Nicole’s favorite food of all time? A good old-fashioned party dip. In this video, she shows you how to make four of the easiest party dip recipes without having to fire up your stove or oven! Featuring million dollar BLT dip, jalapeño cranberry dip, the ultimate 10 layer dip, and 5 layer caramel apple cheesecake dip.
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00:00Let's see how well you know me. Do you know my favorite food? I could call my husband, see how well he knows me.
00:07I have a question. What's my favorite food in the whole world? Taco Bell.
00:13No. Chips and dip?
00:16Say it again. Chips and dip. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Love you, bye.
00:22Okay.
00:23If you know me, you know my favorite food in the entire world is chips and dip and today
00:26I'm showing you four easy party dips that involve no cooking, just in time for football and the holidays.
00:32So I'm starting with million-dollar BLT dip.
00:36This is a combination of the viral million-dollar dip and BLT dip.
00:41This of course is like perfect for a game day or just any kind of party.
00:45But also my daughter likes to eat this kind of stuff in her lunchbox.
00:49Keep some aside so you can garnish at the end. And to the bowl, mayonnaise. You gotta have mayonnaise on your BLT.
00:56I'm gonna kind of cut the richness a little bit. Sour cream is popular in the BLT dip. In addition to mayonnaise,
01:02it's not in the million-dollar dip.
01:03I want it in here. And because I promised no cooking, some pre-cooked chopped bacon. Now you can cook and chop your own,
01:10but it's not like those old bacon bits.
01:13Put a half a cup of that and then a bag of shredded cheese.
01:17And then I'm just gonna season it up a little bit with a little garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
01:23And then in with our green onion and tomato. The unique ingredient in the million-dollar dip is slivered almonds. In the recipes,
01:29they want you to toast the slivered almonds. And since we're not cooking anything,
01:33I got roasted almonds.
01:35And then I'm just gonna chop them myself. And it'll still give the texture to the dip. Then just stir it up.
01:41And it's supposed to taste like a million dollars.
01:47Mmm.
01:48The good thing about this dip is that you can make it ahead of time. Gosh, you know what?
01:52I'll go ahead and portion out a little bit for my daughter for her lunch tomorrow.
01:56Then I'm gonna go ahead and top it with some lettuce.
01:58I like to get the kind that is pre-washed because it's not gonna be watery when you put it down on your dip.
02:04I like the crunchier lettuce. You can use whatever lettuce you want. Down with our L.
02:08And then those tomatoes that we put aside. Our L, our T, and our B.
02:13More of our green onions, too. And then, why not, just a little crack of pepper.
02:18The easiest, most delicious million-dollar BLT dip. You could do it with potato chips,
02:24any kind of cracker you want. I'm feeling saltine for some reason.
02:29You know right there that's a perfect bite. Got it all going on. Creamy and crunchy.
02:35When you put those fresh veggies on top, you get that bite just like you do in a BLT sandwich, y'all.
02:41This is so good. Can we top it? I'm gonna try.
02:45Now you have seen a version of this, but you've never seen it done this way because I just made it up.
02:50This is jalapeno cranberry dip. Now you've seen probably the jalapeno cranberry salsa.
02:56This is like a twist on that, but it's gonna be better.
02:58These are just frozen cranberries that I've let thaw for a little bit, and I'm just gonna
03:02put those into the food processor. And then a little addition I think is a good idea.
03:07Dried cranberries. This is gonna keep this from being like a salsa and being kind of watery
03:11to kind of being a little more substantial. I'm adding in some green onions.
03:16Gonna save a little out to chop up for garnish. And these, I'm just gonna kind of rough chop this
03:21to throw into the food processor. And then I'm gonna take one jalapeno and kind of seed it.
03:26I'm gonna leave some of the ribs in because I like a little kick, but I'll leave the seeds out.
03:31Also kind of give that a rough chop and throw that in. And then I'm just gonna pulse this until
03:35it's all sort of like finely chopped and comes together. So the frozen cranberries are kind of
03:41tart. So I'm gonna add in some orange marmalade because we know orange and cranberry go well
03:46together. About a quarter teaspoon to a half a teaspoon of salt. So this is going to sweeten it,
03:52but also sort of thicken it up a little bit. You can see how like good and thick that is.
03:57It's not just like a watery salsa. You just transfer that to a bowl. And then you want
04:02that to kind of come together for like an hour, but you could totally make this the day before.
04:06You could really serve this as is next to your turkey. There's texture in there with those
04:11like sweetened cranberries. There's tartness. It's juicy. All right, so I'm just gonna refrigerate it
04:19for about an hour and then I'll show you how to serve it up. Instead of serving this with tortilla
04:25chips, we're serving it on top of cream cheese with crackers. I also saw someone do it with
04:32the whipped cream cheese. This is gonna be easier to spread and it goes further. It stretches
04:36further. So just take your serving platter and just spread your cream cheese down. All of these
04:41dips also make a lot and so you can feed a lot of people for not a ton of money. And I like that
04:47they're all hearty because I have been known to be at a party and just make my meal out of dips.
04:52And then just top it with our cranberry mixture. See how thick and good this is? Don't just save
04:59this for the holidays. This is good for any time of year. You can get these ingredients all year
05:03round because frozen cranberries. I think people feel like they can only eat cranberries during
05:08Thanksgiving. Says who? And then I'm going to top it with more jalapeno because it's not that spicy.
05:13I want to kick it up and then a little more green onion. Okay, that's it. Serve it with whatever
05:17cracker you want. Put a little spreader beside it and let everyone have their fun.
