Chocolate Chip Dip
Cream cheese–based chocolate chip dip served with wafer cookies.
Equipment
- Medium Bowl
- Electric mixer or whisk
- Spatula
- Serving Bowl
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 8 oz.Philadelphia cream cheesesoftened
- 1/4 cupbuttersoftened
- 3/4 cuppowdered sugar
- 2 tablespoonsbrown sugar
- 1 teaspoonvanilla
- 1 cupchocolate chipsmini work too
- wafer cookies for serving
Instructions
Instructions
- Remove the 8 oz cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter from the refrigerator, unwrap, and let them sit at room temperature about 15 minutes to soften.
- In a medium bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy (use an electric mixer or a sturdy whisk).
- Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the sugars are fully incorporated and the mixture is smooth, scraping down the bowl as needed.
- Fold in 1 cup chocolate chips (mini chips may be used) with a spatula until they are evenly distributed.
- Spoon the dip into a serving bowl. Serve immediately with wafer cookies, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- If refrigerated, remove the dip from the fridge and let it sit about 30 minutes before serving so it softens.
Notes
Notes
Soften Dip
Cream cheese comes out as a solid block from the fridge. For best results, pull cream cheese out of the fridge and unwrap it so it begins to soften, about 20 minutes prior to assembling dip. You can make the dip with the hardened cream cheese, but it may be a bit of a struggle initially to blend.
Storage
Cheesecake dips must be stored in the fridge, however the cream cheese will reharden again (as cream cheese does). Simply put it back on the counter and let soften about 15 minutes to eat again or use a knife to spread it on crackers or cookies while in a more solid form.
How long can a dessert dip be left out at a party?
About 2 hours….if it even lasts that long.
What to serve dip with?
We like to eat it with graham crackers, however this dip easily goes with sugar cookies, apple slices, strawberries, vanilla wafers and pretzels.
How to turn this dip into a mint chocolate chip dip:
Add 1/2 tsp peppermint extract and replace the chocolate chips with Andes mints. Color dip with a bit of green food coloring if you like for aesthetics.
Soften Dip
Cream cheese comes out as a solid block from the fridge. For best results, pull cream cheese out of the fridge and unwrap it so it begins to soften, about 20 minutes prior to assembling dip. You can make the dip with the hardened cream cheese, but it may be a bit of a struggle initially to blend.
Storage
Cheesecake dips must be stored in the fridge, however the cream cheese will reharden again (as cream cheese does). Simply put it back on the counter and let soften about 15 minutes to eat again or use a knife to spread it on crackers or cookies while in a more solid form.
How long can a dessert dip be left out at a party?
About 2 hours….if it even lasts that long.
What to serve dip with?
We like to eat it with graham crackers, however this dip easily goes with sugar cookies, apple slices, strawberries, vanilla wafers and pretzels.
How to turn this dip into a mint chocolate chip dip:
Add 1/2 tsp peppermint extract and replace the chocolate chips with Andes mints. Color dip with a bit of green food coloring if you like for aesthetics.