A million dollar dip taste like a million dollars, but costs you so little time and money to make. This easy 5-minute recipe for the perfect tailgate party dip will certainly be a star. Cheesy, salty, and not to mention, absolutely, positively addicting. I can finish a pack of crackers in one sitting when this dip is around me. With a crowd, they can barely get enough. Extra servings are almost always required.
You don’t need a culinary degree to master this million dollar dip recipe. It’s so easy, you can memorize the recipe just like that. Don’t let the name fool you. The ingredients here are so basic, you’d think we’re joking. Nope. We don’t joke about such a valuable party asset. We’re simply spreading the knowledge.
We all love house parties and entertaining guests. Planning the party itself can be a lot of work, with decorating and invites and so many other tasks. Party snacks doesn’t have to be complicated, just check out this list of our best party appetizers:
- Easy Chicken and Guac
- Cheese Stuffed Pork Meatball
- Roasted Red Pepper Pesto and Feta Appetizer
- Cranberry and Sage Appetizer
- Mini Spinach Bread Bowls
For a delicious dip to be so simple and fuss free, we’re wondering why we don’t have parties all the time. This million dollar recipe will upgrade your get-together to a luxury cocktail party in 5 minutes. No more last minute worries about not having anything to serve. So, bring out your crackers, veggies, and toasted bread. We’re ready for this dip.
WHAT IS MILLION DOLLAR DIP?
The million dollar dip is also called the Neiman-Marcus dip. What does this dip have to do with a luxury department store? This delicious concoction used to be served at the Zodiac Room, a signature restaurant at Neiman Marcus. This recipe was created by Helen Corbitt when she joined Neiman Marcus as their Food Services Director. It’s a basic dip perfect for entertainment, parties, or, just for yourself. With mayo as the base, this mix of cheese, bacon, garlic, and green onion is simply genius. Today, it’s definitely a favorite at any party.
MILLION DOLLAR DIP INGREDIENTS
This dip has gotten all of the right flavors: creamy, spicy, and salty. The ingredients you’ll need for a luxury experience are as follows:
- 8 oz of whipped cream cheese
- 1 cup of mayonnaise
- 2 cups of shredded colby jack cheese
- 5 chopped green onions
- 1 cube of frozen crushed garlic
- ½ cup of chopped bacon
For this recipe, we added whipped cream cheese to give it more body and creaminess. The original recipe also calls for toasted almond slivers sprinkled on top.
You can add as you like, because some people may be allergic. Another great garnish for serving is crispy, crunchy bacon bits on top. You can also use any cheese you prefer. I’ve tried shredded sharp cheddar in this dip to give it a bit of a bite. Feel free to be creative! It’ll turn out just as great because it’s so simple.
HOW TO MAKE MILLION DOLLAR DIP
The taste of a million bucks will cost you…almost no time at all! Life is complicated enough, your appetizer or snack doesn’t have to be. This dip will take a mere 5 minutes to make.
First, take a large bowl and add in all your ingredients. Then, mix, mix, mix! Make sure that everything is mixed evenly. Then, move it into a dip bowl. Before serving, I also like to garnish with a little more cheese, bacon bits, or chopped green onions.
And…that’s it! Serve your million dollar dip immediately with your favorite snack dip
companion.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH MILLION DOLLAR DIP
What do you serve with the million dollar dip? Anything, really!
Whatever goes with a dip, goes with this one! Chips, crackers, veggies, or bread are all so amazing with this addicting spread. Anything with a satisfying crunch would go well with your dip! I like toasting some fresh french bread or foccacia to serve next to my dip when I’m entertaining. When I’m bringing this for a potluck, I make a large crudites platter with bell peppers, carrots, cucumbers, and other yummy veggies with this dip as the star of the show. You’re going to wonder how entertaining got so easy! The most basic options are your typical salty snacks: saltine crackers, tortilla chips, Ritz crackers, etc. Those will never go wrong.
If you ran out of things to dip, never fear. This is a multipurpose dish! To let you in on a little secret, sometimes I make sandwiches with these dips. I use them as a spread on the bread and add in my sandwich fillings. This just adds so much extra yumminess to a simple sandwich. Now, it’s a million dollar sandwich! The kids love having these for lunch too! I also make chicken or tuna salad with this dip, which also goes great as a wrap! See, this isn’t just for parties.
HOW TO STORE MILLION DOLLAR DIP
So how do you store leftover dip, or make this dip ahead of time? Just as you would store anything else. Once you’ve transferred your dip into its container, cover your bowl of dip with plastic wrap. You can also skip the plastic wrap by using a container with a sealable lid.
