suggestions
To heat or not to heat? I love this dip heated and warm but it also makes an excellent cold dip if you want to cook it in advance and pop it into the refrigerator to chill.
When you are ready to serve here are some great dippers to serve it with:
- Tortilla chips
- Pretzel crisps
- Crackers
- Slices of toasted italian bread
- Bagel chips
- Fritos
- Celery + Carrots
Serving, Storing, and Freezing
- Serving: I’d recommend using a microwave-safe dish to serve this dip in so you can re-heat as needed. Alternatively you can also dish it out of a crockpot to keep it warm all party long.
- Storing: Leftover sausage dip keeps in the refrigerator for up to 5 days in an air-tight container.
- Freezing: You can also make this dip in advance and have it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Reheating: Pop the refrigerated or frozen dip into the microwave and heat in 30-second intervals until melted and creamy.
Sausage Dip FAQs
This easy sausage dip is made with browned sausage, cream cheese, and Picante sauce.
On the counter, at room temperature, you can serve this dip for about 2 hours. It will last 5 days in the refrigerator, and a good 3 months in the freezer.
If you are using Rotel or another Picante sauce with juices you do not drain the juices from the can before adding it to the dip. The juices help thin out the dip a bit as well as add in the flavor.
Delicious Dips to Try Next
With 15 minutes and just 3 ingredients, you can quickly whip up this addictive sausage dip. Dish this out at your next gathering with tortilla chips, pretzel chips, and more!
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Sausage Dip
Ingredients
- 32 ounces (907.19 g) rolls of regular sausage, Bob Evans, Jimmy Dean, whatever your favorite brand is
- 16 ounces (453.59 g) packages of cream cheese, softened
- 28 ounces (793.79 ml) picante sauce
Instructions
- Brown the sausage, breaking it up and crumbling it as it cooks. Once cooked through, remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and place in serving bowl. Mix in the cream cheese and picante sauce.
- Microwave in 30 seconds increments, stirring between each, until the dip is heated through and the cream cheese is melted.
- Serve with your favorite tortilla chips, pretzel crisps or crackers.
Notes
- Picante Sauce: Use traditional Picante sauce, Rotel, or your favorite salsa. Do not drain before adding to the dip.
- Make it Spicy:Â Replace the regular sausage with hot sausage / Opt for a spicy picante sauce instead of mild /Â Add a dash or two of your favorite hot sauce /Â Sprinkle in some red pepper flakes.
- Stovetop Instructions:Â Cook the sausage in a skillet, drain the excess grease. Then add the cream cheese and picante sauce and cook over medium-low heat until the cream cheese melts.
- Crock Pot Instructions:Â Cook the sausage on a skillet and drain the excess grease. Transfer the sausage to a crockpot and add cream cheese and picante. Turn the crockpot on low and stir occasionally until the cream cheese is melted and smooth. Turn to the “keep warm” setting and let everyone serve themselves!
- Serving Suggestions:Â Tortilla chips, pretzel crisps, crackers, slices of toasted Italian bread, bagel chips, Fritos, celery + carrots…
- Serving: I’d recommend using a microwave-safe dish to serve this dip in so you can re-heat as needed. Alternatively, you can also dish it out of a crockpot to keep it warm all party long.
- Storing: Leftover sausage dip keeps in the refrigerator for up to 5 days in an air-tight container.
- Freezing: You can also make this dip in advance and have it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Reheating: Pop the refrigerated or frozen dip into the microwave and heat in 30-second intervals until melted and creamy.
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Photography by Lauren Grant.
I have had this many times. Delicious, creamy and popular. This time I used queso cheese with jalapeño, chorizo  and rotela. Make it however you want it is great.Â
What is Picante sauce? This all sounding great but I don’t know what this?  Can I make it? Do you buy it??? Feeling a little lost tbh!
My husband’s coworker makes this with Rotel! It is the BEST DIP, oh my gosh – he brought it to a Super Bowl party one year and I begged him for the recipe. Sausage + cream cheese + spicy tomato-y goodness (in Rotel or picante sauce form) = MOUTH PARTY!
What’s picante sauce? And rotel?
Rotel is sold near canned tomatoes – it’s canned diced tomatoes with green chilies. Picante sauce is basically a version of a Latin-American salsa (tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic, spices).
