Description
Baked Bacon Blue Cheese Dip is a creamy, flavorful appetizer perfect for parties and game days. This warm dip combines cream cheese, tangy blue cheese, crispy bacon, and fresh green onions for a crowd-pleasing treat served with crackers, bread, chips, or vegetables.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 6 ounces blue cheese crumbles, divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 5 slices bacon, crumbled
- 3 tablespoons chopped green onions or chives, plus more to top
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a small baking dish with nonstick spray to ensure the dip does not stick during baking.
- Mix Base: In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together the softened cream cheese and mayonnaise until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Add Flavorings: Add half of the blue cheese crumbles and the garlic powder to the cream cheese mixture, then continue beating until fully combined and smooth.
- Fold in Ingredients: Gently fold in the crumbled bacon, chopped green onions or chives, and the remaining blue cheese crumbles until evenly distributed throughout the dip.
- Transfer to Dish: Spoon the prepared dip into the sprayed baking dish and spread it out evenly.
- Bake the Dip: Bake the dip in the preheated oven for 18 minutes or until the top is golden brown and bubbly.
- Garnish and Serve: Remove from the oven, sprinkle additional green onions or chives on top for color and freshness, and serve the dip warm alongside your choice of bread, crackers, chips, or vegetables for dipping.
Notes
- For extra crisp bacon, cook the bacon slices in a skillet over medium heat until crispy before crumbling.
- You can substitute blue cheese crumbles with gorgonzola if preferred for a slightly milder flavor.
- Serve immediately for best flavor and texture; leftovers can be refrigerated and reheated gently.
- If you want a spicier dip, add a pinch of cayenne pepper or a few dashes of hot sauce when mixing.
- Nonstick spray can be replaced with a light coating of olive oil or butter to prevent sticking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 140 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
