Much like you would serve a dip when serving certain foods, when serving desserts, a dessert dip is a must! It’s an excellent way to make your desserts even more indulgent and delicious, and your guests will really appreciate it.
If you’ve never had a dessert dip, or prepared one, then you’re really missing out. You can cram tons more flavors into your desserts by preparing different flavored dessert dips.
From apple slices and fresh fruit to brownie pieces and cookies, you can serve these dessert dips with a variety of different foods.
From caramel and chocolate to peanut butter and vanilla, there’s really not many flavors that can’t go into these dessert dips!
So, with that in mind, we’ve come up with 15 amazing dessert dip recipes that are sure to become crowd favorites at your next gathering.
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1. Turtle Cheesecake
If you’re looking for the creamy, indulgent flavors of a cheesecake, but don’t want to bake one or just don’t have time, then this dip is the perfect alternative. It has all the best features of a cheesecake, like the cream cheese, chocolate, caramel and pecans.
This dip will only take 15 minutes to make and it serves a whopping 12! Meaning there’s plenty to go around for everyone to enjoy and if you run out, it only takes 15 minutes to make another.
2. S’mores Dip
If you’re a huge fan of s’mores, then this recipe is perfect for you. This recipe throws away the idea of just cooking one over a campfire, and replaces it with cooking a dozen in a skillet.
All you need are chocolate chips and marshmallows and cook them together in a cast iron skillet. You can also add the staple wafers in at the end for the perfect dip. Or you can use apple slices, cookies or even pretzels.
3. Funfetti Cake Batter Dip
Cake batter is surely everyone’s favorite part of baking, the flavor and sweetness is just next to none, it’s so delicious. And this dip features everything that you love about raw cake batter, without the raw egg!
It’ll only take you around 5 minutes to make, and we recommend putting the funfetti sprinkles in, since they really bring the dip together.
4. Mint Chocolate Chip Dip
You either love or hate mint as a dessert flavor, but if you’re one of those who love it, then you’re in for a treat with this recipe. The peppermint flavor in this dip is ultra-refreshing and of course, the delicious chocolate just adds even more deliciousness.
This will stand out amongst all the other desserts on the table, and we’re not just saying that because of the color!
It’s a quick and easy way to get your mint choc chip fix and there’s so many different things that serve excellently with this dip.
5. Watermelon Cheesecake
Now we know what you’re thinking, that watermelon is a strange flavor to incorporate into a dessert dip, but it actually doesn’t contain any watermelon, it just looks like one! This dessert dip is a great addition to any summer BBQ, it looks fun and it tastes delightful.
It’s pretty much a cheesecake dip, with fun green and red food coloring in it, but if you want to get an even more authentic watermelon vibe, feel free to add watermelon flavorings to it for an ultra-refreshing taste.
6. Oreo Dip
Who doesn’t love cookies and cream?
This velvety and indulgent dip is sure to become a fast favorite in your home, and if your family loves oreos, well it’s game over because this dip tastes like oreos in a dip and of course, for extra measure you can dip oreos into it for an even more heavenly taste.
It’s so easy to make, and it’ll only set you back around 10 minutes in the kitchen and a variety of different fruits, wages and biscuits can be dipped in this and they’ll each taste delightful.
7. Caramel Apple Dip
This caramel dip is the perfect addition to any dessert table, and whilst it may not look like anything more than an entire dish full of caramel, there’s a hidden layer below it.
This layer is sweetened cream cheese and it balances out the sicky, sweet flavor of caramel and of course, the toffee bits sprinkled along the top help with that too!
8. Oreo Peanut Butter Dip
Peanut butter and indulgent Nutella come together in this recipe to make a dessert dip that will become an instant favorite at the table.
It’s super creamy and it tastes like heaven and what’s more is, you’ll only need 4 ingredients and you have so many options when deciding what to serve it with.
This dessert dip will take you less than 8 minutes to completely make, it’s fast, easy and delicious.
9. Salted Caramel Pecan Cheesecake Dip
Caramel and nuts pair exceptionally well together, and if you put those together in a creamy, sweet cheesecake dip, then you’re guaranteed a heavenly taste.
Again, like most of these dips, they’re so quick and easy to make, but the taste is just on another level and again, you have a variety of options, like cookies, crackers or wafers to choose from when trying to find out the best thing to serve with them.
10. Banana Cream Pie Dip
Banana cream pie is a delicious dessert, but if you don’t want to be spending hours in the kitchen, then a quick and equally delicious alternative is transforming banana cream pie into an indulgent dip.
You’ll only need a few ingredients, 6 to be exact, and the beauty of this dip is that there’s not waiting around for hours whilst it sets.
Fresh banana slices pair beautifully with this dip, or of course, the staple vanilla wafers. But make sure to try different things to serve with this dip, as you never know what will complement this fruity dessert.
11. Coconut Cream Pie Cheesecake Dip
Coconut, like mint, is a flavor that you either love or hate. But if you love it, then you’re going to appreciate this dessert dip. It combines the wonderful flavors of cheesecake and coconut cream pie and combines them into this beautiful, no-bake dip.
This recipe is so rich in coconut flavor, but to mimic this taste, you have to make sure that you use full-fat coconut cream.
It’s so rich and creamy, that it truly makes the dip so irresistible, and also that the thickness of the cream makes for excellent dipping.
12. Cookie Dough Dip
Cookie dough as a dip, that just sounds amazing, right? We know that cookie dough can be controversial, with raw eggs and whatnot, but I just can’t help myself from eating a lot of it!
But the good news about this dip is that this recipe doesn’t even require raw eggs to keep that sublime, nostalgic taste.
The chocolate chips really make this dip, in my opinion anyway, but if you’re a cookie dough lover, this dip is sure to be one of your favorites.
13. Peanut Butter Dip
If you’re looking for something that’s a little bit healthier than the rest of these delightfully sinful desserts, then this one is perfect for you. It holds the same indulgent flavors as the rest of them, but without the calories.
Peanut butter adds such a smooth and bright flavor, that you don’t need all the extras like cream cheese and confectioners sugar, but if you wanted to add a few of these in, we wouldn’t blame you.
It also helps that peanut butter is naturally thick anyway, which is the perfect consistency for dipping.
14. Raspberry Cheesecake Dip
If you’re looking for a light and bright cheesecake flavor for your dip, then you’ve come to the right recipe. It’s the perfect treat for a movie night, or just a cozy night away from the cold, dark outside, and the bright flavor is enough to keep you warm and happy inside!
You can even cut down the sugar in this recipe, by using frozen raspberries and just a bit of honey instead of jam. Or, you can even look for sugar-free preserves, and you won’t lose any of the tangy, sweet flavor of this fruity cheesecake dip.
15. Unicorn Dip
This dip is the perfect thing to make and serve up with your kids, but the flavor of this dip is so beautiful that it’s sure to be a hit with the adults too!
The key to this dip is nailing the flavors, the recipe calls for using gel food coloring as that mixes better and colors like mint, pastel purple and pink for the authentic unicorn colors.
This dip is pretty sweet, but if you’ve got a sweet tooth, then you will adore this dip. It’s so easy to make, it’ll only take you around 5 minutes in total and remember, with each dip the colors will blend, looking even more like a unicorn!
