Better-Than-Tostitos Salsa con Queso (paired with Xarel-lo!!! How fun)

Last summer I claimed to have replicated the Tostitos Salsa con Queso. I lied.

Ok I didn’t lie per se.

I admitted it wasn’t exactly the same. But I named it Homemade Salsa con Queso Dip, which was a wee bit of a stretch. So I renamed it “Velveeta Salsa con Queso Dip.” A dip that I still stand by, since it iiiis similar to the real thing! And my husband straight-up told me, “I like this more than the Tostitos stuff”, which I took as high praise because that guy loves his queso. And he is very honest when tasting my creations. Sometimes to a fault (but I love him for it).

(PS. I updated the recipe a bit, mainly because I’ve learned a whole lot about recipe writing and development over the past year!! Same dip recipe, just a teeny bit better and easier to follow).

Well, this year I actually did it. I made an EASY copycat version of the Tostitos Salsa con Queso. I also learned that my husband was probably lying to me last year. Because this version objectively tastes A LOT like the Tostitos stuff, and when he tried it, he said (and I quote): “Ya, this is SO much better than your last one.”