05:22Mmm. It's tart but also sweet but also a little bit spicy. We're on a roll.
05:32Now for my favorite dip of all time, seven layer dip. But why have seven layers when you can have
05:3710? This is the ultimate 10 layer dip. This is really the dip you serve at the party when you
05:43still want to fill people up. I like something where you can see the layers. First layer,
05:47refried beans. This is your most substantial ingredient so it needs to go on the bottom. It
05:52holds everything up. Next is the avocado layer. What I usually do is just mash up some avocados,
05:58some ripe avocados. But if you do buy the pre-made, get the chunky kind. This is not the cheapest dip
06:03to make but it goes so far. Layer three is my favorite layer. Everyone knows this is the way
06:08you do it. You take your sour cream and you mix it with some taco seasoning. It turns this like
06:13peachy kind of color. And in we go. You just want to cover all that avocado so it doesn't turn brown.
06:18You can see it. See the layers coming together. Layer number four, some pepper jack cheese. So
06:25this is actually another dip that my kids eat as a meal. So like I could scoop some of this up and
06:30my daughter would take this for lunch with some tortilla chips. So if I was making this the day
06:35before I would probably stop here and save the other layers for tomorrow. All right, layer five
06:43is lettuce. This is also a thing that is not in a lot of people's seven layer dip but it's in mine.
06:47This is a time where I use the pre-packaged lettuce because it is the driest. We don't want
06:51this to get watery. Layer six is pico de gallo. You can really use some store-bought pico de gallo.
06:57Just be sure if you do that to drain it so that we do not water down this dip. It's really just
07:03cheaper to make your own. Keep in mind if you don't like one of these layers, leave it out.
07:07Roma tomatoes also are going to be less seedy and juicy. All right, jalapeno. I'm gonna leave
07:13some of the seeds in. Definitely the veins in. Finely dice. Typically when I make pico de gallo
07:19I do white onion. This is what I have and it'll look pretty. A little bit of salt just to give
07:24it a little flavor. This will just be like our confetti. Layer number six. Okay now another
07:31cheese. This is the one we've always done. Just some cheddar in there. Seven down, three to go.
07:36All right, black olives. You can just buy the pre-sliced. I have these. I'm just going to kind
07:41of slice them into half or thirds. This is the iconic layer. This is the one that used to kind
07:46of be the top layer but not today. That was layer eight. Layer nine. Some pickled jalapenos. They're
07:53not like terribly spicy. It's delicious. And for our final layer, cilantro. I love it. If you don't
08:00love it, leave it off. You can have a nine layer dip. If you buy pico already done, it usually has
08:05it in it. But I'm going heavy on it because I love it. I saw Half Baked Harvest top hers with a little
08:11bit of flaky salt and a little squeeze of lime and that just sounds delicious. Ten layers. Get a sturdy
08:18chip because you're gonna need it. First bite is gonna have to be taken out with a spoon in order
08:23to really get the OG perfect bite dip. It's five o'clock somewhere.
08:36It's still my favorite dip of all time. For my final trick, I'm ending on a sweet note.
08:42Why not have a dessert dip? Something sweet on the table. Five layer caramel apple cheesecake dip.
08:49This one's gonna blow your mind. Before you break out the comments,
08:53I know we're not on our health journey when we go to a party and have dips, okay? So yes,
08:58I'm using your favorite chemical in this dip. But if you want to make your own fresh whipped cream,
09:03do it. Grab a dish, crush up some graham crackers on the bottom because we like texture. Layer two,
09:09my boss's favorite, Philadelphia no-bake cheesecake mix. And it's already really soft,
09:14so the key is going to be getting it in here without disturbing the graham crackers. Just kind
09:19of get it on there and then just spread it to the edges. Next, the caramel. This is the best kind of
09:25like caramel sauce, the one you get in the produce section. That's the one you want to use here
09:29because it's really thick, not like the ice cream topping kind. This would be easier to spread if it
09:35was microwaved for like 15 seconds. I know y'all are gonna be mad if I said no cook and then we go
09:39to cook something. You could also just like dip it in some hot water. You could take a little knife
09:43and just kind of drag it around. Layer four, your favorite chemical. So essentially I've used like
09:51half of every container, so this is really enough to make two full dips or you can make one bigger
09:56one like in a 9x13. And you know the best part of the caramel apple are the salty peanuts around
10:02the edges. So we are going to top this with some chopped up salted roasted peanuts. This is a dip
10:08you can totally make in advance. You could make this at least one day before and just keep this
10:12in your fridge. So I'm gonna refrigerate it while I get this cleaned up so I can show you how to serve
10:16it up because I didn't forget about the apples. It is caramel apple after all. Most time the caramel
10:22apples are the green apple, so I think that's gonna be my favorite. Dip time. See that little caramel kind
10:29of oozing out the side a little bit. I also like a little something salty with my sweet, so I thought
10:34these little pretzel chips would be nice. And then do vanilla wafers, some ginger snaps, some graham
10:41crackers. Let's dig in. You got crunchy, you got the peanuts, caramel, cheesecake.
10:52It's like that old school fruit dip you know because it was made with like a cream cheese
10:55base but on steroids. You're gonna want to make the big batch of this because it's gonna go fast.
11:00It's been a good day at the office making a video of my favorite food of all time, chips and dip.
11:04There's layers of flavor and layers of fun. You've got to break out one if not all of these at your
11:10next party and look you never even have to turn on the oven. Yes please, I was hoping you'd ask me.
11:17What are we, oh shoot.
11:22But then watch this.
11:26You could just make fresh whipped cream. I know, but I'm not.