A type of appetizer that consists of melted cheese often combined with other ingredients and served with crackers, potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, fruit, vegetables or other similar foods that are dipped into the cheese. There are a wide variety of flavored cheese dips such as Avocado, Bacon, Blue Cheese, Cheddar, Cream Cheese, Chili, Nacho, or Seafood cheese dip that are popular snacks for parties and events.