Baked Pimento Cheese Dip has two kinds of cheese, roasted red peppers and diced pimentos. It’s an ultra creamy dip to serve with crackers and crudites.
A warm and creamy pimiento cheese dip served with vegetable sticks and pita chips makes delicious party food. It’s also a great game day snack. Chilled pimiento cheese dip is popular to serve in the south during the warmer months, but this baked version is perfect for the winter.
This Baked Pimiento Cheese Dip may be one of the cheesiest dips ever. It’s loaded with cheddar cheese, Pepper Jack cheese, and cream cheese. Some hot pepper sauce and cayenne pepper gives it a little spice. Instead of just pimientos, this dip has a combo of roasted red peppers and pimientos which taste very similar, but I kind of prefer the flavor of roasted red peppers.
Baked Pimiento Cheese Dip could also be served with tortilla chips, potato chips, or crostini. Leftovers would be great on top of a burger. If you’re not serving a big crowd, cut the recipe in half. It makes a large quantity.
Be sure to shred your own cheese instead of using pre-shredded cheese. The flavor and the texture will be much better.
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. We sure did. And I ate entirely too much Italian Cream Cake. I’m going to have to buckle down in the coming months and clean up my eating and get in a little more exercise or I’m going to have a belly to rival Santa’s.
Baked Pimento Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese,, softened
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 (8-ounce) package sharp Cheddar cheese,, grated
- 1 (8-ounce) package pepper Jack cheese, grated
- 1 (12-ounce) jar roasted red peppers,, drained
- 2 (4-ounce) jars diced pimientos,, drained
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 2-quartbaking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and both cheeses. Use a wooden spoon to mix them together well.
- Place red peppers and pimientos on paper towels and pat out excess moisture. Roughly chop the peppers and add them along with pimientos to bowl.
- Add hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, sugar, and cayenne pepper and stir everything together.
- Spoon into prepared baking dish, place in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published December 26, 2013.
Recipe Source: adapted from Entertain Decorate Celebrate July/August 2013
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Made for work event!! Everyone loved it.
My Favorite!!! Love this, Thank you!
I made this dip for my brothers birthday party and it was a hit! But I made a bit extra and was wondering, can this dip be frozen?
Thanks for any help
I haven’t tried it, but I feel like the texture would not be good if you froze it.
Do you know that I’ve never had pimiento cheese?! I’ve always wanted to try it. My brother’s restaurant in Atlanta (Grindhouse Burgers, if you’re ever in town!) sells fried pimiento cheese balls. I feel like this would be really similar because it’s all hot and melty. I bet this is such a good dip! I’ll keep it on my list for when I have friends over next 🙂
I will definitely have to check out your brother’s restaurant next time I am in Atlanta! Fried pimiento cheese balls sound fabulous!
This looks so warm and comforting–I bet it disappears super quick at a party!
Love this warm cheesy dip, it looks wonderful Christin! So glad to hear you had a great Christmas with lots of yummy food, the Italian cream cake sounds delicious 🙂
Nice dip Christin…I love the it…cheesy and spicy….yum!
Happy New Year 😀
I’m glad you had a nice christmas! I might try out this dip for New Year’s!
Warm pimento cheese sounds great! This is perfect for a game night party.
This looks so tasty!! We just had a bunch of dips and various crackers, veggies and other finger foods at my grandparents house with a bunch of my family! What a fun way to enjoy a meal… it’s nice to switch it up from traditional sit down dinners sometimes! Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a great New Years!