Hot Dog Bun Stuffing Recipe is a twist on classic sausage stuffing that both kids and adults will love! A fun side dish for Thanksgiving, but we definitely make this stuffing more than just once a year!
Love stuffing? We really, really do too! Our all time favorite stuffing recipe is Sausage Stuffing, a recipe tweaked a bit from mom and we love it so much that we make it all year long.

The Easiest, Kid Friendly Stuffing Recipe
Hot Dog Bun Stuffing Recipe is our day 4 stuffing recipe for Stuffing Week! We used our base sausage stuffing recipe, made a few changes and came up with this totally kid friendly sausage stuffing!
I don’t find that a lot of kids like stuffing, but I’m here to tell you that they are going to LOVE this recipe! Our boys aren’t stuffing fans, really but they love this stuffing. Mild sausage (or ground beef) with soft, toasted buns and tons of mozzarella cheese!
A Fun Twist On Traditional Thanksgiving Stuffing
Thanksgiving was always one of my favorite dinners, but it was always the same. The same turkey, the same side dishes and the same stuffing.
My mom’s stuffing was actually stuffing – she cooked it inside the turkey, and still does. We usually cook our stuffing, which is technically dressing, outside the bird in a casserole dish. But both ways are so good, I’ll take whatever stuffing recipe I can get.
Hot Dog Bun Sausage Stuffing really came into my head because we had 4,000 bags of hot dog buns left over from our Halloween party this year. Usually we’re scrambling for more hot dogs and buns and that was NOT going to happen to me this year.
So I bought way more of both than I needed and we had so many left. Since Stuffing Week was on our radar, I thought that using hot dog buns to make stuffing was a pretty great idea.

What Can You Use Instead Of Sausage For This Recipe?
If you aren’t a sausage fan, you can swap out ground beef, ground pork or even cut up hot dogs! How much fun would that be? Your kids might not want anything else…
If you added some vegetables like mushrooms and celery you can even make this Hot Dog Bun Stuffing Recipe vegetarian too. Just swap out the chicken broth for vegetable broth and you’ll be all set.
How To Make
The basic idea behind stuffing, or dressing recipes is you have to have some sort of a bread base. In this case, we’re using hot dogs. But the base can be anything from cornbread to sourdough bread or just white bread.
Next take the bread, toast it and combine it with some sort of a flavored liquid like chicken broth or beef broth or vegetable broth. Add diced celery and onions and a few seasonings, then mix it together with the bread.
Once we toasted our hot dog buns for this stuffing recipe, we tore them into pieces and put them into a large bowl. Now pour the chicken broth, herb and sausage mixture.

Gently toss the mixture together, making sure that everything is mixed well and the bread is moistened.

Cover the casserole dish with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil and let the stuffing cook for another 10 – 15 minutes so that it gets crispy on top.
When the stuffing is finished cooking, garnish the top with chopped parsley and serve. I promise the kids are going to flip for this stuffing recipe. I know mine did.

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Hot Dog Bun Stuffing Recipe
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings 1x
This Hot Dog Bun Stuffing Recipe is a fun twist on classic sausage stuffing. It’s easy to make and a great way to use up any leftover hot dog buns. Kids and adults alike will be digging into it, so make sure you make enough!
Ingredients
- 24 ounces hot dog buns, toasted and broken into pieces
- 1 pound mild pork sausage (like the kind in the tube)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup grated apple, squeezed dry with a paper towel
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Butter for buttering the casserole dish and on top of the stuffing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the butter to a large skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add the sausage to brown, breaking up with a spoon. Once the sausage is browned, add the onion and grated apple.
- Cook for 5 minutes until the onion and apple have softened. Add the poultry seasoning, parsley, salt, pepper and chicken broth.
- Bring the broth to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes over medium low heat. Remove the skillet from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Place the toasted hot dog bun pieces into a large bowl with the mozzarella cheese, then pour the chicken broth and sausage mixture on top. Pour in the cream and toss gently to combine.
- Pour the stuffing into a buttered 9″ x 13″ casserole dish, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove the foil, add a few pieces of butter on top of the stuffing and bake another 10 minutes uncovered to crisp up the top of the stuffing.
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Oven / Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Hello! I made this recipe for Thanksgiving a couple of years ago and it was a big hit! I’d like to make it again this year. Could I assemble it a day ahead and then bake it Thanksgiving day?
Thank you,
Carly
Yes absolutely!
I want to make this with actual hotdogs instead of sausage lol
Jason, I totally think you should!!! When we were coming up with this recipe I was thinking the same thing, leet me know if you try it!