Creamy, cheesy and full of flavor, Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip will be a crowd pleaser whenever you serve it. This hot cheese dip goes well with crackers, pretzels, baguette slices and even your favorite vegetable dippers.
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip
Everyone loves a hot cheese dip, especially when bacon is involved!
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip is flavored with a Ranch mix and bacon. Add in three cheeses along with cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise and you can’t go wrong!
Bursting with flavor, this hot cheese dip is creamy and cheesy with salty notes throughout from the bacon.
Cream cheese, along with sour cream and mayonnaise, give this hot appetizer a smooth and silky texture.
Sharp cheddar cheese adds bright notes and mozzarella lends its delicate flavor and cheese pull to this appetizer.
Green onions add a subtle onion flavor and the ranch dressing mix adds herb and garlic flavor.
When all these delicious flavors combine they bake into a creamy dip that will be a crowd favorite.
So if you are looking for a delicious dip that’s also so easy to make, you’ve found it!
Perfect for movie nights, game day watching and even fancy enough to serve during the holiday season, this ranch bacon dip is guaranteed to be a hit with everyone!
If you want to get fancy, and step it up a level, you can bake this dip in a bread bowl. How cool would that be?
You do need to bake the hollowed-out bread so that the inside gets toasted and doesn’t become soggy when the dip is baked in it. Check out the directions below.
I love serving this dip recipe with crackers, pita chips or tortilla chips and it is also delicious with carrot sticks, celery sticks and other fresh veggies.
Any way you serve this Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip, and any occasion you serve it at will surely be delicious!
We have more easy appetizer recipes here at Swirls that you will also want to make!
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How to make a bread bowl for a dip
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Hollow out the center of a round crusty loaf of bread to within 1-inch of edges. Bread pieces hollowed out from center can be cut into cubes for dipping.
- Brush the inside of the bread with about 1 Tablespoon olive oil.
- Place the bread bowl on a baking sheet and bake until the inside is toasted, about 10 minutes.
- Now add the uncooked dip into the bread bowl and bake the dip according to the recipe directions below.
- You can also toast the bread cubes, if desired.
How to make cheddar ranch dip
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Combine cheeses, mayonnaise, sour cream, bacon, scallions and Ranch seasoning in a mixing bowl
- Stir together until blended.
- Reserving some of the scallions and bacon, transfer the mixture to a baking dish and bake until golden and heated through
- Top with the reserved scallions and bacon
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Serve this dip in a bread bowl
- Smoked gouda cheese will give this dip smoky notes
- Add canned chopped jalapenos for added flavor
Substitutions
- You can substitute Monterey jack cheese for the cheddar cheese
- You can use gouda cheese in place of the mozzarella cheese
- You can omit the mayonnaise and use more sour cream in its place
- Turkey bacon can be used in place of the bacon
- Real bacon bits can be substituted for the bacon pieces to save time
Storage
- You can store any left over dip in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap or the top to a bowl, for three to four days.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines.
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Ingredients for a baked cheese dip
- cream cheese
- mayonnaise
- sour cream
- shredded cheddar cheese
- shredded mozzarella cheese
- bacon
- scallions
- Ranch seasoning mix
Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese , at room temperature
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 envelope Ranch seasoning mix
- 8 ounces (2 cups) shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 ounces (1 cup) shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup crumbled cooked bacon
- 2 scallions , sliced
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream and Ranch seasoning mix until smooth and blended.
- Stir in shredded cheddar cheese and shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Reserve 1 Tablespoon of the crumbled bacon and stir the remaining bacon into the cheese mixture.
- Transfer cheese mixture to a 4 cup baking dish or a prepared bread bowl (directions above in the post).
- Bake 25 minutes or until the dip is heated through and bubbly.
- Top with scallions and the reserved bacon.
- Serve with crackers, bread slices or your favorite vegetable dippers.
Notes
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Hollow out the center of a round crusty loaf of bread to within 1-inch of edges. Bread pieces hollowed out from center can be cut into cubes for dipping.
- Brush the inside of the bread with about 1 Tablespoon olive oil.
- Place the bread bowl on a baking sheet and bake until the inside is toasted, about 10 minutes.
- You can also toast the bread cubes, if desired.
Gwynn, I assume you prepare the dip then follow the bead bowl recipe (and pour the baked dip into the bread bowl?) or after the bread bowl recipe, add the dip ingredients and bake according to dip recipe?
Hi Chris, If you want to serve the dip in a bread bowl, you toast the bread bowl first to prevent the dip from making the bread soggy, and then proceed with the recipe by putting the dip in the bread bowl to bake together. Hope this makes sense now! Happy cooking, GG
this sounds great. I get so tired of the same old dips. cannot wait to make it. thanks.
Enjoy!