10 Favorite Chips & Dips Appetizers

Guaranteed to be a crowd pleasing appetizer, this dreamy dip is a mixture of cream cheese and Colby-Jack cheese that's spiced up with chipotle pepper, jalapeño pepper, and chili powder. It also has chopped cooked chicken stirred in, making the dip even heartier.Recipe: Colby-Pepper Jack Cheese Dip

A 6-ingredient make-ahead recipe is always a great "go-to" appetizer for the holidays. Serve with quick and easy dippers such as store-bought breadsticks, pita chips, or fresh veggies.Recipe: White Bean Dip with Rosemary Olive Oil

Add a sweet desert dip to your appetizer buffet to balance all the salty and savory items. You can use whatever fresh fruits are in season as dippers. Recipe: Brown Sugar Fruit Dip

Make a statement and serve an elegant warm crabmeat dip as an appetizer at your next party. This one is super-rich and creamy due to the cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise.Recipe: Hot Crab Dip

Offer friends a classic, delicious dish made with cream cheese, Parmesan, hot pepper sauce, and artichokes. It's a top-rated favorite. Recipe: Creamy Artichoke Dip

Roasted red peppers add both color and rich flavor to a traditional hummus of white beans, garlic and tahini. It's easy to blend everything up a food processor, then you can cover and chill the dip until you're ready to serve. Watch the video and see how to roast red bell peppers, or you can use jarred roasted red peppers.Recipe: Red Pepper Hummus

At Gabriel's restaurant in Santa Fe this guacamole gets mixed tableside to keep flavors ultra fresh. But it's probably the special blend of ingredients that has customers clamoring for the popular dip year after year after year. Serve it with your favorite tortilla chips.Recipe: Gabriel's Guacamole

This warm dip is laced with delicious artichoke hearts and is just the thing if you want to knock the socks off guests. It's great for impromptu entertaining, because you are likely to have the ingredients on hand in the fridge and freezer.Recipe: Hot Artichoke-Cheese Dip

Indulge in a seriously tasty black bean dip made with sweet mango, cilantro, garlic, and all the flavors of Mexico. Chopped green onions and green peppers add color and texture. Serve with multicolored tortilla chips.Recipe: Black Bean-and-Mango Salsa

Warm spinach dip gets a Southern twist with this fast party appetizer made with frozen turnip greens, bacon, Parmesan cheese, sour cream and cream cheese. Keep it bubbling in a small crock pot and serve hot sauce and cornbread crackers on the side.Recipe: Warm Turnip Green Dip