Pineapple Cream Cheese Dip - A Crunchy Cheese Dip
Pineapple Cream Cheese Dip is a crunchy cheese dip filled with pecans, water chestnuts and pineapple, the perfect topping for your favorite crackers.
Servings: 32 servings
Calories: 83kcal
Ingredients
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 8 ounces pineapple tidbits, drained with 1 Tablespoon juice reserved
- 8 ounces water chestnuts, drained and chopped
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3 Tablespoons chopped chives
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- fresh chopped parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Cream softened cream cheese until smooth.
- Add pineapple, water chestnuts, chives, seasoned salt, pepper and reserved vegetable juice and mix until combined.
- Cover and chill before serving. Garnish with fresh parsley, if desired (optional).
- Serve with crackers or pretzels.
Notes
- Be sure to soften the cream cheese before making this dip. Failing to do this step will result in lumps in your water chestnut dip.
- Keep 1 tablespoon of pineapple juice drained off of the tidbits to add to the cream cheese dip.
- I had a hard time finding an 8 ounce can of pineapple tidbits, so I bought a bigger can and only used as much as I needed. Give it the best guess on how much 8 ounces is, and then eat the rest of it as a snack with cottage cheese.
- Don't throw away the rest of the pineapple juice drained from the tidbits. Instead, make an Amaretto Pina Colada.
- Garnish with fresh parsley, if desired.
- The carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information below are auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. They should not be used for specific dietary needs.
Nutrition
Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 118mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 208IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.2mg