Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole with Top The Tater and Old Dutch Potato Chips

Cheesy hash brown casserole is the ultimate comfort dish. A version with Top The Tater® Bacon Chive Onion + Old Dutch® Dill Pickle Potato Chips is a fun twist from the traditional recipe which uses plain sour cream and oftentimes, corn flake cereal.*

If you’ve been around Random Sweets blog and Funeral Potatoes & Wool Mittens podcast for a while, you know I never tire of talking about cheesy hash brown casserole—aka funeral potatoes, party potatoes, cheesy hasbrowns, cheesy potatoes, cheesy potato bake, company potatoes, potluck potatoes, and hundreds more names.

It’s one of those comforting dishes that shows up at family holidays, church basement potlucks, and yes, funerals or shared with grieving families. Over the years I’ve shared variations on my blog, and I even shared a few recipes on this KELOLAND Living T.V. segment:

When I swapped in Top The Tater® Chive and Onion Dip for sour cream and crowned the casserole with Old Dutch® Dill Pickle Potato Chips instead of corn flakes cereal, the hosts Ashley and Mitchell raved about it. The tangy dip and salty, vinegary-dill crunch make a classic recipe taste fresh, fun and irresistible.

Today, I’m using Top The Tater® Bacon Chive Onion Dip.

Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole Adaptability

You probably already know that cheesy potatoes are endlessly adaptable. I’ve seen recipes that use shredded frozen hash browns, freshly grated hash brown potatoes, Southern style and cubed frozen potatoes, and even potatoes O’Brien.

When it comes to soups, the most commonly used are cream of chicken and cream of mushroom, but I’ve also seen recipes with cream of celery or potato, and nacho or cheddar cheese soup. My personal favorite is cream of onion.

Cheese is where funeral potatoes get a lot of their saltiness and flavor. Your options are endless. Sharp cheddar cheese seems to be what people use most, but other cheeses such as Colby jack, parmesan, gouda, Velveeta, American, pepper jack and cream cheese are good too. And you could really impress your friends by using smoked cheese (or smoke the entire pan of cheesy hash browns).

Whether you’re team corn flakes, Ritz crackers, dill pickle chips, or no topping at all, cheesy hash browns is a dish people circle the buffet line twice for. More topping ideas:

• Corn Flakes cereal
• Panko/bread crumbs
• Ritz crackers
• Potato chips
• French fried onions
• Salad Supreme Seasoning
• Bacon and chives
• Cheez-it crackers
• Rice Krispies cereal

For the Love of Top The Tater® & Old Dutch® Chips

If you grew up in the Upper Midwest, you already know that Minnesota-made Top The Tater® is pretty much a food group. Fans are lovingly referred to as Tater Heads. There’s even merch to let the world know about your addiction.

The original tangy, onion and chive sour cream dip is a staple at gatherings, tailgates, and late-night snacking—it’s one of those products you’ll always find in a Midwest refrigerator—often with a backup stock in the garage beer fridge. Because not only do we dip potato chips in it, we use it for our twice baked potatoes and baked potatoes. Try topping your tacos with Top The Tater, and stir it into your Swedish meatballs.

Since it’s only available in the Midwest, lots of people outside this region have never experienced the exhilaration of dipping Old Dutch® RIP-L Potato Chips (another beloved Midwest, made in Minnesota staple) into it. And if you know and love it but can’t get Top The Tater® where you live, you leave room in your suitcase to bring more than a few containers home when you come back to visit the parents.

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Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole Remix: Flavor Combos with Top The Tater® and Old Dutch®

Shake things up a bit. Stir in a Top The Tater® flavor instead of sour cream, and top the dish with crunchy Old Dutch® potato chips and drizzle with butter before baking. No matter the combination, it will be delicious!

More Cheesy Hash Brown Recipes

I like cheesy hash browns so much, I named my podcast (and an entire episode) after them. There’s something special about the warm and comforting connection this dish makes with people—in good times and in sad.

To hear more about this beloved dish, listen to Funeral Potatoes and Wool Mittens season 1 episode 19 in the YouTube player below or in your podcast app.

Get the full recipes in this post: 9 Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole and Funeral Potatoes Recipes, One Cheese-free.

Tell me in the comments below…what Top The Tater® and Old Dutch® Potato Chips combos would you come up with for cheesy hash brown casserole? Would you use more than one dip or chips?

Sweet wishes,

*This post is not sponsored or endorsed by Top The Tater® or Old Dutch®. I’m just a Minnesota Midwesterner who wouldn’t want a fridge or pantry without the dip and potato chips.