Blue Cheese Bacon Dip

Blue Cheese Bacon Dip doesn’t need much of an introduction. A delicious blue cheese (also spelled ‘bleu cheese’) dip combined with bacon and chives make this recipe one of our favorites.
This blue cheese dip has many other uses also.
You can use it for a fire extinguishing sauce to go with hot wings. You can fill hollowed out cherry tomatoes with this dip for a great tasting appetizer. We have even used this dip on top of baked potatoes.

Bacon Blue Cheese Dip Recipe

Ingredients:

7 slices cooked and crumbled bacon
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup half and half
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
3 tablespoons chopped smoked almonds (1 ounce)

Preparation:

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until almost crisp, about 7 minutes.
Drain excess fat from skillet.
Add garlic and cook until bacon is crisp, about 3 minutes.
Let cool and crumble the bacon, then dice the garlic.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Add half and half and mix until combined.
Stir in bacon and garlic mixture, blue cheese, and chives.
Transfer to a 2-cup ovenproof serving dish and cover with foil.
Bake until thoroughly heated, about 30 minutes.