This Layered Fruit Salsa Dip is an easy and fun dessert filled with bright flavor. It’s made with refreshing fruit salsa on top and lemon cream cheese dip on the bottom—perfect for serving with crispy cinnamon sugar tortilla chips.
Feel free to experiment with using different fruits, flavorings, and dippers. And if you are looking for more dessert dip recipes, you can also try my Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip, Cherry Cheesecake Dip, or this Caramel Dip.
Layered Fruit Salsa Dip
When it’s hot out and I want a dessert that can be made without heating up the kitchen, cream cheese dips are some of my favorites. They’re cool, creamy, and taste like a lightened cheesecake filling.
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This particular layered version takes sweet and tangy fruit salsa and pairs it with lemon cream cheese dip, making a super refreshing treat that you could easily eat with a spoon. My favorite way to serve it, though, is with my homemade baked cinnamon sugar tortilla chips. They take just a few extra minutes to make and are the perfect dipper.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s refreshing! What’s more refreshing than fresh fruit on a hot day? Combined with the cool, creamy, and tart lemon cream cheese, this dessert is absolutely perfect for serving during the hot summer months, or anytime you are craving fruit salad.
- A unique summer dessert. When you want to make dessert but don’t feel like turning on the oven, this fruit salsa dip is the perfect option. I also love to bring it to potlucks or parties because it’s something no one has ever tried but everyone always loves.
- So easy to prep. The lemon cream cheese layer can be prepped and spread into your glass dish the night before so that the day you want to enjoy, all you need to do is dice up some fruit and make the simple glaze.
Key Ingredients You Will Need
- Mixed Fruit: choose fruits with a variety of colors and textures that can be cut into similar sized pieces, including pineapple, strawberries, peaches, green apple, kiwi, and mango.
- Lime Juice: fresh squeezed lime juice adds tangy flavor, but it also helps to keep the apples from oxidizing and turning brown too quickly.
- Strawberry Jam: when combined with the lime juice, the strawberry jam creates a sweet glaze for the fruit. I like to use my Strawberry Freezer Jam, but you could use store bought jam. Other jam flavors would work, too, such as apricot jam or raspberry jam.
- Cream Cheese: your cream cheese needs to be super soft, so either pull it out to room temperature at least 2 hours in advance, or warm it in the microwave for about 10 seconds at a time until soft.
- Whipped Cream: whipped cream is folded into the whipped cream cheese to lighten it up.
- Fresh Lemons: fresh lemon juice is added to the cream cheese layer to give it a little zest.
How to Make This Fruit Salad Dip
- Prepare the fruit. Wash, peel, and dice your assorted fruit so that you have about 5 cups total.
- Toss with strawberry lime. In a small bowl, combine the strawberry jam and lime juice, then toss with the diced fruit.
- Whip the cream. Whip the heavy whipping cream until soft peaks form and set aside.
- Make the cream cheese layer. Whisk together the room temperature cream cheese, lemon juice, and vanilla, using the whisk attachment, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and whip again, then fold in the whipped cream last.
- Assemble. Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9″ x 9″ baking dish. Top with the fruit salsa and serve immediately with cinnamon sugar tortilla chips. Enjoy!
Serving Suggestions/Recipe Variations
- Try using different fruits. Feel free to try out all different assortments of fruits, and play around with adding ingredients like fresh herbs, or spices like cardamom and ground ginger.
- Cream cheese dip flavors. Lemon cream cheese dip is incredible with fruit, but so are vanilla, lime, and orange. Try using different citrus or even a combination of a few.
- Make individual parfaits. Layer the fruit salsa and cream cheese dip in small individual cups and serve with a bowl of cinnamon sugar tortilla chips.
Storage Instructions
- Refrigerator: cover and store in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Make-ahead tips: the cream cheese dip can be made the day before so that the day you serve this, you’ll only need to prep and mix up your fruit salsa.
More You’ll Love
This fruit salad dip, made with no bake lemon cream cheese filling, is a refreshing summer dessert. It takes no time to make and is perfect for dipping cookies, crackers, and more.
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Ingredients
Fruit Salsa
- 1 pound strawberries, diced
- 1 cup pineapple, diced
- 2 medium kiwi, diced
- 1 large green apple, diced
- 1 large mango, diced
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
Lemon Cream Cheese Layer
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Prepare the strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, green apple, and mango by washing, peeling and dicing—you will need about 5 cups total. Add them to a large mixing bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine the lime juice and strawberry jam. Mix well, then add the strawberry lime mixture and toss to combine. Store in the fridge while you prepare the cream cheese layer.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the heavy whipping cream and whip until soft peaks form. Transfer to another mixing bowl and set aside.
- Add the room temperature cream cheese, lemon juice, and vanilla into the stand mixer bowl and cream using the whisk attachment until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the powdered sugar and mix on low to combine, then increase speed and mix until light and fluffy again. Turn off the mixer and carefully fold in the whipped cream using a rubber spatula, mixing until no streaks remain.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9" x 9" baking dish. Top with the fruit salsa and serve immediately. Enjoy!
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