Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip is a scrumptious artichoke dip recipe with fresh spinach added, cream cheese, and full-fat yogurt for extra creaminess. Serve spinach and artichoke dip in a bread bowl or baking dish at any event and watch it literally disappear!
Spinach Artichoke Dip is quite possibly the easiest and most favorited baked dip recipe I’ve ever made. Trust me when I say you will be fondly remembered after serving this super easy, super delish, 6-ingredient dip at any event!
I’ve made this recipe many times. Never had I ever made it for a group of food-lovin’ ladies at a small food blog retreat in Oregon until last week. I won’t go into details, I’ll just say thank you Dani and Holli for hosting an all-around amazing time…and for helping us style and shoot these pics!
What is spinach artichoke dip made of?
- cream cheese
- full-fat yogurt (or sour cream)
- mayonnaise
- parmesan cheese
- canned artichoke hearts
- fresh spinach
Should I use fresh or frozen spinach for spinach artichoke dip?
I will always vote 100% in favor of fresh spinach. It’s just too easy and so much more convenient than dealing with frozen spinach. It tastes better too!
You can even buy pre-washed spinach leaves, chop them into small pieces, and fold them into the creamy dip before baking.
If you go with frozen spinach, you must allow it to thaw completely, drain excess water, and squeeeeeeze out as much water as you possibly can.
This is why I prefer fresh spinach. Because you can throw it right into the dip and not have to mess with thawing, draining, and squeezing.
What’s the best way to soften cream cheese?
There are a few ways to soften cream cheese:
Option 1. Allow it to sit at room temperature for about an hour and it will soften naturally.
Option 2. Microwave it one minute at a time, unwrapped, in a microwave-safe bowl, on a low power setting, until it softens.
Option 3. Place cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer and whip it until it softens.
What to serve with artichoke dip
- French bread
- crostini
- potato chips
- tortilla chips
- pita chips or pita bread
- crackers
- raw vegetables
Can you freeze spinach artichoke dip?
No, I don’t recommend freezing spinach artichoke dip at any stage of the process. The dairy can separate, become watery, and ruin your whole party! Ok, that’s extreme, but trust me, nobody likes when this happens.
How to make spinach and artichoke dip ahead
To make spinach artichoke dip in advance of your event…
- Assemble all ingredients of the dip and simply refrigerate in an airtight container up to 2 days in ahead (so, don’t bake it yet).
- When ready to bake and serve, transfer the chilled dip into an oven-safe container, or hollowed-out bread bowl.
- Place artichoke dip in a preheated oven, following recipe instructions for baking time. Allow a few more minutes to fully bake since it’s coming straight from the refrigerator.
Alternatively, you can leave the artichoke dip at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking it. This can reduce the oven time needed to fully bake it.
How to make Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, yogurt, artichokes, mayonnaise, spinach, and parmesan cheese.
- Place artichoke dip in an oven-safe dish or hollowed-out bread round. Place a baking sheet under the dish or bread bowl while baking.
- Bake the artichoke dip (dish or bread bowl) about 20 minutes, or until bubbling and lightly browned. Allow to cool about 5 minutes to set up; serve warm with chips, bread, crackers, or vegetables.
How to make a bread bowl for hot spinach artichoke dip
You can bake artichoke dip, or any dip, in a hollowed-out bread bowl. You’ll need a freshly-baked round loaf of bread from a local bakery or make your own! The size really depends on how you’d like to style your party food. You can use a few smaller bread loaf rounds, or one large one…it’s up to you.
- Score an outline on the top of the bread round with a paring knife.
- Hollow out the bread from its center to create a ‘bowl’ large enough to hold the dip.
- Pile up the dip in the bread bowl, then follow baking instructions for the recipe (see below).
Recommended tools
- mixing bowl
- baking dish (4-6 cups in volume) or 2 5-inch bread rounds
- baking sheet (to go under the dip in the oven)
More easy dip recipes
- Herb Artichoke White Bean Dip
- Guiltless French Onion Dip
- Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
- Smoked Salmon Dip with Greek Yogurt
- Classic 5 Minute Hummus Recipe
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Ingredients
- 1 8oz pkg Cream Cheese softened
- 1 cup Full Fat Yogurt we used Nancy's…yum!
