This is the first product we have reviewed from the folks at Garden Fresh Gourmet. These products have won, and continue to win, a ton of industry awards. We stopped by their booth at this past ZestFest, and now we understand why. As far as fresh dips & salsas go, their stuff was pretty darn good. This review is just one in what we hope will be a long line of reviews we do on their products. Not sure why we picked this one to start with, but after you read what we have to say…perhaps you can glean why for yourself.

First impression: I just had to get over that the two main ingredients are mayonnaise and sour cream, and I could sense my arteries clogging as I tasted the first bite. So I took a handful of Lipitor and dove right it. Nice looking dip with a hint of chipotle aroma to it.

Taste: Wow, for a creamy dip that didn’t initially taste like it might have any heat…this one builds a little. It has superb taste. Like licking-my-fingers-when-no-one’s-looking taste. Even if the chipotle flavor is derived from ground chipotle powder rather than fresh chipotles, this has a pepper flavor true enough to its original. The more you eat, the better it tastes. It is a much smoother dip than some, in consistency, but it’s thick enough to coat anything you choose to dip rather well.

How I used it: Duh! It’s a dip, so I used it wth chips, veggies, pretzels, etc. Anything edible I thought might taste good was used.

Ingredients: sour cream (cultured milk, cream, stabilizer [modified corn starch, kosher gelatin, disodium phosphate, guar gum, sodium citrate, carrageenan, salt, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate, enzymes]), mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolk, corn syrup, vinegar, salt, spice, calcium disodium, EDTA), chipotle powder, granulated onion, granulated garlic, sugar, dried cilantro, potassium sorbate

Overall recommendation: If you’re trying to lose weight, like with Weight Watchers or other such program, this dip is pure concentrated evil. It’s just really highly caloric, and the nutritional information on the label backs that up. If you’re looking for a wonderful, somewhat spicy, chipotle dip to please the masses, this would be a fine first choice. A container of this dip has yet to survive an entire calendar day in our house (and the scales in our house can back that up, too), and that alone says a lot to us. We find ourselves looking around to see if anyone is catching us using our fingers to get the last molecules of this dip out of the empty container. Yumminess, to be sure.