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This whipped goat cheese is light and fluffy, with a few fresh herbs and a hot honey topping. Scoop up this 5-minute appetizer with crostini, pretzels or veggies!
Consider this easy whipped goat cheese the creamy, slightly sweet sequel to cottage cheese dip. Both make an easy appetizer for the holiday season or impressive addition to the game day spread.
Don’t let the simplicity of this dip fool you because the flavor is next level. There’s nothing I love more than a goat cheese appetizer. Especially when it involves hot honey and crusty bread.
Make this in a few minutes and watch it disappear form your appetizer table or spread it on sandwiches. You could even dollop it on pizza or salads.
Looking for more goat cheese appetizers? Try Trader Joe’s blueberry goat cheese, beef tenderloin roll-ups, bacon-wrapped dates, or sweet potato bites.
Ingredients You Need
- Goat cheese: Goat cheese, also known as chèvre, comes from goat milk and is often easier to tolerate for those that are sensitive to cow’s dairy. It has a tangy and slightly salty flavor and creamy texture. Comes in a log of 4 or 10-ounce portions. The generic grocery store brand goat cheese works well.
- Cream cheese: This ingredient adds additional tangy notes and a creamy texture. You can use Kite Hill (or another brand) for a dairy-free option. A few more great options include sour cream or greek yogurt.
- Hot honey: Honey plays is perfect on goat cheese. Fig spread, chopped dates, or apricot spread are great options.
- Olive oil: A drizzle of olive oil thins out this whipped goat cheese dip and rounds out the dip with savory flavors.
- Salt and pepper: to taste.
- Fresh herbs: I like rosemary and thyme.
How to Make Whipped Goat Cheese
This is an overview with step-by-step photos, to make this creamy cottage cheese ranch dip. Full printable instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor or high-speed blender.
- Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Transfer it to a bowl and top it with hot honey. Serve with crostini or crudite.
What to Use for Dipping
- Your favorite crackers. The everything bagel crackers in the recipe notes of our cottage cheese dip would be delicious.
- Crusty bread like sourdough, french bread, gluten-free baguettes, or crostini.
- Raw vegetables (aka Crudités) such as carrots, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, or bell peppers
- Chips, pitta chips or pretzels (see recipe notes for everything bagel pretzels pictured here).
- Crudités (a French term for raw vegetables served as an appetizer)
- Grilled bread
Quick FAQs
According to The Flavor Bible, some of the most common and delicious ingredients to mix with goat cheese include honey, lemon, vinegar, figs, garlic, fresh herbs, cherries, and olive oil.
Goat cheese is unique in that you can serve it with sweet flavors or savory sides and toppings. Add some caramelized onions and fig jam (like in our baked brie with fig jam), or top it with bacon and dates. Spread it on bread with fresh veggies, chips, or bread (see the section above for more dipping options).
Leave the goat cheese out at room temperature for 30 minutes to an hour to soften it before blending. You can also place the sealed package of goat cheese in a bowl of lukewarm water to soften it quickly. If you’re in a pinch, add a few tablespoons of milk or cream to the dip to soften it while you’re blending.
Goat cheese does not melt when heated like shredded cheese (mozzarella or provolone). It will become very soft and warm and become spreadable, instead.
There are a few ways to whip goat cheese including a food processor, high-speed blender, stand mixer or even by hand. If you don’t have special tools, use a whisk to whip it by hand.
Make sure the cream cheese and goat cheese are very soft then place all of the ingredients in a medium bowl. Vigorously whisk them together by hand until smooth and combined, adding milk or cream as needed to help smooth and mix.
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More Delicious Recipes Using Goat Cheese
- Toss it in a salad like our grilled zucchini salad or grilled peach salad.
- Stuff it in bacon-wrapped dates or stuffed flank steak.
- Spread it on goat cheese crostini or sweet potato bites.
Whipped Goat Cheese Recipe
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Ingredients
- 10.5 ounces fresh goat cheese room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature, dairy-free if needed
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons hot honey plus more for drizzling
- To serve: Toasted french baguette, pita chips, everything baked pretzels, dried fruits or fresh veggies
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor or high-speed blender.
- Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy., scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. We didn’t do this, but you can add a splash of heavy cream or milk to thin out the consistency to your liking.
- Transfer the honey whipped goat cheese to a serving bowl and top with a drizzle of honey and more fresh herbs. Serve with your favorite veggies, bread, pretzels or bread.
Notes
Equipment
- Food processor or high-speed blender (Note 1)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Roasted the smaller, colorful carrots and drizzled some homemade pesto paired with this whipped goat cheese! Amazing!
Audra! That sounds INCREDIBLE. Thanks for taking the time to share!