This Caramelized Onion Dip Recipe is super easy to make and is a crowd favorite. This party dip loves to show up on game days, holidays, and gatherings. It’s deliciously addictive with potato chips, baguette slices, and pita chips.
If you hang around long enough it quickly becomes obvi that we are garlic and onion fanatics. There are few fall basics as gloriously versatile as roasted garlic and caramelized onions. They make all the food that much better.
Now that we are diving into the season where weekends are filled with game day or holiday get togethers, we’re taking every opportunity to max out on eats like Caramelized Onion Dip.
This is one of those party dips that is easily made ahead of time so you can actually enjoy the party rather than be tinkering around the kitchen while everyone else is noshing away.
I’m starting to think I’m obsessed with make-ahead recipes. For all the entertaining we do, anything that can be prepared ahead of time is a total YES during the busy season (really all seasons)…
Tips for How to Make Caramelized Onion Dip
- The best, most efficient tip I have: when many recipes say “softened cream cheese,” get that block really really soft. As in, place the block of cream cheese in microwaveable bowl and heat for 30-second increments until it’s lukewarm (but not hot) and soft enough to easily stir. It will make that no-lumps-texture thing so much easier.
- Take your time cooking down the onions. At first, the onions will look like a ton; trust that I didn’t go nutty on you. The onions take about 15 minutes to cook down. They’ll end up less than half the volume of what you started off with. And they will be joyfully delicious.
- We used fresh chives for our herbs, but feel free to use parsley or none at all. It’s more for vanity and a touch of extra flavor.
- We also like including crumbled bacon on top of the finished dip. All your bacon lovers will not be mad if you choose to go that route.
What to serve with Caramelized Onion Dip
This Caramelized Onion Dip recipe is creamy, full flavored, and an instant hit.
It’s supremely with all the finger foods and more:
- potato chips
- veggie sticks
- baguette slices or crostini
- pita chips
- sandwich spread
- burger spread
- charcuterie board
Any other ideas, send them over…I’d love to hear them!
Go ahead and get caramelized 😋
You may want to bookmark this one for later:
Caramelized Onion Dip Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 as appetizer 1x
- Category: appetizer
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Caramelized Onion Dip Recipe is super easy to make and is always a party favorite. This party dip loves to show up on game days, holidays, and gatherings. It’s deliciously addictive with potato chips, baguette slices, and pita chips.
Ingredients
2 TB olive oil
2 yellow onions, peeled and chopped
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp granulated sugar
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 oz plain Greek yogrut
4 oz regular cream cheese, softened to lukewarm
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
Optional toppings: freshly chopped chives, crumbled bacon
Instructions
In a large skillet, heat olive oil until hot, over medium high heat. Add onions, garlic powder, salt, sugar, and pepper. Stir to combine well. Continue cooking 15-20 minutes, stirring every 2-3 minutes. After each stir, shake pan to even out the mixture to a single layer so onions cook evenly. Once onions are soft and nicely browned, turn heat off and let rest.
In a bowl, combine very soft cream cheese (microwave in 30-second increments to get it to a very-soft, lukewarm consistency) and yogurt. Use hand whisk to blend mixture together until smooth, without clumps. Add in the worcestershire and parmesan, stirring to combine well. Add caramelized onions and stir to incorporate. Transfer to serving dish. Top with chives and bacon, if desired. Serve immediately or cover and chill until ready to serve.
Notes
Caramelized Onion Dip can be made a day ahead of time. Leftovers keep well when covered in fridge, up to several days. If using bacon, it’s best to add it right before serving.
Tip: the best way to easily mix in cream cheese smoothly is to first warm up the cream cheese until it’s super soft and lukewarm. This helps to eliminate a lumpy texture when mixing.
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This is one of my favourite dips to make – it has the most delicious flavour 🙂 I love the use of Worcestershire Sauce in your recipe – I will definitely try that next time.
This all looks absolutely amazing! I am bookmarking this for the next time I host a football party. It’s perfect!
