This ultra creamy and cheesy Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip is perfect for game day or anytime you have a crowd of hungry people gathered. It’s easy to make and has a full pound of sausage for lots of meaty flavor. Set it out with a bowl of tortilla chips and watch it disappear.

Chip scooping up Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip.

Loaded with savory sausage, lots of cream cheese and cheddar cheese, and spicy Rotel tomatoes, this easy hot party dip comes together with just a handful of ingredients.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Only a few simple ingredients
  • Ready in about 20 minutes
  • Perfect for game day and parties
  • Easy to keep warm in a slow cooker
  • Can be made ahead
  • Great for feeding a crowd

Ingredients Notes

Sausage

Regular breakfast sausage, hot breakfast sausage, or Italian sausage all work well. If using Italian sausage, remove it from its casings before browning.

Cheddar Cheese

Buy a block of cheddar cheese and shred it with a box grater instead of using pre-shredded cheese.

Rotel Tomatoes

Use Original Rotel Tomatoes for moderate heat, mild Rotel Tomatoes for a mild dip, Or Hot Rotel Tomatoes if you like spicy food.

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How To Serve

This Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip is great for those who prefer real cheese in their dips.

This is a dip that’s so easy and so tasty, you’ll find yourself making it again and again. It’s great served with tortilla chips or Frito Scoops. Makes a great game day dip or party appetizer or a wonderful addition to taco night.

Make Ahead

This dip can be assembled up to 24 hours in advance. Add 5 to 10 minutes to the baking time to account for it being cold.

Sausage Cheese Dip in a baking dish.

Tips For Making Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip

  • Instead of buying preshredded cheese, buy and 8-ounce block of cheese and shred it yourself. The flavor is much better when you shred your own.
  • Instead of baking the dip in the oven, put it in a 4-quart crock pot and heat it on LOW until the cheese is melted and warm. Be sure to brown the sausage first.

Variations and Substitutions

  • Use ground beef or chorizo in place of sausage.
  • Use half cheddar cheese and half Monterey Jack cheese for a milder cheese flavor.
  • Add a small can of diced green chilies.
  • Instead of using jalapeno, add a few finely chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

How To Store

Leftovers can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days and reheated on the stove or in the microwave. They make a great topping for baked potatoes, French Fries, Nachos, Tater Tots, or Hot Dogs.

I do not recommend freezing this cheese dip, can become grainy after freezing.

I hope you give this game day cheese dip a try!

Chip scooping up Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip.

More Crowd Pleasing Dips

Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip

By Christin Mahrlig

Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip
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With lots of meaty flavor and tons of cheese, this ultra creamy and rich Spicy Sausage Cheese Dip is hard to resist.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound bulk breakfast sausage
  • 1/2 yellow or sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno,, seeded and finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into chunks
  • 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 (10-ounce) cam Hot Rotel Tomatoes
  • 2 green onions, sliced.

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a baking dish.
  • Brown sausage in a large pan, breaking it apart as it cooks and add onion and jalapeno when it is about halfway cooked.
  • When sausage is cooked through and onion is soft, add tomato paste. Stir it in well and cook for 1 minute.
  • Turn heat to low and add cream cheese chunks and about 3/4 of the cheddar cheese. Stir until cheese melts.
  • Add can of Rotel tomatoes (undrained). Stir to mix thoroughly and then transfer mixture to baking dish.
  • Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle green onions on top.

Notes

This dip can be assembled up to 24 hours in advance. Add 5 to 10 minutes to the baking time to account for it being cold.
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Nutritional info is provided as an estimate only and will vary based on brands of products used. Not to be used for specific dietary needs.

Nutrition

Calories: 271kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 476mg | Potassium: 245mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 596IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 167mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Originally posted October 27, 2017.

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  1. Marcia Weigl says:

    Can this dip be made the evening before my party~as a time saver to me? I plan to cook the main ingredients and assemble and cheese on top and bake,then garnish with green onion.
    Many thanks for your input.

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