For decades, office parties have run on finger foods, sweet treats, and pizza. But ahead of the holidays, people are turning to a different type of snack.
Offices are tapping into “dipsgiving, ” a trend that has circulated on social media for the last few years, in which partygoers each bring in a different dip to share like a potluck.
While the main trend has remained popular among friend groups as a sort of lower-effort alternative to traditional friendsgiving, dipsgiving has slowly made its way into the break room making a dish usually seen as a side and turning it into the main event.
The dips can be as traditional or creative as a participant wishes. Take a dip-themed office party from last year where employees brought an array of dips like salsa or guacamole paired with chips, cranberry apple dip, and even a cookie dough dip. In a video shared to TikTok, the user revealed the party was the office’s third annual “dip off.”
The year before, the same user posted another sizzle reel of the dip off, with spreads like a funfetti dip paired with cookies and the evening’s winner, a stuffed banana pepper dip.
The tradition also allows for content creation at the office. Take the party supply retailer Oriental Trading Company, which posted a video to TikTok featuring employees and their “dipsgiving” dips for the office party. Dips ranged from a cream cheese strawberry habanero dip to a pizza dip and a cannoli dip.
A real estate company in Florida named Gailey Enterprises also joined in on the trend, with employees opting for more traditional offerings like a hummus and pita platter, and one employee even skipped the rules entirely, bringing pizza instead.
But not everyone is excited about the dip, with some users on social media raising hygiene concerns about coworkers cooking for them, a worry raised about potlucks in general.
In one video posted to TikTok, a user placed a large pot in their car and filled it with various ingredients to create a buffalo chicken dip. “I didn’t have the time to make buffalo chicken dip for the office potluck,” the user said, captioning the video “I tried my best.”
One user commented, “One thing about me, I will always pass on a potluck.”
