The Americans, they are a strange bunch. I have a lot of love for their truly should-be-illegal snack offering, from Cool Whip (like frozen squirty cream) to those barrels of Cheetos that could survive a nuclear apocalypse. But this Frank’s RedHot Chicken Dip? Burn it. Burn it all.
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The snack tub came across my eyeballs care of US site Bustle, who are really excited about the stuff. The “stuff” I am talking about is a 794 gram bucket of “real chicken, real cheese and real Frank’s Redhot!”, according to the messaging on the tub.
So I had no idea what the fuck “chicken dip” was, but I had a general idea and it turns out I was a) basically right and b) it is also far worse than I expected.
Frank’s RedHot is a bit of a must-have for the snack, which is basically mushing a bbq chicken, cream cheese, hot sauce, ranch dressing and blue cheese together into what looks like this:
They have an official recipe on site, so it makes sense that they’ve now made it into a take-home tub.
Look, as someone who is a ride-or-die fan of the old Cob Dip, I can probably fuck with this. There’s a lot to love here – maximum cheese, hot sauce. It’s the shredded chicken in a DIP that is alarming to me, a non-American who eats normal foods. Hot wings? FUCK YEAH. Ripping a chicken up then eating it off crackers? What the fuck are you doing, son.
It might not be for me, but it might be for you. I cannot make that call.
I can’t see the Frank’s RedHot pre-made dip listed for sale anywhere that ships to Oz yet, but you can easily get Frank’s RedHot sauce from like, even COLES, so if you wanna give it a go via their recipe, well… RIP your anoos, is all I have to say.
