Fruit Dip

Easy Fruit Dip (No Marshmallow Fluff!)

I can’t think of a single thing better for pairing with your favorite summertime fruit than today’s quick and easy fruit dip. Many fruit dip recipes start with marshmallow fluff as the base, but I wanted something a little bit different with a better flavor (and less over-whelming sweetness). Ultimately, I ended up basing today’s recipe off of my no-bake cheesecake, and truly it could probably just as well be called a “cheesecake dip”. This recipe is simple, but because we’re making everything from scratch you will need to dirty a dish or two more than you would if you were simply peeling open a tub of store-bought whipped cream. I promise you, it’s worth it! Let’s get right to it.

What You’ll Need

Cream cheese. This is the base of our fruit dip and the primary flavor. I have only tried this recipe with full-fat, brick-style cream cheese and so that is what I recommend.Powdered sugar. This adds sweetness to the recipe and I add it in two parts. Half is stirred in with the cream cheese first to help evenly distribute the sweetness and to help cream the cream cheese. The other half is used to whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks — the sugar adds stability to the whipped cream and helps make the dip somewhat fluffy.Vanilla extract. This deepens the sweet flavors of the dip.Lemon or lime juice. A splash of citrus juice adds a subtle but fresh tartness to the dip. Orange juice would be another fine choice, but if you don’t have any juice on hand you can simply omit this. Sour cream. A small bit of sour cream enhances the tartness and subtle tang of the dip. Heavy cream. While many fruit dip recipes rely on store-bought whipped cream to make their dip fluffy and sweet, we’re making my homemade whipped cream instead (and the little bit of extra work is going to pay off BIG time when it comes to taste!). Folding this into the dip gives us a beautiful, light and creamy consistency.Fruit! For dipping, of course, Use your favorite fruits. Larger fruits like strawberries are ideal, but you can also skewer smaller fruits like raspberries, grapes, and blueberries and serve them on a skewer.

Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!