Easy Spooky Halloween 7 Layer Taco Dip recipe is the perfect holiday appetizer. Add the spooky spider web for the holiday, or keep it smooth for year round enjoyment!
Love Tacos? Try my favorite Baked Tacos recipe and Beef Taco Skillet. Both easy and fan favorites.
Halloween Party Food
Halloween week continues today with this easy 7 Layer Taco Dip recipe. You may see the picture and think, “easy? I’m no decorator.”
Well guess what? Neither am I! I promise if I can do this, so can you. And, the best part is, from start to finish, you’ll be ready to eat this dip in 15 minutes!
October is the one month of the year that just speeds by us. Packed with football games and Halloween parties, the weekends are always busy.
This Taco Dip recipe is the ideal snack to bring to game day potlucks and Halloween parties. Everyone loves the delicious layers, and you’ll look like a rock star when you add the spider web to the top!
Step by Step Instructions
First. Choose your dish. I used a 9.25-inch pie plate made for deep dish pies! You could also use a square or round baking dish, a large platter, or a medium bowl. You decide!
Layer 1.
Make your base layer of cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning mix. In a small bowl mix these ingredients until smooth and spread the sour cream mixture on the bottom of your dish! This is really pretty in a small trifle bowl too.
Layer 2.
One of the best parts of this easy 7 Layer Dip recipe is that you can customize the layers to your liking. For instance, my next layer was ground beef with taco seasoning. If you prefer, you can use refried beans instead (or ground turkey!). Choose what you love!
Layer 3 is a can of diced green chilies. Spread over your meat (or beans)!
Layer 4.
Next, add your favorite salsa. I used a Peach Mango Jalapeno Salsa. Thick and Chunky is best in my opinion. It helps keep the layers from getting too watered down! My homemade avocado salsa would be perfect here!
Layer 5. Add some shredded cheese!
Layer 6. guacamole. Make it fresh or buy it made. You’ll need about a cup (or more)! Spread this layer super smooth if possible. Make sure you have lime juice in your guacamole, it adds so much flavor and zing!
Layer 7. Sour Cream.
If it’s not Halloween, just spread this over the top and serve. If you want to make the spider web it’s super easy. Put about 1 cup of sour cream in a ziploc bag. Snip off the corner and make the web. Start by making your lines. The connect the lines by making the web.
Finishing Touches. Once this is done, you can add the finishing touch. I put a little diced tomato, green onion, 1/4 cup shredded cheese, and black olives around the edges.
Add some fake spiders to the web and serve with tortilla chips! (you can even attempt to make a spider out of the black olives)
Make this 7 layer taco dip the night before! To cover, use the fake spiders (or toothpicks) around the pie plate to keep the plastic wrap from touching. The guacamole may discolor slightly by day 2.
Enjoy this Healthy Taco Dip alternative if you’re interested! Need a Christmas Taco Dip idea? I’ve got you covered with this Festive Christmas Wreath Layered Taco Dip recipe!
But now, let’s get back to this 7 Layer Taco Dip recipe and Halloween!
Halloween Party recipe ideas:
Frankenstein Mint Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Treats. Make a perfect rice krispie treat even better by adding mint, chocolate, and festive Halloween design! You can even make spider rice krispie treats and mummy rice krispies with homemade or store bought rice krispie treats!
Don’t forget dinner! These Bloody Rats and Bones are creepy, but delicious. Perfect glazed meatloaf is the star recipe served with a side of garlic bread “bones.”
Recipe FAQs
Yes! Keep this 7 layer taco dip vegetarian and just add a layer of refried beans or black beans instead of the meat.
Yes! Prepare this dip the night before. Just made sure the guacamole layer is completely covered so no air touches it and makes it brown.
I would enjoy 7 layer dip within 3 days. After that time it will become runny and the guacamole will have browned.
More Halloween Recipes
- 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies – decorated just for Halloween!
- Halloween Muddy Buddies
- Monster Sugar Cookies
- Red Velvet Cake Balls– bloody eyeballs!
- Candy Corn Cupcakes
Holiday Appetizers
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7 Layer Taco Dip
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 packages taco seasoning divided
- 8 ounce cream cheese softened
- 16 sour cream divided
- 1 can green chilies 4 ounce
- 1 jar thick and chunky salsa 15 ounce
- 1 ¼ cup shredded taco cheese divided
- 1 cup guacamole
- 1 roma tomato diced
- 1 green onion sliced
- 2 Tablespoons sliced black olives
Instructions
- Choose your dish. I used a 9.25-inch pie plate made for deep dish pies! You could also use a square or round baking dish, a large platter, or a bowl. You decide!
- Layer 1: Blend cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream and 1 package taco seasoning until smooth. Spread in bottom of pie plate.
- Layer 2: Meat or Beans. Brown your ground beef in a medium skillet over high heat until all the pink is out. Drain meat and add 1 package taco seasoning (no water needed). Spread meat over the first layer. If you prefer, use a can of refried beans instead of meat.
- Layer 3: Spread diced green chilies over meat layer (no need to drain).
- Layer 4: Salsa. Use a thick and chunky salsa and spread over green chilies.
- Layer 5: Shredded cheese. Add about 1 cup of shredded cheese sprinkled over the top of the salsa.
- Layer 6: Guacamole. Spread 1 cup of either homemade guacamole or already prepared guacamole over the salsa.
- Layer 7: Sour Cream. Spread 1 cup of sour cream over the top of the guacamole. If making the spider web, skip spreading it, and instead put the cup of sour cream in a ziploc bag. Snip off the corners and pipe over the top of the guacamole. Start by making the lines, then connect them to create a web.
- Add the finishing touch by sprinkling the diced tomato, green onion, remaining 1/4 cup of shredded cheese, and black olives to the edges of the pan. (If not making the web, you can sprinkle this all over the top of the sour cream instead).
- Add some fake spiders and serve with tortilla chips! ENJOY!
Notes
- Can be made in a 13×9 or trifle bowl.
- Prepare this dip the night before. Just made sure the guacamole layer is completely covered so no air touches it and makes it brown.
Nutrition
A fun and festive Halloween 7 Layer taco dip recipe. Delicioius for parties, dinner, or game night!
What a spooky appeitzer! I almost don’t want to dip into it but I love 7 layer dip too much to resist!
This 7-layer dip is perfect for Halloween and it looks super easy too!
I’m so glad I found this recipe because I’m going to a Halloween party and couldn’t figure out what to bring!
I love Ibotta! I just started using it myself! And that spider web is so perfect!
I love this fun Halloween twist on a favorite dip recipe! It would be perfect for balancing out all the sugar that comes this time of year. Love it!
Easy my favorite dip, EVER. Thanks for sharing!
This is by far one of my favorite dips!! My kids love it too because they are obsessed with tacos!! Yum, can’t get enough.
7 Layer is a family favorite at our house, I love the idea of making it in the shape of a spider web so clever! Thanks!
This is the cutest thing! My kids love this dip!
This dip is so fun and easy for halloween – and it is SO delicious!
This is such a clever idea to dress up a taco dip for Halloween. Thanks for the idea!
A wonderful addition to any Halloween party snack table! And the savings is a nice little bonus.
This is the cutest Halloween food ever! Seriously I can’t get over how adorable this dip turned out! You did a great job!
This is a fun Halloween recipe and bonus points for not being a sweet one! My kids are going to LOVE it.