Slow Cooker Sausage Dip
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Updated May 05, 2025
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A spicy sausage dip without Velveeta but instead filled with fresh cream cheese instead. The dip also has salsa and green onion for flavor. Great for a dip night or any celebration.
An array of appetizers are a must for a party. I always make one dip that goes with chips like this easy sausage dip, and I also make grape jelly meatballs or barbecue meatballs to complete the spread.
Sausage dip is usually my go-to when we’re having guests or hosting game day. It’s super easy to make and calls for minimal ingredients. The prep time is quick and the cooking time isn’t long at all.
It’s a dip that can be served directly from the slow cooker, made ahead of time, or transferred to a large bowl for serving a crowd. Not to mention, the serving size can easily be doubled or even tripled if you’re serving a large crowd.
The twist in flavor comes from the Mexican sour cream and salsa. This is a dip recipe you’ll want to add to your recipe book! Also try my Crockpot Hanky Panky recipe if you love sausage dip recipes!
Recipe Ingredients
- Spicy sausage – cooked and crumbled Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage. Jimmy Dean is known as a breakfast sausage, but you can use it for appetizer and dinner recipes! If you don’t like spicy food, use mild sausage.
- Cream cheese – this will give the dip a creamy flavor without using Velveeta cheese.
- Cheddar cheese – Freshly shredded Colby jack melts best for dips.
- Sour cream – If you have not tried Mexican Style sour cream, don’t be afraid! It’s just a bit thinner and has more of a tang to it. However, you can use regular sour cream with no issues.
- Salsa – One jar of salsa will help flavor and thin out the dip. You can use one can of Rotel instead if desired.
- Green Onion – sliced green onion goes in the sausage cream cheese dip and for garnish.
- Jalapeno – adds more heat to the recipe. (Find the full recipe in the recipe card below the photos).
How to make Sausage Dip in the Crockpot
Step One – Cook the spicy sausage and drain the excess grease (on the stove-top in a skillet). Add to the slow cooker. Add the cream cheese, sour cream, salsa, and shredded cheese. Stir. Next, stir in the jalapeno and sliced green onion.
Step Two – Add the cooked sausage to the slow cooker. Add the cream cheese, sour cream, salsa, and shredded cheese.
Step Three – Stir everything together until well combined. .Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
Step Four – Garnish, serve warm, and enjoy!
Variations
- Mild sausage dip – Use regular jimmy dean sausage or mild Italian sausage for a mild dip. Also, skip the jalapeno.
- Fire-roasted green chiles – Add two cans of fire-roasted green chiles for a completely different flavor. Serve with your favorite chips.
- Pepper Jack Cheese – Instead of Colby jack cheese, use shredded pepper jack cheese for a hint of pepper flavor through the dip.
How to serve
- Tortilla chips – Serve with store-bought tortilla chips or make homemade corn chips.
- Potato chips – Pretty much any dip is fantastic with potato chips! Just give it a try. We love to use a thick potato chip that has ridges.
- Topping – This sausage dip can be used as a topping for nachos, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, or even served on top of salad.
- Toppings for the Dip – Party foods like this spicy sausage dip are great with sliced green onions, green chiles, sliced avocados, sour cream, or even black beans.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! A double batch of this sausage cream cheese dip in a 6-quart slow cooker, and you’ll have plenty for a large crowd.
Ground beef works excellent in the creamy dip! Be sure to season it well with salt, pepper, and garlic powder, for it won’t have as much flavor as the sausage. The same can be done with ground turkey.
Place any remaining sausage dip in an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat the leftovers in the microwave or on the stovetop.
I think you will enjoy this recipe, the hot sausage adds great flavor to this dip, and it’s not your usual style dip that is served at most parties.
Slow Cooker Sausage Dip
How to Video
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb. hot Jimmy Dean sausage, browned and drained
- 16 oz. Mexican sour cream , (regular sour cream works too)
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 cups Colby-Jack cheese, shredded
- 1/4 cup green onion, sliced
- 1 jalapeño, minced (keep the seeds in if you want it really hot)
- 1 cup salsa, I used Newman’s medium salsa
For Serving
- green onion, optional garnish
- chips
Instructions
- Add everything to the slow cooker. Stir everything together, it’s ok if some chunks of cream cheese are still there, they will melt in.
- Stir everything together, some chunks of cream cheese will remain; it'll melt in.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
- When the cooking time is done, stir.
- Add additional green onions, if desired.
- Serve with tortilla chips and enjoy!
Sarah’s Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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This recipe really saved my bacon (or sausage, if you will)! I had been making a different sausage dip over the stove and it ended up curdling! Thankfully I had most of the ingredients to make yours and it turned out wonderful. I can now go to the Super Bowl party with a dish to pass and saved face.
This dip was very good. I wanted to get away from Velveeta cheese so I tried this recipe and came away with a winner. Thank you so much for posting this
I gave this 4 stars, just because I have not tried it yet. But I do have a question; what is Mexican Sour Cream? How do you make it? Never heard or seen it before. Thanks for any help you can give me. Have a wonderful and blessed day.
Hi Joann, Mexican sour cream is called crema. It’s usually in the refrigerated section where they normally have cheese and sour cream- look for the fresh Mexican salsa, cheese, dip tortillas, chorizio sausage. Usually it’s where all that stuff is. It’s one of those stand-up bottles that you flip the cap open and squirt it out. Sometimes they’ll have a Santa Fe flavor, jalapeno, lime, or plain. To me. It’s very much like a regular sour cream. It’s just a little more runny.
I think this would be good with either corn or pinto beans added and served over rice
I really want to make this but my family does not do spicy or hot. Can this be made so it’s not so hot by using regular sausage and regular sour cream and leave out the pepper?
It will still be good 🙂
Use regular sausage and green chilies. Cuts the hot but Mexican flavor will be there.
Let us know how it turns out, I think black beans would make a yummy addition!
This looks like a tasty recipe. I’m going to make it maybe adding a can of black beans.
What do you think of that?