Creamy Peanut Butter Fruit Dip
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I love to surprise my kids after school with little treats and things that show them I was thinking of them and excited about them coming back home at the end of the day. Sometimes I pick them up and take them for surprise frozen yogurt, sometimes it’s a walk in the park, every now and then it’s Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies or Chocolate Snack Cakes.…but a few days ago it was this pretty tray of apple slices, arranged just so around a big old bowl of creamy peanut butter dip. My kids love all things Peanut Butter.
If you love peanut butter as much as our family check out some of my other recipes like No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies, Homemade Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cookie Bars, Peanut Butter Brownies with Peanut Butter Fudge Icing, and Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting.
I had it sitting in the center of the table with plates and two glasses of milk, just waiting on them. They walked in and I was already beaming, which caused them to beam – I love how beaming is contagious in my family!
Okay now let’s get started on how to make this delicious little snack!
After slicing my finger chopping an apple years ago, I’ve been converted to these handy dandy apple slicers. If you don’t have one, your life is about to get way way better! 😉 You can grab one cheap here.
You’ll need: Creamy Peanut Butter, Brown Sugar (dark or light, your preference), Softened Cream Cheese (here’s how to easily make homemade cream cheese), and Milk
Helpful Kitchen Tools
Place cream cheese, peanut butter, and dark brown sugar in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
Like this.
Now we wanna add in our milk to make it nice and creamy and dippable.
Silly Spellcheck is trying to tell me that “dippable” isn’t a word but we both know exactly what I mean by that so clearly, our intelligence level is just above that of the computer.
Add in the milk and mix again until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as needed.
When you’re done it is gonna look like this.
Now at this point, this stuff is just plain good. In addition to dip, it would also be a great icing for cupcakes or cookies!
Cut the apples into wedges, removing the center and seeds.
Now there are different ways to keep your apples from turning brown, the most common is using a powder called “Fruit Fresh” or coating them in lemon juice. I try to avoid both of those because they put a really sour coating on the apples. So I use orange juice instead and it works every bit as well.
How To Keep Apples From Turning Brown
Place the apples into a bowl filled with orange juice (this keeps them from turning brown)
Take the apples out of the orange juice when ready to serve with the dip and place on a paper towel lined plate while you arrange them on your platter, this gets the extra OJ off of them.
Enjoy!
This is great served with apples, celery sticks, cookies, ginger snaps, etc. It would also be a fabulous icing to cupcakes!
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Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar can use light if you prefer
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, place softened cream cheese, peanut butter, and brown sugar. Mix with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add milk and mix until well combined, scraping down sides as needed. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For serving: Apples (cut into wedges and coated in orange juice to prevent browning), Celery Sticks, gingersnaps, or anything else you wanna dip!
Nutrition
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– Washington Irving
This is my kind of dip! I have been looking for a peanut butter fruit dip and most use sour cream or greek yogurt. My family finds those just a little too tangy and bland, but cream cheese takes dip to a whole other level. My mom was a cafeteria manager for over 30 years and she always sliced apples and put them in salt water. They served them straight from the water. When my kids were snack leader at school, I would slice apples and put in ziploc bags in salt water and send to school. The apples stay fresh and crisp with a slightly salty taste and are so good, especially with a sweet dip. I have never really measured but probably 1 tsp of salt to 4 cups of water and stir well.
My twin grandsons are turning 5 years old. I was asked to bring an appetizer. I wanted to make something my grandsons would enjoy. They both love peanut butter and dips. So, this recipe really fits the bill. Will also make a dip for the adults, but I’m quite sure they will be trying your Peanut Butter dip also. Thank you.
Wishing them a Happy Birthday!!! I hope everyone has fun and enjoys the dip!!
Can this be made ahead? If so, should I refrigerate until I am ready to serve it?