Name: Hot Jalapeno Corn Dip with Bacon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 strips of bacon; 2 cups of corn, frozen, fresh or canned; 3 jalapeños, fresh and diced (clean out the seeds but leave the ribs for some heat); 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded; 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature

This hot jalapeno corn dip with bacon is another delicious way to use leftover corn. It’s a tasty cream cheese dip that only needs 5 ingredients and you can whip it up in minutes. This dip has sweet, creamy, cheesy corn and spicy jalapeños with the salty goodness of bacon. You’ll want to eat it with a spoon!

You might also like this spicy Mexican leftover corn recipe!

closeup of a spoonful of hot jalapeno corn dip in a white bowl

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I made this recipe along time ago and since I had a bunch of leftover corn on the cob I thought I’d make it again. Oh my it is so good! I love when I forget about a recipe and rediscover it all over again.

This hot jalapeno corn dip with bacon is great for a party or for an easy snack. It’s a cream cheese dip that only needs 5 ingredients. With the creamy, sweet corn, spicy jalapenos and salty, crispy bacon, it covers all the flavors for a tasty hot dip. Essentially it’s like my bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeños with the added sweetness of corn.

Leftover corn recipe

I don’t know about you but in the summer we have corn on the cob and I often have leftovers. Because I hate to waste I find ways to use that already cooked corn. This cheesy corn dip is a prime example as it’s perfect for leftover corn.

Another delicious recipe is this spicy Mexican corn pictured below. It’s full of butter, herbs and spices and I just love it!

skillet with spicy Mexican corn with blue cloth underneath

This spicy Mexican corn dish is super easy and also uses leftover corn.

Other ways to use leftover corn are:

Perfect addition to soup. Great in vegetable soups especially but try it in the chicken pot pie soup.
Freeze it in baggies and just heat up in a pan with some butter and spices.
Try it in salad similar to Chik Fil A’s Cobb salad with chicken, cheese, tomatoes, chopped egg, bacon, etc.
leftover corn is delicious in a Mexican black bean salads.

The 5 Ingredients I used

Like I’ve mentioned quite a bit you can use leftover corn, frozen corn or fresh. You just have to make sure the corn is thawed if frozen. The other ingredients are cream cheese, jalapeno, cheddar and crumbled cooked bacon.

Let’s make this hot Jalapeno Corn Dip Recipe

This hot cheesy bacon dip is super easy. All you have to do is mix cream cheese, cheddar cheese, jalapeños, cooked corn and cooked bacon together in a large bowl. Then spoon it in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. So easy.

I could eat this stuff with a spoon. But I think it would be better to serve it with tortilla chips instead of spoons as that would encourage double dipping (remember that episode of Seinfeld?)

Notes for Jalapeno Corn Dip REcipe

Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature so it will be easy to mix.
You can add more bacon if you want. I used 4 pieces and I thought it was fine but when it comes to bacon everyone has different boundaries. 😉
I used 3 fresh jalapeños. Clean the insides of seeds but try to keep the ribs because that is where the heat is. However this was not hot enough for me. Because I don’t like to set people’s mouths on fire at a party, I kept it at a safe level. I also have come to love the green pepper taste of jalapeños so that does have a place in this dish. However if you want it hotter you can use a different pepper or add some red pepper flakes or cayenne powder.

So that’s a quick and easy party dish for you to share with friends and drink wine. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

PS I’ve just acquired a love of wine. Recently my whole family…all my brothers and sisters and their families….went to Sonoma for my birthday. It was the best vacation ever! My husband is slowly writing all about it on his travel blog Daytripping with Rick and you can check it out one of our wine tours here.