YOur recipes always make me want to dip my hand through my laptop screen and have a nibble. Pinning to try next time we have guests
This sounds really good! Love a good dip 🙂
I love onion dips, so this caramelized onion dip will for sure be something that I try to make soon!
Thanks girl, you just saved my weekend event! I’ve been racking my brain to come up with a new dip recipe for a girls night on Saturday!
hmm! thinks looks yummy. i love dips on my potato chips. i will try making this some time. it looks really easy and i will add tons of bacon. yum!
Onion, garlic, olive oil and cheese! This is definitely a winner. I can’t wait to try it out, will let you know how it goes.
This dip recipe would make a delicious burger spread. I’d like to try it with pita chips first, just to see if I like it.
Oh man, do I LOVE ONIONS!!!! Mmmmm!!! I am sure my husband won’t like my breath but – WORTH IT!
I always love to have a dip in any meal that I have and this dip recipe looks so delicious and easy to make, thanks for sharing this with us.
This looks like a great recipe!. You definitely can make the party if you can have a great dip. Will have to look into this recipe
This looks delicious! Probably much healthier than the Ruffles dips with preservatives. I’ll mention this recipe to my mom
This is a 10+ for me, caramelized onions and using greek yogurt makes it perfect for us. We will be trying this one out.
Yum!! I quite often whip out the biscuits and dip for lunch! This one will most definitely be added to my recipe book.
This dip looks yummy. I want to host a dinner party with appetizers and something like this would be perfect.
I am not a fan of onions, so this is a hard pass for me but my fiancee on the other hand loves it so I’d probably try my hand at this dip to make her happy
This recipe looks really delicious. I can say that I am not good in cooking but I will try to make this at home as the procedure of making it looks so easy to follow.
Such a unique dips. I would love to make dip like this looks so tasty! Kids will surely love it.
We also love onions at home! Everyone loves my caramelized onions (which I make as a sauce for pork or chicken) but I used the the onions in one piece, this dip idea is fantastic and I’m going to try it for our next party!
Oh wow, this looks so so good! I never made this myself but I might give it a go
This is bomb!! I haven’t had onion dip in so long, this looks tasty. I use to enjoy it all the time with potato chips. I am having some this weekend you got me into the vibes now!
They make me hungry now! I am going to try to make this tonight
Now this I’ll have to
try. Thanks for sharing
the recipe. We’ve been
looking for something to
add to our holiday menu.
Oh this dip sounds fabulous! What a delicious dip for holiday parties and game day!
I love camamelised onions, so definitely have to try this recipe! Could you replace the kosher salt with anything else do you think? Not sure where I’d get kosher salt! x
I don’t use onion often because my husband doesn’t like it. But this sounds really good, I want to try it, who know maybe he loves it! .
This looks delicious and would be a great way to use up extra onions, which I always seem to have laying around! Also gotta love anything that goes well with bread this time of year!!!
onion is one of my favorite dips! can’t wait to try this out, i usually just go store-bought
I don’t like onions at all but I’m sure this would be popular with a lot of other people. I like the sound of the buffalo chicken dip and the jalapeno one too.
The dip looks incredibly delicious in your pictures. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Would love to give it a try!
Wow! These Caramelized Onion Dip looks so Yummy!
That looks so tempting! I think in addition your pictures are amazing!
Yummy! You should try the caramelized onion with hummus too!
I love sprinkling rice with caramelized onions. It is one of my favourite things. The dip sounds incredible and I would love to try it for sure.
I’m trying this ASAP! Onions are my favorite! This dip sounds great and your pictures make this look mouthwatering!!
We love Onion Dip Mix, but I’ve only ever made it with Sour Cream and dried Onion Soup Mix. This looks delicious!
Sounds perfect! I will try this out for the next time we have friends over.
What a tasty sounding dip – I love caramelized onions so this dip would be perfect for me. Definitely need to make this for our parties!
I love onions so much!! Thank you for sharing this with us! More recipes please!!!!