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Unique & Yummy Mummy Halloween Seven Layer Dip
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This adorable Halloween Seven Layer Dip is made in a skull-shaped cake pan with loads of veggies, creamy elements, and the cutest tortilla strip detail on top. It’s a yummy mummy – and it gets spookier as people dig into it! You can customize it to your favourite tastes if preferred, and serve it up with extra chips and veggies for dipping. This delightfully spooky layer dip will be the talk of your next Halloween party!
Spooky Layer Dip Recipe Notes:
- You can make this in advance, but I don’t recommend doing so more than 3-4 hours before your event, in order to keep the lettuce fresh.
- Want to add more layers or flavours? Consider adding any of these to the mix: cooked/cooled ground beef or chopped chicken seasoned with taco seasoning, avocado or guacamole, tomato or tomatillo salsa, queso/cheese dip, or cooked rice.
- Additional garnish ideas: sliced black olives, sliced jalapeños, or diced red onion.
- You could also mix taco seasoning into the sour cream. Or use cottage cheese and replace the sour cream layer if preferred.
- When covered tightly, this dip will last a day or two in the fridge. Again, the lettuce may wilt or become soggy after some time in the fridge, so keep that in mind.
- Other serving/scooper ideas – celery sticks, carrot sticks, Frito’s Scoops brand chips, pretzels/Pretzel Thins, bagel chips, pita chips, crackers, sliced bell pepper, sliced mini sweet peppers, or even endive
- You could totally do this with other shapes of cake pans too – if you can get your hands on a black cat, witch, ghost, or even gingerbread man-shaped pan, those would all make adorable mummies too!
Unique & Yummy Mummy Halloween Seven Layer Dip
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Additional time: 10 minutes
Yield: 12 servings
Required:
Ingredients:
- 2 large (burrito-sized) flour tortillas
- 1 can of refried beans
- 1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 16 ounces sour cream
- 1.5 cups lettuce, finely chopped
- 1.5 cups shredded Mexican-style cheese
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- ¼ cup green onions, diced
Instructions:
Bake the strips for 8-10 minutes, flipping with a spatula or tongs halfway through, until they are golden brown and hardened.
Set aside to cool.
Use a small spatula or the back of a spoon to spread the beans out until the entire bottom of the pan is coated.
Yummy Mummy Halloween Seven Layer Dip
Yield:
12
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
25 minutes
This adorable Halloween Seven Layer Dip is made in a skull-shaped cake pan with loads of veggies, creamy elements, and the cutest tortilla strip detail on top. It's a yummy mummy - and it gets spookier as people dig into it! You can customize it to your favourite tastes if preferred, and serve it up with extra chips and veggies for dipping.
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Ingredients
- 2 large (burrito-sized) flour tortillas
- 1 can of refried beans
- 1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 16 ounces sour cream
- 1.5 cups lettuce, finely chopped
- 1.5 cups shredded Mexican-style cheese
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- ¼ cup green onions, diced
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- On a cutting board, use a pizza cutter to slice the tortillas into long strips, about ¾ inch wide.
- Place the tortilla strips onto a sheet pan, spreading them out as much as possible.
- Bake the strips for 8-10 minutes, flipping with a spatula or tongs halfway through, until they are golden brown and hardened. Set aside to cool.
- Spoon the refried beans into the bottom of the skull cake pan. Use a small spatula or the back of a spoon to spread the beans out until the entire bottom of the pan is coated.
- Repeat the process with the canned tomatoes/chiles and the sour cream.
- Sprinkle the chopped lettuce over the sour cream, then repeat the process with the shredded cheese.
- Sprinkle the diced cherry tomatoes, green onions, and chopped cilantro over the cheese layer.
- Arrange the baked tortilla strips over the top of the dip to resemble a mummy’s head.
- Serve cold with additional tortilla chips.
Notes
- You can make this in advance, but I don’t recommend doing so more than 3-4 hours before your event, in order to keep the lettuce fresh.
- Want to add more layers or flavours? Consider adding any of these to the mix: cooked/cooled ground beef or chopped chicken seasoned with taco seasoning, avocado or guacamole, tomato or tomatillo salsa, queso/cheese dip, or cooked rice.
- Additional garnish ideas: sliced black olives, sliced jalapeños, or diced red onion.
- You could also mix taco seasoning into the sour cream or cottage cheese and replace the sour cream layer if preferred.
- This dip will last a day or two in the fridge when covered tightly. Again, the lettuce may wilt or become soggy after some time in the fridge, so keep that in mind.
- Other serving/scooper ideas – celery sticks, carrot sticks, Frito’s Scoops brand chips, pretzels/Pretzel Thins, bagel chips, pita chips, crackers, sliced bell pepper, sliced mini sweet peppers, or even endive
- You could totally do this with other shapes of cake pans too – if you can get your hands on a black cat, witch, ghost, or even gingerbread man-shaped pan, those would all make adorable mummies too!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 184Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 392mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 6g
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