Dill Pickle Dip
This dill pickle dip recipe is creamy, rich and full of fresh flavor! It's a relatively healthy homemade dip that's ready in 10 minutes.
Posted by Kathryne Taylor on November 27, 2024
Pickle lovers, this dip is for you! It’s creamy, tangy, and fresh. It tastes like an easy, grown-up alternative to fried pickles with ranch dressing. If you’re looking for the perfect dip for game days, look no further.
To make it, you’ll need sour cream or Greek yogurt, dill pickles plus some pickle brine, fresh dill and chives. That’s it! It’s so simple to stir together on a moment’s notice and tastes even better the next day.
Dill pickles bring this dip to life, and some pickles are better than others. My favorite are these homemade pickles. You can find great pickles in the refrigerated section of the grocery store—look for Grillo or Claussen brands.
The fresh herbs offer irresistible ranch dressing vibes. Dried herbs don’t compare. If you happen to have fresh chives and dill growing in your garden, this is a pantry-friendly dip.
This relatively healthy dip completely satisfies my cravings for creamy, salty indulgence. For a lighter snack, use plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and serve it with veggie sticks, like bell pepper and celery.
Pickle Dip Serving Suggestions
Try any or all of these dipping vehicles:
- Potato chips: Wavy potato chips are more sturdy and better suited for dipping.
- Bell pepper strips
- Celery sticks
- Carrot sticks
- Broccoli florets
- Cauliflower florets
If you’re serving a whole meal, start with this dip and choose from these satisfying options:
- Burrito-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
- Fajita Veggie & Halloumi Bowls
- Homemade Vegetarian Chili
- Simple Healthy Slaw
If you have any leftover dip, I enjoyed a makeshift bowl of cooked lentils, roasted cauliflower, and chopped veggies topped with pickle dip. Sprinkle your extra dill and chives on top.
More Easy Dips to Make
From one dip lover to another, you’ve got to try these dip recipes:
- Easy Blue Cheese Dip
- Green Goddess Tahini Dip
- Kalamata White Bean Dip
- Pimento Cheese
- Spicy Red Pepper & Feta Dip
Please let me know how your pickle dip turns out in the comments! I love hearing from you.
Dill Pickle Dip
This dill pickle dip recipe is creamy, rich and full of fresh flavor! It’s a relatively healthy homemade dip that’s ready in 10 minutes. This dip is perfect for game day watch parties or a fun snack. Recipe yields about 3 ½ cups dip, enough for 7 to 10 servings.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces (2 cups) sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1 ¼ cups chopped dill pickles
- 2 tablespoons pickle brine
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives, plus more for garnish
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Serving suggestions: Wavy potato chips, and sticks of carrot, celery or bell pepper
Instructions
- In a small serving bowl, combine the sour cream, chopped pickles, brine, dill and chives. Stir to combine, then season with a few twists of black pepper, to taste.
- Sprinkle the top lightly with chopped chives, dill and another twist of pepper. Serve as desired. Leftover pickle dip will keep well in the refrigerator, covered, for up to 4 days.
Notes
Make it dairy free/vegan: Substitute my vegan sour cream. Double the recipe to yield 2 cups.
Nutrition
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Thank you, Patricia!
This is delicious! I also chopped up the garlic in the pickle jar, and we all enjoyed this pickle dip. Will be making this whenever we feel snacky.
Thank you,
Trina
Great idea to incorporate the garlic! Thank you for your note, Trina.
Yummy and so easy! Very tasty with chips and cut up veggies. I didn’t have fresh dill or chives so used dried. Comes together quickly and will be consumed just as fast! Even my husband who likes pickles fine but isn’t as fanatical about them as my son and me, loved it! This is a keeper – thank you!!
Thank you, Anna! So glad you enjoyed the dip!
I love dill so much. I cannot wait to make it tomorrow. Looks yummy.
Hope you love it, Debbie!
Hi Kate,
I’m an avid follower of your recipes, especially your salads as I am diabetic.
Everything I have tried (and by all means not all you have posted) have been very good. Just have to go to the store to get stuff.
But the pickle dip was a bust for me. Really too tart. I cut it with ranch dressing to manage to eat it and I was not alone in this comment in my family. I used Valesic pickles. Maybe cutting out the pickle juice and reducing the amount of pickles. Just my nickels worth.
Hi Herman! Thank you for your note. I’m sorry to hear this one didn’t hit the mark. I wonder if your jarred pickles were more acidic than mine. I really recommend making this dip with pickles from the refrigerated aisle since they taste much more fresh and balanced, in my experience. Or it could just be that our taste buds differ. I’m glad to hear that most of my recipes are working out great for you!
We really like the dill pickle dip, but it seemed a little ‘thin.’ Do you think a 1/2 block of room temperature cream cheese would thicken it up?
Hi Nina, yes, I think that might do the job! I wonder if your sour cream was thinner than mine. Let me know if you try it!
Hi! Thinking of making this for a Christmas appetizer but want to lighten my day-of cooking load. Do you think this could be made ahead? If so, how many days before?
Thanks!
Hi Emily, for sure! It tastes even better after some resting time. I think you could make it up to two days in advance for super fresh flavor.
I made this for a holiday party – I used sour cream and added some chopped garlic, as my pickles weren’t very garlicky. Next time, I’d probably go heavier on the dill, just as a personal preference. It was tasty when made, but even better on the 2nd day! And after a few days, it made a really nice spread for sandwiches!
Awesome! I’m happy to hear it, Alyssa! I bet it would be so good on a sandwich with cucumber and carrots.
Love these recipes here on Cookie and Kate! Just made this recipe and it was good but felt like it was missing something…maybe didn’t add enough pickle brine? Added some lemon, though, and I felt like that was what maybe was missing for me.
Hi Leah! Thank you for your note. I’m glad you added some lemon. Another little splash of pickle brine would add some acidity as well.
I need to go shopping so I can make this, but I’m guessing this would be a great substitute foe a mayo based tartar sauce!
This is really yummy! I added some garlic powder.