This creamy dill pickle dip is loaded with chopped pickles, herbs and spices, all blended together and served with a variety of dippers. A fun and unique appetizer that’s perfect for anyone who loves pickles!
Are you a pickle fan? If so, you’ll adore this creamy 5 minute pickle dip. Serve this dip alongside other popular appetizers such as cranberry jalapeno dip, smoked chicken wings and mango salsa. Your guests will all be begging for the recipe!
Raise your hand if you love pickles! I feel like you either love pickles or hate pickles and there’s not much in the way of in between preferences. This dill pickle dip is for pickle LOVERS, and it is sure delicious. It’s a cream cheese base stuffed with chopped pickles, herbs and spices. It’s an unusual offering with familiar flavors that everyone will surely devour.
Make a dip platter with some of my favorite appetizer recipes like smoked salmon dip, bacon ranch dip and hot spinach dip!
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Dill Pickle Dip Ingredients
To make dill pickle dip, you’ll need cream cheese, dill pickles, fresh dill, green onions, garlic powder and pickle juice. See the recipe card below for amounts and details.
- Dill Pickles: Choose your favorite brand of dill pickles. You can make this recipe with standard jarred pickles, artisan refrigerated pickles or even homemade pickles. You can use dill pickle spears or whole dill pickles. I don’t use dill pickle chips because they don’t provide a good texture for this recipe.
- Cream Cheese: Use a standard block of cream cheese. This recipe is designed for a block of cream cheese rather than a tub of cream cheese.
- Fresh Dill: Fresh dill really helps the flavor of your dip. You can usually find a small package of fresh dill in your grocery store’s produce section.
- Pickle Juice: Pickle juice refers to the brining liquid that the pickles are stored in. Simply spoon out or pour out two tablespoons of the liquid from your pickle jar for this recipe.
How Do You Make Dill Pickle Dip?
To make this dill pickle dip recipe start by placing your softened cream cheese in a medium bowl along. Next add chopped pickles, pickle juice, sliced green onions, fresh dill and garlic powder. Stir until everything is well combined. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator for later use.
Tips For the Perfect Dill Pickle Dip
- You can soften your cream cheese by unwrapping it and placing the cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Then microwave it in 20 second increments until it softens.
- Make sure to chop your dill pickles into bite sized pieces. You want to be able to pick up the chunks on a chip.
- I use fresh dill and green onions to accentuate the pickle flavor. It’s really important to use fresh herbs here because the ingredient list is so short for this dip, you want to go for quality. I really prefer fresh dill over dried dill for this recipe.
- I like to top my pickle dip with more chopped pickles and dill so that everyone knows exactly what flavor it is!
- You can mix everything together with a spoon or use a hand mixer.
- I serve this dip with a variety of dippers, like pretzels and potato chips. Other great options are baguette slices, breadsticks, crackers and fresh veggies like carrots and celery.
- If you end up with leftover dill pickle dip, it also makes an amazing sandwich spread! You could even enjoy this dip on toast.
- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for a large crowd, and you can make it up to 8 hours in advance.
Quick Tip
You can use any brand of pickles that you like, I’ve tried numerous brands and they all work just fine.
Recipe FAQs
This dip will stay fresh in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
I do not recommend freezing this dip, as it contains dairy which may separate when thawed. The dip may also become watery if frozen and thawed.
You can enjoy any dipper you like with dill pickle dip. People often serve potato chips, tortilla chips, crostini, crackers, pretzels or breadsticks. You can eat dill pickle dip with fresh veggies like carrot sticks, celery, bell peppers, broccoli or cucumber slices.
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Flavor Variations
While this dill pickle dip is fabulous as-is, you can absolutely add other ingredients to customize the flavors to your tastes.
- Protein: Stir in some finely diced ham or cooked crumbled bacon to add some protein to the dish.
- Cheese: Add in some grated cheese like an aged white cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese or Swiss cheese to accentuate the flavors of the pickles.
- Add-Ins: Feel free to add smoked paprika, onion powder, black pepper, jalapeno, chopped chives, diced black olives, Cajun seasoning or even other herbs like basil or parsley.
- Softer: For a softer dip, you can add sour cream, plain Greek yogurt or more pickle juice until you reach your desired consistency.
- Sweet Pickles: If you are a big fan of sweet pickles or bread and butter pickles you can use them. You will end up with a sweeter dip.
- Spicy: If you want to kick up the heat, try using spicy dill pickles or add a little hot sauce. If you add hot sauce your dip may turn pink.
This dill pickle dip is absolutely a must try if you’re a pickle fan. I always get so many compliments on it, your family and friends will enjoy it too!
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Dill Pickle Dip
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons pickle juice
- 3/4 cup chopped pickles
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill chopped
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- chopped pickles and dill for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, pickle juice, pickles, dill, green onions and garlic powder until thoroughly combined.
- Add a little more pickle juice if you prefer a thinner consistency.
- Serve immediately, or refrigerate for up to 8 hours. Garnish with chopped pickles and dill prior to serving.
Notes
- You can use any brand of pickles that you like, I’ve tried numerous brands and they all work just fine.
- I use fresh dill and green onions to accentuate the pickle flavor. It’s really important to use fresh herbs here because the ingredient list is so short for this dip, you want to go for quality.
Served this for Super Bowl Sunday and it was an absolute hit! Quite possibly the best way to enjoy pickles; easily, a new favorite recipe!
I will be making this quick, easy and delicious, dill pickle dip often. It’s fabulous!
I love garlic dill pickles. This recipe will be awesome for my next party.
This was such a fun dip!! We served it with some chips and veggies for dipping and it made for a delicious snack!
Dill pickle anything is just what I love! This dip was fantastic!!
This has become a must have at every family gathering for the last year and a half! The only thing I add is some fresh chopped garlic. They also love it better when I make it the night before and stir and garnish before serving. It lets the flavors really shine!
I made this and it is delicious and so easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.