This Brown Sugar Fruit Dip is one of our favorites when served with fresh fruit platters. With only three ingredients, it is so simple to throw together for a party or an easy snack.
This dip can be used for a great appetizer recipe to serve with tasty fresh fruit. It is a nice light option compared to other recipes you might find during the holiday season for friend and family get-togethers.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
It’s easy, it’s so delicious, and this dip recipe comes together in only a matter of minutes! I feel like the cream cheese mixed with the sweetness of the brown sugar is what makes this dip incredible. Throw in a splash of vanilla, and this dip is ready to go.
How To Make Fruit Dip:
Add ingredients:
- Add brown sugar and other ingredients to a medium mixing bowl.
- Mix together all three ingredients until smooth with a hand mixer.
Serve with fruit:
- Serve with strawberries, apples, and bananas or the fruit of your choosing.
How to soften cream cheese:
To soften the cream cheese, you can pull the cream cheese out of the fridge about an hour before making this dish to let the cream cheese come to room temperature.
Or to speed the softening process up, completely unwrap the cheese and place it on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave the cream cheese on high for about 15 seconds, and it will be nice and soft and ready for mixing!
Variations and Add-ins:
- Adding Heath toffee bits to this dip is delightful
- Drizzled some caramel sauce over the top
- Substitute Splenda or other artificial sweeteners for the brown sugar
- Add some marshmallow fluff with the cream cheese
Cream Cheese to Use In Creamy Fruit Dip?
To make this creamy dip you can use either plain cream cheese or another flavor like strawberry cream cheese or the honey and walnut if you want something with a little bit of crunch to serve with your favorite fruits.
What to Serve With Cream Cheese Dip:
- Apple slices
- Banana slices
- Strawberries
- Grapes
- Graham crackers
- Nilla wafers
- Pineapple
- Melon pieces
- Other berries
Storage Instructions
Fridge: Store the fruit dip in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups strawberries
- 2 apples, sliced
- 2 bananas, sliced
Equipment
Instructions
- Soften cream cheese
- Mix ingredients until smooth
- Garnish with brown sugar and serve
- Serve with strawberries, apples and bananas or the fruit of your choosing.
Notes
- apples (we love green apples and honey crisp apples)
- banana slices
- strawberries
- grapes
- graham crackers
- vanilla wafer cookies
- pineapple
- melon pieces
- berries
Nutrition
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Add a bag of Heath Brickle bits…HEAVEN in a bowl.
This looks delicious! Pinning & can’t wait to try it!
As someone already mentioned, adding heath bar bits will make it EVEN BETTER. I like it best with green apples and grapes.
hmmm I want to try this with brown sugar splenda!!!!!
This dip is really fun to make at a family gathering. Just put the ingredients in a thick freezer ziplock and let the kids pass it around a knead it together. Especially good to do in a Family Home Evening Lesson or while playing a game. Everyone has a good time mixing it in the plastic bag. Then just plop everything in a bowl. They all feel like they “made” the dip, and love to eat it up.
Love this! Even better with almond extract instead of vanilla. Even smells good!
A friend introduced me to this recipe, and I had to make adjustments for my diet – cashew cream cheese and swerve brown sugar replacement, but it still worked! Adding this to my snack rotation, as I prefer fruit as my evening go-to snack. Thank you!
We make this and add chopped peanuts. It’s great with bananas and apples.