Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels

With all of the flavors of a classic margarita – lime, tequila, and salt, with just the perfect amount of sweetness, this fluffy dip mimics your favorite Mexican cocktail! Serve Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels and watch it disappear!

Cinco de Mayo is just right around the corner.  Celebrate with this Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels!  Your favorite cocktail, now a dip! Time to break out the tequila because it’s party time!  Every year, you can bet that we will be partaking in our favorite Mexican fare on Cinco de Mayo.  

Mexican food has always been my favorite. When I was pregnant with my first child, it was all I craved, and the hotter the better. My Mother-in-Law told me my baby would be born bald, because all of that heat was sure to burn its hair off!! Yikes! How’s that for an old wives’ tale?  He was born with a perfect little head and just the right amount of hair. What did happen, though, was, he loves Mexican food and he eats it even hotter than I do!

Easy Margarita Dip Recipe

This dip isn’t overly sweet. That’s what I liked most about it.  The flavor of the tequila comes through but isn’t overpowering. The lime zest makes it so fresh and delicious.  

The margaritas that I make here at home are actually a copy cat recipe from a restaurant close by us called El Bee’s. They are seriously potent, but SO GOOD!

Margarita Dip

I first posted this recipe back in 2019, and it’s been a favorite here in our home ever since. It was part of a blog hop called Freaky Friday that I used to host. Those days have long gone by, but I remain friends with so many of the bloggers who used to participate. This recipe comes from my friend, Jennifer.  She is my tequila-loving friend and the mastermind behind one of my favorite food blogs, Take Two Tapas. 

She had lots of margarita-inspired recipes to choose from:  Margarita Bars, Spicy Margarita Shrimp Skewers, Mango Margaritas, or this Margarita Beer Shandy Cocktail. In the end, it was her Margarita Dip recipe that won out. 

What to Serve with Margarita Dip?

I kinda have a thing for salt, so in my opinion, the salted pretzels work perfectly with this dip. Arrange store-bought pretzels around the serving dish and ta-da! No muss, no fuss. If you want to get a little more creative, you could make your soft pretzels to serve with it. They are easier to make than you might think. Or serve with soft pretzel bites or in a soft pretzel bread bowl, and go all out!

However, if a sweet dessert-style dip is what you crave, consider serving this dip with cinnamon sugar tortilla chips, fresh fruit, angel food cake, or graham crackers. It’s lovely that way, too!

Ingredients in this Creamy Margarita Dip

For complete ingredients and instructions, scroll to the bottom of this post for the full printable recipe card. 

• cream cheese – softened, fat-free or reduced-fat Neufchâtel cheese will work
• Cool Whip – whipped topping adds sweetness, fat-free or low-fat work too
• butter – softened
• Tequila – or lime liqueur
• triple sec – or orange liqueur
• powdered sugar – also adds to the sweetness of the dip
• fresh lime zest – for garnishing

How to Make Margarita Dip

This cream cheese dip recipe comes together quickly and easily with simple ingredients and little effort.

In a mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Add in the triple sec and tequila and mix to combine. Add in the powdered sugar. Remove from the mixer and fold in the whipped topping.

Place in a serving dish, top with lime zest. Refrigerate until ready to eat. Serve with salted pretzels.

Leftovers will keep in the fridge for about 3-4 days in an airtight container.

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If you love this Easy Margarita Dip recipe, make sure that you don’t lose it! Pin it to your favorite Pinterest recipe board before you go!

Are you a fan of margaritas too? I have many more to check out! My Blueberry Margarita recipe is pictured above, it makes a large batch and is so delicious! Don’t miss out on these Frozen Pineapple Margaritas, Apple Cider Margaritas, this Strawberry Margarita recipe and my Margarita Fruit Salad, too! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo — or anytime you need a little tequila in your life.  

You can find all of my dip recipes here.

Let’s get to the recipe and get to dipping!

As I mentioned, this recipe was originally posted on April 26, 2019 for a bloghop called Freaky Friday. It has been updated to improve user experience and reshared on May 1, 2025.

See All of my Freaky Friday Recipes Here

Take a look at all of our Spring 2019 Freaky Friday Recipes:

• A Grande Life – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
• An Affair from the Heart – Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels
• Aunt Bee’s Recipes – BLT Pasta Salad
• Bowl Me Over –  Macaroni Pasta Salad
• Hostess at Heart – Blueberry Buckle Recipe – Incredibly Easy To Make
• House of Nash Eats – Asparagus Tart
• Kylee Cooks – No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake
• LeMoine Family Kitchen –  Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Tacos
• Life Currents – Blackened Shrimp Pasta
• Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Spicy Thai Basil Slaw
• Mildly Meandering –  Mediterranean Scalloped Potatoes 
• Seduction in the Kitchen – Grilled Peach Caprese Salad
• Take Two Tapas –  Spicy Bacon Wrapped Air Fryer Shrimp
• The Foodie Affair – Coconut Pie with Creamy Custard Filling
• The Speckled Palate – Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese