16 Favorite Party Dips

I’m not as enthusiastic about the fall sports season as I once was, but I will take advantage of an opportunity to have snacks. A perusal of The Archives suggests that dips are the queens of The Messy Apron snacking nation, and so I’ll give you a list of 16 of them here. Hot, cold, smooth, chunky, savory sweet, there’s a little of each. For your snacking pleasure.

Hummus is particularly satisfying no matter what you like to dip into it. In addition to classic chickpea hummus, I like this Green Pea Hummus, too.

Smashed and pureed vegetables make particularly good cold dips, especially the eggplant in this Spicy Eggplant Dip with Basil and Mint, the red bell peppers in Roasted Red Pepper, Garlic, and Onion Dip, and the zucchini in Grilled Zucchini and Feta Dip.

And if you want something into which to dip your favorite crunchy vegetables, there’s Garlic and Herb Vegetable Dip.

Fresh salsas are hard to beat, and can be used to accentuate other snacks, like nachos, as well as simply scooped and munched with chips. If you want the fun of using the grill, you can make Grilled Tomatillo Salsa.

 

Or you can just get out a knife and make Tomato and Cucumber Pico de Gallo,  Cucumber Salsa with Cilantro and Mint,

or Radish Cilantro Salsa.

While I like cold dips for early autumn snacking, as the temperatures drop, I like to heat things up. Bean Dip with Sour Cream, Salsa and Cheese (pictured at the top) is one of my favorite recipes, as is Spinach and Artichoke Dip.

 

You don’t even have to stop snacking when it’s time for dessert. You can get yourself some graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or firm fruits, and dip them in tasty sweet dips, like Caramel Dip for Apples, Chocolate Cookie Butter,

 

Fluffernutter Cream Cheese Dip,

And Sweet Pumpkin Dip, which I love with cinnamon-sugar pita chips.

There are so many ways you can go, no matter what delivery system you like, whether it be tortilla or pita chips, crackers, cookies, or something healthier like fruits and vegetables. I hope you, too, enjoy having a line of dips in your snacking life.

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