- 1 15oz can Artichoke Hearts loosely chopped
- 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
- 2 cups Fresh Spinach Leaves finely chopped
- 1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese or shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, yogurt, artichokes, mayonnaise, spinach, and parmesan cheese.
- Place artichoke dip in an oven-safe dish or hollowed-out bread round. Place a baking sheet under the dish or bread bowl while baking.
- Bake the artichoke dip (dish or bread bowl) about 20 minutes, or until the surface is bubbling and lightly browned.
- Carefully remove baking dish from oven and allow dip to cool about 5 minutes; serve warm with chips, bread, crackers, or vegetables.
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What a good looking appetizer! A restaurant worthy dish, indeed!
Thanks so much, Sara! Yep, it’s so fun to outdo restaurants! 😉
This is one of my favorite recipes to make on game day. There is usually nothing left after I put it on the table. That’s the sign of a tailgate favorite!
Haha meee too, Ali! Thanks so much! 🙂
What a quick and easy recipe to bring to any and all parties!!
Thanks, Beth! Yes…it gets devoured at parties!!
Spinach artichoke dip is my absolute favourite!! Your version looks so delish 🙂
Thanks so much, Chris! It’s my fav too!
OMG I’m drooling! I love dips and ironically have been craving spinach dip so this is perfect timing!!
Haha thanks, Lisa! Love hearing that!
This looks great, Traci. I’m gluten free and have avoided spinach dip because from what I recall as a college student it required some package of ??? Certainly couldn’t consume it now. This looks great! I can’t wait to make it and eat it on a new delicious GF cracker I’ve been making!
Oh Lee, this makes me super happy to hear that you’ll be able to eat spinach dip again…yay! Hope you love the recipe 🙂 xoxo
This dip is party perfect! I served it over the weekend and everyone loved it!
Yay Jessica! Thanks for the feedback and glad it was a hit!
This is always a go-to favorite for a get together! Never lasts long for sure!
Thanks Nicole! Totally agree! 🙂
Oh, wow! This looks delicious! I was out for happy hour the other night and someone ordered the “bar version” of this. Ummm….not so great. This version looks divine!
Thanks Patricia…you’re so sweet 🙂 It IS so easy to be disappointed with restaurant food LOL.
I love spinach artichoke dip! Looks and sounds so delicious and perfect for dinner parties!
Thanks Natalie! This will get devoured at all the parties 🙂
Oh my goodness!This looks absolutely delicious and inviting ..Definitely making it for the labor day bbq party 🙂
Yay, thanks Sonia! Get ready for this dip to DISAPPEAR! LOLOL (not kidding!) Hope you love it 🙂
All I have to say is YUM YUM YUM !! The perfect dip, thank you!!
Haha thanks Noelle! That’s all you really need to say 😉
This was such a beautiful presentation for my picnic! I baked it in the bread bowl and just love the way it came out! Yummy and eye appealing! It was gone in a jiffy!
Yay! Thanks for the feedback, Beth 🙂 Lovvvvve hearing that!
Kitchen Girl🤗🤘❤️🦄!!
xoxoxoxo Can’t wait!!!!
Traci, I m totally going to make this for my sister’s birthday party. Maybe you’ll even be there to tell me how I’ve done! 😉
Awww sis…you gonna ROCK this one! Can’t wait for that!!!! I think you’ll want to add some freshie garlic to it for that super-duper Italiano spin 😉
Spinach artichoke is one of my FAVORITE appetizer! I love that you served it in a bread bowl!
Yay, thanks Tisha! Right there with you on the favorite appetizer…I could skip dinner entirely 😉
Absolutely delcious! This is definitely a favourite dip of mine – and I love that you call for fresh spinach too, I agree that it is easier and tastier!
Thanks Courtney! ALL the yes to that fresh spinach 🙂