Pizza Dip is a quick and easy appetizer recipe that will be enjoyed by young and old alike.  All your pizza lovers will devour this cold dip that is loaded with cheese, pepperoni, bacon and peppers.

Load it up with different pizza toppings for a different taste experience every time you serve it. 

Enjoy it as an appetizer or mix up a batch for a tasty lunch!

I make a dairy reduced version by using the Tofutti brand of cream cheese.

The abundance of gluten free crackers available today makes it easy to provide the perfect dipping scoop!

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To begin making Pizza Dip I cut up some sliced pizza pepperoni into quarters.

Then I chopped up half of a red pepper into large chunks and measured out some bacon crumble.

I also grated up some mozzarella cheese.

Once my ingredients were measured out I opened up a package of Herbs and Chives Cream Cheese.  I used the dairy free Tofutti brand since I need to limit my dairy.  You can use regular cream cheese as well.

I dumped the cream cheese, most of the pepperoni and red pepper into the blender.

I pulsed the ingredients together until they were well combined.

Then I added in a portion of the pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and all of the bacon crumble to the blender.

I gave a couple of quick pulses to incorporate the new ingredients into the mixture.

Then I removed the blade and used a spatula to make sure everything was well combined.

Next I scraped the dip into a serving bowl.

I spread the remaining pizza sauce over the dip in the bowl.

Then I sprinkled the remaining grated mozzarella cheese over top of the sauce.

I cut up six more pieces of sliced pepperoni into quarters and spread them evenly over top of the cheese.

The final step before serving was to dice up the remaining half of the red pepper and sprinkle the pieces over top of the dip.

Add your favourite gluten free crackers and your Pizza Dip is ready to go.

To avoid the double dipping worries you could have individual ramekins available for people to make individual servings.

I know you will love this Pizza Dip as much as we do!

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Ingredients You’ll Need to Make this Pizza Dip:

• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1 red pepper, divided
• 1 cup pepperoni slices + 6 slices
• 8oz Herbs and Chives Cream Cheese (I used dairy free Tofutti brand)
• 2/3 cup pizza sauce, divided
• 1/2 cup bacon crumble

How to Make Pizza Dip:

1. Cut pepperoni slices into quarters to measure 1 cup.
2. Cut half of the red pepper into large chunks.
3. Grate the mozzarella cheese.
4. Dump the cream cheese, 1 cup of cut up pepperoni and the red pepper chunks into a blender and pulse until well combined.
5. Add 1/3 cup of the pizza sauce, 3/4 cup of the grated cheese and all of the bacon crumble into the blender and give it a couple of quick pulses.
6. Remove blade and use a spatula to make sure all ingredients are combined.
7. Scrape the dip into a serving bowl or dish.
8. Cover the dip with the remaining sauce.
9. Then sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
10. Cut up 6 more slices of pepperoni into quarters and spread them evenly over top of the cheese.
11. Dice the remaining red pepper and sprinkle on top of the dip.
12. Serve with a variety of gluten free crackers.
13. Provide small dishes for individual servings if desired.
14. Enjoy!