This Easy BLT Dip is flavorful, delicious, and so fun. If you love BLTs, then this dip will be a great addition to your table for easy snacking with your favorite chips or vegetables.
For more recipes that feed your BLT craving, try our BLT pasta salad and BLT wrap.
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Recipe Details
I just love a good dip. Something creamy and bursting with flavor. This easy BLT Dip is one of the best!
- TASTE: You’re going to love the mix of savory and salty bacon with tangy ranch seasoning. Fresh veggies top it off.
- TEXTURE: A creamy foundation topped with crunchy bacon, juicy tomatoes, and crisp lettuce. You can’t go wrong with this appetizer.
- TIME: This BLT Dip only takes 8 minutes! It’s as quick as it is delicious.
- EASE: Super simple steps with common fridge ingredients makes this dip incredibly easy.
What You’ll Need
Ingredient Notes
- Cream cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise- These three are the creamy base of your BLT Dip. You can tweak the amount of each that goes in based on preference, but they each offer smooth rich flavor.
- Ranch seasoning- This is the flavor booster for the creamy elements. You can make your own or use a store-bought Ranch seasoning mix, either way is fine.
- Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato- These guys put the BLT in your BLT Dip. Choose good quality fresh vegetables and crispy bacon to make this dish look and taste amazing.
Add-ins and Substitutions
- Make it with flavored bacon- Cook the bacon in maple syrup for a sweet savory flavor that will pair deliciously with the rest of this BLT Dip.
- Substitute Greek yogurt- Try it with Greek yogurt substituted for the sour cream in part or entirely. This adds some extra protein and has a similar tang.
- Use lower fat ingredients- To lighten up your dip, use a lower fat sour cream and cream cheese. You can also use more sour cream and less mayo. Or use turkey bacon.
- Add some extra toppings- Serve this with some shredded cheddar cheese, green onions, avocado slices, or fresh chives on top.
How to Make BLT Dip
- Create the creamy base. Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, ranch seasoning, and crumbled bacon in a mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer.
- Prep the tomatoes. Seed and dice the tomatoes. Place them in the mixing bowl and mix gently.
Pro Tip: Tomatoes are really fragile and can squish easily, so mix them gently by folding them in with a spatula to avoid making them mushy.
- Serve. Place the BLT dip in a serving bowl and top with lettuce bits and more bacon and tomatoes, if you wish.
Recipe Tips
- Use softened cream cheese- By leaving it out at room temperature to soften, it will make it easier to mix into the other ingredients thoroughly, and less likely to clump together.
- Seed the tomatoes- Remember to seed the tomatoes so you get the juicy outer layer of the tomato without the somewhat slimy innards where the seeds reside. This will decrease water in the dip and also give it a better texture.
- Cook bacon the easy way- If you place the bacon on a wire rack on a baking sheet, you can cook your bacon with less mess and work in the oven. After 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, the bacon will be crispy and ready for the dip. You can also cook it to perfection with this air fryer bacon recipe – and faster, too!
- Assemble right before serving- Since the tomatoes and lettuce contain lots of water, keep the ingredients separate if you’ve prepped them ahead. Then assemble when it’s time to serve.
FAQs
No, the choice of lettuce is up to you. We used romaine lettuce in this best BLT dip recipe for its bright green color and mix of soft leaves and crunchy stems. But you can use any lettuce you like, such as iceberg, bibb, or red leaf.
This easy BLT dip goes great with almost anything. Rice crackers, chips, flatbread, bagels, and bread can all be used to either dip or spread this delicious appetizer. You can also use vegetables for dipping, like celery, cucumber, or carrots.
Serving Suggestions
This tasty and easy BLT Dip can be served as a dip or added to other dishes to take their flavor to the next level. Here are some yummy ways to enjoy it.
- Breads: Dip into this BLT Dip with crackers, Garlic Cheese Bread, crostini rounds, tortilla chips, or toasted Rustic Bread.
- Vegetables: Enjoy it with fresh veggies, like cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini, or broccoli.
- Sandwiches: Spread some of this dip on your favorite sandwich, or try it with this Turkey Croissant Sandwich, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, or Homemade Beef Burger Patty on a Brioche Bun (VIDEO).
- Potatoes: Dollop it onto an Air Fryer Baked Potato, Potato Wedges, Crispy Air Fryer French Fries, or Parmesan Roasted Potatoes for adding deliciousness.
Make This Recipe in Advance
Make ahead: You can prep this dish ahead of time by making the creamy base and storing it covered in the fridge. The bacon can be cooked and crumbled, and the veggies cut, too.
Storing: This easy BLT Dip will last for about 2-3 days in the refrigerator if it is stored in an airtight container. After that, many of the ingredients begin to get soft and mushy, so it’s best served within a few days
Freeze: Unfortunately, this dip doesn’t freeze well because the lettuce and tomato wilt and get mushy when frozen and defrosted. Only make what you can use within a few days.
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Full Recipe Instructions
Easy BLT Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp ranch seasoning mix
- 1 cup finely chopped Romain lettuce
- 3/4 cup diced tomatoes seeded
- 8 slices cooked bacon crumbled
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, ranch seasoning, and crumbled bacon using an electric hand mixer.
- Now seed your tomatoes and dice them up.
- Gently mix in the tomatoes into the BLT dip. Over mixing with cause it to become mushy.
- Now place then dip into a serving bowl and top with the crunchy Romain lettuce, or even add extra bacon and tomatoes on top.
Notes
- Use softened cream cheese- By leaving it out at room temperature to soften, it will make it easier to mix into the other ingredients thoroughly, and less likely to clump together.
- Seed the tomatoes- Remember to seed the tomatoes so you get the juicy outer layer of the tomato without the somewhat slimy innards where the seeds reside. This will decrease water in the dip and also give it a better texture.
- Cook bacon the easy way- If you place the bacon on a wire rack on a baking sheet, you can cook your bacon with less mess and work in the oven. After 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, the bacon will be crispy and ready for the dip. You can also cook it to perfection with this air fryer bacon recipe – and faster, too!
- Assemble right before serving- Since the tomatoes and lettuce contain lots of water, keep the ingredients separate if you’ve prepped them ahead. Then assemble when it’s time to serve.
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