I Made Trisha Yearwood's Charleston Cheese Dip and It's Dip Heaven

“Everybody has a cheese dip that they love, but I don’t think anybody’s ever had anything quite like my Charleston cheese dip,” Trisha Yearwood once said about her famous recipe, which she came up with after tasting an “amazing” dip in a hotel room in Charleston. 

We have to agree: The crowd-pleasing dip is made with three types of cheese, mayonnaise, buttery cracker crumbs, and bacon. What’s not to love? 

Instead of crushed crackers, this copycat recipe calls for Panko bread crumbs—you can use the store-bought stuff or, if you want to go the extra mile, you can make the bread crumbs from scratch. 

LaDonna Langwell, the Allrecipes Allstar who developed this copycat recipe, loves the kick that cayenne pepper adds, but recommends using less or eliminating it altogether if you don’t like spicy food. 

Here’s another pro-tip from LaDonna: “While my husband devoured almost half of this, there was enough leftover to spread on baguette slices,” she says. “Put any leftover bacon on top and bake or broil in the oven until just hot.”