inside: My favorite cracker spread recipes, perfect for holiday entertaining and easy appetizer making. We love crackers and dips and these spreads elevate the simple cracker and dip concept.

I could live on dips and spreads! Our whole family loves appetizers and these cracker spread recipes are some of our favorites. I’ve been making these spread recipes for years and have shared these recipes in a few posts before. Today I’m putting all my favorite cracker spread recipes in one place to make it easy for you to prep for your next holiday event.

Cracker spread recipes

There are both sweet and savory recipes here and they are all equally tasty. Do you have a favorite cracker based spread? Let’s take a closer look at the ones I’ve included here.

These photos were taken in two different homes over the past several years. You can see cheese is a big ingredient needed here. {haha} And crackers! Each recipe card below has two savory and one sweet recipe. Together they make a perfect combination of flavors. Pick and choose the ones you want to make.

ingredients needed for cracker spread recipes

The feta and dill recipe is one of my very favorites. I also love the sugar/cheese/fruit combos.

You can use any of your favorite crackers for these recipes. We’ve recently discovered the Simple Mills Almond Flour crackers and they are now my favorite!

Here’s a close up of one of my favorites! Fig jam, cheese and arugula… yum!!! And of course another sweet cheese with fruit option… always tasty.

I have one hot spread options and that’s a tasty hot spinach dip. MMMMmm, Mmmm, so good!!

Easy cracker appetizers

Below you will find two recipe cards. These can also be found separately in their original posts. I’m giving you both cards here for ease of printing. There are three tasty cracker appetizer recipes in each recipe card. Print both to create the most amazing spread of cracker appetizers.

Cracker toppings recipe

super tasty cracker toppings appetizers a perfect snack for any party or gathering.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

Hot Spinach Dip
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup whipped cream cheese
- 1/4 cup frozen chopped spinach
- 1 package onion soup
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese {optional}
Fruit Cream Cheese Spread
- 3/4 cup whipped cream cheese
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- assorted berries
Cheese and Fig Spread
- 1 block Port Salut Cheese
- 1 jar balsamic fig jam
- 1 package arugula

Instructions

Spinach Dip - Mix together the cream cheese, sour cream and soup mix. Spoon into a small size baking pan. Top with mozz cheese and bake about 10 min or until warmed through. You can serve in the pan and let people dip, or spread on crackers and serve.
Fruit Spread. Mix cream cheese and brown sugar, add vanilla. Top with your choice of berries.
Spread a bit of fig jam on a cracker, add a slice of cheese and top with 2-3 arugula leaves.
Place all on a serving plate and enjoy!!

Yield: 0

Best Cracker Toppings with Ritz

Ingredients

1 Box of RITZ crackers
4 oz. of softened block cream cheese for each recipe... so if making 2, you need 8 oz, 3 - 12oz etc...
Mexican mix cheese
fresh jalapeno pepper
Strawberry pie filling
fresh dill
4 oz cumbled feta cheese
1 pomagranate
2 TBS brown sugar

Instructions

Jalapeno crackers - mix 1/2 c. mexican cheese with 4 oz cream cheese. Spread on crackers, top with a slice of jalapeno.
Strawberry Cheesecake - spread a bit of cream cheese on each cracker. Place a small spoonful of pie filling on each.
Feta Dill- Mix equal parts of cream cheese and feta. Finely chop the dill and add 2 TBS of dill to cheese. Spread on crackers and place a small sprig of fresh dill on top for garnish.
Pomagranate - mix 2 TBS brown sugar with cream cheese. Top with several pomagranate seeds.

Easy Holiday Appetizers

Not into crackers? Here are a few other appetizers to try…

Easy holiday appetizers from Life Sew Savory

a list of all the easy appetizers and dips from Life Sew Savory. Perfect for your next holiday event or family gathering. Guests love simple apps and finger food. This list is perfect for any event.