Need an appetizer to impress family and friends? Cold Crab Party Dip combines cream cheese and chili sauce to create the perfect dish to serve with your favorite crackers.

Appetizers, like this Cold Crab and Shrimp Party Dip, are our favorite dishes at family gatherings.

This dip combines all of those classic ingredients that make a good party dip, especially cream cheese. Our family has a favorite hot crab dip with cream cheese that is a staple at family holiday meals so this cold crab dip is a nice complement to it.

So, grab a couple boxes of crackers and enjoy this dip at your next get-together. Or designate a weeknight as “Appetizers for Dinner” night and make this, your family will thank you.

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Cold Crab Party Dip

Easy, flavorful appetizers, like shrimp served with this Cold Crab Party Dip, are our favorite dishes at family gatherings.

Cold shrimp is a must-have for our family, especially for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and this Cold Crab Party Dip takes the ordinary cocktail sauce usually served with shrimp to another level. Don’t get me wrong, I love cocktail sauce, but this is so much better.

Barbara discovered this dip at a party and the hostess said it was an old family recipe and shared it with her. Aren’t those the best recipes? The ones we taste at a friend’s party and end up taking the recipe home to try later.

Cold Crab Party Dip is a perfect appetizer served with your favorite crackers.

Ingredients in Cream Cheese Crab Dip with Shrimp

Cream cheese
Worcestershire sauce
Lemon juice
Miracle Whip
Onion
Garlic salt
Crabmeat
Shrimp
Chili sauce
Parsley

How To Make Crab Dip Appetizer

Mix softened cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Miracle Whip, onion and garlic; spread into the bottom of a serving dish.
Pour 1/2 bottle of chili sauce over top.
Arrange drained crab-meat and shrimp over chili sauce.
Sprinkle with parsley.
Serve with crackers.

For the full recipe for crab dip with cream cheese, scroll to the bottom of this post.

Appetizers, like shrimp served with this Cold Crab Party Dip, are our favorite dishes at family gatherings.

Notes about Shrimp and Crab Appetizer

Be sure to let your cream cheese come to room temperature before mixing.
If you prefer mayonnaise over Miracle Whip, you can substitute.
We like to use the small frozen, fully cooked salad shrimp. If you cannot find them in the frozen section of your grocery store, you can use medium or large, fully cooked shrimp and just cut them in bite-sized pieces.
Drain the crabmeat well.

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Cold Crab Party Dip

Easy, flavorful appetizers, like shrimp served with this Cold Crab Party Dip, are our favorite dishes at family gatherings.

Prep Time15

Cook Time0

Total Time15

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cold crab party dip, crab dip appetizer, crab dip with cream cheese, shrimp and crab dip

Servings:

Calories: 100kcal

Author: Megan

Ingredients

12 oz. softened cream cheese
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoons Miracle Whip
1 small onion minced
Dash of garlic salt
6 1/2 oz. crabmeat, canned drained
1 bag cooked and peeled shrimp patted dry
6 ounces chili sauce
Chopped parsley

Instructions

Cream softened cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Miracle Whip, onion and garlic salt together.
Spread in the bottom of a platter or pie plate.
Pour 1/2 bottle of chili sauce on top.
Drain crabmeat and sprinkle over the chili sauce.
Arrange shrimp on top.
Sprinkle with chopped parsley for garnish.
Serve with crackers.

Notes

Let the cream cheese soften at room temperature.
Drain the crab-meat well.
Parsley is optional.
Try our equally delicious Hot Crab Dip recipe.
The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. It should not be used for specific dietary needs.