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    Home » Recipes » Football Party

    Cold Spinach Dip

    Published: Jul 27, 2021 · Modified: Sep 9, 2021 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This 10-minute easy spinach dip recipe is the perfect party appetizer to whip together in a pinch. Simply stir thawed frozen spinach into a seasoned cream cheese filling and serve with bagel chips or tortilla chips for a creamy snack.

    A bowl of cold spinach dip is served with bagel chips for dipping.

    If you keep a package of frozen spinach and a brick of cream cheese in your fridge, you'll have the perfect last-minute appetizer to serve for any celebration from family movie night to a book club party or impromptu happy hour with your neighbors.

    With just a 10 minute prep-time, cold spinach dip is a great way to round out any holiday appetizer menu.

    Add it to a snack board or charcuterie tray with hearty crackers, tortilla chips, and crispy celery and baby carrots.

    While I love prep-ahead hot appetizers like our favorite spicy artichoke dip and savory Swedish meatball sausage dip, this spinach dip is the perfect recipe to keep because there's no cooking involved!

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    • Ingredients
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    • Variations
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    • More Fun Dip Recipes
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    Ingredients

    The ingredients for this cold spinach dip are easy to keep on hand for quick assembly:

    The cold spinach dip ingredients are on a kitchen counter.
    • Frozen chopped spinach
    • Cream cheese
    • Sour cream
    • Grated parmesan
    • Feta cheese crumbles
    • Garlic salt & Cayenne pepper for a kick

    Instructions

    Before you begin, be sure to thaw your frozen spinach. You can easily defrost the spinach in the microwave if necessary.

    To prevent your dip from getting watery, you need to squeeze as much liquid from the spinach as possible.

    Drained spinach in a colander with a spatula.

    Line a kitchen colander with paper towels. Add the thawed spinach and press and squeeze as much liquid as you can from the spinach.

    Set the spinach aside while you prep the cream cheese base.

    The cream cheese filling ingredients are being whipped by beaters.

    Beat the softened cream cheese with a hand mixer in a medium bowl until smooth.

    Add the parmesan cheese, feta cheese, garlic salt, cayenne pepper, and salt to the bowl and beat it until smooth.

    Thawed frozen spinach is ready to be mixed into the cream cheese.

    Add the drained spinach to the bowl and simply stir it in with a spatula.

    The frozen spinach has been drained and stirred into the cream cheese.

    Hint: The spinach leaves can tend to clump together a little bit once they are dry. Just keep stirring and folding the dip until the spinach breaks apart and is evenly combined with the cream cheese base.

    The finished spinach dip is ready for serving with bagel chips on the side.

    Variations

    This is a classic spinach dip with a very mild savory flavor. You could also try these fun variations:

    • Extra Spicy - add a few drops of your favorite hot sauce or increase the amount of cayenne pepper
    • Blue Cheese - substitute blue cheese for the feta crumbles, consider adding a buffalo sauce drizzle over the top before serving

    Storage

    This easy dip can be made up to 24 hours in advance and stored in your fridge in an air-tight container.

    Leftovers will keep for 2 - 3 days.

    Top Tip

    Make sure to serve this cold spinach dip with hearty crackers or thick tortilla chips. It is a very creamy and thick dip and needs a strong dunker to hold up to the weight of the cream cheese.

    Want to make it an especially hearty appetizer? Serve it with my easy homemade crostini toasts, the crispy breads are the perfect dunker for this dip.

    • Homemade toasted crostini slices sit on a cookie sheet fresh from the oven. They are golden brown.
      How to Make Crostini

    More Fun Dip Recipes

    Looking for more easy appetizers to serve for your party?

    These are some of my very favorites:

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      Jalapeño Artichoke Dip
    • A white bowl filled with hot sausage dip has a serving spoon and a pile of tater tots for dunking on a platter.
      Swedish Meatball Sausage Dip
    • A container of homemade taco dip has a spicy cream cheese filling and is topped with shredded cheese and lettuce. A serving spoon has scooped a portion out.
      Spicy Taco Dip
    • A plate of layered Asian dip is served next to butter crackers.
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    If you’ve tried this easy cold spinach dip or any other recipe on PeanutBlossom.com please don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know where you found it in the comments below. I love hearing from you!
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    A bowl of spinach dip is served with bagel chips for dipping.

    Cold Spinach Dip

    4.67 from 3 votes
    This easy spinach dip recipe is best served chilled. Simply mix together the spinach and cream cheese base for a delicious dip for bagel chips and crackers.
    TOTAL TIME 10 minutes
    PREP TIME 10 minutes
    YIELD 10 servings
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    Ingredients
      

    • ½ (10 oz) box of frozen spinach thawed
    • 1 (8 oz) brick of cream cheese softened
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
    • 2 tablespoons feta cheese crumbles
    • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper

    Instructions

    • Drain the frozen spinach: Line a mesh strainer with a double-layer of paper towel. Add the spinach to the colander and lay another double-layer of paper towel over the top. Press the spinach evenly to squeeze as much of the liquid out of it as you can. This prevents your spinach dip from getting wet and drippy.
    • Mix the cream cheese base: Add the softened cream cheese to a large mixing bowl. Beat it with a hand mixer on medium speed until whipped and smooth. Add the parmesan, feta, garlic salt, salt, and cayenne to the bowl and mix into the cream cheese until fully blended.
    • Fold in the spinach: Stir the drained spinach into the cream cheese with a spatula. Transfer to a serving bowl and chill for 30 minutes to let the flavors mingle.

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    Recipe Notes

    This cold spinach dip can be made a day in advance and stored in an air-tight container in the fridge until you're ready to serve it.
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    CUISINEAmerican
    AUTHORTiffany Dahle

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