This creamy and delicious Fried Dill Pickle Dip tastes exactly like a fried dill pickle dipped in ranch! It takes 10 minutes to whip up and is the perfect crowd pleasing appetizer.

For other versions of this dip, check out my Olive Dip and Green Onion Dip!

I could eat the entire dish of this Fried Dill Pickle Dip… literally. It is full of addicting textures and flavors– creamy ranch with salty dill pickles, crunchy, toasty, fried bits. So if you love fried pickles you have to try this!

Why You Should Make Homemade Fried Pickle Dip

There are a few Fried Pickle Dips that have become very popular at grocery stores like Costco and Walmart. They are popular for a good reason, I mean who doesn’t like fried dill pickles? This is my take on the store-bought versions and let me tell you why it is better made at home:

1. It has the crunchiest bread crumb topping to mimic the fry on a pickle. You cannot get that with store-bought, it would just be soggy.
2. You get to choose your ingredients and where they come from- I have used homemade garlic dill pickles, made my own breadcrumbs from burger buns and pretzels, used Greek yogurt instead of sour cream for a boost of protein, and even threw in some red pepper flakes for spice.
3. It is an inexpensive appetizer and an easy one to make too, so why not make it at home with love.

Ingredients For Fried Dill Pickle Dip

• Toasted Bread Crumbs: This mimics the fried coating on a fried dill pickle. We are making our own using plain bread crumbs, a little butter, and a hot skillet.
• Whipped Cream Cheese and Sour Cream: The base to any creamy and light dip. I like to buy whipped cream cheese because it means less whipping when you are making the dip. You can also use regular cream cheese of course.
• Dill pickles and juice: Choose your favorite dill pickles, the crunchier the better!
• Ranch seasoning: It is iconic to dip fried dill pickles in ranch, so it seemed natural to add this in to the dip! This recipe uses 2 tablespoons which is one, 2 ounce, packet of Ranch seasoning mix.
• A few more seasonings: Garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

How to Make Fried Dill Pickle Dip at Home

Toast. In a small skillet, melt the butter, add the breadcrumbs, stir continually until toasted. Remove from pan and set aside.

Mix. In a medium sized bowl combined the cream cheese, sour cream, dill pickle juice, Ranch seasoning, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dill pickles.

Spread and top. Evenly spread the dip into a serving dish (this is completely optional, you can also keep it in the bowl you mixed the dip in). Sprinkle toasted bread crumbs and more chopped pickles over the top.

Serve with dippers and devour!

What to Serve With Your Dip

This Fried Pickle Dip tastes good with a lot of different things. You really cannot go wrong with whatever you choose. Here are a few suggestions:

• crackers
• pretzels
• veggies: celery, carrots, cucumbers, etc.
• pita chips
• potato chips
• toasted baguette slices

Making It Ahead of Time

This Fried Dill Pickle Dip is perfect to make ahead of time, which makes it even more perfect to serve at parties, take to church picnics, BBQs, etc. The best way to do this is, the night before…

• Toast the bread crumbs and store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Mix up the dill pickle dip and spread it into your serving dish. Store covered in the refrigerator.

Before you are ready to take and serve, sprinkle the toasted bread crumbs and extra chopped pickles over top.

Fried Pickle Dip Variations and Substitutions

• The pickles- You can use spicy pickles, garlic pickles, homemade pickles, just make sure they are crunchy and not sweet (that wouldn’t taste good). You can even use dill pickle relish.
• Make it spicy- use red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, or finely diced jalapenos.
• Substitute the garlic powder for raw garlic- (you would only need 1 clove).
• Lighten it up- instead of using sour cream you can substitute it for equal amounts of plain Greek yogurt.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

2 Big Tips for the BEST Fried Pickle Dip

1. Use high quality ingredients. Because there are minimal ingredients in this dip it makes all the difference, especially the pickles.
2. The cream cheese and sour cream need to be at room temperature. This is a MUST for your dip to be well combined and creamy. If it is even a little but too cold you will have lumpy dip (YUCK)!

More Dip Recipes You’ll LOVE:

• Butter Bean Hummus
• Smoked Buffalo Chicken Dip
• Pizza Dip with Pizza Dough Balls
• Ricotta Dip with Roasted Grapes
• Fried Dill Pickle Dip
• Maple Pumpkin Fruit Dip
• Dunkaroo Dip
• Pecan Pie Dip
• Feta and Onion Hot Dip

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