Dill Pickle Dip

Mention Dill Pickle Dip to me, and I will proclaim to you is what dreams are made of on a warm spring day here in Mississippi. It’s that deliciously simple to make the dip. We love to serve at family shindigs and church potlucks.

I mean, just the ingredient list alone gives me endless smiles thinking about it;  cream cheese, crunchy baby dill pickles, red onions,  fresh dill weed, minced garlic, and a subtle hint of Cajun Spice to bring it together.

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Dill pickle dip reminds me of those delicious little ham, cream cheese, and dill pickle pinwheel sandwiches we devoured in the ’80s and ’90s as children. It’s the perfect dip to serve with crunchy kettle chips, soft pita bread, or your favorite crackers. Trust me, and if you love dill pickles, you are surely going to swoon over this Dill Pickle Dip recipe.

Here in the South, we don’t wait for Game Days or the Christmas holidays to break out our favorite dips and spreads; those recipes are an all-year-round affair. We love to serve them at our gatherings and watch them disappear off the table like nobody’s business. We wait in anticipation to see how fast they vanish.

I like using those crunchy baby dill pickles in my recipe for Dill Pickle Dip, and they seem to have that beautiful crunchy texture and the perfect amount of dill pickle flavor. I always save about 5-6 of them that I thinly slice and use as a garnish for the top of the Dill Pickle Dip. Just gives it that fancy-schmancy look we all love to see.

Some recipes don’t call for dill weed, but heeey, bring that dill weed on honey; is my motto, the more dill flavor in my Dill Pickle Dip, the better. Also, I see a lot of folk’s recipes stating chill for 3 hours and serve. Oh, nooo, ma’am, do yourself a favor and let that sit overnight, heck, even 24 hours, and you’ll taste the best flavorful Dill Pickle Dip ever. I have been known to let mine sit two days before serving. It’s like a fine wine; it only gets better with age, darling.

Some of you are licking your chops in divine anticipation of this delicious Dill Pickle Dip recipe, aren’t you? How can you not be super excited to bring together these fantastic American favorites of cream cheese, crunchy baby dill pickles, red onions,  fresh dill weed, minced garlic, and a subtle hint of Cajun Spice?

Ingredients needed for Dill Pickle Dip Recipe

• Two-8- ounce packages of cream cheese softened

• Two cups diced garlic baby dill pickles

• One small red onion finely diced

• 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic

• 1/4 of a cup baby garlic dill pickle juice

• One tablespoon of dill weed

• One teaspoon of Cajun Seasoning

• One teaspoon of fresh ground black pepper

• 4 or 5 baby dill pickles sliced for garnish

• Kettle chips, pita bread, or crackers to serve

Dill Pickle Dip

Heidy L. McCallum

Mention Dill Pickle Dip to me and I will proclaim to you, it to be, What dreams are made of, It’s that deliciously simple to make dip we love to serve at family shindigs and church potlucks. 

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 45 minutes mins

Chill 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 37 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2-8- ounce packages cream cheese softened
• 2 cups diced garlic baby dill pickles
• 1 small red onion finely diced
• ½ tablespoon minced garlic
• ¼ of a cup baby garlic dill pickle juice
• 1 tablespoon of dill weed
• 1 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 4 or 5 baby dill pickles sliced for garnish
• Kettle chips pita bread, or crackers to serve

Instructions

 

• Place cream cheese on the counter and let rest 45 minutes to 1 hour to soften.
• Dice 2 cups of baby garlic dill pickles and reserve.
• Dice 1 small red onion and reserve.
• Mince ½ of a tablespoon of garlic and reserve.
• Once the cream cheese has softened, place in the food processor, add ¼of a cup of dill pickle juice, 1 tablespoon of dill weed, Cajun seasoning, and freshly ground black pepper. Process till all seasoning is incorporated into the cream cheese.
• Remove cream cheese mixture from the food processor and place in a glass bowl, fold in diced dill pickles, red onion, and minced garlic. Stir till joined.
• Place the glass bowl in the refrigerator and let sit 8 to 24 hours. You may serve for that time period but trust me you’ll thank me if you wait 8-24 hours.
• Stir before serving, garnish with the sliced baby dill pickles.
• May be served with kettle chips, pita bread, or crackers.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 01Calories: 37kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 368mgPotassium: 68mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 290IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 27mg

Keyword dill, dip, Pickle

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