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Cream Cheese Cranberry Dip
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Cream Cheese Cranberry Dip ~ Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Layered with Cream Cheese, Cranberries, Green Onion and Cilantro! Amazing Thanksgiving Appetizers! If you have a holiday party coming up this quick and easy appetizer is a must make option. The flavor combo of tart cranberries, sweet cream cheese and cilantro make your taste buds explode! Plus, it’s so easy to make that you’ll have it ready in no time at all.
Well it’s on to the next holiday! Did you have a fun Halloween? It’s always fun to see the kiddos get dressed up and show off their costumes. Before we had Miss K I loved to hand out candy, but when we moved outside of town we didn’t get any trick-or-treaters so it’s a good thing we had a kiddo to replace the fun with!
This year Miss K was Olaf and she had a blast. I’d have to say the hubs and I had just as much watching her!
Now it’s onto Thanksgiving. Tis the season for holiday after holiday huh? Have you started to plan your Thanksgiving? It seems my family bi-passed the whole, Hey let’s figure out what we are doing for Thanksgiving… and moved onto here’s our Christmas plans!
We keep getting invites to our family Christmas’s so it seems they are super on top of things there but we have yet to receive any information on Thanksgiving I really shouldn’t be worried about this as I’m due just a few days before Thanksgiving. I highly doubt I’ll be partaking in the festivities this year.
If this baby is late then I’ll be stuffing my face with Make Ahead Turkey, Crock Pot Stuffing, The BEST Cranberry Sauce and Pecan Pie! So much goodness!
It’s kind of a shame because I really like the holidays, especially Thanksgiving. It’s always fun to get together with family and celebrate what you are thankful for reflect on your blessings. I’m hoping I’m snuggling a sweet baby at Thanksgiving time and not 9+ months pregnant. I’m thinking, with my luck, it will probably be that latter option.
I was overdue with Miss K and my mom keeps reminding me that her pregnancies each got longer! By the third she was 10 days overdue and threw in the towel. I don’t blame her for that decision!
This delicious cranberry dip is perfect to treat your family and friends with this Thanksgiving. It will literally take you 15 minutes to whip up and have everyone ooohhhing and ahhhing over it. I’ll admit I was slightly doubtful of this cranberry cream cheese dip at first when my coworker brought it to a party, but I’m glad I gave it a shot and tried it.
It’s packed with flavor and perfect for those holiday festivities because everyone is always grazing and munching on the appetizers!
Only SIX Ingredients in Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip!
- Cream cheese
- Jellied cranberry sauce
- Cilantro
- Green onion
- Cumin
- Lemon juice
Tools used in the making of this Cranberry Dip:
- Hand Mixer – If you don’t have a hand mixer…Buy.One.Now! You won’t regret it!
- Glass Pie Plate – Pie plates are so inexpensive and great for dips! Hot, Cold or whatever! Plus, you can always make a pie too!
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Cream Cheese Cranberry Dip
Layered dip with Cream Cheese, Cranberries, Green Onion and Cilantro that makes perfect holiday appetizer
Ingredients
- 2 packages cream cheese, softened 8 oz each
- 14 oz can jellied cranberry sauce
- 1/8 c. chopped cilantro
- 1/8 c. chopped green onion
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Spread cream cheese on bottom of pie plate.
- In a small mixing bowl beat together cranberry sauce, cilantro, green onion, cumin and lemon juice. Spread on top of cream cheese.
- Serve with crackers.
Nutrition
Calories: 181kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 132mgPotassium: 80mgSugar: 13gVitamin A: 710IUVitamin C: 2.3mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 0.3mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Delicious ! So easy and brought it to thanksgiving feast and it was the best think I ate all day! Everyone really liked it to thank you!
I’m so glad it was a hit for Thanksgiving, Roberta! Thank you for the rating and review!
I made this yesterday, it was a hit!! I used parsley instead of cilantro, omitted the cumin, mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I plan on making this dip for thanksgiving tomorrow, however, I don’t have green onions. Can I finely dice a red or yellow onion?
I would recommend a red onion if you did that or just adding it out.
Can you use something othet than cumin???
You could just leave it out or maybe add some garlic powder.
I made this last year for Thanksgiving.. I followed the recipe as written and it was a HUGE hit.. WE LOVED THIS!!! It was so easy to put together and it tasted amazing with crackers and with Tostitos. I forgot all about it till it showed up on my Facebook memories today. LOL Glad I saw it and it reminded me to make it again this year! THANKS for the delicious recipe!!!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy it was a hit and you can enjoy it again this year!
What about adding pepper or nutmeg to cream cheese , just a thought …
You can add whatever other flavors you prefer!
Sounds good. I will try soon.
Let me know how it goes!
I need to use up whole Berry cranberry sauce could I just use the mixer on this to get it more like jelly or leave it as is and can I use liquid cilantro puree as it needs to be used up also. Thanks for info in advance
Hi Joyce – I think using both of those would work just fine! It might be easier to eat with crackers if the cranberries aren’t whole but that is up to you! Let us know how it turns out!
I added some jalapeños finely chopped. Wow! Fantastic! Thank you!
What a delicious addition!
I am going to try it with my homemade cranberry sauce. Looks great!
Sounds like the perfect way to make it!
I would add marshmallow frosting and a sprinkling of onion soup mix
Sounds great!
I just made this to take to a work Thanksgiving pitch-in. I am going to serve tortilla chips with it, instead of the crackers. I thought the cumin, lemon and cilantro make it like a southwestern/mexican appetizer and the torilla chips would be a nice addition.
Sounds like a great thing to serve it with!
Can I make this ahead of time or is it better to eat right away?
I wouldn’t make it more then 12-24 hours in advance.
What would be an alternative to cilantro? Parsley??
I would just skip it! Otherwise yes you could use Parsley it’s just going to give it a different flavor!
I made it for Christmas, and it was a hit! Amazing dip, thanks for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed it Priscilla!