Creamy White Queso Dip – No Velveeta Needed!
This white queso dip is perfectly smooth and creamy and it uses no velveeta! It’s the perfect cheese dip recipe for your next party!
Guys, I love Velveeta just as much as the next person (maybe eve more?), but I also love cheese dips that are made from, you know, cheese. The real kind. That’s not weirdly gelatinous.
So, I made this reeeeedonkulous (is that a word? I feel like it’s not.) queso dip that is perfectly smooth, perfectly creamy, and oh yeah, perfectly perfect. You’ll just have to taste it for yourself to see!
I made a small test batch of this one evening and 5 minutes later my son and I had inhaled it and my husband was bleeding on the floor. I’m sorry, but the son and I don’t like to share, husband. You should know that by now. Stay away from our cheese.
We’ve been married for, like, a million years. You’d think he would have figured that out by now. I will stab a person with the pointy end of my tortilla chip and I will feel no remorse. It’s just the kind of person that I am, okay?
I’ve heard there are some football games coming up that are supposedly a big deal or something. I don’t know. I just think maybe you should make some cheese dip. I mean, I only really watch football so that I have an excuse to eat dip. And also talk about other boys’ butts in front of my husband. I’m not sure why that’s so fun, but it is.
Not the dip recipe for you? No worries, I’m a dip maniac. I kind of consider it a food group. Give this pickle dip a try! Or maybe this Creamy Bacon Parmesan Dip. I mean, you can’t go wrong with bacon dip.
Creamy White Queso Dip
Creamy, cheesy perfection with no Velveeta!
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 cups grated Parmesan
- 1 can Rotel Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Add all of the ingredients to a large bowl and mix well to combine.
- Spread cheese into an 8x8 baking dish and bake for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
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| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size | |
| Amount Per Serving | As Served |
| Calories 4252kcal Calories from fat 3447 | |
| % Daily Value | |
| Total Fat 383g | 589% |
| Saturated Fat 188g | 940% |
| Cholesterol 933mg | 311% |
| Sodium 7234mg | 301% |
| Carbohydrate 34g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber 4g | 16% |
| Sugars 23g | |
| Protein 174g | |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
Oh snap I wish I was there consuming this too. Although it sounds like I’d be on the floor with your husband, bleeding. Guess I’ll make my own!
It’s dangerous up in here.
I kinda love dip like, a lot. Especially dip with cheese in it. And did you know that broken tortilla chips are the perfect weapons for fending off rival dip eaters? Just an FYI.
This looks so good and I’m a little surprised at the mayo! I wouldn’t have thought of that. Creamy and delicious!
Mmmmm queso. One of my favorite things about being Texan, there is *always* queso at parties, holidays, and family events. Amen for using Ro*Tel, girl. That stuff tastes like home to me.
I could inhale this in no time too! This would be a hit at a football party for sure!
Love this! I’m totally making this on the weekend 🙂
Cheese dip with real cheese? Heck I might even watch the superbowl if it means I get to eat this!
Yum that looks good. May have to try this for sure. I love chori queso so I wonder how it would taste with this queso… 🙂
I bet chorizo would be a fabulous addition!
How chorizo would taste with this one rather.
Oh yeah, this will need to be made for our Super bowl party for sure!
This will be making an appearance in my kitchen soon!
i LOVE rotel. freakin’ LOVE it. And especially paired with cheese and veggies in my omelets. Now a cheesy queso dip WITH rotel is just on a whole other rotel-cheesy amazing level. and I like it. Karly, this is the dip queso i’ve ever seen! and I used to work at chili’s!
Would it be weird to put this IN an omelet? Because I bet it’d be amazing.
Dips like this are my fave! I made one like this about 6 mos ago with Rotel. Love that stuff! This is right up my alley!
This dip DOES look reeeeedonkulous! Oh, and heck YEAH, it’s a word! Sheeeeeesh… what do you think this country is if not for it’s freedom of made up words?
Incidentally, I once nearly poked out my boyfriend’s eye with the corner of a Tosito when he got too close to my buffalo chicken dip, so yeah. I get it.
Thank youuuu.
OMG THANK YOU.
Velveeta makes me sad. Real cheese makes me happy 🙂
I love, love, love Velveeta dip but this looks really good too!
Yes yes and yes! Even when football season is over, I will be making this over and over again.
I thank you in advance for when my jeans won’t fit me anymore!
oh my gosh, I love dip, especially cheese dip. You are wonderful.
delish! can’t wait to make!
Queso is a favorite here. I love monterey jack cheese too!
Girrrrrrl, I am right there with you. No one better get between the dip and me! This looks like a great recipe–I love MJ cheese!
I think the same thing would happen to my husband. Do not get between me and my cheese!
You have done it again. You have made my mouth water and sent me on the way to the grocery store. I am a total chips and dip girl and this dip looks PERFECT. The right balance of creamy, cheese and utter deliciousness. If you need to know one thing about me when it comes to food… cheese is always the answer. I love cheese (you know, the REAL kind lol) and this dip looks like just the thing to bring to my next party. Your pictures are stellar as always 🙂
Knowing your love for Mexican food I was expecting the real white Mexican queso cheese in this. So surprised that it has cream cheese! Not sure about the mayo. Worth a try! Looks delist!
I love almost anything made with cream cheese – yum!
Mmmmm…I do love me some queso dip & I’m always trying to stay away from the velveeta – can’t wait to give this one a try!
I’m a dipper so yeah. Totally digging this.
That looks absolutely delicious. And it’s afternoon snack time for me so it’s doubly hard not to lick the screen.
Thanks!
Making for Superbowl this weekend! Would this be good for Jalapeno Poppers? I want to use it instead of that velveeta cheese.
Can this sit in a crock pot too or do you only suggest baking in a dish?
As long as you keep it on low, I think you’ll be fine! 🙂
Not good it’s way to thick!
I wonder – could you bake something like Frito Scoops inside the dip? I prefer softer chips and was thinking that might work…. either way, this sounds amazing!
My daughter and I made this today, followed the recipe to a T and it turned out Super Thick????
Not, sure why??
But it tasted great!!!
So, if it’s too thick, I wonder how it would do to add some of the Rotel juice in the mixture before it’s baked????
This seriously looks delicious! Next get together I have I need to make this.
Sadly, I just found this recipe over the weekend. Sadly, because I could have been enjoying this cheesy awesomeness a lot longer!!! It was a total hit at my church’s ladies meeting on Friday. I was a little worried about someone ending up bloody on the floor too. Thanks so much! I love all of your recipes!!
what if I left out the mayo? I am ethically opposed to mayo 😉
I think it would be fine, but I’ve never tried it myself.
Omg this stuff is awesome I used a block of pepper jack cheese instead and put it in my fondue maker. I added a little milk but still amazing!!!
Can this be made without mayo? Maybe use sour cream instead?
I love Velveeta but I don’t like depending on it for recipes; I prefer to cook from scratch. I just made this and followed it to the letter, and it is wonderful! It baked all puffy and golden, and is cheesy, tangy and delicious! Definitely a keeper!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Made this for the Superbowl and it was a big hit with everyone!