Hosting the Perfect Holiday "Dip" Party: Dip Data, Guest Rankings & Party Prep Tips

I Know You Didn't Ask with Megan O'Donnell

Megan O'Donnell

Tv & Film, Society & Culture

3.8 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This episode is my official post-mortem on my Holiday Dip Party — inspired by the hilarious comedian Zack Noe Towers — where friends gathered for what can only be described as a sacred communal experience. I’m memorializing everything: the data, the guest list, who brought what, which dips shocked us, which flopped, what I’d never do again, and what absolutely needs to be repeated. We’re talking full dip DATA — sweet vs savory strategy, ideal dipping vessels, and the unspoken politics of duplicate Buffalo chicken dips.

I break down the winners and losers (yes, both exist), hosting tips I swear by, accoutrements that carried the night (hello Frito Scoops), my biggest regret of the evening (I forgot the strawberries — please forgive me), and why parties like this matter more than ever. Plus: leftover regrets, stomach pain confessions, and quotes from guests that honestly made me emotional. Hosting should look easy — even if you’ve been spiraling for a week beforehand — and this episode is proof that bringing people together is still one of life’s greatest flexes.

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0:16.1	Welcome to I Know You Didn't Ask, the unapologetic, unfiltered, and slightly unhinged podcast you didn't know you needed.
0:22.8	I'm your host, Megyn O'Donnell, pop culture obsessive, professional oversharer, and the host of your new fix for celebrity gossip, reality TV chaos, books, food news, beauty tips, and of course, navigating your life in your 30s.
0:36.0	I know you didn't ask, but I'm telling you anyways.
0:38.9	Sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy the show.
0:41.4	Welcome to I Know You Didn't Ask.
0:42.5	I'm your host, Megan O'Donnell.
0:44.0	And if you know me, you know that I take hosting incredibly seriously.
0:49.2	I'd like to say I am the hostess with the mostest.
0:53.0	And it can be anything from a girls's night in, GNI, special
0:57.3	Friday dinner, when I'm celebrating a personal milestone for me or my husband, whether it's for
1:02.7	Mother's Day or Father's Day, a holiday, or most recently, this past weekend, I celebrated
1:10.0	the holidays with a holiday dip party.
1:13.9	So I came across this concept through the hilarious comedian, Zach Noey Towers, and basically,
1:20.2	you invite your friends and family over, and each person needs to bring a dip.
1:24.6	Now, this dip can be savory, it can be sweet, it could be a little bit of both, but everybody needs to bring a dip. Now, this dip can be savory. It can be sweet. It can be a little bit of both. But
1:29.5	everybody needs to bring a dip. And on the invitation via partyful, which if you guys aren't sending
1:34.1	your invitations out through partyful, then you're already not living in 2025, almost 2026,
1:40.5	because it is of the future. But of course, you know, you put in the information for the party,
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