Baked Artichoke Dip
Baked Artichoke Dip, with its creamy blend of cheeses and tender artichoke hearts, is a perfect appetizer for any gathering. Serve it hot with crusty bread or crispy crackers for a deliciously savory treat that guests won’t be able to resist!
Best Artichoke Dip
Mike and I recently enjoyed the best artichoke dip at a restaurant, so much that we practically licked the bowl. This is an effort to recreate it, and I think I did pretty well!
While artichokes may not be your favorite thing to eat raw, they certainly are delicious in this dip. They are also nutritious, providing an excellent source of fiber, vitamin K, and folate. So let’s focus on all of that while indulging a bit as well!
Friday Happy Hour means it’s time for all the snacks. We love a big bowl of creamy hummus and veggies, Jalapeno Popper Dip with Bacon, and the best Southern Pimento Cheese. Also, one can never go wrong with some Cowboy Caviar with Avocado or Whipped Feta Dip with Honey!
Why This Recipe Works:
- SIMPLE TO MAKE – This recipe is very simple to make and uses pantry staples. Just chop the artichokes, mix everything, and bake.
- PREP AHEAD – You can prep this dip a day in advance, store in the refrigerator, and then bake at party time.
- CREAMY AND DELICIOUS – The dairy products make this dip creamy and delicious. It’s hard to resist!
- GREAT FOR PARTIES – We’ve served this at a lot of events and it’s always a huge hit. In fact, I’ve passed the recipe along to many friends and family.
Ingredients Used:
This is a smaller recipe. Feel free to double it for a large group!
- Artichoke Hearts – I use the regular canned artichoke hearts, but marinated ones will work as well.
- Mayo – If you can find the olive oil mayo (my personal fav), use that. But any version is fine too.
- Sour Cream – I normally buy the light version, so that’s what I used.
- Cream Cheese – Again, light cream cheese is my preferred kind unless I’m making a cake!
- Mozzarella Cheese – Shredding your cheese guarantees that it will melt, but I often buy shredded too.
- Parmesan Cheese – I recommend shredding some real parmesan cheese here, instead of the powdered version.
- Seasonings – You’ll need garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and freshly ground black pepper.
- To Serve…Crackers, chips, or bread! So much yum.
How to make Baked Artichoke Dip:
Step 1
Chop artichoke hearts. Chop up the artichokes into small pieces. I reserve a few large ones for the top of the dip – presentation purposes only. 😀
Step 2
Mix ingredients. Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl – the chopped artichokes, mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and seasonings. Use a hand mixer to combine the ingredients.
Step 3
Pour into a baking dish. Use a rubber spatula to pour ingredients into a baking dish. (You can use an 8×8 dish instead of a bowl as seen in photos.) Spread evenly to all sides of the dish.
Step 4
Bake. Bake artichoke dip for about 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly and slightly browned on top.
Step 5
Serve. Serve creamy dip with crackers, chips, or chunks of bread.
This recipe is small so I recommend doubling it for large groups.
Recipe FAQs:
Well, yes, you most definitely can add spinach. Then this would be Baked Spinach Artichoke Dip! I recommend using frozen spinach, and just simply thaw it and squeeze the excess liquid out before combining it with the rest of the ingredients.
This dip serves about six people. Make sure you double it for larger groups.
You can make this dip the day before, wrap it tightly, and refrigerate overnight. Bake the dip right before you serve it.
Leftovers are good for several days after baking. We never have much left, however!
This dip is great for so many occasions.
- Game Days
- Holiday Parties
- Summer Barbecues
- Netflix Binges
- and just lazy weekend days!
Other Appetizer Recipes:
Party Season is all about the dips, charcuterie boards, and finger foods. Let’s make all the yummy things.
Plus, I hope you try our Spinach and Artichoke Bites which feature this dip!
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xoxo ~Sue
Baked Artichoke Dip
Ingredients
- 14 oz. can artichoke hearts – chopped
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1/2 cup sour cream light
- 8 oz. cream cheese light
- 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese – freshly shredded
- 3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese – I prefer to freshly shred the parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes – optional
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- crackers, bread, or chips – for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Chop artichoke hearts. Chop up the artichokes into small pieces. I reserve a few large ones for the top of the dip – presentation purposes only.
- Mix ingredients. Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl – the chopped artichokes, mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and seasonings. Use a hand mixer to combine the ingredients.
- Pour into a baking dish. Use a rubber spatula to pour ingredients into a baking dish. (You can use an 8×8 dish instead of a bowl as seen in photos.) Spread evenly to all sides of the dish.
