Cool whip fruit dip is a deliciously thick, sweet and creamy dessert dip made with cool whip. This fruit dip with cool whip and cream cheese is made in under 10 minutes using 4 simple ingredients. It makes the best dip to pair with your favorite fruit or dessert platter.
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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 S’mores Dip and Oreo Dip are of my favorites on the blog. This cool whip dip is another fun and easy fruit dip I know you’ll love!
- It’s quick, easy and fun to make. This cool whip dip for fruit takes no more than 10 minutes to make. Just mix together 4 simple ingredients and serve with your favorite fruit or sweet dipping crackers like graham crackers.
- Perfect for entertaining: What I love most about this cool whip and cream cheese dip is how easy it is to throw together at the last minute. Not only is this sweet and creamy dip easy to make, it is such a crowd pleaser and easy to customize.
Ingredients
This fruit dip with cool whip is made from 4 simple basic pantry ingredients. Here’s what you need.
Gather cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and cool whip.
Substitutions
This simple fruit whip 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.
- Powdered Sugar: Maple sugar would be good refined sugar free substitute. Granulated sugar will also work well to sweeten the cream cheese.
- Vanilla Extract: This provides a nice background flavor to the fruit dip. Feel free to omit if you don’t have any on hand.
- Cool Whip: I typically prefer making my own whipped cream, but for this dip, I found that cool whip was more stable and held together for days.
Variations
- 2 Ingredient Cool Whip Fruit Dip: Mix 8 oz. Cool Whip with a 3.4 oz. packet of jello instant pudding mix until well combined. Feel free to use whatever flavor you like. Vanilla pudding or strawberry pudding mix would both be delicious choices.
- Cool Whip Dip with Yogurt: Another 2 ingredient variation is mixing 16 oz. cool whip with 8 - 10 oz. strawberry yogurt until well combined.
- 3 Ingredient Cool Whip Dip: Mix 8 oz. of cream cheese with 8 oz. cool whip and 7 oz. marshmallow creme or fluff until well combined.
- Strawberry Yogurt Cool Whip Dip: Mix 8 oz. cool whip with 6 tablespoons instant strawberry jello mix and 1 cup greek yogurt until well combined.
How To Make
Learn how to make cool whip fruit dip in a few easy steps.
- Grab a large mixing bowl and an electric hand mixer or just use your stand mixer with paddle attachment. On low mix the cream cheese until it is smooth across the bottom of the bowl. This typically takes about 1 minute on low.
- On low mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined. Fold the cool whip into the sweetened cream cheese mixture. I like to do this in 2 - 3 batches to ensure the cool whip is evenly mixed in.
3. Transfer the cool whip dip into a serving bowl. Create a decorative swirl using the back of a spoon. Serve with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels or cookies.
How To Serve and Store
- Serve: This creamy cool whip dip for fruit is best served with fresh fruit such as strawberries, pineapple or melon, graham crackers or cookies.
- Store: This cool whip fruit dip recipe stores well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 - 3 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.
- Thaw the cool whip. Make sure to thaw the cool whip before using in the fruit dip recipe. I like to transfer the cool whip from the freezer to the fridge the night before.
FAQs
For most recipes, including this fruit dip with cool whip recipe, canned whipped cream can be substituted. The final end result or texture could be slightly different, but it will still be delicious.
Cool Whip has a firmer, almost marshmallow or marshmallow fluff texture. Whipped cream is light, airy and fluffy. They can be used interchangeably for most recipes and uses.
An 8 oz. container of Cool Whip has about 3 cups of whipped cream. To make an approximate amount of homemade whipped cream, start with 1 ½ cups of heavy cream and whip until doubled in size.
More Cool Whip Recipes to Try
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Cool Whip Fruit Dip Recipe
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer with paddle attachment or electric hand mixer with beaters
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (226 g) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
- 8 oz. cool whip, thawed
Instructions
- Grab a large mixing bowl and an electric hand mixer or just use your stand mixer with paddle attachment.
- On low mix the cream cheese until it is smooth across the bottom of the bowl. This typically takes about 1 minute on low. On low mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined. Fold the cool whip into the sweetened cream cheese mixture. I like to do this in 2 - 3 batches to ensure the cool whip is evenly mixed in.8 oz. (226 g) cream cheese, room temperature, 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract , 8 oz. cool whip, thawed
- Transfer the cool whip dip into a serving bowl. Create a decorative swirl using the back of a spoon. Serve with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels or cookies.
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