Slow Cooker Beef Bacon Beer Cheese Dip

A few things I love: Finding delicious new tailgate and game day recipes, and finding new ways to enjoy bacon! This hot cheese dip is the perfect combo of flavors between the sharp and smoky cheeses, the hoppy beer, and meaty, wood-smoked beef bacon. You know I’ve been a beef bacon fan for a while… I love that it has that same satisfying, smoky cured flavor of regular pork bacon, with the same amount of crispiness but with more protein and less fat. If you haven’t tried it yet to see why we love it so much, this easy slow cooker bacon cheese dip recipe is a great excuse for you to see for yourself on the next game day! Get the slow cooker beer cheese dip recipe at the end of this post (you can also click the Jump to Recipe button above to go straight to it), and stay tuned for more delicious beef bacon recipes, as I’ve been developing lots of recipes using beef bacon!

This recipe was originally created for a sponsored social media partnership with Godshall’s. All opinions are my own. #GodshallsPartner #SimplyBetterBacon

More recipes using beef bacon:

• Beef Bacon and Gruyere Egg Bites
• Skillet Sweet Potato and Beef Bacon Hash
• Beef Bacon-Wrapped Spinach-Stuffed Chicken Breasts
• Beef Bacon-Wrapped Steak Bites with Garlic Chimichurri

More game day recipe ideas:

• Super easy football party food ideas
• Recipes for Planning the Ultimate HomeGate Football Game Watching Party
• Football Brownie Bites (and the best brownie bite recipe)
• Football Cocoa Krispie Treats
• Pull-Apart Football Dessert
• Football Goalpost Cupcakes (easy football cupcakes idea)
• Football Candy Board
• Football Charcuterie Board
• Football Sausage Galette
• Tater Tot Mini Cheeseburger Bites recipe
• Coach Nik’s Guacamole – the best easy guacamole recipe
• Crock Pot Party Meatballs
• Easy Buffalo Chicken Bites recipe
• Quick and Easy Low-Carb Party Appetizers (All with Four Ingredients or Less!)
• 3-Easy Pretzel Dip Recipes
• Individual Five Layer Dip Cups (Easy Individual Cup Appetizers for Game Day)
• Easy 15-minute, four-ingredient, crowd-pleasing football tailgate party recipes
• Easy Tailgate Recipe: Brown Sugar BBQ Mini Sausages

What you need to make this slow cooker beer cheese dip with beef bacon

• 2 cups (about 8 ounces) freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 cup (about 4 ounces) freshly shredded smoked gouda cheese
• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup beer (lager or pale ale)
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (10-ounce) package Godshall’s Beef Bacon, cooked and chopped (you can also use pork, chicken, or turkey bacon for this recipe). Look for Godshall’s bacon varieties in stores near you.

How to make slow cooker bacon cheese dip

You can click here to watch a video of me making this slow cooker beer cheese dip on Instagram, but here are the steps. Start by adding cheddar cheese, smoked gouda cheese, cream cheese, beer, Dijon mustard, salt, garlic powder, and pepper to a slow cooker. Cover and set to High. Cook for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to incorporate the ingredients.

After 45 minutes, stir in most of the chopped beef bacon, saving some for topping later.

After an hour, stir and set to Keep Warm.

Top with the reserved beef bacon and serve with tortilla chips and/or soft pretzel bites.

Here’s the slow cooker bacon cheese dip! Enjoy!