Chocolate chip dip is a light and creamy no bake dessert dip made with a handful of simple ingredients like cream cheese and mini chocolate chips. This cream cheese chocolate chip dip is quick, easy to make in about 5 minutes and makes the best sweet dip for your favorite holiday treats.
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Why Should You Make This Recipe
I’ve recently become a huge fan of simple and delicious sweet dessert dip recipes. My Pumpkin Dip, Apple Dip, Cool Whip Fruit Dip, S’mores Dip and Oreo Dip are of my favorites on the blog. This chocolate chip dip recipe is another fun and easy sweet dessert dip I know you’ll love!
- It’s quick, easy and fun to make. This chocolate chip dip takes about 5 minutes to make. Just mix together some simple ingredients and serve with your favorite fruit or sweet dipping crackers like graham crackers.
- Perfect for entertaining: What I love most about this chocolate chip dip is how easy it is to throw together at the last minute. Not only is this sweet and creamy chocolate chips dip easy to make, it is such a crowd pleaser and easy to customize to you and your guests tastes.
Ingredients
This chocolate chip cream cheese dip is made from a handful of simple basic pantry ingredients. Here’s what you need.
Gather cream cheese, powdered sugar, light brown sugar, vanilla extract and mini chocolate chips.
Substitutions
This simple chocolate chip cream cheese dip is meant to be quick and easy, but sometimes you may not have everything on hand. If you need them, here are my recommended substitutions for this recipe.
- Cream Cheese: Mascarpone cheese would be the easiest substitute for cream cheese, but cream cheese is more stable so that is recommended over mascarpone cheese.
- Butter: I like to use unsalted “sweet cream” butter in almost all my recipes. This is the most common and widely available butter in the US. If needed, use salted butter (omit the added salt) or a diary free butter you like.
- Light Brown Sugar and Powdered Sugar: Maple sugar would be good refined sugar free substitute. To make powdered maple sugar, pulse the maple sugar in a food processor along with 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
- Vanilla Extract: This provides a nice background flavor to the cream cheese dip. Feel free to omit if you don’t have any on hand.
- Mini Chocolate Chips: Use the mini chocolate chips if you can. They’re easier to scoop and dip. If needed, use chopped chocolate or regular chocolate chips. Just keep in mind the larger the chocolate, the more difficult it is to scoop.
How To Make
Learn how to make chocolate chip dip in a two easy steps.
- Place the room temperature cream cheese, powdered sugar, light brown sugar and vanilla extract to stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Cream all the ingredients together on low for 1 minute increasing speed to low-medium until smooth and well combined. Scrape the mixing bowl and stir in the mini chocolate chips. Make sure to reserve some for topping the dip.
- Transfer the creamy chocolate chip dip into a serving bowl. Top with more chocolate chips if you like. If the dip is your desired consistency, serve right away. For a thicker, more set dip, transfer the dip to the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes. Serve with fresh apple slices or strawberries, graham crackers, pretzels or cookies.
How To Serve and Store
- Serve: This creamy dip with chocolate chips is best served with fresh fruit such as apples, pears or strawberries or with sweet dippers such as graham crackers or cookies. For an extra crunch and a salty sweet flavor, add chopped toasted nuts such or even toffy candy and use pretzels or Ritz crackers for dipping.
- Store: This creamy chocolate chip dip stores well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 - 4 days. If not serving this creamy dip right away, transfer it to the fridge until it’s time to serve.
M’s Expert Tips
- Bring the cream cheese to room temperature. This allows the ingredients to mix together more evenly and lessens the chance of the cream cheese splitting.
- Use powdered sugar. This type of sugar has cornstarch mixed into the sugar. Cornstarch acts like a stabilizer and helps to not only thicken the dip but help prevent the cream cheese from splitting.
- Mini chocolate chips are best. Use the mini chocolate chips if you can. They’re easier to scoop and dip. If needed, use chopped chocolate or regular chocolate chips. Just keep in mind the larger the chocolate, the more difficult it is to scoop.
- Chill the dip. For a thicker dip, cover and transfer the dip to the fridge for 30 minutes before serving. If storing in the fridge for longer, make sure to pull the dip to sit out at room temperature for about 20 - 30 minutes to soften the dip enough to make scooping easier. For a “thinner” dip, enjoy right after mixing the ingredients together.
- Have fun with the toppings and dippers. Add anything you like to the top of the dip once it has been made. I love a adding more mini chocolate chips. If you like, top the dip with toasted chopped nuts, toffee bits or crushed cookies such as gingersnaps or graham crackers.
FAQs
Chocolate chip cream cheese dip is a sweet and creamy dessert dip with bits of mini chocolate chips. Seasonal fruit such as apples, pears or strawberries or would be delicious with this dip. Sweet dippers such as graham crackers or gingersnaps are also delicious. For a salty sweet dipper, pretzels are an excellent choice to pair with creamy chip dip.
This dip has a cream cheese base and should be stored in the fridge. With proper storage in the fridge, this creamy chip dip can last up to 4 - 5 days.
Cream cheese with chocolate chip dip can be frozen, but keep in mind that the overall texture could change due to freezing and thawing the cream cheese base of the dip. If this isn’t a deal breaker for you, you can freeze the dip. To freeze this dessert dip, transfer the dip to a freezer safe and airtight container. Freeze for up to 2 months. Transfer to the fridge to thaw overnight. Drain any excess liquid that comes from thawing and stir or re-whip the dip again to help smooth out any textural changes.
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Chocolate Chip Dip Recipe
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer with paddle attachment or electric hand mixer with beaters
- 1 serving bowl
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (226 g) cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (170 g) mini chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Place the room temperature cream cheese, powdered sugar, light brown sugar and vanilla extract to stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Cream all the ingredients together on low for 1 minute increasing speed to low-medium until smooth and well combined. Scrape the mixing bowl and stir in ¾ cup mini chocolate chips. Make sure to reserve some for topping the dip.8 oz. (226 g) cream cheese, room temperature, ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar, ¼ cup (50 g) light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Transfer the creamy chocolate chip dip into a serving bowl. Top with more chocolate chips if you like. If the dip is your desired consistency, serve right away. For a thicker, more set dip, transfer the dip to the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes.1 cup (170 g) mini chocolate chips, divided
- Serve with fresh apple slices or strawberries, graham crackers, pretzels or cookies.
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