Blue Cheese Dip (Printable)

Creamy, tangy blue cheese dip perfect for vegetables, wings, and crackers. Ready in just 10 minutes.

# What You'll Need:

→ Dairy

01 - 4 oz blue cheese, crumbled
02 - 1/2 cup sour cream
03 - 1/2 cup mayonnaise
04 - 1/4 cup buttermilk (optional, for thinner consistency)

→ Seasonings & Other

05 - 1 tablespoon fresh chives, finely chopped
06 - 1 teaspoon lemon juice
07 - 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
08 - 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
09 - Salt, to taste

# Steps:

01 - In a medium mixing bowl, combine the crumbled blue cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk if using.
02 - Stir well with a spoon or whisk until mostly smooth, leaving some small chunks of blue cheese intact for texture.
03 - Fold in the chopped chives, lemon juice, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt, mixing until evenly distributed.
04 - Taste the dip and adjust salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed to balance the flavor.
05 - Transfer to a serving bowl, cover tightly, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to meld together.
06 - Serve chilled with celery sticks, carrot sticks, buffalo wings, crackers, or potato chips.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • It takes roughly ten minutes from fridge to bowl and tastes like you spent far longer.
  • The balance of creamy, tangy, and bold keeps everyone hovering around the snack table.
  • No cooking required, which means zero excuse not to make it.
02 -
  • Skip the salt until after you taste because blue cheese varies wildly in saltiness from one brand to another.
  • Thirty minutes in the fridge is the minimum but overnight is when this dip truly becomes something special.
03 -
  • Use a fork to crumble the blue cheese yourself rather than buying pre crumbled, which tends to be drier and less flavorful.
  • Make it the night before your gathering and you will be rewarded with a dip that tastes noticeably deeper and more complex.

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