Easy Jalapeno Popper Dip | Table for Two® by Julie Chiou

This creamy jalapeno popper dip is loaded with smoky bacon, spicy jalapenos, zesty cheddar, and extra. It’s topped with a buttery, tacky panko combination and baked to bubbly making for the proper creamy, crunchy, irresistibly flavorful appetizer.

This scrumptious and indulgent appetizer captures the essence of basic jalapeno poppers in dip type. It begins with a creamy and clean base product of wealthy cream cheese and tangy mayo. The dip is then generously filled with shredded cheeses (cheddar and cheddar jack), garlic, smoky bacon, and jalapenos. It’s completed with a buttery parmesan-panko topping and baked to bubbly, golden-brown perfection. Each chew has the proper steadiness of spicy, tangy, smoky, creamy, and crunchy. It’s scrumptious.

On the lookout for an excuse to assemble your folks round appetizers? Make this fast, easy-to-throw-together dip the rationale. You received’t be sorry.

Why You’ll Love This Jalapeno Popper Dip

• The proper marriage of flavors. Prepare for a burst of daring flavors! Smoky bacon, spicy jalapeno, and the tangy, sturdy taste of cheddar jack cheese are all carried by a wealthy, creamy combo of mayo and cream cheese. It’s completely balanced and utterly crave-worthy.
• Texture. I can’t get sufficient of the wealthy, creamy texture of this dip. The mix of the mayonnaise and the cream cheese simply glides over your tongue like a dream. Pair it with ooey-gooey melted cheese and the proper crunch from the breadcrumb topping and also you’ve bought your self a dip that can maintain your friends glued to the appetizer desk.
• Fast and straightforward. This recipe is a breeze to make. With only a handful of substances and some easy steps, you’ll be popping this crowd-pleasing dip within the oven very quickly.

What You’ll Want

Right here’s an inventory of substances wanted to make jalapeno cream cheese dip. Don’t overlook to scroll to the recipe card under for exact measurements.

• Bacon
• Cream cheese – The cream cheese ought to be softened to room temperature. In any other case, it is not going to combine easily and evenly with the opposite substances.
• Mayonnaise
• Shredded cheddar cheese – Mozzarella will work equally effectively.
• Shredded cheddar jack cheese
• Garlic
• Jalapeños – You’ll want to take away the seeds and interior membranes from the jalapenos. This can make it easier to management the spice ranges within the dip.
• Salt and pepper
• Grated parmesan cheese
• Panko breadcrumbs
• Unsalted butter

Make Jalapeno Popper Dip

Right here’s a fast overview of the best way to make this tacky, scrumptious dip. For extra detailed directions, scroll to the recipe card under.

Cook dinner the bacon. Cook dinner the bacon in a skillet over medium-high warmth till crispy. Take away it from the pan and put aside.

Make the dip. Cream collectively the cream cheese and mayo. Combine within the cheddar and cheddar jack, garlic, jalapeños, salt, pepper, and ⅔ of the crumbled bacon.

Make the topping. Combine collectively the parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, and melted butter.

Bake. Switch the dip to a baking dish, high with the breadcrumb combination, and bake for 25 minutes at 375 levels F.

Serve. High with the remaining bacon and serve together with your favourite dipping chips.

Ideas for Success

Earlier than embarking in your culinary journey, take a look on the following ideas and methods. They may assist set you off on the fitting foot.

• Room temperature cream cheese. You’ll want to begin with room-temperature cream cheese. If the cream cheese is chilly, it received’t mix correctly with the opposite substances. This can finish you with a dip that has huge lumps of cream cheese in it as a substitute of a good mix of cream cheese, mayo, cheese, jalapeno, bacon, and so forth.
• Alter your spice ranges. If in case you have a low to reasonable spice tolerance, seed the jalapenos and take away the interior membrane. In case you are on the lookout for a spicier dish, go forward and depart a few of the seeds in.
• Let it sit. After pulling the dip out of the oven, let it sit for a couple of minutes earlier than diving in. This can give the flavors an opportunity to meld collectively and can assist forestall you and your friends from burning your mouths.
• Prep-bake. If in case you have time, bake the dip for a couple of minutes earlier than including the toppings. This can give the cheese an opportunity to get much more melty and scrumptious.

What to Serve with Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip

Seize your favourite dipping vessel and a tasty beverage and dive on in. Listed below are some concepts to get you impressed.

• Chips. Sturdy, crispy chips are the proper automobile for scooping up beneficiant quantities of this indulgent dip. Seize a bag of your favourite tortilla chips or strive my Air Fryer Pita Chips.
• Celery and carrot sticks. These veggies present a refreshing, cool distinction to the wealthy, spicy dip.
• Bread. Toasted or not, the mixture of the crusty bread and creamy dip is a match made in heaven. I’ve been loving this dip with my Kiss Me If You Dare Additional Garlicky and Tacky Bread.
• With different appetizers. Jalapeno popper dip loves firm. Serve it at your subsequent gathering together with my Pizza Bites, Lemon Pepper Wings, or Crispy Air Fryer Ravioli.
• One thing to sip on. That is the proper cocktail social gathering appetizer. Serve it alongside my Sundown Cocktail or a Gin and Tonic

Retailer Leftovers

• Fridge. Enable the dip to chill utterly earlier than placing it away. If you need to maintain the crispy topping intact, wrap the baking dish in plastic wrap. In any other case, switch the dip to an hermetic container. Retailer it within the fridge for as much as 3 days.
• Freezer. As soon as the dip has cooled utterly, wrap the baking dish in a double layer of plastic wrap or switch the dip to an hermetic container. Retailer it within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Enable it to thaw within the fridge earlier than reheating.
• To reheat. Switch the dip to a baking dish (if it’s not already in a single), cowl with aluminum foil, and bake within the oven at 350 levels F for 10-Quarter-hour or till heated via.

Extra Celebration Dip Recipes

This jalapeno cream cheese dip is one in every of my favorites however, when you’re a dip fanatic like me, you possibly can by no means have sufficient choices. Listed below are another superb recipes so that you can strive.