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This dill pickle dip is creamy, tangy, cheesy and seriously moreish! Made with a whole jar of pickles, cream cheese, sour cream, herbs and a touch of spice, it is the ultimate party dip. Served it with potato chips or crackers it is put together easily and can be customised with or without bacon! Try to stop at one mouthful!

About This Dill Pickle Dip

This dill pickle dip is incredibly delicious and uses up an entire jar of pickles! It's creamy, tangy, spicy and moreish and made with easy to find ingredients. Made with pickles, green onion, cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt, cheese, herbs, hot sauce and French onion seasoning or ranch, it is delicious and once you dip you won't be able to stop!

This recipe also makes a lot of dip so it is ideal for feeding a crowd. It is originally American where they use Grillos pickles and Ranch seasoning mix. Both of these aren't available in Australia but the best sub for this is French Onion soup mix which actually works better IMHO. I brought back some Ranch mix from my last trip to America and tested one version with Ranch and one with French onion soup powder and I preferred the latter. If you love cheese and onion chips then I think you'll love this pickle dip.

You can make this with bacon bits or without, I think it's incredibly tasty without the bacon too and sometimes don't bother with the bacon especially if I am time poor.

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Ingredients For Dill Pickle Dip

Dill pickles - No need for anything fancy, you can also use dill pickle chips or hot pickle chips (my favourite)

Cream cheese - we use the spring onion and chive cream cheese but you can also use regular cream cheese and add extra chives.

Greek yogurt - natural yogurt, no flavours.

Cheese - We use grated tasty or cheddar cheese

Sour cream - Use full fat for a creamier mouthfeel

Green onion - Around 2 sticks is perfect for this

Jalapeno chillies - Use 1 if you like it mildy spicy or 2 jalapenos if you like it hotter

Buffalo hot sauce - I used Frank's hot sauce.

Dill - fresh chopped dill works as does dried dill.

French onion powder or Ranch seasoning mix - Depending on what you can get where you are! I prefer it with the French Onion mix personally.

Bacon - I like streaky bacon for this but eye bacon also works if you want it leaner.

Potato Chips - Use your favourite potato chips for this! There is no best flavour, it depends on your taste.

Tips For Making Dill Pickle Dip

1 - You want your cream cheese to be soft and spreadable so to soften it, remove it from the packaging, place on a plate and microwave on low temperature checking every 30 seconds. When it is soft, it will meld with the yogurt and sour cream better.

2- This dip is really quite forgivable and adaptable. If you like it tangier, add more yogurt and if you like it spicier add more hot sauce and jalapenos (I can never get enough heat!).

3 - When the dip is first made, it is easy to scoop with potato chips but if you refrigerate it it will firm up so it will be harder to scoop with chips. Just leave it at room temperature for 30 minutes or so to soften.

4 - Don't throw out the pickle juice! I reserve the pickling liquid to re-pickle for a quick refrigerator pickle. Wash and slice cucumbers thinly and place in the pickle juice and keep in the fridge. In 24-48 hours it will be ready.

Similar recipes you might like to try next are: marinated pickle cheese or this delicious spinach artichoke dip!

Dill Pickle Dip Recipe

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott

Recipe Overview

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves: 6-8 people

Ingredients Needed

• 200g/7oz streaky bacon (optional)
• 680g/24oz jar of dill pickles
• 200g/7oz spring onion and chive cream cheese
• 125g/4oz Greek yogurt
• 125g/4oz grated tasty or cheddar cheese
• 80g/3oz sour cream
• 2 sticks green onion (around 20g/0.7oz)
• 1-2 jalapeno chillies, chopped
• 1 tablespoon Buffalo hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon fresh or dried dill
• 2 teaspoons French onion sou powder or Ranch seasoning powder
• Potato Chips to serve

Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1 BACON - First cook the bacon if using. Start with cold bacon rashers in a pan and heat the pan to medium heat. Fry until crispy. Drain on a double layer of paper towels and chop finely. Set aside.

Step 2 CHEESE - Remove pickles from jar and chop up (reserve pickle juice for re-pickling, see tip above). Then remove the cream cheese from its packaging and place on a plate and microwave on low until soft and spreadable. Add the cream cheese, grated cheese, sour cream in a large bowl and mix to combine.

Step 3 MIX - Add pickles, green onion, chopped jalapeno, Buffalo hot sauce, dill and French onion powder and most of the bacon (reserve 2 tablespoons to sprinkle on top). Mix well to distribute flavours and place in a bowl or in a pickle jar. Sprinkle with reserved bacon on top and serve with potato chips or crackers.

Personal Note

This is great for feeding a crowd as it makes a lot and people really love a homemade dip. I love having people over at our house and all of our friends love Teddy and Milo but sometimes Teddy needs a bit of a time out from people, especially if there are kids around.

One day we were looking for Teddy as he hadn't been hovering around. When you call Milo he always comes but not Teddy. Teddy does things when he wants and if it behooves him. We looked all over the garden as he likes to sleep on the grass and down the front and side of the house too. "Teeeeddy!" we called, to no response.

Mr NQN called me to the bottom of the stairs. "He looks like the dog from Silence of the Lambs!" he said excitedly and sure enough, Teddy in his need to preserve his peace, had taken himself upstairs. He was peering down at us, kind of like Precious the dog did in the movie, deciding whether to come down and see us or not!

So tell me Dear Reader, have you ever tried a dill pickle dip? And do you know the Silence of the Lambs reference?