This creamy, dreamy Lemon Cheesecake Fruit Dip is made with simple ingredients and takes just 10 minutes to prep. It’s tart and sweet, light and fluffy, and perfect for serving at potlucks, backyard BBQs, baby showers, or as an after-school snack.

If lemon isn’t your thing, we’ve still got you covered!  Give our Cherry Cheesecake Dip, Cream Cheese Caramel Apple Dip, Classic Cheesecake Fruit Dip, or No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Dip a try.

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Easy Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

This easy cream cheese fruit dip is the super simple no-bake recipe you’ve been waiting for.  It’s perfectly sweet and tangy, takes just a few minutes to throw together and fits in whether it’s winter, spring, summer or fall.  It’s a cream cheese powdered sugar fruit dip recipe perfect for dunking your favorite fruits or sweet snacks.

You can make this recipe as directed, or feel free to try any of our easy recipe variations below and add it to an easy fruit tray or serve it alongside a fruit salad.  

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Serving Suggestions

Most often, we’ll serve this lemon fruit dip in a cute bowl with a side of fresh fruit, graham crackers or butter cookies.  But, there are so many fun ways to display and eat this recipe!  Here are a few of our suggestions:

Ingredients You Will Need

  • Heavy Whipping Cream – make sure your heavy cream is cold before whipping so that it holds its shape.  
  • Cream Cheese – you’ll need for your cream cheese dip to be softened, and the easiest way to do that is to pull it out to room temperature a couple of hours before you plan to use it.  If you forget, transfer it to a microwave-safe dish and heat for about 10 seconds at a time until softened.  We recommend using full-fat cream cheese, but if you are watching calories, you can substitute reduced fat.
  • Lemon Juice – fresh lemon juice tastes the best.  In the winter when Meyer Lemons are in season, try them for a delicious substitute. 
  • Powdered Sugar – this sweetens the cream cheese fruit dip without any grittiness.
  • Vanilla Extract – pure vanilla extract tastes best.  
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How to Make Lemon Cream Cheese Dip for Fruit

  1. Whip the cream.  In the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl using a hand mixer), add the heavy whipping cream and whip until soft peaks form.  Transfer to another mixing bowl and set aside.
  2. Cream the cheesecake mixture.  Add the room temperature cream cheese, lemon juice and vanilla into the stand mixer bowl and cream using the paddle 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.
  3. Fold in the whipped cream.  Turn off the mixer and carefully fold in the whipped cream using a rubber spatula, mixing until no streaks remain.
  4. Serve or store.  Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve, or serve immediately with fruit, fruit kabobs, graham crackers or on crepes. Enjoy!
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Recipe Variations and Tips

  • Add fresh lemon zest to your cheesecake dip.
  • Substitute Key Limes (or plain limes) to make a Key Lime Pie Cheesecake Dip.
  • Try folding in Cool Whip instead of whipped cream for a slightly different texture, and to save yourself a step.
  • Instead of lemon juice, mix in 1 cup of lemon curd and reduce the powdered sugar to ½ cup.  The fruit dip will be slightly less tangy but even creamier.
  • This makes the best cheesecake dip for strawberries!
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Lemon Cheesecake Fruit Dip Recipe

Author The Carefree Kitchen
This creamy, dreamy lemon cheesecake fruit dip is made with simple ingredients and takes just 10 minutes to prep.  It’s tart and sweet, light and fluffy, and perfect for serving at potlucks, backyard BBQs, baby showers, or as an after school snack.
Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Yields8 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (230 g) heavy whipping cream
  • 8 ounces (225 g) cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons (30 g) lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon (½ teaspoon) vanilla extract
  • cups (180 g) powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • 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 paddle 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.
  • Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve, or serve immediately with fruit, graham crackers, or on crepes. Enjoy!

Notes

Storing instructions: Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Instead of whipped cream, you can substitute 2 cups of thawed Cool Whip.

Nutrition

Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 28mg | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 435IU | Vitamin C: 2.5mg | Calcium: 19mg
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
Course Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine American
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This no-bake Cream Cheese Fruit Dip is a sweet and tangy fruit cream cheese dip that takes just a few minutes to prep and works no matter what season it is. It’s a perfect recipe to serve at potlucks, backyard BBQs, baby showers, or as an after-school snack.

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  1. Theresa Hoffman says:

    The best fruit dip I have ever had! I just made it for the 4th of July and loved it so much with strawberries that I’m making it again just for my little family to enjoy.

  2. I needed a quick dish to bring to a last minute gathering with some friends, this came together quickly and was gone before anything else on the table. I’d say they loved it!

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