Warm Blue Cheese Dip with Garlic and Bacon

If you love bacon and blue cheese then this is the perfect dip for you. It’s creamy and delicious and has the added bonus of crunchy bacon pieces.

Ingredients -

7 Slices Bacon
2 Cloves Garlic, peeled and minced
1 Package Cream Cheese, (8 ounce), softened
1/4 Cup Half-and-Half
4 Ounces Blue Cheese, crumbled
2 Tablespoons Fresh Chives, chopped

 
Preparation:

1. Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet.

2. Cook over medium high heat until the bacon is evenly brown.

3. Remove it from the skillet.

4. Drain on paper towels and crumble.

5. Place the garlic in the hot bacon grease.

6. Cook and stir until the garlic is soft which takes about 1 minute.

7. Remove the garlic from the heat.

8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

9. Place the softened cream cheese and half-and-half in a medium bowl.

10. Beat the mixture with an electric mixer until well blended.

11. Stir in the bacon, garlic, blue cheese and chives.

12. Transfer the mixture to a medium baking dish.

13. Bake covered in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

 



Cooking Tip
Recipe Idea

This is a great dip to scale the recipe up for if you are going to have a lot of guests over. It keeps for up to a week if properly stored in an airtight container.


Cooking Tip
Serving Suggestion

This is a great dish for dipping French bread pieces, crackers, chips or cut up vegetables.

   

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