# Cranberry Jalape
go Cream Cheese Dip

A sweet and spicy cranberry jalape
go cream cheese dip perfect for Thanksgiving.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 12 ounce cranberries
- 2 jalape
gos
- green onions
- cilantro
- 0.75 cup sugar
- salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 12 ounce whipped cream cheese

## Instructions

1. Use a food chopper with a smaller grate to chop a 12-ounce bag of cranberries.
2. Clean off the food chopper.
3. Wearing gloves, deseed and cut two jalape
gos in half (or one if they are bigger).
4. Pop the jalape
gos into the food chopper and chop them with the cranberries.
5. Cut green onions and cilantro finely, as they do not chop well in the food chopper.
6. Add the chopped green onions and cilantro to the cranberries and jalape
gos in the food chopper container.
7. Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl.
8. Add 3/4 cup of sugar, a little salt, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the mixture.
9. Stir to coat everything, trusting the process even if it looks weird.
10. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (or longer) for the raw cranberries to mellow out.
11. After refrigeration, strain the liquid from the cranberry mixture into a separate cup; save the liquid for cocktails.
12. Get a serving dish, preferably glass to show the layers.
13. Scoop a 12-ounce tub of whipped cream cheese into the bottom of the dish.
14. Spread the cream cheese out evenly in the bottom of the dish.
15. Add the strained cranberry mixture on top of the cream cheese, spreading it out evenly and pressing it down into the cream cheese.
16. Serve the dip with Ritz crackers.

## Equipment

- food chopper
- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- plastic wrap
- strainer
- measuring cup
- spatula
- glass dish

## Tips

- Do not skip the step of letting the cranberry mixture sit in the fridge, as it changes the raw cranberries from bitter to good.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQp2Q_hjlg5/?igsh=M2tiNWU1a3hiYXpj
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c2627276-c778-4dde-8192-6e5b50138c56
- Extracted: 2025-11-07

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