Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a small (2-cup capacity) baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
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Place bacon in a cold skillet, then turn the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes until bacon chunks are crisp. Add garlic when there are about 2 minutes left on the bacon. Drain on paper towels.
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Whip the cream cheese with an electric hand mixer, then add the heavy cream, bacon, garlic, cheese, and chives. Stir until smooth. Pour into baking dish and sprinkle with almonds.
I can see why Wiley added the cayenne pepper for a little heat. Good suggestion as a salad dressing. Heated up, and this tasted good with Ritz crackers! Yum!
Something else.
To begin with, I added 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper for just a little background heat. That was good, so I thinned out a half cup of the dip with a little more heavy cream and used it as a salad dressing over spinach with red onion and tomato.