- Bake. Bake artichoke dip for about 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly and slightly browned on top.
- Serve. Serve creamy dip with crackers, chips, or chunks of bread.
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Notes
- This is a small’ish recipe. Feel free to double it for a large group!
- I’ve never tried this with marinated artichoke hearts, but I’m sure that would be fine too.
- To lighten this up a bit, use some greek yogurt instead of some of the sour cream.
- Feel free to add spinach to this recipe. Just thaw out some frozen spinach and squeeze out excess liquid before combining with the other ingredients.
- Save a few larger pieces of artichoke hearts for the top, for presentation purposes.
- Instead of baking this dip in a dish, you could stuff it inside a bread bowl and then bake.
i put in a bit more blk pepper and garlic. yum! thanks!
Have you ever mixed this together ahead of time the evening before? So that you can just pop it in the oven? I know it’s so easy to throw together, but when making lots of appetizers for an event, it’s nice to do as much prep as possible ahead of time:)
Yes, definitely easy to prep this one ahead of time and bake right before you eat it!
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This recipe is a favorite and so easy to make!
Thank you so much, Mary!
Super easy and delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!
Debbie
You’re welcome, Debbie!
I love this easy recipe but I took it up to a new level with some minor changes. I had never used marinated hearts for this dip, but when shopping for the ingredients I came across 7oz bottles of Reese GRILLED marinated hearts. I then came across Walmart Great Value Italian Style shredded cheese with 6 different cheeses. I left out the black pepper and the mayo (some of our group HATE mayo) and added another 1/2C of sour cream. I then topped it off with sesame seeds and then baked it. Over The Top!
Sounds wonderful, Suzan!
Wonderful! More complex than the simple Mayo only/artichoke combos I’ve seen and quite tasty with a homemade focaccia and veggies for dipping. Although, I’d argue this isn’t a small recipe ~~ it fit nicely in a largish pie tin and had 1/3 and a bit left over after feeding a family of four. (lol) ☺️😉 thanks for the recipe!
Agree – very simple to make and delicious! Made it just like your recipe. Thanks Sue!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the dip, Danalea! 🙂
Mike and I loved it just perfect except Mike and I added some fresh buffalo mozzarella on top before baking yum Mike and I love this stuff and you!!!
Ok,
I made this last weekend, and it tasted just like the dip my dear friend Maria makes. Delicioso!
My only exceedingly minor change was to use the 7-spice Japanese seasoning powder, nanami togarashi because a) I’m addicted to it and b) since it’s a powder, it mixes in better than crushed red pepper flakes.
Be forewarned, though—the combination of ingredients in the powder will tint the dip a slight coral shade …
Anyway, I love this recipe, and am very glad I stumbled upon it. Thanks much!
Sharon B.
Raleigh, NC
So glad you enjoyed the artichoke dip, Sharon! Thanks for your feedback. 🙂
I LOVE this dip, as does my entire family. When I make it for a party, there is always nothing left over … so sad! I combined your recipe with my original (really about the same). Your recipe calls for mozzarella cheese and a little “heat,” so I tried it. Delicious! I also add 3-4 chopped hardboiled eggs. It adds to the texture and is so good!
How interesting that you added eggs to it! So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I went ahead and gave this five stars because it sounds exactly like the one my friend makes and I never got her to write it down for me!
Since I’ll be social-distancing for the Big Game Sunday, would it make me a bad person not to share this with anyone?? 😃
Oh that sounds like a great plan, Sharon! Enjoy!
I thought this was the perfect amount, and everyone loved it! I made it for Chirstmas Eve at my house with my boyfriend’s family; there were a LOT of appetizers so it barely got touched. Took it to my sister’s for Christmas day, reheated in the oven, and we all gobbled it up waiting for Christmas dinner. Years ago, I made a version of this that didn’t include the cream cheese (I don’t remember the mozzarella cheese either), but it was delicious!
Hi Joy! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the artichoke dip! Thanks so much for your feedback. 🙂
Omg this recipe is soooo good! I did not use the red pepper flakes in my dip. I made garlic Parmesan pita chips to go with it and they came out amazing and complimented the dip soooo well. I definitely recommend!
Hi Kate! I’m so glad you enjoyed the artichoke dip. Thanks for your feedback!
This is very easy to make and very delicious!!
Zach’s favorite recipe of mine! Ha! 🙂
This tastes incredible, but the best part is the ease in making the recipe. Zach does not cook, yet has made this twice this week and it is only Thursday morning. ????❤️
This is SO ridiculously easy! 🙂