Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery – outrageously good with only 5 ingredients! A party favorite! Can make in advance and refrigerate until ready to serve. Celery, cream cheese, Italian dressing mix, mayonnaise, and mozzarella cheese. This is always the first thing to go! Great for game day, parties, potlucks, and the holidays!
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Stuffed celery is a staple at our parties. It is easy to make and everyone loves it. This Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery is our favorite recipe! It only has a few simple ingredients but it packs a ton of flavor! It is perfect for tailgating on game day, potlucks, parties, and holiday appetizers! I always have the stuff on hand to make this outrageously good stuffed celery! One bite and you will too!
How to Make Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery
This Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery is super easy to make. It only has 5 ingredients, including the celery! Start with a block of softened cream cheese. Mix in some Italian dressing mix, mayonnaise, and mozzarella cheese. Stuff that mixture into some celery stalks and you are done! I just use a spoon or knife to spread the cream cheese mixture into the stalks. I garnished the celery with some paprika and dried parsley. You could even top the stuffed celery with some chopped pecans! YUM!
Can Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery be Made in Advance?
You can make the Italian cream cheese mixture in advance and keep it refrigerated until you are ready to stuff the celery. It will keep 4 or 5 days in the refrigerator. You can also stuff the celery and refrigerate it overnight. I LOVE easy make-ahead appetizers like this!
Stuffed Celery for Thanksgiving
As I said, this Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery is a party favorite! I already have the stuff to make this for our football party this weekend. This stuffed celery is also PERFECT for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We love to whip up a batch for snacking before the big holiday meal. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog to finish off your party spread that go great with this outrageously good Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery:
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Italian Cream Cheese Stuffed Celery
Ingredients:
- 6 or 7 stalks of celery rinsed and dried
- 1 (8-oz) block cream cheese, softened
- 1 (0.7-oz) package Italian dressing mix
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions:
- Cut each celery stalk into three pieces. Set aside.
- Combine cream cheese, Italian dressing mix, mayonnaise, and mozzarella cheese.
- Stuff celery with cream cheese mixture.
- Garnish celery with dried parsley and paprika, if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes:
Steph
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IS THIS GLUTEN FREE
No – the Italian dressing mix has wheat and soy listed on their packaging.
Could you use this
Dip with stuffed peppers as well?
Sure
Made the recipe today. It was awesome!
WONDERFUL FAVOR. Big hit at the party. Easy to make. Will be adding this recipe to family favorites.
I’ve made this without mozzarella but added 1-2 teaspoon of dried dill & served on bread with cucumber slices. My cucumber tea sandwich. 👍🏼 Gonna add the mozzarella next time, but it will be wonderful. Thanks
This was really easy to prepare. I just wanted to try it out because I had a lot of celery left over from Thanksgiving, and didn’t know what to do with it. Now I have a nice little snack to take to my daughters next week when I’m babysitting. If my family likes it, I’ll be making it for Christmas. May try this as a cucumber dip as well. Looking forward to trying out some of your other recipes. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve made this celery appetizer for years and I only use 3 ingredients. Celery, cream cheese and pistachio nuts. You don’t really need the mayo or Italian dressing mix. It’s flavorful and an excellent appetizer just as it is.
Great recipe! Added some crispy bacon crumbles and top with some finely chopped toasted pecans!!! I let it sit all day in fridge before using! Highly recommend making it ahead and giving the flavors time to meld!
Made it as stated but thought it was too salty. The mozzarella cheese made a perfect texture but was so mild it didn’t add much to the flavor profile. Made so much I ran out of celery. Dipped carrot sticks into it and spread it on a variety of specialty crackers. Excellent on all.
The only real criticism I have is the use of the phrase CAN BE MADE AHEAD should be changed to SHOULD BE MADE AHEAD. It is good immediately but much better the next day. It takes a while for the herbs and seasonings to rehydrate and infuse into and meld with their surroundings.
The 2nd time I made it, I used a copycat recipe for Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix and omitted the salt. I replaced some of the shredded cheese with 1 tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese. I didn’t have any mozzarella cheese so I used shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
The result was different but just as good. I think next time I’ll try putting walnut pieces on the stuffed celery. That should taste good.
Actually, I think this recipe would be good in several different variations. Crumbled blue cheese, even shredded American style cheese or shredded Velveeta would be yum.
Thank you for a good framework recipe, a base that can be tweaked to fit ingredients on hand and personal tastes.
Great tips – thank you!
Loved it! Making it again. Thanks
Can you sub something for mayo or leave it out for tailgating?
how about sour cream or plain yougurt? if i was using sour cream, i would most likely add a bit of sugar
My Family loved it.