Crab Spread I

My family loves this. I do thin out the cream cheese with a little sour cream just to make it more spreadable. Top with sauce and then add the crabmeat and a little sprinkle of parsley, chopped. I make my own sauce all the time – ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, all to taste – it’s fresh tasting and I always have these ingredients on hand for shrimp or this recipe.

My mom always make this dip but she used the mixer and mix the crab meat and cream cheese then I added the cocktail sauce and blended it in to the dip I will make it again it went fast at the super bowl party

It was excellent and so easy to make

I made this for a party and it was awesome. I added some fresh grated horseradish,scallions and chives into the cream cheese. Poured the cocktail sauce over cream cheese then added crab on top. Also topped with some dried parsley just for color and looks. Yummy

I had this 30 years ago at a family gathering. Glad to see this is still popular. So easy and delish!

It is a tasty quick and simple appetizer, I also sometimes like to add a can of mini shrimp with the crabmeat.

I remember when my Mom used to make this. I do not have her recipe so I used this one, doubling it and adding a can of shrimp to the mix with the crab meat. Was really good and everyone liked it. This will be my go to appy when bring to a party.

I grew up with a similar recipe, but my mother would beat the cream cheese with minced onion and a few dashes of Worcestersire sauce…even when the crab and cocktail sauce were gone the cream cheese was delicious by itself!

My other used to make a similar recipe. Instead of layering I let the cream cheese come to room temp in a bowl then add a little bit of the cocktail sauce (I always use zesty/spicy) and , then I I use plastic wrap to roll into a ball. Once the ball has chilled for 2-3 hours I roll the ball in finely chopped chives the onions give it a nice flavor. I only gave it 3 stars because I improvised, but a great foundation

Just goes to show that some times older is better. I’ve made this twice now and it never fails to disappear. I add sour cream to the cream cheese for extra flavor and a better consistency. I also make my own cocktail sauce- using Super Al’s cocktail sauce recipe found on here. Awesome.

This is one of my favorite dip recipes. I always thought it was surprising, if I hadn’t ate it all the time as a kid and read the ingredients I’d probably be turned off. I always let the cream cheese soften and spread it out on a plate, then add homemade cocktail sauce (I only use ketchup and horseradish in mine, I don’t like brown sugar or anything sweet in mine), and top with two cans of lump crab meat, or if I have left over crab legs from dinner and I’m really bored, pull the meat out and shred it and use on top of one can of lump crab meat. I think it makes it a lot easier to dip into and much prettier, it will look like a pizza when you’re done (I don’t spread the sauce all the way to the edge, I leave about 1/2 inch). I’ve never used lemon juice, but I’m going to try it. I only like this with Wheat Thins for some reason, maybe because that’s what I’m used to (and I actually don’t really like wheat thins at all)

Love this recipe!! It is fantastic!! Lots of flavor and goes well with bagel chips. It’s a must have for parties.

I make this nearly every year. It’s simple, quick and tastes great. You can’t go wrong, that’s why this recipe has been around forever.

I made this twice. First time I accidentally used Chile Sauce instead of Cocktail Sauce. We didnt like it with Chile Sauce. Second time I used imitaion crab flakes cut up. I mixed half the crab with the cream cheese to make it more dipable and a little less heavy. Then added the Cocktail Sauce and topped with remaining crab. I did this cuz it was a potluck and I wanted people to know what was inside the dip. The pie plate was clean when I left, so it was a hit.

Delish. My mother in law came over on Christmas and made this and I was soo addicted! I found this recipe and decided to make it…wondeful wonderful!! The only thing I didn’t do because it’s what she didn’t do, was use lemon. I suspose, that if the crab meat was fresh, that would be the way to go, but I used a pouch imitation in the seafood dept from our grocery store. And I’m still addicted. What a neat little appetizer, for parties or just when you want something with crackers. I’ll be making this again and again. Myself and my 3 daughters just love this. I didn’t expect my son and husband to, but that’s more for us. I love love this!!!

I just made this for tomorrow’s Christmas Eve bash, its awesome! I didnt change a thing! Will make again!

I make this at Christmas. I would like to share a prep direction with you all how I prepare it. Put cream cheese in freezer for 15-20 minutes. Take out and cut the top right and left angles to make a Christmas tree out the of cream cheese. Take the two pcs and put them together to form a rectangle. Then add them to bottom of tree for a trunk. You have a Christmas tree. Follow the rest of the directions and serve on a flat decorative plate.

This recipe should have stayed in the 50’s…. Sorry, I was hoping for better.

We made this for Xmas, except left off the lemon and only used about 1/2 the jar of cocktail sauce over top. It looked kinda sloppy. With the leftovers, I threw it all into my little chopper and mixed it up. Was a nice cracker spread then. Would probably go with the mixing it up next time too.

very good and easy…i used the canned lump crab and it worked well.

Yummy- after I started making this dish, I realized that my mother used to make this for special holiday gatherings. I used 2 packages of cream cheese, and spread it on a glass dish- then I poured on 1 bottle of the cocktail sauce, and then sprinkled on some artificial crab meat, then drizzled with some lemon juice- delicious!