Hot Cheesy Crab Dip
Easy and delicious Hot Cheesy Crab Dip appetizer recipe that’s sure to be a crowd pleaser for parties, game day, or as a snack.
Hot Cheesy Crab Dip
While this one is fantastic, I also suggest checking out Jalapeño Popper Dip, Warm Mushroom Dip, or the ever-popular Spinach and Artichoke Dip.
I was surprised at how fast I put together this Hot Cheesy Crab Dip, and it only took 15 minutes of baking too!
Sometimes when you’re going to a gathering, when you want to take a dip along – this is all the time you have to whip something up.
For this reason, it’s been my go-to a few times. It’s that reliable dip recipe that you’ll be thankful you have!
I loved that in no time I had a great cheese appetizer dish on the table for my family to enjoy.
We devoured a good majority, the creamy warm taste is amazing. Then, after a quick re-heat the next day, it was the perfect mid-afternoon snack.
There are a few essential items that our home is never without, and cheese is one of them. It’s a necessary ingredient in most of our family meals, from casseroles to sandwiches.
In fact, combing through our favourite recipes just on my blog alone, I’d say a great majority of them call for cheese. Especially when it comes to dip recipes.
I adore appetizer dips, they are so great as snacks to brining along for parties. I have many dip recipes on this blog, as you might know.
They also make the perfect snack, especially when you have kids plus their friends over.
Hot Cheesy Crab Dip
Ingredients
- 1 cup Light Cream Cheese
- 1/3 cup Miracle Whip Calorie-Wise Spread
- 1-1/2 cups 4 Cheese Italiano Cheese (shredded, divided)
- 3 green onions (chopped, divided)
- 1 can crab meat (120 g, drained, flaked)
- Triscuit Thin Crisps Original Crackers
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Mix cream cheese product and dressing until blended.
- Reserve 1 Tbsp. each shredded cheese and onions for garnish. Add remaining shredded cheese, onions and crabmeat to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Spread onto bottom of 1-L baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake 15 min., stirring after 10 min. Garnish with reserved shredded cheese and onions. Serve with crackers.
Notes
Serve with cut-up fresh vegetables in addition to the crackers.
Oh my goodness this looks SO good, ty for sharing! I can’t wait to try it out
Your Hot Cheesy Crab dip sounds heavenly. Can’t wait to try it.
I wonder if tuna would work?
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Spinach and cheese squares!
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Cheers.
There goes my diet. I want to try this tonight!
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grilled cheese
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Lobster macaroni n cheese
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Not a fan of crab… But the same idea applied to a Buffalo Chicken dip!
Hot Cheesy Crab Dip!!
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wonderful… I am going to a cookie exchange next month and I will be making this! Thanks for this amazing receipe!
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Sun dried tomato and Asiago dip!
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Yummy!
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Cheesy Crab Dip!
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nachos!
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Thanks, for the link to the amazing sounding recipes.
the mac and cheese
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It is pretty sad when we only have grocery store where we live and the prices are so crazy that we drive 1 hour and 1/2 to go grocery shopping and we save so much more money by doing that once or twice a month than shop here and Loblaws is the first place we always go..so this card would really be nice with helping a family of four to be able to make all their favourite meals especially that crab dip..they would just go nuts its been so long..thank you for this chance and fingers crossed…xoxo
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Ingredient: macaroni, tomato juice, hamburger, onion and shredded cheddar cheese.
cheesecake
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chessy football for me
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cauliflower mac n cheese
The hot cheesy crab dip you featured is hands down my favourite recipe, the stuffed peppers looks good too
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cheese and artichoke dip.
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