Cream Cheese & Marshmallow Creme Fruit Dip

This is by far my all-time favorite fruit dip. I always have to double the recipe because I eat more dip then I do fruit.

Cream Cheese & Marshmallow Cream Fruit Dip
1 package cream cheese, softened
1 small container marshmallow creme
1 tsp. vanilla
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With a blender, mix cream cheese and marshmallow creme. Add in vanilla and mix well. Serve with any kind of fruit.

Heather's Yogurt Dip

Heather swears by this recipe. So much so, that she actually follows the recipe, which is pretty rare for her to do. I can't wait to try it.

Heather's Yogurt Dip
4 oz. reduced-fat cream cheese
3/4 cup (6 oz.) vanilla yogurt
4-1/2 tsp. honey (or sugar)
1/2 tps. ground cinnamon
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Mix well and enjoy.

Strawberry Fondue

Strawberry Fondue
1 (10 oz) pkg. frozen sweetened sliced strawberries, thawed
1/4 cup half and half cream
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
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Combine all in food processor or blender and process until smooth. Pour into saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 mins. or until slightly thickened. Transfer to fondue pot or mini slow cooker. Serve with angel food cake cubes and fresh fruit. 


*When I poured the sauce out of the blender, it fit in a small sauce pan, but then it boiled over so next time I will use a bigger pot.

Grape Salad

I posted this recipe about a year ago, but decided it needed to be changed a little bit because it taste better one way with red grapes and another way with green grapes. 


Grape Salad w/ red grapes
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. sour cream
1 cup brown sugar
8 - 16 oz. cool whip
red grapes
slivered almonds
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Remove stems from grapes and rinse well. Lay out on a towel to dry. Cream the cream cheese and brown sugar. Add the sour cream. Fold in cool whip. Mix well. Add in grapes and slivered almonds.


Grape Salad w/ green grapes
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. sour cream
7 oz. marshmallow cream
8 - 16 oz. cool whip
green grapes
slivered almonds
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Remove stems from grapes and rinse well. Lay out on a towel to dry. Cream the cream cheese and marshmallow cream together. Add the sour cream. Fold in cool whip. Mix well. Add in grapes and slivered almonds.
*I found two different recipes. One called for the same amount of cool whip as cream cheese & sour cream. The other recipe called for it to be doubled. I made it using low fat ingredients and the low fat cool whip came in containers of 12 oz. so I just went with that. I also sometimes double the cream cheese because I like cream cheese so much. :)

Caramel Apple Dip

Caramel Apple Dip
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup marshmallow creme
3 medium Granny Smith apples
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. water
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In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, caramel topping and vanilla until smooth; fold in marshmallow creme. Cut apples vertically into thin slices.

In a small bowl, combine lemon juice and water; toss apples in lemon juice mixture. Drain. Using Halloween cutters, cut out the center of each slice. Serve apple slices and cutouts with dip.