Yield: 3 cups

Cream Cheese Olive Spread Recipe

Classic cream cheese and green olives spread appetizer served with crackers and crudités

This classic cream cheese and green olives spread is delicious for tea sandwiches or use it as a tangy creamy dip for veggie sticks or with your favorite party crackers and chips.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces Cream Cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup Sour Cream
  • 5.75 ounce jar Sliced Salad Green Olives with Pimentos, with juices
  • 1½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • Pinch of Paprika, optional for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl: use a hand mixer to cream together the cream cheese, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder until light and fluffy.
  2. Next, add the sliced salad olives with juices (see post for other options) then use hand mixer to incorporate into the creamy mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
  3. To serve: remove the olive spread from the refrigerator and allow to stand 20 minutes before serving. The olive spread may be used to make tea sandwiches or transfer the spread to a serving bowl and serve with vegetable sticks (crudité), crackers, toast points, bagel chips or chips.

Notes

Reserve a few olive slices for garnish so guest know what type of dip is being served.

See full post for other options and serving suggestions.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

2 tablespoons
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 79Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 74mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 1g