Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

If you need an easy appetizer for the holidays, this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip will do the trick! Just three ingredients including cream cheese, cranberry sauce and sugar. 

I’m going to keep this post light and fluffy, kind of like this easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip! The reality is that a lot of us aren’t in charge of getting a Thanksgiving meal on the table. If you’re like me, your Mom still keeps a firm hold on the Thanksgiving festivities. I will typically contribute, either a side dish or an appetizer.

“Made this for Thanksgiving this year and was asked to make it again at Christmas time! :-)”-Leah, Pinterest User

If we’re smoking a turkey, my husband will help out. But, I’m not complaining that the days of prep needed for a Thanksgiving meal aren’t on me! My busy season at work typically runs from August until the week before Thanksgiving, and I would really struggle to put together the full meal for our big family.

Last year, I decided that we needed something sweet on the appetizer bar, and I threw together this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip! It was a total gamble, but I love sweet cream cheese dips, and I figured that the ingredients were so inexpensive that it was worth a shot. There are just FOUR ingredients in this easy dip; softened cream cheese, sugar, whipped cream and cranberry sauce!

I used whole canned cranberry sauce, but YES, please use your leftover or excess homemade cranberry sauce. It will be great!

If you need another way to use up your leftover cranberry sauce, I really love my Turkey Cranberry Sliders and this Banana Cranberry Bread!

If you have Cool Whip on hand, throw a few spoonful’s in. It will add some extra airiness to the dip! If not, no sweat, you will still have a deliciously sweet and creamy dip on your hands.

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Serving Suggestions

I serve this dip with cut fruit, ginger snaps, and graham crackers. There are some graham cracker dipping sticks available that are PERFECT because they won’t break like your traditional, thin grahams. 

If you’d like to add another sweet dip to the mix, I recommend this Peanut Butter Dip or my Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.

I hope you all have a relaxing Thanksgiving with your family and friends! If you do make this Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip, let me know what you think. My family LOVES it! 

If you love this sweet cream cheese dip, I think you’ll also enjoy:

• Cream Cheese Peppermint Brownies
• Cajun Crab Dip
• Cranberry Barbecue Meatballs
• Turkey Cranberry Sliders

Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Have leftover cranberry sauce? Make this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip!

It's light, sweet and fluffy! Perfect with graham crackers or fresh fruit.

5 from 4 votes

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Course: Appetizers

Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 23 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 216kcal

Author: Michelle Goth

Ingredients

• 2 8- ounce packages of cream cheese softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 7 ounces whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup whipped cream

Instructions

• Add all ingredients into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Mix for 2-3 minutes until well blended and creamy.
• Cover and allow to chill in the refrigerator for a minimum of 20 minutes.
• Serve with fruit or sweet crackers and cookies.

Notes

• For the sugar, you can start with 1/3 cup, taste, and add more if needed.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 216kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g

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