Chili Cheese Dog Bake

Simplify dinner with this chili cheese dog bake. A hot dog but with a hot dog, chili, and cheese topped and bake in a casserole pan. This makes it easy to serve the whole family cheddar cheese topped chili dogs with minimal prep. This chili dog casserole is so simple and kid friendly.

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Simple ingredients for a twist on a classic hot dog with chili. This is an easy meal you can use homemade chili or canned chili. Either way this is a wonderful chili cheese dog bake dinner for a busy weeknight.

Make sure to check out my baked ziti pasta, this is a creamy white pasta sauce dish. Or try out these 3 ingredient baked pizza rolls for another fantastic easy meal idea.

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Why you’ll love this chili dog bake

Hot chili and gooey cheese
Great for leftover chili
Top anyway you want – red onion, sour cream, mustard, etc.
Game day friendly dinner
Casserole form for easy prep
Warm hot dog buns
Twist on a classic chili cheese dog
Kid friendly

Ingredients for chili dog bake

Beef hot dogs, hot dog buns, garlic butter spread, can of chili, shredded cheddar cheese, and diced red onion on a marble counter.

Beef Hot Dogs – You can use any type of hot dogs but the beef hot dogs are what we prefer.
Hot Dog Buns – Grab your hot dog buns of choice. I like to buy quality buns, so they don’t fall apart.
Garlic Butter Spread – Make homemade garlic butter spread or buy it at the grocery store.
Chili – So you can use canned chili or homemade chili for this recipe.
Cheddar Cheese – Shredded cheese is the key, as it creates that gooey cheesy goodness.
Red Onion – Optional for topping your hot dogs.

How To Make Chili Cheese Dog Bake

Collage of creating a chili cheese dog bake.

Step One: Preheat the oven and grease your 9×13 casserole dish. Set it aside.

Step Two: Spread the garlic butter on each bun and then place the hot dog inside the bun. (Photos 1 & 2)

Step Three: Top each hot dog with some of the chili. Then add some shredded cheese on top of the hot dogs. (Photos 3, 4 & 5)

Step Four: Bake as directed; you want the cheese melted and bubbly. (Photo 6)

Step Five: Let stand a few minutes, then add red onions if you want or your favorite toppings.

Dish of Chili Cheese Dog Bake on a marble counter.

How to Store Leftovers

Refrigerate – You can refrigerate any chili cheese dogs you do not eat right away. Place in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-3 days. Just know the hot dog bun will become soggy as it sits. So feel free to discard the bun if you don’t want to eat it when softer.

Variations To Recipe

Wrap hot dogs in crescent roll dough and place on top of a bed of chili. Make sure the wrapped hot dogs have the seam side down of crescent roll.
Mix in a little cooked ground beef with chili to add more protein.
Add any toppings you want on top of the chili to bake in the dish.
You can wrap hot dogs in pizza crust instead of hot dog buns.
Turkey chili can be used if you want.
Any type of chili works for this recipe.
You can use mini corn dogs instead for this hot dog casserole.

A white casserole of chili cheese dog topped with diced onions.

Recipe FAQs

Can I double this recipe?

This is a great recipe to make as much or as little as you want. Just use a larger pan or use two 9×13 casserole pans. Or, if you want to downsize the recipe, you can do that as well. Simply do fewer hot dogs and chili if you don’t want to feed too many.

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