Then, straight into the fridge it goes! It can last up to two days in the fridge, but I’m sure it’ll be gone before then.
From my experience, maybe you should make a few extra serving of this dip, just in case. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Million Dollar Cream Cheese and Garlic Dip
If you need a delicious and easy appetizer to make for your friends and family, then this Million Dollar Cream Cheese and Garlic Dip is the recipe for you!
All you need is 5 minutes and a few ingredients to make something that everyone will LOVE! Find the kids and ask them to help... it's so simple they could even make this recipe for you! No cooking involved. Just dump, stir and go.
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese whipped
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 cups shredded colby jack cheese
- 5 green onions chopped
- 1 cube dorot crushed garlic
- 0.5 cup bacon chopped
Instructions
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl and stir well.
Serve immediately with chips, crackers, or your favorite vegetables.
Can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap.
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Kathy
December 19, 2018 at 12:27 pmWe don’t have a Target or Trader Joe’s and no Dorot garlic. How much fresh or jarred garlic would you use?
Layne Henderson
December 19, 2018 at 1:52 pmYou’d need one crushed clove of garlic. Enjoy 🙂
Sara
October 21, 2018 at 7:42 pmCan this be pressed into a mold or will it lose shape?
Kimberley
May 24, 2018 at 2:42 pmThis was delicious. I took it to work and crowd went wild! I did omit the garlic and added a couple of dashes of Worcestershire sauce. This is a keeper!
Jan
April 24, 2018 at 5:23 pmI make it with “Buddig” corned beef (shaved lunch meat) you can also use pastrami, instead of bacon for those that do not eat pork. I also use a little bit of French’s Worcestershire sauce about a tsp. Leave out the Mayo then you can form it into a ball and roll it in green onions and the beef, makes a great cheese ball.
Cecilia
April 15, 2018 at 9:31 pmMade this it’s great
Mary
April 7, 2018 at 7:49 amDoes anyone know how many carbs this dip has?
Kathy
December 5, 2018 at 7:22 amRecipe says 3g per serving. I assume this would not include the cracker carbs.
Sherry
April 6, 2018 at 11:10 amIf you are like me, you don’t have a Trader Joe’s. Walmart has there version of the garlic and the same with onions. They’re in the freezer section. Sooo Handy
Angie Parenteau
April 5, 2018 at 3:59 pmUsed to keep this dip in the fridge for the kids for an after school snack just use 1/2 the amount of mayo and 1/2 the amount of cream cheese and add an extra 1/2 cup of any med-hard cheese. They put these on a triscut and microwaved for 30-45 sec
Jebsmom03
February 21, 2018 at 8:17 amThis is for those who asked about freezing. Cream cheese gets a horrible texture when frozen, it gets grainy and falls apart, so I wouldn’t recommend it. I think you would be better with smaller batches and just remaking it when you need it again.
Jennifer Sansbury
January 9, 2018 at 9:52 amCan u use green bell pepper or celery instill of green onions!!
Rebecca
January 4, 2018 at 9:43 pmCan you freeze this dip
Rebecca
January 4, 2018 at 9:46 pmNeed ASAP plz
Layne Henderson
January 5, 2018 at 8:24 amI haven’t tried to do that, so I don’t have a clear answer for you! I’m sure you could, I just don’t know if it will effect the consistency much.
Loretta
December 17, 2017 at 7:57 pmThis recipe sounds and looks delicious! Will be making it for the holidays.
Debbie Wood
December 15, 2017 at 7:38 pmSomeone brought this to our Christmas Snack party it was wonderful. Now I’m taking it to another party this week.
Thanks Sibyl
Yaza
December 12, 2017 at 1:12 pmDo you buy precooked bacon or cook it yourself & crumble, it surely isn’t raw?
Tara
November 30, 2017 at 5:17 amAny substitutes for BACON for those of us who don’t eat pork?
Jule
January 19, 2018 at 1:28 pmTry turkey bacon.
Leona C Elbaum
November 12, 2017 at 12:32 pmWhenever a recipe calls for minced garlic, I put the garlic bulb through a garlic masher. My favorite tool.Works great.
kathy
December 11, 2017 at 12:38 pmThere is a vegan bacon recipe on this site might try that?
Lisa M
October 30, 2017 at 8:21 amI took this dip to a party the other night and served it with Ritz crackers. It disappeared in no time. I had asked the on the post what kind of Mayo they used as that makes a difference…the poster said some brand I had never heard of so here is what I did. First the whipped cream cheese comes in a 12 oz tub so I muliplied the recipe 1.5 times. For the garlic I added 1 clove fresh plus 1 tsp of jar garlic. And for the Mayo I did 1 cup Kraft Real Mayo full fat and 1/2 cup Hellman’s real Mayo full fat. I did let in mingle in the fridge for about 3 hrs. Which totally brings out all the flavors. Enjoy its a big hit at any party!!
