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This homemade onion dip is insanely delicious and a must with your favorite potato chips! Mix up our flavorful onion dip mix with sour cream and you’ll be dipping in no time.

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Need an easy chip dip? Onion dip is one of the easiest to make and always a favorite!

We used to make our onion dip with a packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix, but after perfecting our own onion dip mix, we’ve been making this Sour Cream and Onion Dip recipe ever since.

Homemade Onion Dip Ingredients

This Sour Cream and Onion Dip recipe uses just 6 ingredients – almost all of them coming directly from your pantry. This dip requires no cooking and you also don’t have to cut onions!

You will need:

  • Onion Powder
  • Dried Onion Flakes
  • Garlic Powder
  • Pepper
  • Dried Parsley
  • Sour Cream

While this recipe is super easy and convenient to make, if you want a dip that uses fresh onions, check out our Caramelized Onion-Beer Dip Recipe!

How to Make Onion Dip

This homemade dip recipe starts with mixing up a very simple onion dip seasoning with all the dry ingredients.

The mixture can be made in advance or mixed up just before preparing your dip.

The sour cream is spooned into a bowl and the onion dip seasoning is stirred into the sour cream until well blended. We recommend stirring with either a fork or a whisk, to help distribute the dry spices evenly throughout the sour cream.

Once the seasoning and sour cream is completely blended together, we recommend refrigerating for at least 1 hour before serving. It’s even better if you can make this the day before you want to serve it. This really helps the flavors to meld together.

Don’t worry! If you don’t have time to wait, you can serve immediately — we’ve done this on several occasions. But if you can make it in advance, we recommend it.

Sour Cream Substitutions

Don’t like sour cream? I think even if you don’t like sour cream, you could still end up enjoying this dip because the seasonings really transform the taste of the sour cream.

If you want an Onion Dip, but don’t want to use sour cream, we have a few ideas for you!

  • Crème Fraîche – Crème Fraîche is a great substitute for sour cream. It’s similar to sour cream in texture, very creamy, but less tangy. Use the same amount as you would sour cream.
  • Plain Greek Yogurt – you can substitute Greek yogurt for sour cream. Use the same amount as you would sou cream.
  • Cream Cheese & Mayo – since an 8 ounce brick of cream cheese is much thicker than sour cream, adding about 1 cup of mayonnaise to help make it softer and easier to dip.

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Description

ThisRed Velvet Pudding Shots Recipecreates the ultimate boozy treat for your Valentine’s Day party! Made with red velvet pudding mix and cake mix, creme de cacao liqueur, and whipped topping.

Ingredients

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12 (2 oz) plastic soufflé cups with lids
3 oz box Red Velvet JELL-O instant pudding mix
1/4 cup red velvet cake mix
1 1/2 cups cold milk
1/2 cup creme de cacao liqueur
2 cups Cool Whip, thawed
For Decorating: Whipped cream and Sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Add the pudding mix and cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Pour in the milk and whisk to combine.
  2. Add the creme de cacao and stir well to incorporate. Fold in the Cool Whip.
  3. Spoon the pudding mixture into the plastic cups and chill overnight or for at least 4 hours. If you are not serving the pudding shots after the 4 hours, you can place lids on the cups until ready to serve.
  4. Before serving, add a generous dollop of whipped cream to eat pudding shot. Sprinkle with Valentine sprinkles.
  • Category: co*cktails
  • Cuisine: American

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Sour Cream and Onion Dip Recipe

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  • Author: Brandie Valenzuela
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 2 cups 1x

Description

This homemade onion dip is insanely delicious and a must with your favorite potato chips! Mix up our flavorful onion dip mix with sour cream and you’ll be dipping in no time.

Ingredients

Scale

2 tablespoons dried onion flakes

2 tablespoons onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

16 ounces sour cream

Instructions

To create the onion dip seasoning, combine all ingredients, except for the sour cream, in a small bowl.

Spoon sour cream in a bowl. With a fork or whisk, stir the onion dip seasoning into the sour cream until well combined.

Refrigerate for at least an hour and serve with potato chips or fresh veggies.

Notes

–This recipe is best made 12-24 hours in advance.

–If you have leftovers, cover, and refrigerator for up to a week.

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Category: Appetizers
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: American

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  1. Rose says

    I’m allergic to dairy so made this with a plain coconut yogurt/mayo mix. I’ve missed onion dip for 20 years now and this recipe was so good!

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  2. Bridgett says

    Im bout to make this now and dont thank i can wait for a few nibbles!! I was just thankn to myself how i wish id bought some dip.. decided to look on here and to my delight.. here you are!!

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  3. Deb says

    Delicious! Thanks for posting.

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  4. Karen Wilson says

    This is so good! And I love that you can control the salt. Thanks for the great recipe!

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