Easy Dairy Free Dill Pickle Dip (Gluten Free)

A bowl of creamy dill pickle dip garnished with chopped chives and dill, served with potato chips, pickles, cucumber slices, and sliced bell peppers.

Easy Dairy Free Dill Pickle Dip (Gluten Free)

Our easy dill pickle dip is my dairy free version of the TikTok viral Grillos pickle dip. This creamy dip is super easy and quick to make, and also happens to be gluten free as well as vegan if you decide not to add bacon.

Makes about 2 ½ to 2 ¾ cups of dip

Gluten free, dairy free

Course Appetizers, Dips

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy free dill pickle dip, vegan grillos pickle dip

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 98kcal

Author Sarah Jane Parker

Ingredients

7 ounces Violife cream cheese (regular or chive)
½ cup Violife sour cream
½ container (1 quart) Grillos dill pickle spears, diced (about 1½ to 2 cups when diced)
⅓ cup dairy free cheddar cheese shreds
3 to 4 Tablespoons pickle juice (adjust the amount depending on how thick or thin you'd like your dip)
1-2 Tablespoons chopped chives
¾ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon dried dill
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
¼ to ½ teaspoon all purpose Cajun or Creole spice
Optional: chopped bacon, chopped jalapeño, hot sauce

Instructions

Add the dairy free cream cheese to a medium-sized bowl and use a hand mixer to beat and soften the cream cheese.
7 ounces Violife cream cheese
Add the dairy-free sour cream and beat again until mixed and smooth. Set aside.
1/2 cup Violife sour cream
Using about 1/2 to 3/4 of the pickle spears in the 1-quart container of Grillo’s pickle spears (or your other favorite brand of pickles), remove them from the pickle juice and dice them, then mix them into the cream cheese/sour cream mixture. Make sure to keep some of the pickle juice for adding to the dip.
1/2 container (1 quart) Grillos dill pickle spears, diced
For our pickles, we used about 2/3 of the quart container of pickle spears for the dip, which measured out to about 2 cups of diced pickles for our dip. So you can use 1 ½ to 2 cups of diced pickles if you like depending on how many pickles you want in your dip.
Stir in the dairy free cheddar cheese, pickle juice, garlic powder, onion powder, dill, chives (or green onions), and black pepper. You can adjust the amount of pickle juice you add depending on how thick you want your dip.
1/3 cup dairy free cheddar cheese shreds, 3 to 4 Tablespoons pickle juice, 1-2 Tablespoons chopped chives, 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon dried dill, 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
After this is mixed, taste test and decide if you want any more salt. This tends to be more salty, so taste test first before adding anything that includes more salt. I used all-purpose Creole seasoning to taste and it ended up being about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning.
Optional: chopped bacon, chopped jalapeño, hot sauce , 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon all purpose Cajun or Creole spice
Either serve immediately or allow it to chill for a few hours or overnight. This will thicken up as it chills in the fridge, especially overnight. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

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