Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip

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Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip is a delicious and easy appetizer recipe. This creamy dip has bold and zesty flavors and is the perfect addition to any party spread. It’s a particularly good for game day since it can be serve hot, warm, or cold.

This delicious dip is perfect for game day and tailgating, holiday parties, potlucks, and backyard barbecues.

A person dipping a cracker into a bowl of dip.

Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip

This dip can be made in 5 minutes. Cream cheese, shredded cheese and mayonnaise create makes it perfectly cream while red pepper flakes, and pepper jelly makes it spicy. Green onions and walnuts on top give this dip a delicious crunch.

This is a great make-ahead recipe. You can make this dip early and refrigerate until ready to serve or you can heat it in the microwave or oven and serve it hot.

Serve with chips, crackers, or vegetables for a flavorful treat.

A bowl of dip with crackers and green onions.

Ingredients

The full recipe with ingredient amounts and instructions is at the bottom of this post. You can save a tree and save the recipe to your personal and private recipe box right here on Call Me PMc. This way you’ll never misplace it.

To make this spicy dip recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients. See the quantities further down the post.

  • Mayonnaise
  • Cheddar cheese, shredded
  • Monterey jack cheese, shredded
  • Cream cheese
  • Green onions, thinly sliced
  • Red pepper flakes. Adjust to your liking
  • Pepper jelly red or green. I used green pepper jelly in the photos.
  • Walnuts, toasted and chopped. You can sub almonds or pecans.
A bowl of cheese dip with crackers and green onions.

If you aren’t a fan of spice whatsoever, try topping this dip with fig preserves. It makes a lovely swet contrast to the savory dip.

Furthermore, if you want it more spicy stir in minced jalapenos or sprinkle them over the top.

This is a great make-ahead recipe. In fact, it’s better after it sets a while. Make it early and refrigerate until ready to serve. As well, you can heat it in the microwave or oven. Thunder Dip is good hot or cold.

A person dipping a cracker into a bowl of Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip.
A bowl of Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip with crackers and green onions.

Tools needed to make Thunder Cheese Dip

  • You really don’t need a mixer for this recipe. Just a bowl and spoon or spatula is fine.
  • You’ll need a pie pan or 8×8-inch pan.
  • Cheese grater. Always grate your cheese, pre-shredded cheese has an anti-clumping agent on it and won’t melt smoothly. Plus, that agent makes it taste weird in my opinion.
  • Chef’s knife for chopping green onions and nuts.

I adored dips and appetizers. Here are some of my favorite Spicy Jalapeno Guacamole Recipe, Dill pickle dip, BBQ Chicken Sliders, Loaded Hummus, and Pepperoni pizza bites.

A bowl of Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip with crackers and green onions.
A person dipping a cracker into a bowl of dip.

Thunder Cheddar Cheese Dip

This cream cheese and cheese dip has a creamy base and is topped with sweet and spicy pepper jelly. It's always a crowd favorite.
Author: Paula
5 from 48 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 cup monterey jack cheese shredded
  • 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 3 medium green onions thinly sliced, 2 for dip& 1 for top
  • ½ cup pepper jelly red or green
  • ¼ cup walnuts toasted and chopped
  • crackers to serve with

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients, except green onions, walnuts, and pepper jelly, in a medium bowl until well combined.
  • Spread the mixture in your dish. Spread pepper jelly over top.
  • Sprinkle the sliced green onions and walnuts over the pepper jelly.
  • Serve with a sturdy cracker or chip.
  • This is a great make-ahead recipe. You can make this dip early and refrigerate until ready to serve. As well, you can heat it in the microwave or oven and serve it hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 304mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 405IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 152mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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