This Million Dollar Cream Cheese Garlic Dip appetizer recipe uses only a few ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It’s cheesy, salty, and not to mention, absolutely, positively addicting. Your party guests won’t be able to get enough and extra servings are almost always required.
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Million Dollar Cream Cheese Garlic Dip
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 I was joking.
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.
For a delicious dip to be so simple and fuss free, we’re wondering why we don’t have parties all the time.
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.
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.
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
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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We don’t have a Target or Trader Joe’s and no Dorot garlic. How much fresh or jarred garlic would you use?
You’d need one crushed clove of garlic. Enjoy 🙂
Can this be pressed into a mold or will it lose shape?
This 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!
Can potatoes be added to this dip to make it a potato salad?
I don’t see why you couldn’t add potatoes. What kind were you thinking? Shredded would probably work best and cook well. I’d put it in a smaller dish, maybe a 9×9. Let me know how it turns out!
I 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.
Made this it’s great
Does anyone know how many carbs this dip has?
Recipe says 3g per serving. I assume this would not include the cracker carbs.
If 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
Used 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
This 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.
Can u use green bell pepper or celery instill of green onions!!
Can you freeze this dip
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I 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.
This recipe sounds and looks delicious! Will be making it for the holidays.
Someone brought this to our Christmas Snack party it was wonderful. Now I’m taking it to another party this week.
Thanks Sibyl
Do you buy precooked bacon or cook it yourself & crumble, it surely isn’t raw?
Any substitutes for BACON for those of us who don’t eat pork?
Try turkey bacon.
Whenever a recipe calls for minced garlic, I put the garlic bulb through a garlic masher. My favorite tool.Works great.
There is a vegan bacon recipe on this site might try that?
I 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!!
I 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!
Could you substitute sour cream for the mayonnaise as we do not like mayo?
You could definitely try it that way!
Hi, 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.
I used Best Foods when I made it!
Has anyone ever tried this heated so the cheeses are all melted together?
I made some extra—could you freeze this?
This is rip off! I made mine for less than one million
Exact recipe
On 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!!!
Whipped 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.
I 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.
They still whipped cream cheese next to regular. It’s light and fluffy, ready to stir.
In the UK we have had frozen chopped garlic,chilli, ginger and herbs for the past 10 years.
How many cloves of garlic would you substitute?
Each cube is one clove!
Oh thank Gof lol. I hoped the cube was garlic. I had never heard it in a cube form lol
I made dip tonite for snack until dinner. Excellent
Sounds absolutely delish love the flavor of garlic
Looks 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.
I 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!
I did find this a few months ago at Walmart. It was in the freezer section with the vegetables.
Would this be considered a low carb recipe ?
I think it could be, but I don’t have nutritional info for it so I don’t know the exact ratios!