An easy party dip, this Spinach Dip Recipe only takes a few minutes to assemble and is always a crowd pleaser. Best served with fresh vegetables, tortilla chips or slices of baguette.
If you are looking for more perfect party appetizers to serve with this Spinach Dip, try these super easy Crockpot BBQ Grape Jelly Meatballs or my family’s favorite Sausage Stuffed Meatballs!
Are you looking for the best dip recipe for entertaining a crowd? Look no further than this Spinach Dip Recipe!
I’m always a sucker for a good dip recipe, and this one is just that. It’s a recipe that is loved by everyone, even spinach haters! Even my kids go crazy over this spinach dip, so that’s saying something!
This is not only great for serving up at a party, but it’s also a great dip to keep in the refrigerator for snacking. I love to make up a batch and have a variety of fresh vegetables so that it’s all easy to grab for a quick snack.
Ingredients
- Mayonnaise & Sour Cream: This recipe uses a combination of mayonnaise and sour cream. If you want to cut back on calories, you can use Greek yogurt in the place of the mayonnaise, although I do prefer the flavor of mayonnaise.
- Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese: If you can’t find garlic and herb cream cheese, you can use plain cream cheese. But you do lose some of that extra flavor.
- Ranch Dressing Mix: You just want the dry mix here, not prepared ranch dressing.
- Spinach: I love that this recipe uses frozen spinach, which you can keep on hand in the freezer. You could use fresh spinach, but you’ll want to wilt it first.
How to Make Spinach Dip
This recipe couldn’t be any easier!
1: Start by combining the mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, and ranch seasoning. Mix this together well.
2: Add the thawed, drained spinach and mix it until the spinach is fully mixed in.
3: Cover the bowl and transfer the dip to the refrigerator. You want to refrigerate it for a minimum of 1 hour.
Tips and Tricks
- Frozen spinach is the easiest. You can use fresh spinach, but it will take a little bit more work. You’ll need about 1 1/2 lbs of fresh spinach. Remove any tough stems and boil it for 30 seconds before draining. I would also suggest chopping it so that there aren’t any large pieces.
- Make sure that your cream cheese is at room temperature so that you can mix it easier.
- I have only made this with full fat ingredients. Feel free to sub in low fat ingredients if you’d like, but it will most likely alter the final dip. You’ll usually have a thinner dip with lower fat ingredients.
- This dip gets better over time. You’ll need to let it refrigerate for at least an hour, but I definitely prefer it after it has been refrigerated overnight.
What to Serve With Spinach Dip
My very favorite thing to serve this with is a selection of fresh vegetables. Any vegetables that you like should work, but some of my favorites are carrot sticks, strips of bell peppers, cauliflower, celery and sugar snap peas. But the choices are endless!
This dip recipe is also really good with tortilla chips or potato chips.
Another option is to take a baguette and cut it into slices and lightly toast them. If you do this, I would keep a knife or fork with the dip so that the dip can be spread onto the baguette pieces.
More Party Dip Recipes
BLT Dip
Slow Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip
White Cheese Dip
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Dill Dip
Queso Blanco
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Spinach Dip Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 8 oz sour cream
- 7.5 oz container garlic and herb cream cheese*
- 1 oz package ranch dressing mix (just the seasoning mix)
- 12 oz package frozen spinach, thawed and drained
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese and ranch dressing mix. Mix well.
- Stir in the thawed and drained spinach.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, but overnight is best.
- Serve with chips, slices of fresh baguette or fresh vegetables.
Jessica says
I’ve been trying to get my kids to eat more vegetables, so I made a batch of this and put it in the fridge with some cut veggies. It was a success! Kids loved the dip AND the vegetables!
Elle says
Great idea for an event…wish I had known, although not sure I would have been able to squeeze it in this month.
This dip sounds delicious and simple…a true one to bookmark.
Thanks!
By the way, I’ve tagged you for a meme. Hope you’ll play 🙂
eatme_delicious says
I love how green it is! Sounds like it would be really good. What a cool idea for a food event.
Kelly-Jane says
I didn’t hear of that one either, and it sounds like such a fun event! The green of the dip os so pretty 🙂
Amanda at Little Foodies says
Wow Deborah! I haven’t checked your blog since the last DB reveal and my word you’ve been busy. I could have eaten the lot. Clam Chowder, Chiminchangas, the mini mint cheesecakes, a slice of the amazingly tall chocolate cake and as for the Whoopie Pies, I think your husband was on to something – brilliant name too!
JennDZ - The Leftover Queen says
That dip is such a beautiful color! I love it!
KJ says
This sounds like a great event. I’m sorry I missed it. Your dip looks delicious. It’s so colourful.
Tartelette says
That is a cool event! I wish I had known about it. That dip sounds very intriguing!
Kevin says
That dip sounds pretty good and it still has a great green colour!
Allison says
Yay! I’m glad you liked it. It is addictive, isn’t it! 🙂
Cynthia says
I like your spinach dip, not just the colour but it also looks so creamy.
Anh says
I adore the color of your dip, so beautifully green!
Belinda says
That sounds like a really fun blogging event…I hope it takes off and more people hear about it…I’d like to take part next time. I never fail to find recipes I want to make on ALL of the wonderful blogs I read! And this spinach dip looks incredible…and like Valli, I truly love the color, its so pretty. 🙂
Valli says
What a creative event. And you are right I just don’t think we heard about it. At least I didn’t I will have to visit and give it a try next time!! In the mean time this spinach dips sounds wonderful. Look at that colour!!!