How many calories are in buffalo chicken dip?
A 2-tablespoon serving of buffalo chicken dip — 30 g, the amount printed on the tub — is 70 calories. Per 100 g the dip runs 233 calories, with 16.67 g fat and 13.33 g protein. Scoop like a normal person, though, and 1/4 cup is 140 calories.
You'd need to walk about 14 minutes to burn the 70 calories in a 2-tablespoon serving (30 g).
How long does it take to burn off 70 kcal of buffalo chicken dip?
A 2-tablespoon serving (30 g) is 70 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 70 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 14 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 9 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 10 min |
| Jogging | 8 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 16 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (30 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Buffalo chicken dip quick facts
- US servings from 2 tablespoons to a full cup
- Deli tubs extra cheddar and the light versions
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does buffalo chicken dip compare?
- Most popular buffalo chicken dip brands
- Buffalo chicken dip FAQs
Buffalo chicken dip quick facts
The numbers below come from the refrigerated deli tub sold in US supermarkets: FoodData Central 2096068, "BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP", a Branded record with a scanned Nutrition Facts panel and a 2-tablespoon (30 g) label serving. That is the container people actually carry to a party, and at 233 calories per 100 g it sits in the middle of the store-tub range, which runs from 135 to 267.
There is no USDA dish record for the homemade skillet version — the cream cheese, ranch, hot sauce and shredded chicken bake that fills every game-day feed. A tub is the closest measured stand-in, and a homemade batch heavy on cream cheese will land nearer the 267-calorie end.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 2 Tbsp (30 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 233 | 70 | — |
| Total fat | 16.67 g | 5.0 g | 6% |
| Saturated fat | 8.33 g | 2.5 g | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | 3.33 g | 1.0 g | 0% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.0 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 0.0 g | 0.0 g | — |
| Protein | 13.33 g | 4.0 g | 8% |
| Sodium | 800 mg | 240 mg | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 83 mg | 25 mg | 8% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you will not find here: added sugars and potassium. This label does not declare either one, so publishing a figure would mean inventing it. The FDA's Daily Value reference sets the percentages used in the last column.
US servings from 2 tablespoons to a full cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Tbsp, the label serving | 30 g | 70 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 66 kcal |
| 1/4 cup, a small plate scoop | 60 g | 140 kcal |
| 1/2 cup, a shared bowl | 120 g | 280 kcal |
| 1 cup | 240 g | 559 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 233 kcal |
Only the 2-tablespoon line is a USDA serving. The ounce, the quarter cup, the half cup and the cup are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, scaled at 233 calories per 100 g.
That gap matters more with dip than with almost any other food. Two tablespoons is about two heavily loaded tortilla chips. Nobody counts to two. Put dip on a small appetizer plate and you are at 1/4 cup, which is two label servings and 140 calories; a bowl you keep going back to during one half of football is realistically 1/2 cup, 280 calories, roughly a chicken sandwich's worth of eating that felt like snacking.
The dip is also the smaller half of the meal. Chips, crackers or a sliced baguette ride along with it, and this page carries no number for them — the USDA record here measures dip only. Celery and carrot sticks are the way to eat 1/4 cup and stop at 140 calories.
Deli tubs extra cheddar and the light versions
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deli-tub buffalo chicken dip | 233 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 70 kcal |
| Extra-cheddar version | 267 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 80 kcal |
| Blue-cheese-dressing version | 250 kcal | 2 Tbsp (40 g) | 100 kcal |
| Lighter supermarket tub | 156 kcal | 2 Tbsp (32 g) | 50 kcal |
| Frozen appetizer dip | 109 kcal | 2 Tbsp (32 g) | 35 kcal |
| Dry dip mix, as sold | 250 kcal | 0.059 pkg (4 g) | 10 kcal |
The blue-cheese-dressing style is the sleeper. Per 100 g it is lighter than the extra-cheddar tub, 250 against 267, but its label serving is 40 g instead of 30 g, so one scoop scores 100 calories — the biggest single serving on the table. It also carries 1,175 mg of sodium per 100 g, the saltiest of the ready-made tubs.
The frozen appetizer dip sits at the other end, 109 calories per 100 g, because it is thinned with milk before baking rather than built on straight cream cheese. Half the calories, and about half the flavor payload too.
Store brands spread almost two to one. Knott's runs 267 calories per 100 g and ShopRite 135, with Good & Gather at 200, Meijer at 179 and Wegmans at 156 in between. In label servings that is 50 calories a scoop at the light end against 80 at the heavy end. Flip two tubs over in the deli case and you can cut the number by a third before you leave the store.
The dry dip mix belongs in a footnote rather than a comparison. As sold it is seasoning powder — 250 calories per 100 g, but a 4 g portion is only 10 calories, and 7,000 mg of sodium per 100 g means the salt arrives whole even though the calories do not.
