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.
Recipe: $3.17 | Per Serving: $0.40 | Servings: 8
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. It's easy to scoop with both soft and firm fruits as well as berries.
This vanilla dip tastes great with every fruit we've tried (and we've tried a lot!) It also tastes incredible with Air Fryer Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips (almost like a spiced cheesecake!)
If you want a different 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! For a spicy/savory option, I ALWAYS recommend this Tomato Jalapeno Salsa.
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🍯 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! It's almost like a No Bake Cool Whip Cheesecake but in a bowl instead of a No Bake Graham Cracker Crust.
- 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 (like these Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes)- there are so many possibilities!
🥘 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes:
Cream cheese- This will give us a rich and creamy base for the dip. Make sure that your cream cheese is thawed before using.
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 ingredients and measurements, please see the recipe card below.
🧾 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 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.
🔪 Instructions for Creamy Vanilla Fruit Dip
Step 1: Add your cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl.
Step 2: Use an electric mixer to beat together until combined. Do not overmix.
Step 3: Fold in the Cool Whip until well combined.
The dip should be fluffy and light.
Serve with your favorite fruits and enjoy.
🍴 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.
⏲️Make Ahead Instructions
Preparation: Prepare the easy cream cheese fruit dip the day before.
Storage: Keep the dip well covered in the fridge until ready to serve.
Resting Time: Allow the dip to rest for 10-15 minutes before serving to soften it enough for dipping fruits.
👩🏻🍳 Storage
Fridge Storage: 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 Storage: 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.
💭 Recipe FAQs
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. Graham crackers also make a fantastic option, if you want more variety.
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!
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.
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📖 Recipe
Creamy Vanilla Fruit Dip
Ingredients
- 1 brick (8oz) cream cheese, softened ($1.86)
- ½-1 cup powdered sugar ($0.18)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ($0.06)
- 1 tub (8oz) whipped topping, thawed ($1.07)
Instructions
- Add your cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl.
- Use an electric mixer to beat together until combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the whipped topping until well combined. The dip should be fluffy and light.
- Serve with your favorite fruits and enjoy.
Notes
- Replace Cool Whip with 3 cups of homemade whipped cream: 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream, 2 tablespoon granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla, beaten until stiff peaks form.
- Avoid overmixing cream cheese and sugar for smooth texture.
- Thaw cream cheese before use to prevent texture issues.
- Prepare dip a day ahead; refrigerate and let sit for 10-15 minutes before serving.
- Store dip in fridge in airtight container for up to 1 week.
- Portion out if storing for multiple days to avoid mixing used and unused portions; shelf life shortens to 1-2 days after adding fruits.
- Freeze dip in airtight container for up to 2 months; thaw completely before serving.
Connie Didion says
Very good and easy to make.
Nicole Durham says
Glad you like it!
L says
So yummy!