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    Home » Recipes » Football Party

    Buffalo Blue Cheese Potato Chips with Lit'l Smokies®

    Published: Jan 29, 2016 · Modified: Jun 14, 2022 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Spicy buffalo blue cheese potato chips with Lit'l Smokies sausages is the football party appetizer you didn't even know you needed! This is a great alternative to cheesy nachos and way more delicious.

    A plate of potato chips has buffalo and blue cheese dressing drizzled over he top with green onions sprinkled and little sausages scattered.

    Our family could not be more excited that our city's team is going to be playing in the final game of this exciting football season!

    A mainstay of football food is buffalo wings but as much as Tim and I love buffalo sauce, we prefer our wings dry seasoned vs. saucy and we often use buffalo sauce as a dip instead.

    One of our favorite local restaurants here in Charlotte serves up an amazing appetizer called buffalo blue cheese chips -- hot and fresh hand cut potato chips smothered in buffalo and warm blue cheese sauce. We cannot go there without getting it each and every time.

    For the last game of the football season, I tried my hand at a homemade version and Tim swears that this is the Best Football Snack I have ever served up.

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Cook the Sausages
    • Make the Blue Cheese Dressing
    • Assemble and Serve
    • More Easy Appetizers
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    Ingredients

    This is almost a no-cook recipe, you're basically assembling a short list of ingredients:

    • Lit'l Smokies® sausages
    • Party-sized bag of potato chips
    • Buffalo Sauce
    • Blue Cheese Dressing
    • Green Onions

    Cook the Sausages

    Make the buffalo sauce recipe in a large enough saucepan and then simply simmer the smoked sausages right in the same pot:

    Buffalo blue cheese potato chips with Lit'l Smokies®

    They're already cooked so you're simply heating them through. It should only take about 5 - 10 minutes.

    Make the Blue Cheese Dressing

    The homemade blue cheese dressing is just a matter of stirring the ingredients together. It is super easy to do in just a minute or so.

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    Assemble and Serve

    You can serve this one of two ways:

    1. Snack Board Style

    Serve the coated Lit'l Smokies sausages on a platter with the blue cheese sauce in a dipping cup for guests to assemble their own snack plates.

    This is a great option for serving a low carb appetizer for guests who prefer that.

    2. Nacho Style

    Pile up a huge plate of potato chips nacho-style and drizzle the two sauces over the top.

    Garnish with the Lit'l Smokies sausages, chopped green onions, and more crumbled blue cheese.

    If you want to really go the extra mile, warm the potato chips in your oven on a big baking sheet for 2 - 3 minutes at 350°F before assembling the chip platter with sauces.

    We tested it both ways for our family snack buffet:

    Buffalo blue cheese potato chips with Lit'l Smokies®

    My mom preferred the Lit'l Smokies sausages separate from the chips and dipped her chips in just the sauce she liked best.

    Tim and the kids preferred the nacho style presentation.

    At the end of the game? Both serving platters were cleared.

    Buffalo blue cheese potato chips with Lit'l Smokies®

    Tim has been requesting that this become a staple of our football watching. High praise from someone who isn't very forthcoming with his compliments!

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    If you're hosting a football party, you may want to add a few more options to your snack table.

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    Make a batch of seasoned pretzels in one of the fun 15 flavors.

    Or for a meatier dish, my monte cristo pinwheels and ham and cheese sliders are always a hit.

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    📖 Recipe

    A plate of potato chips has buffalo and blue cheese dressing drizzled over he top with green onions sprinkled and little sausages scattered.

    Buffalo Blue Cheese Potato Chips with Lit'l Smokies®

    5 from 1 vote
    Salty sausages tossed in a spicy buffalo sauce make for a fun spin on traditional nachos. Top potato chips with the mixture along with a creamy blue cheese dressing and chopped green onions.
    TOTAL TIME 10 minutes
    PREP TIME 5 minutes
    COOK TIME 5 minutes
    YIELD 8 servings
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    Ingredients
      

    • 2 (12 oz) packages of Lit'l Smokies®
    • 8 tablespoon (1 stick) of butter
    • ½ cup hot sauce
    • 1 cup blue cheese dressing
    • 2 green onions chopped
    • 1 party size bag of potato chips

    Instructions

    To make the buffalo sauce:

    • Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, about 2-3 minutes. Add the hot sauce, stir to combine. Add the Lit'l Smokies to the sauce and stir to coat. Cook them until heated through, about 5 min.

    To Serve:

    • OPTION 1: Snack Board Style
      Place the potato chips in a large bowl. Use a slotted spoon to place the sausages on a platter. Pour the ranch and blue cheese dips into separate small bowls and nestle them on the platter next to the sausages.
    • OPTION 2: Nacho Style
      Place the potato chips on a large platter, spreading them out like you would for nachos. Use a slotted spoon to sprinkle the sausages over the chips. Drizzle the remaining buffalo sauce over the top. Drizzle the blue cheese dressing over the top. Sprinkle chopped green onions over the top.

    Recipe Notes

    Our favorite Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe is a great pick vs. bottled from the store.
    COURSEAppetizers
    CUISINEAmerican
    AUTHORTiffany Dahle

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