Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip

A few years ago, I posted a baked buffalo chicken dip.  I do prefer it in the Crockpot though so I'm going to post an easy recipe and then I'll tell you a Crockpot story after that... so you don't have to scroll and scroll and scroll to get to the point. 

Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip

1 block of cream cheese*

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup buffalo sauce

1/2 cup ranch dressing (this is what we had... it's not spicy at all, actually)

1 cup of shredded cooked chicken

Turn the crock on high if you want it quickly, low if you have more time. Mine took about 2 hours on high to get where I wanted it. 

Add in all the ingredients. Stir after an hour. 

Serve with tortilla chips, crackers, or veggies. 

For the shredded chicken, you can use rotisserie or leftover or even canned chicken. I baked a chicken breast in the oven for 30 minutes at 400 degrees. I seasoned it with Montreal Chicken Seasoning because that is a one-stop shop for seasoning chicken. It has all the ingredients in the spice cupboard. 

*A lady in Aldi saw me pick up the neufchatel cheese and asked if it was really better than the Philadelphia cream cheese she was holding in her hand. I don't know if I sold her on it and hope she doesn't regret her decision to get it instead. I told her that I switched to neufchatel about 10 years ago and never looked back. I, personally, cannot tell a difference. I think it's just the European version of cream cheese?  My army wife friend from Sweden always used it and that's where I picked up the habit back in Colorado. 

Last week, I realized we have 6+ crockpots (all are not pictured). See, we accidentally bought a house and settled in too much in our last military location 5 years ago and then my father-in-law passed away and we had a ton of storage space available so we took everything that had been his and hauled it back to Missouri and stowed it away in our barn.

Over the last year, we've sorted through a lot of it. I was super excited to see a smaller crockpot last week when we were going through boxes. I've never had one this size and it's perfect for dip. <---quite the transition there

But really: 

Scott had a crockpot when we first met and it's been with us ever since. 

I wanted a larger one for soup, so we got that in 2010 for Christmas and then the heating element broke in 2023 and we replaced it with this one, which I really like. 

I have one of those tiny crocks that only hold two cups (great for simmer pots or fondue!) and I think it's in a box packed away right now. It's about 15 years old. 

We're up to 3.

Then, when Scott cleaned out his dad's house, he found a big 6 quart crockpot and a smaller 2-quart for dips.

5 crockpots.

Finally, Scott needed a crockpot for some potluck function months ago and our crockpots were packed away or in another house or something and it was literally easier to buy a new one. So now we have an extra floating around.

So that's 6 crockpots, currently. 7 if you count the one that broke. I feel like that's a lot.