Easy Cream Cheese Fruit Dip (5 Ingredients)

This easy cream cheese fruit dip is made with just 5 simple ingredients and is perfect for snacking or dessert. It is creamy, fresh, and sweet with a hint of tart, and can be served with any type of fruit, cookies, crackers, or cake. It is sure to be the star of the party!

This recipe originally published April 24, 2013. It has been updated with recipe improvements, tricks and new pictures for your convenience. 

There are all kinds of ways to dress up a simple fruit platter for a party, summer BBQ, brunch party, or just a snack station. Sometimes I go incredibly easy and just make cinnamon apples.

Or if I want to be mostly healthy, I make a yogurt fresh fruit salad. But if I really want to go out and impress people, I make this family favorite easy cream cheese fruit dip recipe with bits of chocolate English toffee.

❤️ Why it works

This is by far one of our family’s favorite fruit dip recipes. And it is incredibly easy to throw together in about 5 minutes with only 5 ingredients! It easily becomes the star of the show at family gatherings,  game nights, or a fun potluck summer BBQ.

• Feel free to get creative and change the flavor of the cream cheese fruit dip to match your snacks.
• This easy fruit dip is made with just 5 simple ingredients that you may already have on hand in your pantry.
• It only takes 5 minutes to make, so you can enjoy it in no time!
• Easy to make it unique each time, simply by changing out the fruit and treats that you serve with the fruit dip!
• Don’t limit yourself to just parties. Make this fruit dip for your own family just because! They will love you!

🍽️ Pairs With

Cream Cheese fruit dips are an excellent side dish for any social gathering. It can easily be placed on the salad/side dish table or on the dessert table! Whether you are having a movie party, game night, baby shower, bridal party, brunch party, dinner party, or just a basic snack party it is an excellent addition to any table spread. And easily pairs with just about any party food at any time of the year.

I often get asked what you can dip in a cream cheese fruit dip. So I gathered a list of a lot of ideas to try. But basically, almost any fruit works great with a cream cheese fruit dip. And there are also several baked treats as well such as cookies or cake cubes!

For dipping ideas try:

• Apple slices
• grapes (all seedless varieties)
• pitted cherries
• strawberries
• raspberries
• blueberries
• bananas
• Lotus Biscoff Cookie
• Turtle Cookies
• pretzels
• chocolate graham crackers
• animal crackers
• Snickerdoodle Cookies
• honey graham crackers
• broken waffle cones
• vanilla wafers.
• homemade cinnamon crisps

You could also get really creative and use it as a spread on

• plain bagels
• fruit bagels
• Muffins
• baked chocolate donuts
• Toast
• Fried Scones

Not only is it easy to make in about 5 minutes, but this whipped cream cheese fruit dip recipe also only takes 5 common ingredients.

You most likely have all the ingredients for this easy cream cheese fruit dip in your pantry. That is except for the Heath Bar Chocolate English Toffee bits.

*Cream Cheese – any brand of cream cheese will do, but I prefer Philadelphia cream cheese. The important thing is that it’s at room temperature before you use it. Low-fat cream cheese is more likely to make your fruit dip lumpy, so I recommend using full-fat instead.

*Brown Sugar – for the best flavor you will want light brown sugar.

*Vanilla – imitation vanilla extract will not work in this recipe. It does not have the same rich flavor as real vanilla extract. I recommend using real vanilla extract. If you can find it, Mexican vanilla extract is a great option. It has a deeper, more complex flavor than other types of vanilla extract.

*Lemon Juice – while fresh lemon juice is the best option, bottled lemon juice can still be used to add a slight tartness to the fruit dip to balance out the sweetness and keep it tasting fresh.

*Health Milk Chocolate English Toffee Bits – these are usually found near the chocolate chips in the grocery store. These are also completely optional and the easiest ingredient to exchange for variations of flavor. You can use just toffee bits, or mini chocolate chips, or even peanut butter chips. There are a lot of options. Or just leave it out completely for a smooth rich texture.

🗓️ Storage

Because this fruit dip uses cream cheese it needs to be stored in the refrigerator. Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

You can also freeze the fruit dip for up to 1 month. Thaw it in the refrigerator before serving.

💭 Tips & FAQs

👩🏻‍🍳 Cooking with Kids

If you’re familiar with Busy Creating Memories, you know that we’re passionate about creating memories with our kids. And one of the best ways to do that is to get them involved in the kitchen. Cooking and baking together is a great way to bond, learn new skills, and create lasting memories. That’s why we always include ideas on how to involve kids in our recipes.

Here are several ways that kids can be involved in making this cream cheese fruit dip!

Ages 2+

• Gather the kitchen utensils
• Gather the ingredients
• Measure ingredients with help
• Wash the fruit
• Separating good fruit from spoiled fruit
• Placing sliced and prepared fruit on the serving tray
• Obviously – they love to help TASTE TEST and Eat the results!

Ages 5+ Any of the above tasks, PLUS…

• Cutting fruit with direct supervision. We start our kids off with an apple slicer and a knife designed for kids like the Joie Crinkle Cutter. And a lot of supervision until they show competence using the tool.
• Read out & identify the recipe ingredients
• pour ingredients into the bowl
• Use a spatula to scrape the bowl
• Filling the serving bowl with the fruit dip
• Be involved in cleaning up: putting ingredients away, wiping the counter, sweeping the floor, loading the dishwasher, or washing dishes by hand.
• Help convert ingredient measurements for doubling or tripling the recipe. This uses elementary math to double or triple recipe ingredient measurements (base this on their math skill level)

Ages 10+ Any of the above tasks, PLUS…

• Operating a hand mixer with supervision.
• Transferring the fruit dip and fruit into appropriate containers for storing.

Please note: Every child is different, so it is important to use your own judgment when deciding which tasks are appropriate for your child. These are just suggestions, and you may need to adjust them based on your child’s individual abilities and needs. It is also important to remember that younger children will require more direct supervision than older children.

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