This sweet and spicy baked jalapeno cream cheese corn dip is cheesy, creamy, and super easy to make! It's the perfect finger food for snacking at dinner parties, cookouts or game days!
This is one of those recipes you make, and your eyes immediately widen from how good it is. I made this Mexican corn dip for the first time a few years ago for a Super Bowl party, and everyone, including myself, were drooling at how good it was!!
Ingredients
- CHEESE
- SOUR CREAM
- SPICES
- SALT & PEPPER
- CORN (this recipe uses canned, but you can also use fresh corn)
- JALAPENOS
- FRESH GREEN ONION
- CHIPS (like tortilla chips or Fritos scoops)
Instructions
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Mix: In a bowl, mix the softened cream cheese and sour cream using an electric mixer on high speed until smooth. Add the cayenne, garlic, onion powder, and a pinch of salt and pepper and mix on low until incorporated.
- Combine: Fold in the corn, jalapenos, green onion, and only ¼ cup each of the pepper jack and cheddar cheese. Mix using a spoon until combined.
- Bake: Scoop the dip into a small baking dish and top with the remaining pepper jack and cheddar cheese. Bake the dip uncovered on the middle rack for 30-40 minutes until the cheese fully melts.
- Serve: Give the dip a few minutes to rest once removed from the oven, and serve with tortilla chips or corn chips for dipping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Once the dip is room temperature, you can either transfer it to an airtight container or cover it in plastic wrap or tin foil and store it in the fridge.
The corn dip will last for up to 5 days covered in the fridge.
Corn dip goes great with tortilla chips, but you can choose to serve it with any type of chip or cracker!
Related Recipes
If you like warm and cheesy chip dips, you should also try this 4 ingredient spinach dip, baked imitation crab dip, cheesy loaded baked potato dip, queso dip, cheesy buffalo chicken dip, chicken and bacon jalapeno popper dip, warm spinach artichoke jalapeno dip, and oven baked refried bean dip too!
Some other Mexican chip dips you should check out is this easy guac recipe, easy black bean dip, and Mexican boat dip!
Print📖 Recipe
Baked Jalapeno Cream Cheese Corn Dip
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
This jalapeno corn dip is creamy and has a bit of a kick. It’s also super easy to make and the perfect finger food for snacking!
Ingredients
- cream cheese, softened: one 8 oz package
- sour cream: ¼ cup
- cayenne powder: ½ teaspoon
- garlic powder: 1 teaspoon
- onion powder: 1 teaspoon
- canned corn, drained: two 12 oz cans
- fresh jalapenos, diced: 2-3 (1 if you prefer less spice)
- fresh green onion, chopped: 2 tablespoons
- pepper jack/monterey jack cheese: ½ cup (reserve half for topping)
- sharp/old cheddar cheese: ½ cup (reserve half for topping)
- tortilla chips/corn chips: for serving
Instructions
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Mix: In a bowl, mix the softened cream cheese and sour cream using an electric mixer on high speed until smooth. Add the cayenne, garlic, onion powder, and a pinch of salt and pepper and mix on low until incorporated.
- Combine: Fold in the corn, jalapenos, green onion, and only ¼ cup each of the pepper jack and cheddar cheese. Mix using a spoon until combined.
- Bake: Scoop the dip into a small baking dish and top with the remaining pepper jack and cheddar cheese. Bake the dip uncovered on the middle rack for 30-40 minutes until the cheese fully melts.
- Serve: Give the dip a few minutes to rest once removed from the oven, and serve with tortilla chips or corn chips for dipping.
Notes
If you like spice, then 2-3 jalapenos will be enough. If you aren’t so keen on spice, then you can use just 1 or half of 1 jalapeno and remove the seeds from the inside.
There are several ways to soften the cream cheese quickly, and it’s so worth it. Leave the cream cheese on the kitchen counter for a couple of hours or heat it in the microwave in 10-second intervals until soft.
A tasty garnish for the top of the dip is chopped fresh cilantro. It's got a ton of flavour, looks pretty when served, and takes it to the next level!
Nutrition facts are estimates only.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, dip
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Mexican
Jacquie says
This dip was a huge success. Everyone loved it and was gone in minutes.
Andrea says
I'm so glad everyone enjoyed it! Thank you for your comment 🙂