Blue Cheese Dip
This creamy Blue Cheese Dip is perfect alongside buffalo chicken wings, or cut vegetables like celery, carrots, or bell pepper.
It’s a rule for some people that you simply cannot have chicken wings without blue cheese dip. This I learned while living in upstate NY for four years.
Buffalo chicken wing consumption in this house is something of a ceremony, since my husband grew up in upstate NY where buffalo wings were invented, and had a father who made buffalo wings not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES A WEEK. For his entire childhood.
(not kidding).
Needless to say, Pete knows a thing or two about chicken wings and has taught me quite a bit.
In complete contrast to Pete, I don’t think I had ever seen a chicken wing until I was in my 20s, let alone eaten one.
As I mention in my crispy Baked Chicken Wings post, I got on board the buffalo wing train in college while watching the Superbowl, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Back in college when we ordered wings for the Superbowl, I thought it was very curious that they always delivered them with a little packet of cut celery sticks and a container of “creamy blue cheese” as my husband calls it.
Little did I know that the blue cheese dip is an essential part of the experience for many, and I now have to say that I agree.
The hot tangy buffalo wings pair so well with creamy blue cheese, and even though the almighty Flavor Bible doesn’t have an entry for Frank’s hot sauce, I’m pretty sure if they did that they’d say blue cheese is a holy grail combination.
Making the blue cheese dip is very simple, and is a 5-minute task that only involves mixing together a few ingredients.
How to Make Blue Cheese Dip:
Combine blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, fresh lemon juice, salt, and pepper:
If you have 10 minutes to spare, I recommend using homemade mayonnaise for the best flavor.
We always try to mix the ingredients together a few hours ahead of serving, so everything can meld:
Now it’s ready to serve alongside buffalo wing sauce coated chicken wings, cut veggies, chips, or whatever your heart desires.
This is our go-to dip, and Pete and I think it has a nice amount of tanginess and saltiness, and it’s speckled with lots of blue cheese.
However, you can certainly tweak the amounts as you desire.
Buffalo Chicken Dip (or Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip), Baked Brie, Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings, and Potato Croquettes are some of our other favorite game day recipes. Enjoy!
Blue Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 1 cup blue cheese crumbles (about 4.5 oz)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp buttermilk (you can get away with milk)
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, preferably a couple hours before you want to serve the dip.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
Post updated in September 2018. Originally published January 2017. This post contains an affiliate link.
49 Comments on “Blue Cheese Dip”
It taste delicious! I double the blue cheese , omitted the milk, and it hit the spot. I will be making this often and always.
I made this blue cheese dip on New Year’s Eve and it was EXCELLENT. I will never buy the bottled stuff again. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Excellent dip for Hot wings. Didn’t have buttermilk, but made some with milk and lemon juice. One time I added kafir instead of buttermilk.
honey! this dip is BOMB! i loooooove it — it is the freshest and best!
You should make a double batch!! Best ever bleu cheese dip. Will be so good today with Wings and Super Bowl! ❤️
Tasted very good will make again⁰
I just made this and oh my god i cant stop eating it
Though it annoys me to read a review where the reviewer changed a bunch of things then did a review, here I too am guilty. Hands down best wing dip I ever made!! I did not have blue so I used feta, and only had limes. It was amazing. But still even if I had the right ingredients it is the exact recipe I was looking for, creamy, not too mayonnaisy, love the sour cream foundation! Thanks, I have tried several in the past that were total misses. This is a keeper!!!
Made this tonight to eat with wings I cooked. It was a hit!!!! Everyone loved it. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Served with baked chicken tenders, polenta fries, and celery sticks. Chicken tossed in some of the ritual Franks hot sauce + stick o’ butter Buffalo wings sauce, the rest of the sauce for dipping.
This is the blue cheese dip I’ve been looking for! Very few restaurants have a good blue cheese dip for wings..good stuff!!
Amazing, definitely a go to !!!! Simple
really good
Blue cheese dip FABULOUS
Great recipe to improvise from as well. I had some leftover blue cheese that I wanted to make into a dip, but my normal recipe uses cream cheese which I didn’t have. So, I used this recipe for the rough measurements on mayo and sour cream to substitute, swapped out liquids of buttermilk and lemon juice for port wine instead, pepper to taste, and added some chopped glazed walnuts. You might not want this version on buffalo wings, but it’s a good variation for dipping veggies or rice crackers.
This is soooo good! Can’t wait to serve tomorrow at the football game! Thank you!