Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Dip is a fun, shareable dessert everyone will love. It’s perfectly sweet, perfectly creamy, and perfectly simplistic for any occasion!
About this Dip
Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Dip is a dish that will remind you a little bit of cheesecake and a little bit of a freshly dipped caramel apples.
A dessert dip is a fun recipe to serve when you have guests. Instead of slicing up individual portions of something like cake, you can set out the homemade caramel apple dip for people to snack on as they please. It’s like your favorite appetizer dip, but sweet!
This sweet dip has cream cheese, cool whip, and Greek yogurt as a creamy and thick base. It then has caramel ribbons swirled throughout with fresh apple slices and cookie flavor mixed in for a fun fall treat. This creamy caramel apple dip is a huge hit at fall gatherings and I find myself coming back to this crowd pleaser again and again.
If you love the flavors in this Caramel Apple Cream Cheese Dip, you should also try my Cream Cheese Apple Danishes, these Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling, or this Simple Apple Pie. Or for other dessert dips, check out this Oreo Dip or this Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough Dip!
Recipe Ingredients
- Vanilla Greek Yogurt – I used Two Good Yogurt. This ups the protein and makes our dip super creamy.
- Cool Whip – Lightens the dip and gives it that fluffy texture.
- Almond Extract – I love the fruity flavor almond extract adds. You can also use apple extract if you have it, or sub 1 tablespoon of apple juice.
- Betty Crocker Apple Brown Sugar Cookie Mix – I found mine at my local Meijer. It’s a seasonal item and comes out early November! If you can’t find it, try an oatmeal, white chocolate macadamia nut, or apple cinnamon bagged cookie mix. You can also replace with sugar cookie mix + 1-2 tablespoons of apple juice and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar (depending on desired sweetness).
- Caramel Sauce – If it’s not already in a semi-liquid form, melt it prior to using.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make This Simple Recipe
1. Finely dice the apple into even pieces. A vegetable chopper does this nicely, but if you don’t have one use a sharp knife.
2. In a mixing bowl, add softened cream cheese, greek yogurt, and cool whip. Mix cream cheese layer together with a hand mixer for 60-90 seconds until completely combined.
3. Add in almond extract and cookie mix to the cream cheese mixture. Beat together until cookie mix is mixed into batter.
4. Use a rubber spatula to fold in the melted caramel and diced apple to the creamy dip.
5. Prior to serving, garnish with chopped caramel bits, more fresh apples, caramel syrup. Serve chilled with fresh cut apples, pretzels, animal crackers, other fruit, etc!
PRO TIPS
You’ll want to use an electric hand mixer and room temperature cream cheese to ensure a smooth sweet cream cheese base layer. If you try to mix by hand, you’ll end up with lumps in your dip.
Fun Idea
Other optional toppings! Chocolate chips, crunchy toffee bits, crushed peanuts or pecans, or graham cracker crumbs! Your serving dish can be a blank canvas to have fun with! Think of whatever great additions you like on your caramel apple.
Recipe FAQs
Store your creamy caramel dip covered in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days, obviously separate from whatever you choose to dip in it. Add extra toppings the second time you serve to bring the homemade fruit dip to life again.
We want the apples to be sweet. The overall dip is pretty neutral tasting without the apples. Select an apple like Pink Lady, Honey Crisp, or Empire. I suggest avoiding Red Delicious or Granny Smith green apples.
Some of my favorite dippers for this caramel dip recipe include:
– Crisp Apple Slices
– Other fresh fruit like strawberries or pears
– Graham Crackers
– Pretzels
– Vanilla Wafers
– Animal Crackers
– Gingersnaps
– Or serve it on a cinnamon bagel for an epic breakfast delight!
Serving suggestions
Make this delicious dip a part of a fall dessert spread alongside these Butterscotch Pumpkin Muffins and these Apple Cinnamon Bars for a perfect pairing.
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Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Dip
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- electric hand mixer
- Rubber Spatula
- measuring cups / spoons
- Apple corer
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- vegetable chopper optional
Ingredients
- 8 oz 1/3 fat cream cheese, softened
- 5.3 oz Two Good vanilla Greek yogurt, 1 serving size cup
- 4 oz Cool Whip
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 bag Betty Crocker Apple Brown Sugar ookie Mix, ~9oz
- 1/4 cup caramel sauce, melted
- 1 Pink Lady apple
- 1/2 cup caramel bits
For topping
- crumbled oatmeal cookies
- granola
- extra caramel drizzle
- Heath Bar, diced
For serving
- apple slices
- graham crackers
Instructions
- Finely dice the apple into even pieces. A vegetable chopper does this nicely, but if you don’t have one use a sharp knife.
- In a mixing bowl, add softened cream cheese, greek yogurt, and cool whip. Beat it together with a hand mixer for 60-90 seconds until completely combined.
- Add in almond extract and cookie mix. Beat together until cookie mix is mixed into batter.
- Use a rubber spatula to fold in melted caramel and diced apple.
- Prior to serving, garnish with chopped caramel bits, more diced apples, caramel drizzle.
- Serve chilled with fresh sliced apples, pretzels, animal crackers, other fruit, etc!
Nutrition
Notes
more of our favorite Dip Recipes…
- Cottage Cheese Chip Dip
- Roasted Beet Dip
- Cream Cheese Garlic Dip
- Avocado Crack Dip
- Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Street Corn Feta Dip
- Fried Pickle Dip
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Rich and creamy + sweet this is really tasty. Highly recommend going on a hunt for the Apple Brown Sugar Cookie Mix it’s SO good
Best dip to bring to a party! Gone in minutes and everyone asked me for the recipe.
Cheesecake AND caramel apples.. makes for the perfect combination! I made this for a family party & everybody loved it! Was very delicious and super easy to make!