WJewel88
October 25, 2017 at 9:50 pmI don’t remember if the brand was Dorot at TJ’s, but I got some frozen chopped basil that was cubed also. It worked great in recipes. No bruised basil!
Tammy
October 6, 2017 at 9:48 amCould you substitute sour cream for the mayonnaise as we do not like mayo?
Layne Henderson
October 6, 2017 at 2:38 pmYou could definitely try it that way!
Lisa M
September 30, 2017 at 8:05 amHi, I am going to make this dip today for a get together and I was wondering what Mayo brand/kind you use. I ask because I know they taste different like Kraft real mayo is different from Hellmans mayo. I look forward to your input on what you use and I cant wait to try it as it looks amazing.
Layne Henderson
October 3, 2017 at 5:35 pmI used Best Foods when I made it!
Holly
May 18, 2017 at 6:19 pmHas anyone ever tried this heated so the cheeses are all melted together?
Mel
May 1, 2017 at 11:06 amI made some extra—could you freeze this?
Tissue
April 5, 2017 at 7:35 pmThis is rip off! I made mine for less than one million
Robin
February 24, 2017 at 5:39 pmExact recipe
Christy
February 28, 2017 at 5:11 amOn my this recipe sounds so good and EASY!!! My daughter sent me the link while she was in New York so I wanted to have the ingredients to fix it for her when she came home. We do not have a Traders Joe and I shop at Kroger. I got a woman who worked there to help me with finding this garlic stuff and the closest thing we could find was minced garlic. So that’s what I’m gonna try and I’ll let you all know how it turns out. Also I had a question about the cream cheese. Recipe says whipped, and I have no idea what whipped cream cheese is unless it means to use your hand held mixer and use it until it becomes kind of fluffy. It’s what I’m gonna try. Again I’ll let you know how it turns out! If anyone has suggestions on the minced garlic and have already trued it, I will check back here before I start later today. Thank you so much for the delish recipes you provide here! Always looking for something different and EASY!!!
Denise Zimmer
April 5, 2017 at 9:46 pmWhipped cream cheese comes in a tub, not a bar – similar to whipped butter. You can find recipes for making whipped cream cheese – it requires adding milk, cream or half and half to softened bar cream cheese. It is lighter and fluffier and makes for a softer dip.
Olivia sims
May 24, 2017 at 12:57 pmI used 1 clove of fresh garlic and minced it myself, as fas as whipped cream Cheese just allow your block of cream cheese to get room temp or I put mine’s in the microwave to soften. It turned out great. I added a small amount of lemon juice to added a kick to it.
Tina Phillips
August 11, 2017 at 7:21 amThey still whipped cream cheese next to regular. It’s light and fluffy, ready to stir.
Gaye Gates
August 29, 2017 at 11:50 amIn the UK we have had frozen chopped garlic,chilli, ginger and herbs for the past 10 years.
Susan Tyler
February 22, 2017 at 12:47 pmHow many cloves of garlic would you substitute?
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February 24, 2017 at 4:21 pmEach cube is one clove!
Jana
August 19, 2017 at 10:45 amOh thank Gof lol. I hoped the cube was garlic. I had never heard it in a cube form lol
Lady J
February 16, 2017 at 6:34 pmI made dip tonite for snack until dinner. Excellent
Madgaline Henderson
February 5, 2017 at 4:02 pmSounds absolutely delish love the flavor of garlic
Kay
February 4, 2017 at 6:26 pmLooks so great. I hope I can find this locally. Do you know if Walmart may carry this as a Trader Joe’s is no where around our town.
If I can’t would you kindly tell me what to add if I can’t find it.
Thanks for a remarkable looking recipe. Want to try as soon as possibke.
First time I’ve seen your blog. Hope to see much more.
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February 6, 2017 at 8:08 amI know quite a few stores carry it. It’s an amazing product! If you can’t find it, go ahead and add fresh garlic instead. Enjoy!
Linda
February 19, 2017 at 12:51 pmI did find this a few months ago at Walmart. It was in the freezer section with the vegetables.
Terri
February 4, 2017 at 9:20 amWould this be considered a low carb recipe ?
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February 6, 2017 at 8:08 amI think it could be, but I don’t have nutritional info for it so I don’t know the exact ratios!