The Cozy Cookbook is here! These oven-baked Chili Cheese Dogs are topped with hearty chili and nacho cheese sauce. They’re easy to customize with your favorite toppings and condiments and are the perfect way to feed a crowd!
Be sure to serve this with a side of cornbread!
Chili Cheese Dogs
There is nothing better than loading up a casserole dish (or two!) with delicious, customizable Chili Cheese Dogs. These are filled with your favorite condiments and are topped with juicy hot dogs, hearty chili, and delicious nacho cheese sauce.
The buns are crispy on the outside, and soft and warm on the inside. The hot dogs come out of the oven perfectly cooked, extra juicy, and super flavorful!
We even heat up leftover hot dogs in foil for lunch on day #2. (Thanks to that crispy outer bun!)
How to Make It
See recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions.
- Arrange 6 hot dog buns on the bottom of a lightly greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- Add desired condiments to the bottom of the buns and top each with a hot dog.
- Spoon chili over the top, then add the nacho sauce.
- Cover and bake at 375° for 40 minutes.
- Let stand for 5 minutes. Use a spatula to remove and serve with grilled potatoes, baked potato wedges, potato salad, or French fries, chips!
What Goes with Chili Cheese Dogs
Toppings/Condiments:
- Ketchup, Yellow/Dijon Mustard, Mayonnaise, and Relish are great condiment options.
- Sautéed or finely diced onions, mushrooms, salsa, and jalapenos add a lot of flavor as well.
- Velveeta Queso or leftover Frito Pie is great on these as well!
Side Dishes:
- Cornbread, French Fries, Onion Rings, Potato Wedges, Potato Salad, Corn Casserole, Grilled Potatoes, Funeral Potatoes, and more! Check out all of my potato recipes and side dishes!
Best Canned Chili For Cheese Dogs
- Hormel Chili is a popular canned chili option that has a great consistency for chili dogs and can be purchased with or without beans and with a variety of heat options.
- 1 (15 oz.) can is more than enough for this recipe.
Storage and Reheating
- Wrap leftover hot dogs in foil and store in the fridge.
- Reheat the foil-wrapped hot dogs in a 350° oven for about 20 minutes.
Tools For This Recipe
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- 9 x 13 baking dish -The perfect size for this recipe.
- Metal Spatula or Kitchen Tongs– To transfer hot dogs to serving plates.
- Serving Baskets
- New England Split-top Frankfurter Hot Dog Bun or Lobster Rolls
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Chili Cheese Dogs (Oven Baked!)
Ingredients
- 6 hot dogs
- 6 hot dog buns
- 1 cup Nacho cheese sauce
- 1 ½ cups chili
- Condiment Options
- Ketchup, mustard, mayo, relish, diced onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Arrange 2 rows of 3 hot dog buns in the bottom of a lightly greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- Add desired condiments to the bottom of the buns and top with a hot dog.
- Spoon chili over the top, then add the nacho sauce.
- Cover and bake for 40 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes. Use a spatula to remove and serve with grilled potatoes, potato salad, potato wedges, or French fries, chips!
Notes
- Wrap leftover hot dogs in foil and store in the fridge.
- Reheat the foil-wrapped hot dogs in a 350° oven for about 20 minutes.
- Velveeta Queso or leftover Frito Pie is great on these as well!
Many of you on my Instagram page wanted to know what hot dog buns I used for this recipe. The buns pictured here are simply New England Style Ball Park Frank's Buns!
Flavor was great. Love this recipe. One quick question, mine came a little soggy in spots. The buns. What did I do wrong? Thanks
Hi Dana!! I would probably take a look at my process shots, you can see what the bottom bun looks like (with ketchup/mustard), then what it looks like with the hot dog on top, and finally with the chili cheese topping. Did yours look similar? Maybe you used more condiments? I also use New England Split-top Frankfurter Hot Dog Bun or Lobster Rolls when I make this 🙂
Came out delicious my whole family loved it .
That’s so great to hear Shantelle! This is my favorite way to use leftover chili. Thanks so much for the great comments and review!😀
What brand of hotdogs do you use?
I use New England Split-top Frankfurter hot dog buns 🙂
What brand of buns are you using for this recipe?
Ballpark Franks Hot Dog Buns! ☺️
Planning on trying this , they look delicious, what do you think about wrapping a piece of bacon around each hotdog and topping it with chili sauce, before baking. Would the bun get too soggy.
Hi Maureen! I think they might be too soggy, I think too much bacon grease would drip all over the rolls 🙁 Love the idea though!
Wow! I never thought to bake a hotdog in this way – but it was a-maz-ing! The bun was the super sort of crispy with the flavor of our chosen condiments. I made a crock pot of chili on New Years Day and used my chili, but topped with Stephanie’s delicious nacho cheese. Everything came together perfectly and with minimal effort. This will be how I cook hotdogs going forward in my life. Yum!
I’m so happy you were able to use your chili and combine that with my homemade nacho cheese for another yummy meal! It’s funny how most people don’t think to back hot dogs but it really is such a simple way to make a big batch! Thanks so much for the great comments and review Andrea!😍
It really does work! The outside of the bun is crispy, even the second day, and was a very fun way to make chili dogs. (The cheese is to-die-for!)
We were a bit skeptical as chili dogs are usually a mushy mess and this could actually be eaten by hand, well, if I hadn’t used ALL the cheese instead of only 1 cup.
A very quick and fun twist to another comfort food.
I’m so happy these were a hit Mona! I totally agree, most of the time you can’t even lift up a chili cheese dog, but these are baked just right so you can!😃 I love how easy this one is. Thanks so much for the great comments and review!❤️
Stephanie,
If these chili dogs are wrong, I don’t want to be right! These look absolutely amazing!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks so much Abbey! I feel that way about most food!
Delicious and super easy! I don’t think I’ve ever thought to bake hot dogs but it is so easy and delicious. I don’t think there is a quicker way to feed a hungry family of five! Thanks so much for the recipe Stephanie.
That’s so great to hear Violet! I know, when I first discovered this method I fell in love right away, it’s so easy! 🙂 Thank you so much for the review! -Stephanie
Oh my, gimmee gimmee gimmee! These are OUTSTANDING. Extra chili on top for me, please, and lots of cheese. You can’t go wrong with a good chili-cheese dog. Thanks for this one!
Thanks Mike!!!😃 Mark is extremely excited about these and always does extra chili and cheese!