Your whole family will love this Chili Cheese Dog Casserole! An easy comfort food of cheesy chili goodness, baked with a golden flaky crust!
Dishes like Tater Tot Casserole and Cheeseburger Casserole are always an easy weeknight hit. We love quick and tasty Dinner Recipes that are a hit with the kids!
Sabrina’s Chili Cheese Dog Casserole Recipe
When it comes to finding meals that my whole family loves, you really can’t go wrong with a casserole made out of our favorite foods. There’s nothing like throwing together an easy oven meal that I know my kiddos will devour, like my Baked Spaghetti. This Chili Cheese Dog Casserole has all the best parts of a classic chili dog but with less mess.
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces crescent roll dough (1 can)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 5 hot dogs
- 4 cups beef chili , (I used my own beef chili recipe)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lay out the crescent sheets in triangles.
- Sprinkle the cheddar cheese evenly on the triangles of crescent dough, then wrap each triangle around a hot dog.
- Pour the chili into a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Place the rolled hot dogs on top of the chili in the baking dish, evenly spread out.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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About this Recipe
You can use 2 cans of store-bought chili for this recipe if you’re in a pinch. Stir in some Chili Seasoning to give it even more flavor! Serve with with your favorite chili toppings like diced onions, cilantro, tomatoes, hot sauce, and sliced avocado. To give it more of a crunch, top with some corn chips like Fritos. Make a garden salad or Rainbow Roasted Vegetables for a healthy, tasty side to balance out your meal.
Make Ahead
Make it up to a day ahead of time, and pop in the oven right before guests arrive. This is a great casserole for making ahead of time and storing in the freezer, too. Prep the whole recipe, then cool it on the counter, wrap tightly, and freeze. I wouldn’t pre-make it without baking, as the crescent dough sheets will get soggy and won’t crisp up at baking time.
How to Serve and Store
- Serve: This casserole must be put in fridge after 2 hours at room temperature.
- Store: Your Chili Cheese Dog Casserole will be good in the fridge for up to 4 days sealed tightly.
- Freeze: Allow to cool completely and wrap tightly with foil. Freeze casserole for up to 3 months, thawing overnight in the fridge before reheating in the oven.
Variations
- Tater Tots: Make this a twist on my Tater Tot Casserole by surrounding the hot dogs with frozen tater tots.
- Hot Dogs: Try out different hot dogs like cheese-stuffed, spicy dogs, or even cajun-style chicken sausages. You can also use little smokies instead of full sized dogs.
- Biscuits: Give your Chili Cheese Dog Casserole a bubble topping by using canned biscuits or homemade Biscuit Dough instead of the crescent roll sheet.
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I made this recipe. I would reduce the brown sugar or omit the sugar. Too sweet for me. I made your chili recipe. It was okay. Sorry I will not make this recipe again
I think you’re talking about a different recipe, because there is no brown sugar anywhere in the ingredients for the casserole, or for the beef chili.
Bake your crescent wrapped wieners first. Do NOT put them wrapped into your chili. The bottom of the crescent does not cook. Heat up your chili in a saucepan and when the dogs are done pour chili over them. Then add extra shredded cheese. (Onions, optional).
Has anybody else had a problem with the rolls NOT cooking following directions?!? Husband made for the first time using this recipe and rolls are NOT cooked ?
Oh no. Couple ideas come to mind as to why that might have happened.
1. My oven can be tricky, did you happen to know whether or not the oven setting for 375 is accurate?
2. I don’t know what chili was used to make the recipe. Liquid levels vary. The Chili I used was my Classic Beef Chili recipe (https://dinnerthendessert.com/classic-beef-chili/).
I hope you’ll try again and let us know how it turns out.
Yes!!!! They didn’t cook on the bottom. I flipped them over and cooked for 10 more minutes. But dangit!! They didn’t look like the pic of the finished product.
What did y’all do?
Very disappointed. The dough was not cooked on the bottom but well done on the top and sides.
If you cover them with foil the first 20 minutes, remove foil and bake the additional 10 minutes, add shredded cheddar cheese on top return to oven until cheese melts, it works!???
How do I make this ahead of time? Would I bake the crescents stuffed with hot dog and cheese. Then when ready to eat cover with chili and shred cheese and bake the rest of the way?
Can you use biscuits instead of croissants
Of course 🙂
I was pretty excited for this. What I did to alleviate the sogginess issue. Lay the crescent roll/hotdogs down the center of your baking dish. I bake it half the time with no chili. I then poured the chili down the sides of the pan. Therefore the tops and bottoms of crescent rolls are not sitting in liquid.
Worked well.
Just making chili dogs normally is much easier and better. The effort to make this compared to just heating up a can of chili and cooking a hotdog is quite significant. The crescent rolls are buttery and nice though.
Overall – Won’t make again, not that they are bad. Just harder to make and personally sub-par compared to a classic chili dog.
This looks really delicious. Thanks for sharing this. Will surely try this recipe.
I’m making this dish now. If I were to make it again, I think I’d cook the hotdogs in crescent rolls separately. The dough is still uncooked underneath. It looks very good though!
OMG That sodium level. Yikes!
I would like a chicken gravy recipe, which has no chicken in it, it is a breakfast gravy over biscuits, It has chicken broth, flower and other stuff, that i don’t know.
Thank for your effort.
Johnny
I’ll add it to my to do list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi i would like to add chopped onions wrapped in the crescent roll with the cheese and the hot dog , would that work ok
Sounds delicious!
I have some extra hot dogs in my fridge, so looks like I’ll be making this delicious casserole for dinner again! My kids love it!
So glad it’s a hit in your house.
Wow what a great idea! This was so simple to make and my nephew and family all loved it!!
Fantastic! Thanks for the 5 stars.
I had a bunch of leftover chili, and it was super easy to throw this together. This was delicious! Will be making it again for sure.
Perfect!
This is very creative, combining chilies and hot dogs in one dish. Plus, super easy to prepare, and everyone will love it. 🙂
Thanks, Anita. I hope you enjoy it.
This is a casserole full of happiness.. Love the juicy creamy look it has. Cheesy stuff is always up my list
Mine too, Alisha.
This recipe is a twist on pigs in a blanket I just might try. Honey Louise Lobdell Age: 44 from: S.F., N.Y. 13148
Enjoy!
I tried it the other day after church for Sunday dinner. I needed to cook it longer I under cooked the cresent rolls.
oh well. Better luck next time. Honey
Oh no!
Remind people to cook the creasent rolls all the way. I didn’t and it was yucky!!! Just a suggestion!!!! Honey Louis Lobdell from S.F., N.Y.