Sodium is the row to watch
Calories are the reason people look this food up. Sodium is the reason to pay attention. Two tablespoons carry 240 mg, a modest 10% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value. A quarter cup is 480 mg, 21%. Half a cup is 960 mg — 42% of a day's sodium in a bowl, and that is before a single salted chip goes in.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put most adults well over the sodium limit already, mostly from packaged and restaurant food, which is exactly what a deli tub is. If you are watching sodium, the lighter store tubs and a smaller scoop do more for you than swapping the chips.
Saturated fat moves at a similar pace. One label serving is 2.5 g, 13% of the day. A quarter cup is 5.0 g, 25%. Half a cup is 10.0 g, 50% of the 20 g Daily Value — half your saturated fat allowance from a side dish.
The good news sits in the protein row. Buffalo chicken dip is 13.33 g of protein per 100 g, or 27% of the 50 g Daily Value, because there is real shredded chicken in it. A quarter cup delivers 8.0 g, which is more protein than most party foods on the table and the reason a small scoop with celery actually holds you. Carbohydrate is almost absent: 1.0 g per label serving, 8.0 g in a whole cup, with zero fiber and zero total sugars declared. MyPlate would still call it a fats-and-protein food, not a vegetable side.
How does buffalo chicken dip compare?
| Dip | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo chicken dip | 233 kcal | 2 Tbsp (30 g) | 70 kcal |
| Spinach and artichoke dip | 143 kcal | 2 Tbsp (28 g) | 40 kcal |
| French onion dip | 182 kcal | 2 Tbsp (33 g) | 60 kcal |
| Queso dip | 109 kcal | 2 Tbsp (32 g) | 35 kcal |
Our take: buffalo chicken dip is the heaviest of these four per 100 g and per serving, and it is also the one with the most protein — 13.33 g per 100 g against 7.14 g for spinach and artichoke, 3.03 g for French onion and 0 g for queso. If the goal is the smallest number, queso at 35 calories a scoop wins outright. If the goal is a snack that ends the grazing, buffalo chicken dip earns its extra 35 calories, because 4.0 g of protein per scoop is something the other three cannot offer. Where it costs you is salt: at 800 mg per 100 g it is the tub to portion out on a plate rather than eat from with a chip in hand.
Most popular buffalo chicken dip brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Knott's Buffalo Chicken Dip | 267 cal |
| Signature Select Buffalo Style Chicken Dip | 233 cal |
| Good & Gather Buffalo-Style Chicken Dip | 200 cal |
| Meijer Buffalo Style Chicken Dip | 179 cal |
| Wegmans Buffalo-Style Chicken Dip | 156 cal |
| ShopRite Buffalo Style Chicken Dip | 135 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Buffalo chicken dip FAQs
How many calories are in buffalo chicken dip?
Two tablespoons, the 30 g label serving, is 70 calories, and 100 g of dip is 233 calories. A realistic 1/4 cup scoop lands at 140 calories and half a cup at 280. The tub you buy sets the range: store versions run 135 to 267 calories per 100 g.
How many calories in 1/4 cup of buffalo chicken dip?
A 1/4 cup of buffalo chicken dip is about 140 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 233 calories rather than a USDA serving. That scoop also carries 10.0 g fat, 5.0 g saturated fat, 8.0 g protein and 480 mg sodium, which is 21% of a day's sodium.
What is a serving size of buffalo chicken dip?
The label serving is 2 tablespoons, 30 g, or 70 calories, which is about two heavily loaded chips. Almost nobody stops there. If you spoon dip onto a small plate, count 1/4 cup at 140 calories; a bowl you keep returning to is closer to 1/2 cup, 280 calories.
How much sodium is in buffalo chicken dip?
Two tablespoons carry 240 mg of sodium, 10% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value. A 1/4 cup scoop is 480 mg and half a cup is 960 mg, or 42% of the day, before any salted chip. Sodium, not calories, is the number that climbs fastest here.
How many carbs are in buffalo chicken dip?
There is 1.0 g of carbohydrate in 2 tablespoons and 3.33 g per 100 g, with zero fiber and zero total sugars on the label. Even a full cup comes to only 8.0 g of carbs. Chips, crackers and bread bring the carbohydrate to this snack, not the dip.
Is buffalo chicken dip keto friendly?
At 1.0 g of carbohydrate per 2 tablespoons and 3.33 g per 100 g, the dip fits most low-carb and ketogenic carb budgets, and its 5.0 g fat and 4.0 g protein per serving suit that macro shape. The dippers decide it: celery keeps the scoop low-carb, tortilla chips do not.
How much protein is in buffalo chicken dip?
Two tablespoons deliver 4.0 g of protein and 100 g of dip 13.33 g, which is 8% and 27% of the 50 g Daily Value. That is the most protein of any dip on this page: spinach and artichoke has 7.14 g per 100 g, French onion 3.03 g and queso 0 g.
Is buffalo chicken dip healthy?
One 2-tablespoon serving is 70 calories, 2.5 g saturated fat (13% DV) and 240 mg sodium (10% DV), so a small scoop is a reasonable snack with 4.0 g of protein. Scale is the issue: half a cup brings 10.0 g saturated fat, 50% of a day, and 960 mg sodium.
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Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the dip for you, scoop by scoop.