(Rotel is an American brand, sorry, meant to specify)
Oh how I love this dip! Another way we like to make it is:
1 lb Sausage (Jimmy Dean, etc)
1 8oz brick Cream Cheese
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 can Rotel
So delicious!
I made this for a Super Bowl party…it was a huge hit! I then made it for a family cookout…another hit. It’s my new favorite dip. Easy AND delicious!
This looks so wonderful.
That looks soooo amazing and perfect, OMG!
I’m sad “we” lost, but it was a good game, and besides … at least it wasn’t to Philly or Dallas.
I am required to bring a sausage dip I make to every party I attend – ok maybe not ‘required’ but it certainly feels that way. I like the looks of this though because it looks even more sausage-y then my own and who wouldn’t love that!!
I cut this recipe in half and it still made a lot of dip (filled up a 9-inch pie plate). I made it with one roll of turkey sausage, 6 .oz fat free cream cheese (I borrowed 2 .oz of cream cheese for another recipe), 1 jar of medium spice salsa and stirred in some shredded low fat Mexican mix cheese at the end. This dip was a huge hit at my Going for Seven Super Bowl Party. GO STEELERS!!!!! It still tastes very decadent even with the low fat options.
This was such a perfect inspiration! I changed it up just a little bit–I decided to make it in the crockpot and used precooked turkey sausage with reduced fat cream cheese. Could not have been easier, and I have a good feeling about it!
Oh yeah – now that is football food! Good luck to you boys.
What a great game day recipe! I know my husband would love, love, love a sausage dip for sure :) Thanks!
mmmmm ….another good example of why I like the Super Bowl…food like this! Go Steelers!
I’m from Green Bay. Need I say more!
Looks like one to try for sure. I am making grilled jalapenos stuFfed with shrimp & cheese, bloomin onion (Outback style) and potato skins with cheese and bacon. I will have to diet for a week after all this GO STEELERS!!!
Looks delish! I’ll be making this for our Super Bowl party – GO PACKERS!!!
I like this. Maybe I should sub turkey sausage in light of the Mr.’s high blood pressure. And he probably wouldn’t even notice. Thanks for all of the game day ideas.
this looks sooo good! i might have to try it with veggie sausage. or i’ll just have to make it with real sausage to make everyone else happy, while i stare at it longingly.
This dip sounds so good, and I like the fact that it only has 3 ingredients!
This is totally my kind of meal!!
Steelers all the way! I am a Pittsburgh girl through and through!
I’m tempted to mix some Velveeta into that, lol!
I’ve made a similar recipe to this many times before, and it’s ALWAYS a hit at parties. Yours looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing, and hope you have a great Superbowl weekend!
Love the pictures and such a easy one.. Next time I have friends will try this out..
Now it’s time to go shopping! Wonderful dip, tasty and simple! Mostly love the fact that there are just three ingredients! Thank you for sharing :)
PACKERS! I love dips and I love sausage — this looks like perfection!
Yummy dip! I honestly don’t know who to root for, but since I’m a Cleveland Browns fan, I think I have to lean more toward the Packers! :-P
MMMM, love me some dip! This one looks fabulous :)
I hope the Steelers win! Fingers are crossed for you! Great game day food!
This recipe sounds delish! Rooting for the Steelers! As we live near Chicago and we are Bears fans! And, you know how Bears fans feel about the Packers!
Cool idea!
My mom makes a similar dip with salsa, sausage, and cheese in the crockpot. Like others have already said, this dip is simply amazing.
P.S. Steelers! :) One of my students is a HUGE Steelers fan. We’re wearing matching Polamalu jerseys today. I just scored major bonus points with a nine year old. :)
I make this pretty often but substitute the picante sauce with a couple of cans of Rotel tomatoes. Delicious and always a crowd pleaser!
Oh my, this is something completely new to me. But I don’t see how it wouldn’t be delicious!
I’ve literally seen coworkers eat this with a spoon straight out the serving bowl at company potlucks!
Ahhh, all of the dips you’ve posted look absolutely wonderful! I can’t decide which one to make!
And I am rooting for the Steelers, all the way! I’m not a huge football fan, but I’m pretty sure my dad has shirts that he wears to work, and Steelers shirts. He’s obsessed. He’s actually going to the Super Bowl this year. So I’m rooting for Steelers by default :P