If you’ve got a box of Ritz crackers in your pantry, you’re already halfway to an easy, crowd-pleasing meal.
These buttery crackers add the perfect crunchy topping to casseroles, make a flavorful binder for meatloaf, create simple side dishes, and even shine in appetizers and desserts.
They’re affordable, versatile, and a total shortcut ingredient for busy weeknights and comfort food cravings.
In this roundup of Ritz crackers recipes, you’ll find easy chicken casseroles, creamy baked dinners, classic meatloaf recipes, family friendly side dishes, party appetizers, and simple desserts all made with that signature buttery crunch.
Perfect for picky eaters, budget friendly cooking, potlucks, holidays, and school night dinners, these recipes prove you can turn a simple pantry staple into something seriously delicious.
Ritz Cracker Recipes
Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is an easy chicken casserole recipe using precooked shredded chicken in a creamy sauce and topped with Ritz cracker crumbs.
Chicken Pillows are an easy dinner recipe using rotisserie chicken mixed with cream cheese, mayo, Italian seasoning, shredded cheese and green onions all baked inside Pillsbury crescent dough topped with buttery Ritz crumbs.
Broccoli Casserole is a creamy cheesy casserole with a crunchy Ritz cracker topping.
Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole is a hearty chicken casserole loaded with shredded rotisserie chicken, water chestnuts, almonds, pimentos and instant rice all topped with a buttery Ritz cracker crumb topping.
Zucchini Casserole with Ground Beef is a hearty casserole with layers of sliced zucchini, hamburger meat, a cream of mushroom based sauce mixture, shredded cheese and all baked with a Ritz cracker topping.
Meatloaf Sandwich casserole is an easy ground beef casserole recipe with all the flavours of the classic sandwich.
This hearty casserole starts out with a pizza crust base, followed by a layer of ground beef meatloaf topped with a BBQ ketchup glaze, crispy fried onions, shredded cheese and garlic bread slices.
Green Bean Artichoke Casserole is a delicious holiday side dish recipe loaded with cut green beans, artichoke hears, cream cheese, sour cream, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese with a crushed Ritz cracker topping.
One Pot Mac and Cheese is a creamy and delicious pasta dish made with milk, cavatappi noodles, condensed cheddar soup, shredded cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and crushed Ritz crackers.
Easy Chicken and Rice Casserole is a hearty dinner recipe perfect for cold weather. This delicious chicken casserole is loaded with long grain rice, Campbell's cream of chicken soup, corn and topped with crumbled Ritz crackers.
Cheesy Ritz Cracker Corn is an easy side dish perfect for almost any meal. Serve this corn loaded with Swiss Cheese, Parmesan and Ritz Cracker crumbs with your Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner.
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars are tasty treats with a peanut butter and Ritz cracker crumb base and topped with chocolate.
Ritz Chicken Casserole is an easy weeknight dinner recipe using shredded rotisserie chicken, tossed in sour cream and cream of chicken soup and topped with crumbled Ritz crumbs.
Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole is an easy dinner recipe loaded with shredded chicken, cream of chicken soup, shredded cheese and poppy seeds and topped with crumbled Ritz crackers.
Pineapple Casserole is a sweet and savoury side dish recipe loaded with pineapple chunks, cheddar cheese and Ritz cracker crumbs.
Ritz Cracker Meatloaf is a delicious ground beef meatloaf loaded with crushed Ritz crackers, onion soup mix, onions, green bell peppers and cheddar cheese.
Pimento Mac and Cheese is a delicious creamy pasta recipe loaded with white cheddar, cream cheese and diced pimentos and baked with a buttery Ritz cracker topping.
Get ready for the ultimate sweet-and-salty holiday treat with these Peanut Butter Ritz Crack Christmas Crack Cookies!
Made in muffin tins, this fun twist on classic Christmas crack uses Peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Snackwiches smothered in rich, buttery toffee, topped with melted semi-sweet chocolate, and finished with festive sprinkles.
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