Creamy Vanilla Fruit Dip

Name: Creamy Vanilla Fruit Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 brick (8oz) cream cheese, softened (($1.98)); 2 teaspoons vanilla (($0.04)); 1/2-1 cup powdered sugar (($0.23)); 1 tub (8oz) cool whip, thawed (($0.99))

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Serve up this creamy vanilla fruit dip with your favorite fruits, and you'll be in for a good time. This recipe is one of our favorite fruit dips, and it's made easily with just a few ingredients.

berries on top of a bowl of creamy vanilla fruit dip and more fruit around the bowl

This awesome cream cheese fruit dip is the best fruit dip ever. It's sweet but not too sweet, rich but creamy and light too. Easy to scoop soft and firm fruits and berries through and tastes great with every fruit we've tried (and we've tried a lot!)

If you want a savory fruit dip to serve alongside this one, then try our Peanut Butter Yogurt Fruit Dip. Serving them together at a party is a recipe for success!

Why This Recipe Works

Minimal ingredients. To make this cream cheese and cool whip fruit dip, you will only need 4 ingredients, plus your favorite fruits and berries!
This dip takes moments to prepare. With an electric mixer and softened ingredients ready to use, this dip comes together incredibly fast and is ready to eat immediately.
Perfect for any occasion. Serve this up as a sweet dip for holiday parties, get-togethers, tailgates, and more. You can even serve leftover dip between your french toast or pancakes for a "stuffed" breakfast the next day- there are so many possibilities.

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🥘 Ingredients
🍽 Equipment Needed
🔪 Instructions
🧾 Substitutions
🍴 Recipe Tips
🥣 Recipe Add-Ins
⏲️Make Ahead Instructions
👩🏻‍🍳 Storage
💭 FAQs
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🥘 Ingredients

Cream cheese- This will give us a rich and creamy base for the dip. Make sure that your cream cheese is thawed before using.

Vanilla extract- Added to give us a nice flavor.

Powdered sugar- Makes the dip nice and sweet while keeping the texture nice and smooth. If making the dip a day or more in advance, granulated sugar can be used.

Cool Whip- This is what makes the dip fluffy and light, so it's easy to scoop into with your sliced fruits. See notes below on making your own whipped topping.

For specific quantities, see the recipe card below.

🍽 Equipment Needed

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🔪 Instructions

Check out how to make creamy vanilla fruit dip with these simple step-by-step instructions:

Add your cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl.

cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar in a glass mixing bowl

Use an electric mixer to beat together until combined. Do not overmix.

creamed cream cheese and sugar mixture in a glass mixing bowl

Fold in the Cool Whip until well combined.

whipped topping on top of cream cheese mixture in a bowl

The dip should be fluffy and light.

creamy vanilla fruit dip in a mixing bowl after the whipped topping was folded in

Serve with your favorite fruits and enjoy.

creamy vanilla fruit dip in a bowl topped with berries

🧾 Substitutions

Cool Whip. You can replace the cool whip with 3 cups of homemade whipped cream. This is made using 1 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream + 2 tablespoon granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat together until stiff peaks form.

🍴 Recipe Tips

Do not overmix

When beating the cream cheese together with the sugar, you do not want to overmix. Just beat together until the mixture is smooth and combined. To overmix can result in a gummy-like texture.

Use thawed ingredients

You need to use thawed cream cheese for this recipe, or else the cream cheese will leave little balls of cream cheese scattered throughout the dip.

🥣 Recipe Add-Ins

If desired, you can add in just about anything to make this dip more fun. Here are some examples:

Rainbow sprinkles
Mini chocolate chips
A little brown sugar
Peanut butter
Nutella
Crushed Oreo cookies

Just add in some fun and mix to incorporate. Use as much or as little as you'd like.

⏲️Make Ahead Instructions

You can make this easy cream cheese fruit dip the day before and keep it well covered in the fridge. You will need to let it rest for a good 10-15 minutes before serving so that it's soft enough to run your fruits through.

👩🏻‍🍳 Storage

Fridge

This dip is good when kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week, if unused. If planning on letting it last several days, you may wish to portion it out before storing it so that the used batch doesn't touch the unused portion because once used.

Once used, the shelf life is shortened to 1-2 days thanks to the fruits.

Freezer

Yes, this dip can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Let the dip thaw completely before mixing again and then serving. The texture may be a little different, but the results will still taste good.

💭 FAQs

What tastes good with fruit dip?

We love this dip with anything slightly tart, so pineapple, strawberries, and grapes are amongst our favorites. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and apple slices are also incredible options.

Why is my fruit dip lumpy?

If you did not thaw your cream cheese long enough you may notice little white lumps of unmixed cream cheese throughout your dip. While this may be unpleasant to look at, it's still fine and tasty!

Can I make a fruit platter the night before?

Yes, you can wash and assemble multiple fruits the night before, such as strawberries, blueberries, grapes, watermelon, cherries, and pineapple. Fruits that are best prepared the day of or right before serving include apples and bananas.

a hand dipping an apple slice into the creamy vanilla fruit dip

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creamy vanilla fruit dip in a bowl with fresh and frozen fruits on top

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