Dessert Dips
While we all love savory, melty dip recipes, the most delicious dips lie in the unexpected: sugar.
With bases like cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and cheesecake, here are the best dessert dip recipes for party, brunch, and potluck dips that will make the appetizer table the best spot to be.
Sweet Dessert Dips for Holidays
Throughout the year, there are several major events and holidays that we can always count on everyone gathering and lots of food: Sports finale games, Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
While there are plenty of special occasions that demand different types of food like breakfast casserole recipes (like Mother’s Day), all the other significant holidays really want those appetizers and dips.
Marshmallow Fruit Dip
Peppermint Dip with Candy Canes
Hot Cocoa Dip
Christmas Tree Cake Dip
Spring
- Marshmallow Dip
- Chocolate Dips
- Cream Cheese Dips
Summer
- Fruit Dips
- Cheesecake Dips
- Peanut Butter Dips
Fall
- Cheeseballs
- Seasonally Flavored: Pumpkin
- Coffee Dips
Base what type of dippers you need on the thickness of the dip. Heavier dips with cream cheese need stronger dippers like graham crackers, while light and fluffy dips work well with fruit.
Top Dessert Dip Recipes
We have been making dessert dips for a long time, and when planning, here are the very first recipes we put on the list. Served at every party, these are the top 3 most requested by the family.
Chocolate Chip Dip
Booty Dip Recipe
Cherry Cheesecake Dip
Best dessert dips for Apples
Apples work for nearly any dessert-style dip- not just the ones below. There are so many kinds of apples that even the apples themselves can provide their own unique flavor to the bite.
Here are our top choices to serve with apple slices.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Dip
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Dip
Peanut Butter Apple Dip
Peanut Butter Cheese Ball
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Chocolate Dessert Dips
There really is no wrong way to serve chocolate.
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Best Dessert Dips for Fruit trays
Raw fruit is one of the best ways to serve up dip at a party.
Here are the top choices to plunk down beside apples, strawberries, and bananas.
Cheese balls are dips too!
Best dips for Graham Crackers
Graham crackers, wafer cookies, shortbread cookies, and pretzels all go super well with hearty cheeseball recipes.
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Sophisticated Sweet Dip Recipes
Want something sweet but not TOO sweet? These unique and sophisticated dessert dips also act as spreads and are great for little bits of bread, crackers, and pretzels.
Great for fancier gatherings like baby showers, bridal showers, and galentines, here are our favorite fancy dessert spreads.
Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
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Whipped Feta Cranberry Dip
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Blueberry Brie
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Strawberry Cranberry Dip
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What to serve with Sweet Dips: Dipper Ideas
- Fresh Fruit: Strawberries, Grapes, Apple Slices, Kiwi, Banana Slices, Pineapple Chunks
- Dried Fruits: Apricots, Dates, and Figs
- Fudge – Cup up small pieces to serve on a tray. Our best fudge recipe and peanut butter fudge recipe.
- Cookies: Graham Crackers, chocolate chip cookies, nalla wafers, chocolate wafers, wafer sticks, animal crackers
- Pretzels – Sticks, Knots or soft pretzel bites (grab frozen soft pretzels, and cut up into pieces)
- Rice Krispie Treats – Just tear into bite size pieces
- Pieces of pound cake – serve with a toothpick, cut into bite sized pieces
Unique Dessert Dips – Try Coffee
Not all dessert dips have classic traditional flavors seeped in marshmallow and cookie. Here are 2 unique dessert dips that you (probably) haven’t tried yet.
Cappuchino Dip
A fluffy dip, combining cream cheese, Greek Yogurt, and coffee, serve this with a selection of shortbread cookies, Biscotti, amaretti, or madeleines.
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Tiramisu Dip
Made with mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, and coffee, this dessert dip goes great with a vanilla wafers or Pirouette cookies.
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