Crack Dip

Crack Dip is a fun and tasty, crowd-pleasing, easy ranch dip recipe that is perfect for movie nights, game days, and parties. This cream cheese dip is loaded with sharp cheddar cheese, bacon, green onion, and ranch seasoning.

Loveable Crack Dip

This dip comes with a word of caution as the flavor is slightly addicting. Serve this delicious dip recipe with a variety of crackers, chips, and veggies like broccoli florets and cucumber slices. If you like this dip, you will love my French onion dip, corn dip, 7-layer dip, and smoked salmon dip.

Easy Ingredients for Crack Dip

• Dairy – cream cheese, sour cream, sharp cheddar cheese
• Seasoning – ranch dressing mix and freshly ground black pepper
• Meat – crispy cooked bacon
• Veggies – green onions and broccoli, celery, carrots, and cucumber slices for dipping
• Assorted Dippers – crackers, potato chips, pita chips, and pretzels

How to make Crack Dip

First, set aside 1 tablespoon of shredded cheddar, chopped bacon, and green onions. Then add the cream cheese, sour cream, ranch seasoning mix, shredded cheddar cheese, green onions, and ground pepper to a medium mixing bowl. Beat the mixture with a handheld electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in the chopped bacon. Spoon into a serving bowl and garnish with cheddar, bacon, and green onions that are set aside. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

Recipe tips

• For ease in making the dip creamy, bring the cream cheese to room temperature.
• Real bacon bits can be substituted for the crisp chopped bacon.
• Slice the green onions thin with a sharp knife. It is fine to use both green and white parts of the green onion.
• This dip is also delicious served warm. Just spread it in a small baking dish and bake in a 400-degree oven for about 20 minutes. Garnish with green onions and bacon bits.
• Serve with crackers, potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzel crisps, Fritos, carrot sticks, celery sticks, or bell pepper wedges.

Variations for Crack Dip

• Cheeses – my favorite cheese for this dip is sharp cheddar, but other cheeses that are delicious and work well include white cheddar, pepper jack, and Monterey Jack.
• Add a little heat – add a little minced jalapeno, ground cayenne pepper, or chopped chipotle pepper with adobo sauce.
• Protein – add cooked ground sausage or finely chopped cooked chicken.

Storage

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Stir before reserving, and if available, top with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese and freshly sliced green onions.

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Ranch Crack Dip Recipe

Always a huge hit, this easy dip recipe is loaded with sharp cheddar cheese, bacon, green onions, and ranch seasoning.  It is delicious on crackers, potato chips, pretzel crisps, Fritos, carrot sticks, celery sticks, or bell pepper wedges.

5 from 18 votes

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 211kcal

Author: Beth Pierce

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 ounce package ranch dressing mix
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 3 green onions thinly sliced
• ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 6 slices crispy cooked bacon chopped or ½ cup bacon bits
• Assorted chips crackers, carrot sticks, celery stickers, and bell pepper wedges.

Instructions

• Set aside 1 tablespoon of shredded cheddar, chopped bacon, and green onions.
• Add the cream cheese, sour cream, ranch dressing, shredded cheddar, green onions, and ground black pepper to a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the chopped bacon. Beat the mixture with a handheld electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Spoon into a serving bowl and garnish with the cheddar, bacon, and green onions that are set aside.
• For best results, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Notes

• For ease in making the dip creamy bring the cream cheese to room temperature.
• Real bacon bits can be substituted for the crisp chopped bacon.
• Slice the green onions thin with a sharp knife. It is fine to use both green and white parts of the green onion.
• This dip is also delicious served warm. Just spread it in a small baking dish and heat in a 400-degree oven for about 20 minutes. Garnish with green onions and bacon bits.
• Serve with crackers, potato chips, pretzel crisps, Fritos, carrot sticks, celery sticks, or bell pepper wedges.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days

Nutrition

Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 277mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 595IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 174mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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