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Recipes for Cheese Dips for Parties

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11. Mozzarella Dip

This unusual dip from Home Cooking Guide Peggy Trowbridge Fillippone is served cold, making it a wonderful make-ahead option for parties. This recipe combines mozzarella cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, Parmesan and spices. Serve it with chips, crackers, or vegetable dippers.

12. Baked Pizza Dip

This dip from Southern Food Guide Diana Rattray is like a slice of pizza without the crust. It includes mozzarella, pizza sauce, olives, and pepperoni. Diana recommends serving it with corn chips but I'd say bread sticks would work well too.

13. Bacon and Cheese Dip

This crockpot recipe from Diana Rattray, Guide to Southern Food, combines lots of bacon with cream cheese, cheddar cheese, half and half, and plenty of savory spices. Diana recommends serving this with French bread, but I can't imagine it being bad with any potential dipper.

14. Baked Clam Dip

Home Cooking Guide Peggy Trowbridge Fillippone gives us the recipe for this swanky clam dip. It combines minced clams, Parmesan cheese, lots of garlic, butter, bread crumbs and plenty of seasonings to make a tasty seafood dip for your party.

15. Mexican Cheese Dip

This very easy cheese dip recipe only requires three ingredients that can be tossed into a slow cooker and ignored for an hour. Thank Diana Rattray, Southern Food Guide, for this simple party favorite.

16. Horseradish Dip

There's more than one way to spice up your party, and this horseradish dip shows that chiles aren't the only way. This dip combines cottage cheese, horseradish and spices, and Southern Food Guide Diana Rattray recommends serving it with vegetables. There, your party snack table has just been turned into a complete, well-balanced meal.

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