Spinach and Artichoke Dip Parmesan Cups
Jan 24, 2014, Updated May 26, 2020
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Spinach and Artichoke Dip Parmesan Cups are a creamy, cheesy, and spicy party appetizer that everyone will love!
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This Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe Is One Of My Favorite Appetizers
Welcome to the best dip, ever. EVER!
Unless we’re talking about Lasagna Dip… well.then. Spinach and Artichoke Dip served in Parmesan Cups comes second. Thorry. Lasagna still rules.
For as long as I can remember, my husband has been asking me about sharing these parmesan cups on zee bloggy.
He thinks I am the bomb diggidy, for obvious reasons, of course, but also because when I first made this for him, he practically fell off the chair. The guy couldn’t get enough. He skipped dinner and polished off the entire appetizer plate.
The thing is… I’ve wanted to make this awesome dippity dip since forever, but I was sidetracked by french toast. And wine. Wine always takes my mind off my to-do list.
The day I made this dip, it was around -8549 degrees out there and we were stuck indoors, eating cookies and drinking smoothies. Balance – it’s where it’s at!
When we finally got sick of the cookies – and I mean that sort of literally … we had waaaaaay too many cookies – I decided to change it up a bit and have appetizers for dinner. Always, ALWAYS a great freakin’ idea! You should do that, too! It’s the best dinner, ever! Especially on Fridays.
Do You Bake This Dip In The Oven?
Tell me. Do you use hot sauce in your Spinach Artichoke Dip? I do! I like that extra kick. It wakes me up a bit. I also like to make this on the stove top and stop right there. I don’t pop it in the oven – too much work. Ain’t nobody got time for that. <—- I love saying that. It sounds even better in my head.
However, this stuff? It’s gooooood. Really good. I mean, you already know that it’s good since this dip exists everywhere, but it’s not this exact dip, so you gotta try it. It’s creamy, it’s cheesy, it’s a bit spicy, and it’s served in parmesan cups! Hellloooo! That’s like amazing! You don’t even know! You just have to buhlieve me.
ENJOY!
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Spinach and Artichoke Dip Parmesan Cups
Ingredients
For the Dip
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, , finely chopped
- 1 can, (14-oz) artichoke hearts, coarsely chopped
- 1 package, (8-oz) cream cheese, softened
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 to 2 teaspoons hot sauce
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
For the Parmesan Cups
- 1-1/2 cups shredded parmesan cheese
- cooking spray
- muffin tin
Instructions
For the Dip
- Heat olive oil in saucepan.
- Add spinach and garlic and cook until wilted; about 2 minutes.
- Add artichoke hearts.
- Stir in cream cheese and season with fresh ground pepper; cook until melted.
- Add hot sauce and parmesan cheese.
- Continue to cook until hot and bubbly.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- In the meantime, prepare the parmesan cups.
For the Parmesan Cups
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Line two baking sheets with foil and grease with cooking spray.
- Place 6 mounds of cheese on each prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2-inch space between each mound.
- Bake for 3 to 4 minutes, or until melted and edges are browned.
- Remove from oven and let stand for 1 minute.
- Flip the muffin tin upside down.
- While the cheese is still warm, carefully remove with spatula and place over the muffin cups.
- Mold the cheese over the muffin cup and let stand until completely cool.
- Fill parmesan cups with artichoke dip.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
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Amazing looking dips and I love the Parmesan cups as well. For those of us who need to drop 15 (or 25) pounds and have high blood pressure, it’s a bit much fat and salt all at one time so I’d probably just use toasted pita wedges to scoop up the dip and serve something else in the cups. Saving the recipes now.
I’m curious how the amount of spinach you used translates to the 10 oz packages of frozen spinach, as I always have a couple of packages of that in my freezer, for convenience. I’ve had too much spinach etc go bad in my fridge and had to pitch it.
Yes, the amount of salt is a bit much. :/
I always buy large bags of spinach because we eat it almost daily. If I were you, I’d just use up the entire bag in this recipe. It won’t be much more than what I used.
These cups are my idea of heaven and spinach/artichoke dip is my ultimate weakness!
Oh man these look so good! Perfect for a gathering, brunch, shower ohhh the possibilities.
These look and sound amazing!!! I would like to know what you dip with? crackers? or do you break off part of the p-cup and use that?
Can’t wait to try these for a party next weekend!!
Hi Miranda!! Normally, you would make the dip, serve it in a bowl and enjoy it with crackers, or spread it on something like pumpernickel bread. If you serve the dip inside the parmesan cups, as I did here, you really don’t need anything else. Each of these cups are a pretty large serving, thus 1 is more than enough to enjoy. I hope that helps!!
I just polished off a whole container of Spinach Artichoke Dip from Sam’s. I was wondering how easy it would be to make this-it’s like you read my mind! This could not have come at a better time! I’m missing it already!
My favorite dip!! Love the parm cups!!
The recipe says spinach and artichoke dip, but I don’t see artichoke anywhere in the recipe. Am I missing it somehow?
HI! THANK YOU for letting me know… I forgot to add it in the recipe! Goodness… that’s the last time I type out a recipe at midnight. 😀
Putting this dip in parmesan cups is genius! It’s your very own little serving – no temptation to double dip. Not that I’d do that 😉
Spinach & artichoke dip is my ULTIMATE fave dip. Forever. Hands down. This is awesome – pinned!
Those Parmesan cups looks so good!