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This isn’t just an appetizer, it’s a blue cheese olive dip – the creamy whip is savory, the olives are briny, and it tastes like your favorite dirty martini in every bite!
I don’t make the rules – we eat with our eyes first and pretty food is just more fun to eat – and let me tell you, this blue cheese olive dip is as gorgeous as it is delicious. Honestly though, it’s creamy, briny, and savory in the best ways. This is an epic savory party dip because it’s quick, easy, and make-ahead friendly. Plus, you get the perfect excuse to enjoy it with my viral blue cheese dirty martini (not that you need one 😉).
Why You’ll Fall For This Blue Cheese Olive Dip
This blue cheese olive dip is the kind of appetizer that feels fancy but takes almost no effort. It’s the perfect bite – creamy and whipped blue cheese and briny olives. And you want to know something else great about it? You can make it ahead, plate it beautifully, and serve it straight from the fridge with a dirty martini in hand like the boss that you are!
Table of Contents
Prep Your Ingredients: Creamy Blue Cheese Dip
The Cheese
Blue Cheese | Cream Cheese | Olive Brine | Vodka | Chives | White Pepper | Seasonings |
Pop all of this into a blender until you have that whipped creamy goodness. That’s it!
The Olives
Castelvetrano Olives | Blue Cheese | Simply stuff these bad boys to your hearts content. If you are having a bard time, you can mix in a touch of olive oil to the blue cheese. These are easy to make ahead for this appetizer if you need.
Easy Make-Ahead Appetizer | Pause Here
If you are wanting to make this the day before your dinner party, this is where you pause. Store the stuffed olives in the fridge, add the whipped dip to a sealed pipping bag and wait to assemble closer to serving!
The Dirty Blue Cheese Olive Dip Finale
Put your pipping bag into a tall cup and the ends over the edge. Spoon your whipped dip into it. Then move the piping bag back and forth in an S pattern on your serving plate (see video). Arrange the stuffed olives, top with olive oil, chives, and black pepper. Enjoy with chips and a dirty martini! If you’re looking for a recipe, my actual blue cheese dirty martini recipe went viral for a reason 😉
Substitutions and Variations
Ingredient Swap
- Vodka → If you are alcohol-free, replace the vodka with an extra splash of olive brine. You will still get the signature dirty martini taste in this dip without the alcohol.
- Blue Cheese → If blue cheese isn’t your jam, swap the it for some extra cream cheese and skip stuffing the olives! This will still be an amazing creamy, briny, savory party dip.
- Potato Chips → You can use toasted baguette slices or crackers instead of the potato chips.
- Piping Bags → You can use a Ziploc bag with the edge cut off.
Flavor Twist: Similar Dirty Martini Dip Recipes
- Spinach Artichoke Dip – This is not your grandma’s slow cooker spinach and artichoke dip. This one is served cold, it’s gorgeous, creamy, it’s savory, it’s tangy, and the crispy artichokes – forget about it!
- The Best French Onion Dip – rich, sweet, and buttery – this caramelized onion dip is amazing!
- Whipped Brie Dip – This one is super quick and easy but still delicious. Just a whipped brie topped with honey and almonds, you can’t go wrong with that!
The Perfect Pairings
Blue Cheese Dirty Martini | I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t share my original viral dirty martini recipe. A must have with your blue cheese olive dip!
Miso Maple Short Ribs | These are rich, savory, and umami-packed with a miso and gochujang glaze on short ribs that have braised all day until they fall apart!
Arugula Fennel Salad | Every dinner needs a salad and this is my go-to. It’s simple but delicious. And the honey dijon salad dressing is something you need in your collection!
Cherries Jubilee | Warm cherries over cold, creamy ice cream topped with chocolate shavings, enough said.
Blue Cheese Olive Dip: Questions Answered
Absolutely and that is what makes it so great for company! This is a very easy make-ahead appetizer. Stuff the olives ahead and store in the fridge. Keep the dip stored in the pipe bag until it’s getting close to the time you want to serve it, pipe it on the plate, add the stuffed olives and serve!
That is totally up to you! The recipe calls for 2 to 4 oz of blue cheese, but you can add as little or as much as you want. Start low, taste and add more till you’re happy.
Yes! Replace the vodka with an extra splash of olive brine. You will still get the signature dirty martini taste in this dip without the alcohol.
It is! Always double check that your cheese is using vegetarian rennet.
Chef Nadia’s Tip
If blue cheese isn’t your thing, don’t worry. Swap the blue cheese for some extra cream cheese! Also, I didn’t really salt my dip because the components are salty, but you can taste and add a tiny pinch if you would like.
Blue Cheese Olive Dip
Equipment
- piping bag, (large round nozzle) or a Ziploc bag with the edge cut off
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2-4 oz blue cheese, adjust to taste
- 2½ tbsp olive brine
- 1½ tbsp vodka
- 2 tbsp chives, chopped
- ½ tsp white pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 1 pinch salt, optional
Toppings
- 12 oz Castelvetrano olives, pitted
- blue cheese, for stuffing the olives
- drizzle olive oil
- chives, chopped, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 1 bag chips, plain, for servings
Instructions
- To a food processor, add cream cheese, blue cheese, olive brine, vodka, chives, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon zest and a tiny pinch of salt and process until smooth.
- Store this the dip in the fridge if you want to serve it cold (room-temp is fine too) while you stuff your olives with blue cheese.
- Add your dip to a piping bag with a large round nozzle. Moving the piping bag back and forth, add the dip to the plate in a continuous S pattern (see video). Arrange the stuffed olives along the dip.
- Drizzle with olive oil, chives and black pepper. Enjoy with chips and a dirty martini!
Kitchen Cam
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
