What are your favorite cold dips?

I need some ideas for NYE, but I don't want to have to cook/heat up anything. Everyone is coming after dinner, and we are just doing drinks/snacks.

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I love spinach dip, guacamole and black bean & corn salsa

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Knorr vegetable/spinach dip.
Any Greek dips - taramasalata, skordalia, tzaziki, melitzanosalata
fresh salsa from Whole Foods

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French onion dip, guacamole and salsa, spinach dip!

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greek salad hummus

Spread plain hummus in a serving dish. Top with 'greek salad'. serve with pita chips.
"Greek Salad" ingredients: red onion, cucumber, tomato, kalamata olives, parsley, greek dressing (make your own: red wine vinegar, olive oil, oregano, parsley, crushed garlic, s&p, grated cheese)

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Oktoberfest Dip:
Mix one container of wis Pride cheee spread, 8oz cream cheese, 2 clove crushed garlic, 1/2 bottle of dark beer (add slowly to get right consistency), salt & pepper. Serve with pumpernickle pretzles or bread.


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Marscapone Fruit Dip:
6 ounces white chocolate
1 cup whipping cream

1 8-ounce marscapone cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Melt chopped white chocolate with 1/2 cup whipping cream in a medium metal bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Remove the bowl from water and let the chocolate cool to room temperature.

In another medium bowl, whisk 1/2 cup whipping cream, one 8-ounce container mascarpone cheese, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until blended and smooth. Fold melted chocolate into mascarpone.

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I love spinach dip, guac, tzaziki.

This one is really yummy too and festive looking.

Feta Dip

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
3/4 pound feta cheese, crumbled
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
3 tablespoons dry vermouth
ground white pepper, to taste
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
3/4 cup pesto sauce
Directions

In a food processor, combine the butter, feta cheese, cream cheese, garlic, shallot, vermouth, and white pepper. Process until smooth.
Oil a medium bowl, or gelatin mold, and line with plastic wrap for easy removal. Layer the dip into the mold as follows: Sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, pesto, cheese mixture. Repeat. Pat down into the mold, and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Turn the dip out onto a serving plate, and remove plastic wrap. Serve with crackers.

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onion dip
spinach dip
taco dip
corn/black bean salsa

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Onion Dip
Spinach/Artichoke Dip
Guacamole

Those are my faves.

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What about a cookie dough dip?

I love spinach best!

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spinach dip (knorrs vegetable)
guac
salsa and chips
buffalo dip (on the back of the franks red hot bottle)
taco dip

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any type of hummus with diff flatbreads
a spread of diffrerent cheese and meats
mango salsa
spinach dip from bj's
cheese fondue
taco dip can be prepared the day before and just heat it before serving, same thing with buffalo chicken dip

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Cheesy Dip (serve with the nacho scoops)

1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
4 oz cream cheese
16 oz sour cream
1/2 pkg of taco seasoning
1 pkg shredded cheese any flavor

Slice the pepper into strips then dice them. Let all of the extra water in the peppers drain on a paper towel.
Meanwhile mix the sour cream and cream cheese in a med. bowl. When mixture is smooth enough,mix in the taco seasoning. In a pan/tray about 9x9 (I usually use one of the leftover chinese take out tupperware things) spread the cream cheese mixture on the bottom, add the peppers
on top, then add the shredded cheese to the top of that.

You can eat immediately or refrigerate. It will start to get watery if left out too long.
Serve with a side of nacho chips or what ever you like.
Enjoy.
p.s. if you have leftovers, it is great over a piece of chicken, like a Mexican dish.

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spinach dip

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I have a great one!

You take some goat cheese and spread it into whatever shape you want (depending on how much you have... I usually do oval for smaller and rectangle for larger). Top it with chopped plum tomatoes, chopped sundried tomatoes (the ones made in oil), chiffonade of basil toasted pine nuts (can leave out if allergic). Right before serving, top with a drizzle of olive oil and some balsamic.

DELISH! You can serve with anything! Pita chips, crackers, baguette slices, veggies...

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Hummus!

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spinach-artichoke dip
guacamole
hummus

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another vote for spinach dip! Yummmm!

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A package of dry ranch dressing with a container of sour cream is always a hit for potato chips.

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