Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

It is common knowledge that one must have non-greasy, light food during the hot months of summer, as the basic idea is to keep your body cool during the perspiration inducing months of the year. Fruits and vegetables naturally become the food items that one should indulge in more. But feeding healthy fruits to a kid can prove to be quite a task. So, option? Concoct some flavored and colorful cream cheese fruit dips for your family and serve a bowlful with a platter of freshly washed and sliced variety of fruits. It really does work. I agree, that to a calorie conscious mom, the cream cheese fruit dip calories may seem a little too much with 2 tablespoons of the most basic preparation being packed with 178 calories, but you also have to keep in mind the fact that it is so much better an option than feeding your family harmful fried and junk food. Besides, your child will consume the dip in only limited portions and you can always make it every 3 - 4 days and not everyday. Flavored cream cheese fruit dips are fantastic summer recipes that will definitely act as incentives for your children to eat more of those apples, pears, kiwis, grapes, and strawberries! So, let us see some quick cream cheese fruit dip recipes that can be whipped up before your kids finish uttering supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Quick and Easy Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipes

Basic Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
For a cupful of luscious creamy dip, you must have,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Walnuts or pecans, 1 cup (finely ground)
• Packed brown sugar, ¾ cup
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp.

Procedure
Take a large vessel and put all the ingredients in it. After that, you can either use a hand whisk to blend everything together or use a molinillo, which happens to be a wooden Mexican hand whisk. In case you have one, hold the handle of the molinillo in between your palms and rotate it by chafing your palms against each other. This will make the broad disk at the other end of the molinillo to rotate and mingle all the ingredients very well together, leaving you with a smooth dip. Add the ground walnuts and whip some more and chill for an hour in the fridge, covered, before serving. Simple, ain't it?

Nutella Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
You can make a cup of this delicious hazelnut spread fruit dip with,

• Cream cheese, 6 tbsp. (softened)
• Nutella, 6 tbsp.
• Milk, ½ cup
• Salt, 2 pinchfuls

Procedure
First, whip together the cream cheese and the nutella. Keep adding salt as you whip. Once you see that the concoction is completely brown with no patches of white left, pour in the milk, little by little. Whip thoroughly until a smooth dip is formed. This cream cheese fruit dip is tailor-made for apple slices!

Lemon-Marshmallow Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
To make this tangy marshmallow fruit dip recipe you must have,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Marshmallow cream, 8 oz.
• Lemon juice, 1 tbsp.
• Vanilla, 1 tsp.

Procedure
Whip everything together. Allow the smooth dip to stand in the fridge for 20 minutes for all the flavors to meld in and then serve!

Margarita Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
This is a cream cheese fruit dip with powdered sugar and frozen margarita mix! Gather,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Frozen margarita mix, ⅓ cup (thawed)
• Whipping cream, ¼ cup (beaten)
• Powdered sugar, ¼ cup
• Orange juice, 2 tbsp.

Procedure
Whip together the cream cheese, margarita mix and the confectioners' sugar in a bowl and use the orange juice to moisten and soften the mixture. Once you have a smooth creamy concoction, add the whipped cream to the mixture by repeatedly turning it over, sans beating or stirring. Once all the ingredients have blended in well together, transfer the dip to a bowl that has a lid, cover it and allow it to chill for like 60 minutes. Serve with star fruit or pineapple pieces.

Spiced Marshmallow Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
This is the more popular marshmallow fruit dip variety. To concoct it, you must have,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Marshmallow cream, 8 oz.
• Cinnamon, ¼ tsp.
• Nutmeg, ¼ tsp.

Procedure
All you need to do is whip the cream cheese and marshmallow cream until smooth and well blended, mix in the spices after that, cover and refrigerate for half an hour and voila! A dip perfect for strawberries.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
For 2 delectable cups of this sure shot child mesmerizer, place your hands on some,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Marshmallow cream, 8 oz.
• Chocolate syrup, ¼ cup

Procedure
In a vessel, first blend together the chocolate syrup and the cream cheese and when they are uniformly mixed, add the marshmallow cream and blend again. Cover and chill for an hour and serve atop chunked apples, bananas and pears! Thankfully, 2 tablespoons of this preparation has a comparatively lesser calorie count of 104 calories.

Sherry Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
3 cups of yummy fruit dip and all from,

• Cream cheese, 16 oz. (softened)
• Confectioners' sugar, 2⅔ cups
• Heavy whipping cream, ⅔ cup
• Vanilla extract, ½ cup
• Sherry, ½ cup

Procedure
Blend all the ingredients together and refrigerate overnight, covered. Serve with banana slices!144 calories in 2 tablespoons of it.

Cream cheese fruit dips are extremely easy to make, because of the fact that you can literally try blending together any other ingredient with cream cheese and end up creating a new fruit dip altogether. While some people actually add an equal part of Dijon mustard to cream cheese, others simply mix together a package of cream cheese to ½ a cup of caramel ice cream topping, ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon and honey worth of ¼ cup to conjure their own varieties of fruit dips. You too can come up with your own version by adding various spices, food colors and essences to some softened cream cheese. Let me know if you are successful in making something new without delay, as after all we are talking about dips - life of the party here. Buon appetito!