Cream Cheese Chili Dip — Just a few ingredients and 5 minutes is all you need for this super easy dip packed with flavor! And CHEESE! So good!!!
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Easiest Chili and Cream Cheese Dip
This is the fastest and easiest dip recipe ever. Just a few ingredients, five minutes, and it’s ready.
But don’t let that fool you because it tastes amazing. It’s usually the super simple recipes that people love the most and disappear the fastest.
Between my love of dips-as-meals and my daughter’s love of chili, we inhaled this chili dip almost as fast as I made it. The spiciness of the chili, the creaminess from the cream cheese, and the bubbly, golden, gooey cheese was a winning combination.
It’s perfect for game days, last-minute guests, or as a mindless and goofproof holiday party appetizer.
Ingredients in Chili Cream Cheese Dip
To make this chili cheese dip with cream cheese, you’ll need:
- Cream cheese
- Canned chili
- McCormick Ground Cumin
- McCormick Crushed Red Pepper
- Shredded cheese of choice
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Chili Dip with Cream Cheese
This chili cream cheese dip is so quick and easy to prepare! It’s almost a no-bake recipe, which is perfect for the holidays when your oven is already filled to the max or for college students who don’t have access to an oven.
- Combine the chili with cream cheese, McCormick Ground Cumin, and McCormick Crushed Red Pepper in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Heat for about 90 seconds, or until the chili is warm.
- Transfer the mixture to an oven-safe dish, then top with cheese.
- Broil momentarily until golden, then serve.
Broiling Tip
Once the dip goes under the broiler, watch it like a hawk because cheese can go from golden brown to burnt in seconds.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! For parties, you could make it in a slow-cooker and keep it warm for hours. You won’t get the broiled cheese effect, but you can sprinkle with cheese as desired.
Absolutely! To make the chili cream cheese dip vegetarian, buy a can of veggie chili.
You need to use brick-style cream cheese for this chili dip recipe. The whipped kind in a tub is too thin and runny to make dip out of.
For a spicier dip, add extra red pepper flakes.
What to Serve with Chili Cream Cheese Dip
Serve this creamy chili dip with an assortment of carb-y snacks and veggies.
- Crackers
- Tortilla chips
- Pretzels or pretzel chips
- Crudités (like carrot sticks and celery sticks)
- Potato chips
- Fritos
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Chili Cream Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 4 ounces brick-style cream cheese, lite is okay
- 14.7- ounce can chili
- ½ teaspoon McCormick Ground Cumin
- pinch McCormick Crushed Red Pepper, optional and to taste
- about 1/2 cup shredded cheese, I used Monterrey Jack; or try mozzarella, Pepper Jack, Fontina
- chips, crackers, or bread for serving
Instructions
- Place an oven rack on the second-highest rung and preheat oven to broil setting.
- To a medium microwave-safe bowl, add the cream cheese and heat for 30 seconds to soften.
- Add the chill, cumin, optional crushed red pepper, and stir to combine.
- Cover bowl with plasticwrap and heat for about 90 seconds on high power, or until chili is warmed through and nearly bubbling.
- Transfer mixture to a broiler-safe baking dish and evenly sprinkle with cheese.
- Broil for 2 to 5 minutes, or until cheese has melted and is lightly golden and bubbly; broiling times will vary. Watch dip very closely so it doesn’t burn. I kept oven door closed for the first two minutes and then keep door cracked for the remaining minutes so I can watch dip like a hawk.
- Serve immediately with chips, crackers, or bread.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This looks fantastic Averie!! I can’t wait to feed this to all the man-folk at the next football game!
I think they’ll be happy campers :)
This looks like the perfect snack for football Sunday. Heck, I could probably just eat this with a spoon as a meal, although probably not the best idea…:)
I kind of DID do what you’re talking about :)
I thought this dip was impressive and then I saw all the ones shown at the end of the post! You are the dip queen!!
Thanks, Liz, I do love my dips!
Classic Midwest potluck style dip, right here. I think some version of this shows up at nearly every one of my family’s get-togethers. Usually made with velveeta though. :)
You know it :) Velveeta all the way!
This time of year gives us many excuses to make dips! Love how easy and creamy this one is! Pinned!
Thanks, Anna! And actually the ENTIRE year is reason for me to make dips…my favorite :)
This is the time of year when I start craving dips. Looks fabulous. And the fact that it’s ready in 5 minutes is prize worthy!
Yum. Pinned
Happy Monday Averie!
Thanks for pinning and I crave dips….all year round :)
We are major dip lovers, especially during football season. Oh, this is happening!
Thanks, Jennie, and if you try it LMK!
Easy and cheesy in the same sentence? I am ALL about it! I’ve actually yet to make a cheese dip (yes, bad food blogger) so this has gotta happen! Pinned!
Thanks for pinning and you’ve never made a cheese dip? Girlllll. Get on that! Totally worth the cardio :)
This would be a big hit at any party! It looks like there is more to it than a few ingredients and spices–love the simplicity of it. That crusty browned layer of cheese on top…yum! I also love the color of the little crock this is in–royal/cobalt is my favorite shade of blue.
Thanks for noticing that cheese layer and the blue dish! I got those to shoot the pumpkin mac n cheese in my cookbook in them, never used them again, til this dip! Got the set of bowls at my thrift store 2+ years ago…super lucky find! There 2 bowls, and 2 lids and just adorable in person and cheap!
Love warm cheesy dips…the key is to make sure I have plenty of people to share with so I don’t eat the whole bowl…love those crackers with the flax seeds too.
the key is to make sure I have plenty of people to share with so I don’t eat the whole bowl <---if there is a dip at a party, you won't find me far from it. I can eat a bowlful of dip and nothing else and be quite happy :) Dips are my THING! And the crackers are actually kind of healthy, you know, to offset the cheese in the dip!
OMG!! Delicious!! This is an amazing dip!! I need to make this soon.. Love it! :)
I’ve never made a homemade cheese dip before! But I’m definitely making this to compliment our weekend movie-nachos. Yum, yum, yum! Can’t wait for weekend ^^ Thank you~~
Enjoy and LMK what you think!
I have never ever eaten this kind of yummy delicious chili dip before!! Making for sure!!
Enjoy and LMK what you think if you try it!
Oh my goodness – this is right up my alley. Jason would swoon over this, and so would I! You know me and my dips. And that blue dipping bowl – LOVING it!
I know this is right up your alley. And the blue bowls, shot the pumpkin mac n cheese in my cookbook in the, never used them again, til this dip! Got the set of bowls at my thrift store 2 years ago…super lucky find! There 2 bowls, and 2 lids. Adorable in person…thanks for noticing :)
Slow cooker friendly & not too many ingredients!? I’m totally in!
It’s true that the most liked foods are the easiest foods! I can’t believe how simple, yet so delicious it looks! Thanks, Averie!