Shrimp Cocktail Dip

We are now entering the post Christmas season, however, there are still family gatherings, office parties, and lest we forget, the Super Bowl is coming, too.  This recipe is easy to assemble, and you can add the ingredients to your list of things that you keep on hand, just in case you need to throw something together on the fly.  

This dish is appealing on many different levels, it can be made the day before, it travels really well, and of course, who doesn’t love Shrimp Cocktail?  

1 8oz Cream Cheese, at room temperature, you need it soft so that you can spread it out.

1 jar Cocktail Sauce, your choice

1 bag extra small, cooked shrimp, peeled, deveined, and with tails off

1 Cup Sharp Cheddar, Shredded

½ Cup Green Onions, sliced (You'll notice these are missing from the picture below
Crackers or Fritos for serving 

• In a 9"x11" cake pan, spread the cream cheese out over the entire bottom of the pan.
• Pour the cocktail sauce over the cream cheese and spread it over the cream cheese.
• Now, depending on what you choose to eat this with, you may want to consider quickly chopping up your shrimp.  Sometimes if they are a little on the larger size, it makes for awkward eating, and dicing them up just helps keep more of them on the cracker or chip. Whatever you decide to do, go ahead and spread the shrimp over the cocktail sauce.
• Sprinkle the cheese and green onions over the shrimp and you are ready to serve.

**If you are making this well before when you are going to serve it, you want to make sure you take it out of the fridge at LEAST 30 minutes beforehand, The cream cheese has to have some time to soften before eating, or it won't cooperate when you try to scoop it up with the chip or cracker.**