Pumpkin Pie DIP

Ok folks, the fall is arriving and that means pumpkin pie!  Do you like pumpkin pie?  What about cream cheese?  Or dips?  Well, this is a combination of those things!  It is so good and would be a great dip to take to a Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas party! 

INGREDIENTS:

1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, softened –make sure it is very soft

1 can (15 ounces) of pumpkin pie filling- make sure it is pie filling and not just canned pumpkin.  I made that mistake once and it was not as good.

2 cups of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

½ - 1 teaspoon of ground ginger

DIRECTIONS:

Beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.  Add pie filling, cinnamon, and ginger, beating well.  Cover and chill for 8 hours. 

SERVE with ginger snaps, apple slices, pear slices, graham crackers, pretzels or any other dippers.  

Buffalo Chicken Dip

This my friends is OH, SO, GOOD!  I promise you that at least one person will ask for the recipe!  I have made it a few times and every time I do it a little different so I will give you the basic recipe and then some suggestions! 

INGREDIENTS:

1 large can of chicken or 2 regular sized ones.  ** I use 3 chicken breast boiled and chopped instead!  I am NOT a fan of canned chicken!

1 cup of ranch or blue cheese dressing * I make homemade ranch since it taste better

Blue cheese is great in here but a lot of people don’t like blue cheese so I just use ranch

¾ to 1 cup of FRANKS red hot sauce- the kind used on wings, not hot sauce just in case you don’t use that brand

2 packages of cream cheese, softened

1-2 cups of cheese- cheddar * I have used mozzarella before and it was great too.  You could also do crumbled blue cheese

DIRECTIONS:

After I boil and chop chicken into small pieces I toss with a little bit of buffalo sauce.  You can do that with the canned chicken too!

Save about ½ cup of cheese for the top

Mix all other ingredients together either in a baking dish or in your crockpot.  Once warm add the remaining cheese!  *if baking 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

*serve with celery, crackers, fritos, or anything else that tickles your fancy

**I have done it before with chopped up celery in the dip.  So feel free to try that!

BEWARE, it is a weird color!