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.
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!)
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
- Cream cheese
- Vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar
- Cool Whip
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.
Use an electric mixer to beat together until combined. Do not overmix.
Fold in the Cool Whip until well combined.
The dip should be fluffy and light.
Serve with your favorite fruits and enjoy.
🧾 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
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.
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.
💭 FAQs
This dip is good when kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. If planning on letting it last several days, you may wish to portion it out before storing so that the used batch doesn't touch the unused portion because once used. The shelflife is shortened to 1-2 days thanks to the fruits.
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.
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.
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📖 Recipe
Creamy Vanilla Fruit Dip
Ingredients
- 1 brick (8oz) cream cheese, softened ($1.98)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla ($0.04)
- ½-1 cup powdered sugar ($0.23)
- 1 tub (8oz) cool whip, thawed ($0.99)
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 Cool Whip until well combined. The dip should be fluffy and light.
- Serve with your favorite fruits and enjoy.
Notes
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- This dip is good when kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. If planning on letting it last several days, you may wish to portion it out before storing so that the used batch doesn't touch the unused portion because once used, the shelflife is shortened to 1-2 days thanks to the fruits.
- 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.
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