Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip is rich, creamy, cheesy and incredibly easy to make. Made with fresh spinach, your friends and family will love this delicious dip. And the best part, aside from the amazing taste, is that you simply put the ingredients into your crockpot, give them a stir, and your job is done!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe:
Easy – this recipe couldn’t be easier to make. You just add everything to a crockpot and let it do it’s thing!
Fresh Ingredients – thanks to the fresh spinach, garlic and shallots, the flavor of fresh ingredients comes shining through.
Rich and Creamy – made with cream cheese, sour cream and two cheeses, this decadent dip is incredibly fulfilling.
Crowd Pleaser – spinach artichoke dip is one of the most popular and requested dips, so rest assured, your guests will love it!
Make Ahead – if desired you can make this dip ahead of time and reheat it when ready to serve.
Hot or Cold – there is no right or wrong, this dip can be served hot or cold.
If you are looking for a delicious appetizer dip for a party, football game, get together or random Tuesday night, look no further than this irresistible spinach artichoke dip! If you’ve ever enjoyed a dip like this in a restaurant, you’ll be thrilled to see how easy it is to make, and just how phenomenal your results can be at home.
Recipe Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients you will need to make this easy Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip. Important notes and substitutions for certain ingredients are discussed. The full printable recipe, with amounts and specific details, can be found at the bottom of the page.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Baby Spinach – One of the things I love best about this crockpot spinach artichoke dip recipe is that it uses fresh spinach. Make sure if you wash it that it’s completely dried. You can roughly chop the spinach or leave it whole, it’s a matter of preference.
- Artichoke Hearts – Make sure to drain the artichoke hearts well.
- Cream Cheese – I find it works best to use cream cheese that is already softened. It allows you to mix the ingredients together much more easily. Make sure you are using the cream cheese that comes in a brick, not the kind that comes in a tub.
- Sour Cream – I prefer to use a full fat sour cream in this recipe. You could also use Greek yogurt, though it does change the taste. While this recipe is made without mayonnaise, if you wanted to you could use half mayo and half sour cream.
- Cheeses – I strongly prefer to use freshly grated cheese. It just does a better job of melting than the pre-grated cheese does. That said, you can absolutely grab a bag of pre-grated cheese and go with that – it will still work, just give a good stir.
- Vegan Option – If you’d like to make this recipe vegan, use dairy free cream cheese & sour cream/yogurt (Kite Hill is a great choice) and dairy free cheeses (Violife is a good options).
How To Make Spinach Artichoke Dip In A Crockpot
Let’s discuss the steps you’ll take to whip up a batch of delicious and easy Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip at home. If you want to skip my discussion, tips, information and answers to frequently asked questions, just scroll to the bottom of this post for the printable recipe.
- Combine all of the ingredients in a slow cooker and mix until well combined.
- Cover and cook on low for 2 hours or on high for 1 hour, stirring well halfway through cooking. Serve warm.
Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip Tips
Storage & Reheating
Store tightly covered in refrigerator for up to three days.
To reheat, place a portion of the dip in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds. At 30 seconds, remove from microwave, stir and check the temperature. If more time is needed, heat for an additional 30 seconds, stir and check again. Repeat as needed.
Browning
One thing slow cookers don’t do extremely well is giving that gorgeous brown roasted appearance. If you desire that, once your dip is ready add 1/2 of a cup of mozzarella cheese to the top and pop it in the oven and broil for 1-2 minutes to get the top golden brown. As always keep a close eye on it as broilers work quickly. If your crock pot has a removable stoneware crock you can just broil it in that, otherwise simply transfer the dip to an oven safe dish prior to placing in the oven.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can make this crockpot spinach artichoke dip in advance. You can either make it completely, then reheat it when you are ready to serve, or you can combine all the ingredients in advance and pop them in the crockpot when ready to cook.
This can be a common problem when using frozen spinach, due to the water in the frozen spinach. Using fresh spinach really helps eliminate this problem. Just make sure the spinach you use is dry, and that you dry off the artichoke hearts as well, prior to adding them.
You can serve spinach artichoke dip with potato chips, tortilla chips, pita chips, crackers, carrots, celery sticks or toasted baguette slices.
This depends on who you ask, but we prefer to eat it hot, it makes the most of all the cheesy, melty goodness in it!
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Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip
Equipment
- 1 Crockpot
Ingredients
- 10 ounces baby spinach washed and completely dried
- 13-15 ounces canned quartered artichoke hearts well drained
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 shallots thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in a slow cooker and mix until well combined.
- Cover and cook on low for 2 hours or on high for 1 hour, stirring well halfway through cooking.
- Serve with tortilla chips, crackers, fresh vegetables, potato chips, or toasted baguette.
Notes
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Cathy says
Have you ever. Frozen the leftover spinach & artichoke dip?
Ruwaida says
Hi. That’s looks amazing. What else can I use instead of crock pot.
Christi Johnstone says
I’m sure you could do it on a pot on the stove if you aren’t using a slow cooker.
Hollybenner58@gmail.com says
Wonderful recipes