Cheddar Green Olive Dip – A creamy, cheesy, salty green olive, dip that is great warm or cold.
This weekend we are celebrating our last Christmas. My parents got here the other day, and we are joining my brother up in the mountains to celebrate our family Christmas. This has been the longest, most drawn out holiday season ever! It started when we had Christmas with my husband’s family over Thanksgiving.
I am really looking forward to a weekend relaxing and enjoying time with my family. Hopefully the weather will be nice, and we can enjoy some time outside. We have yet to go snowshoeing this season, so this weekend might be our first time!
Does anyone else have something against the Super Bowl coming just a few weeks after you have started your New Year’s resolutions? How is that fair? You are doing great, have been avoiding junk for a month, and then comes a major food event.
Well, not all of the snacks at a party have to be bad for you. This Cheddar Green Olive Dip is full of tons of flavor from all of the green olives. If you like green olives at all, you are going to love this dip! Plus, I used light cream cheese and mayo, so it is at least a little better for you. And Parmesan Roasted Chickpeas are the salty cripsy snack you need too!
STAR Fine Foods is having a fun recipe contest right now, called How Do You O-Live? Come up with your own olive recipe to share with them and you can win $5,000! You have until March 1st to enter, so whip up your own Super Bowl (or any theme you want) recipe using green olives, and see if you can win. But make sure you try this Cheddar Green Olive Dip, because you will be in heaven. I shared this recipe with a friend, and she has made it multiple times since!
Want a healthy dipper for this cheddar green olive dip? These Fat Free Potato Chips would be great!
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- 1 (8 oz) block of cream cheese, softened (1/3 less fat is fine)
- 1/2 cup mayo (I used light)
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese , shredded
- 1 clove garlic , grated
- 1 (7oz) jar STAR Pimiento Stuffed Manzanilla Spanish Olives, drained and coarsely chopped
- In a large bowl combine all of the ingredients. Mix until everything is evenly distributed. Pour into an air tight container. Let set for at least 3 hours before serving.
- Serve with crackers either hot or cold.
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Liz says
January 10, 2015 at 6:21 amThis dip sounds nice. Thank you.
Pamela Gurganus says
January 10, 2015 at 8:48 amI make a very similar dip to this one! My recipe has, in addition to your ingredients, mayo, green onions and black pepper in it and it all gets processed together in the food processor! I love it…so good! It’s my husband’s favorite dip and it is a Super Bowl must! Oh, and I HAVE to double the recipe! 🙂
Pamela Gurganus says
January 24, 2015 at 6:36 amI meant to say sour cream, not mayo!
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
January 12, 2015 at 9:02 pmLove, love, love green olives, but I only eat them straight out of the jar; I really need to start doing creative things like this with them!
Amy @Very Culinary says
January 13, 2015 at 6:32 amHa! I was just saying to someone that all the skinny recipes out there have such a short lifespan because of the Superbowl. It’s not fair! Love olives madly, love this dip, and love STAR!
Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons says
January 13, 2015 at 7:30 amI recently became an olive LOVER after hating them my whole life. Taste buds change, indeed! Now, I pretty much crave olives all the time, so this dip will be made, sooner rather than later. Love it!
Cookin Canuck says
January 13, 2015 at 8:31 amI hope you had a fantastic weekend with your family! I am an olive lover through and through, and this dip looks positively addictive.
Jennie @ The Diary of a Real Housewife says
January 13, 2015 at 1:41 pmYum! This looks like a great dip for my upcoming party!
Haley says
November 21, 2018 at 7:39 pmHow many cups does it make
Erin S says
November 22, 2018 at 12:40 amProbably about 2 cups
Mary says
December 12, 2018 at 3:03 pmI also add horseradish, minced onion and worshishire sauce but leave out the cheddar cheese.