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Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip – this super EASY appetizer recipe makes the perfect dip! Just 5 ingredients make a gooey, cheesy dip, full of basil and garlic pesto flavor!

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Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip - this super EASY appetizer is the perfect dip! Just 5 ingredients make a gooey cheesy dip full of basil and garlic pesto flavor!

OMG you guys, I’m SO embarrassed. Tell me this has happened to you too so I’ll feel better, okay?

Two weeks ago, I went to a birthday dinner for a friend. The other day, she texted me and just wanted to let me know that the Old Navy gift card I’d given her had shown empty.

I don’t remember getting her an Old Navy card, I thought to myself. Then it hit me: I got her a Bath and Body Works gift card, not Old Navy. But on that same shopping trip, I’d gone to Old Navy and spent a gift card I’d gotten for Christmas and thrown the empty card in the shopping bag I was using. In my rush to wrap her gift, I’d blindly grabbed the empty Old Navy card and gave it to her as a birthday gift.

Talk about mortifying! Luckily, she laughed and it’s now become a classic story we can tell. And yesterday, I went online and sent her a REAL Old Navy card.

Pretty much that describes how my brain has been for the past several weeks. I have too much stuffed in there and every time I add something new something else important falls out.

The Super Bowl is this weekend, one of those things I have to keep reminding myself because we also have about 1,234 other things we have to do this weekend. I cannot wait to sit and watch the game commercials and eat ALL THE FOOD. First up: GOOEY CHEESE.

With pesto.

Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip - this super EASY appetizer is the perfect dip! Just 5 ingredients make a gooey cheesy dip full of basil and garlic pesto flavor!

This hot cheesy pesto dip recipe is super easy to make, with just a few ingredients. It’s easy to make for a small crowd or double for a big one.

And if your guests like pesto, they’re going to LOVE this.

But they also have to like cheese.

If they don’t like cheese, they’re not friends.

Cream cheese gets mixed with sour cream, then you stir in pesto, mozzarella, and parmesan. Top it with more mozzarella and bake it – this dip is not for the cheesy faint of heart. Gooey, warm, melty and full of garlicy basil flavor.

I’m not gonna lie: I ate most of this hot cheesy pesto dip myself. WITH A SPOON.


Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip in a yellow polka dot casserole dish

Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip

5 from 2 votes
Hot Cheesy Pesto Dip - this super EASY appetizer is the perfect dip! Just 5 ingredients make a gooey cheesy dip full of basil and garlic pesto flavor!
Total Time 30 minutes
Yield 1 1/2 cups dip

Ingredients
 

  • 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sour cream light is okay, room temperature
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese plus more for the top
  • 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons prepared pesto
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Stir cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Stir in cheeses and pesto. Spread cheese mixture into an oven safe baking dish that holds at least 14 ounces (an extra large ramekin will do).
  • Bake for about 10-15 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve hot with chips or crackers.
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate

Hot cheesy pesto dip really is the perfect game day dip, but so are these dip recipes from my friends:

Healthier Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Dip, from It’s Yummi.

Bacon Cheeseburger Dip, from Wishes and Dishes.

Skinny Buffalo Dip, from Wine & Glue.

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Last Updated on May 13, 2020



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  1. Hi, may I please ask a quick question… Can the Hot Cheese Pesto Dip be prepped the day before and then baked off the day of party??? Thank You…